to get good, clear copies. The best results are obtained when the cloths are moderately damp. Although in most offices the office boy is required to copy letters, it will be well for the student to learn how it is done in case he is called upon to do this.
An invention called "the rapid roller copier" greatly facilitates the ordinary mode of copying typewritten letters, and the student would do well to become familiar with this also.
In some offices, instead of copying the letters in a bound book with a copying press, a carbon copy is made of each letter, and attached to the original letter, all being filed together. This dispenses with the copying press and the letter book. The pupil of shorthand should learn all these methods of copying and filing letters, and in fact make himself thoroughly familiar with office routine.
ADDRESSING.
Addressing an envelope on a typewriter is not usually accomplished so easily as writing a letter. It requires care in feeding into the machine and considerable attention in spacing and judgment in arrangement. When the envelope is made of thick paper, it is advisable to open the flap. On single case machines, unless some care is exercised in adjusting the paper guides or fingers, a slight imprint from the capital letters is likely to appear above the other letters thus giving the envelope an
