THE LIFE INSURANCE STENOGRAPHER.
The life insurance stenographer has to master a phraseology that is very different from that of the commercial or legal shorthand writer. Most dictation books give ample practice in this special kind of work, and a few weeks' drilling in life insurance phrases and terms will soon make one competent. The use of the typewriter in an insurance office calls for a thorough training in the use of the variable spacer, as many forms have to be filled out. Long and extra long carriages are also used for writing policies, and the stenographer intending to equip himself for life insurance office work should be thoroughly acquainted with the use of the wide carriage machines. The tabulator is also used in insurance offices, it being frequently necessary to write columns of figures. The mimeograph is also used to a great extent, and it would be well for the stenographer to be drilled on the uses of this valuable machine.
THE RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP STENOGRAPHER.
The offices of the railroad and steamship companies are usually very busy places and the stenographer generally has every moment occupied. The work of a railroad office is of a technical character, but much information on this subject can be obtained from the various dictation books. Nearly all the railroad and steamship companies use the wide
