COPYHOLDERS.
Where to place the shorthand note-book when transcribing has been the subject of much discussion. Hundreds of different ideas of copyholders have been invented and put on the market, but the majority of them have met with no success. Some models stand on the table or desk, others are attached to the machine, but all of them vibrate to a certain extent when the machine is operated rapidly. It is an open question whether or not the copyholder is an advantage. If you have an opportunity in school to practice with a copyholder, by all means do so. It is mainly a question of becoming accustomed to a certain thing. If you use the touch method of operating a typewriter a copyholder will be found useful. Sometimes in business it will be found that there is not sufficient room on the desk for a copyholder. It will be advisable, therefore, for the student to become accustomed to reading his shorthand notes or copy from the level of his desk or table. The great point with a stenographer is to be always ready for emergencies, and to adapt himself readily to surroundings. Practice reading and transcribing your notes with and without a copyholder, and then you will be able to meet all contingencies.
THE TABULATOR.
The growing importance of the typewriter has called for new uses for it and opened a wider field
