Women stenographers, it may safely be said, are writing two-thirds of the correspondence of the United States, and from all reports the number of women stenographers is increasing rapidly in European cities. Every year adds to the huge army. Shorthand and typewriting do for the young woman all they do for the young man, and more they make her independent. In thousands of offices the woman stenographer is counted as absolutely indispensable. Her ready brain easily assimilates shorthand and her nimble fingers fly over the keys of the typewriter with unrivaled rapidity. Her presence has raised the tone of many an office and her salary has often proved for the family at home "real help in time of trouble." The woman stenographer has come to stay.
You can be one of the number if you will have patience and perseverance to study, but be not content to be a stenographer of mediocre ability; be above the average if you want your ability to be recognized and rewarded.
THE GREATEST HEIGHTS NOT REACHED BY EASY FLIGHT.
During the initiatory period of shorthand, the average student is very apt to take an exaggerated view of what his future position should be. He pictures himself, after a few months of study, taking down with facility the lecture of the professor, the
