The Exponent Volume 3-4; A Monthly Magazine (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...a line 12 inches long, and admits paper 14 inches wide. Per-fect in principle and workmanship. Wyckoff, Seamans Benedict, 38 Madison Street, Chicago. CONTENTS. CONTRIBUTED Shorthand As An Occupation, -F. P. Fairbanks. 237 An Echo, ..... Dorothy Cook. 240 Self Controi. Required, -Phonographic Monthly. 242 EDITORIAL--Miscellany, ........ 244 Doings Of Eclectics, --.... 245 Eclectic Directory, ...... 246 Hymeneal, ......... 246 READING LESSONS--A. Rosenberger, Lesson VI., ---241-247 Care Of The Machine, .... 248 Gaskell's Magazine. This magazine is not designed as a periodical to be read only on funeral occasions, but may be used by any one whose system is in a healthy state. The smallest child may use it with perfect safety. Ministers have in several instances read it and not stalked from the paths of rectitude. Every one who has made a study of the peculiar vernacular used in its columns claim that they have become so glued to its rich morsels of thought that life without it would be "no good." It treats of Shorthand, Penmanship, and Drawing, with a thick sprinkling of choice literature. Send 10 cents for a sample copy, and prove the above claims. The G. A. GASKELL CO., 79 Wabash Ave, CHICAGO, ILL. THE EXPONENT. Vol. III. CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 15, 1S87. No. 20. SHORTHAND AS AN OCCUPATION. F. P. FAIRBANKS IN THE JOURNALIST. Taking a bird's-eye vew of the field in which shorthand writers may seek remunerative employment, we find that opportunities are offered in nearly every branch of mercantile, professional and public business. The employment of stenographers has greatly increased of late years, especially in large cfties, and there are now few business houses having an extensive correspondence which do not invoke the aid of shorthand clerical labor. Railroad c...