successful." If others succeed—why not you? They persevered, and so must you. Speed will come gradually and without effort other than practice. Facility of execution will come with practice, and quickness of thought will follow by like training. Remember the old Latin adage: "Perseverentia omnia vincit"—it is old, but it is good advice and it has done wonders; it has made civilization and progress what it is today. Take heed to it and it will work wonders for you. "Perseverance conquers all things."
ENLARGE YOUR VOCABULARY BY READING.
The greatest trouble that employers find with average stenographers is that they have not enough general information. The ability to write shorthand at a moderate speed and to transcribe it on the typewriter should never be the ultimate goal of the ambitious stenographer. He should not be satisfied with standing on the bottom rung of the ladder when there is so much room at the top. Improve yourself by reading, or better still, get some one to read good books to you on a variety of subjects so that you can take them down in shorthand. By this plan you fulfil a triple purpose. You improve your mind, enlarge your vocabulary, and add materially to your shorthand knowledge and speed. If you cannot get a fellow student to join you in this plan, you may be able to form a class of young people,
