never has been such a demand for good, all-round stenographers as there is today. The standard is high and it requires work to reach it.
HOW TO LEARN SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING.
The most satisfactory, economical, and quickest way to learn shorthand and typewriting is to attend some well-equipped commercial school, or to employ the services of a competent teacher. By the first plan, the best teaching, combined with the benefits of the experience of years of instruction, is secured at a moderate cost. The majority of business schools are equipped with typewriting machines of standard make, and the prospective student should ascertain before entering a school its facilities for giving good typewriting instruction. While it is advisable for the student to train himself to become expert as possible on one make of machine, he should also have a working knowledge of others. Further, each business school has many opportunities of placing its qualified students in remunerative positions. So in every way it is preferable for the embryo stenographer to have the benefit of the thorough training a business school affords.
Another way is to take lessons from a reputable teacher or correspondence school. Learning shorthand by correspondence is necessarily a slow process. and it is not so thorough nor so rapid as personal instruction. By this plan it is necessary for the stu-
