port is only a few minutes behind, and almost before the applause that hails the conclusion of the speech has abated, the last "take" is transcribed and rushed off to the newspaper office. There the last few words are set up in type, a casting made, rushed to the printing press, run off, and the papers are being sold on the street almost while the people are leaving the building.
This is done hundreds of times during the course of a busy political campaign, and it calls for plenty of skill and nerve on the part of the reporter. He should aim to get as close to the speaker as possible and take his notes in such a shape that he can read them with the utmost fluency, as if he does not do so he will not only upset the whole scheme of "takes," but disorganize the entire plan and delay the issue of the paper. In cases where there is not so much hurry, one reporter may take the whole of the speeches, transcribing his notes and making his report up at leisure. Speeches, though usually taken in the "first person." are generally transcribed in the "third person." This will require some training on the part of the reporter.
NEWSPAPER REPORTING.
Shorthand does not enter so much into the life of the newspaper man as might be imagined. In the main the newspapers call for a word picture of
