the pupil see the advantage of devoting time to properly training the fingers. The best is none too good for your future work. You can, if you will, learn touch typewriting.
BLANK KEYS.
In a large number of schools, where a conscientious effort is made to teach touch typewriting, it has been the practice to cover the keys of the typewriter with celluloid keycaps or other devices for concealing the letters. By this plan it becomes obligatory upon the pupil to learn the keyboard by studying the location of each key. Many claim this materially assists the learner in his work, and we do not doubt it. But neither blank keys nor other devices will make a touch operator of you unless the desire is within you. Cover the keys of your typewriter, and practice your writing without watching your fingers more than is necessary. You will make mistakes at first, but if you persevere with your practice you will soon find that it is easier to write without watching your fingers than by the other method.
CULTIVATE A LIGHT, UNIFORM TOUCH.
Do not strike the keys with a slow, ponderous stroke. Strike each one a sharp staccato blow with the end of the finger, withdrawing the finger from the key instantly. Adhere closely to the fingering
