Show Tic Phonstic Stenographer An Englishman who drops his hs and usplntes his as and a stenographer stenogra-pher who polls phonetically from dictation dic-tation male a fine combination from which tromlc Is sure to result unless thc copy1 h carefully revised said aNew a-New York Merchant to a Star reporter the other day For Instance a friend of mine and the manager of one of tho most Important bankinghouses In Wall street Is 1 an Sngllshman Not long ago he employed i young man to act as his stenogiapherand one of thc first things that the latlir was called upon to do was the takhg down of a loiter lo the managers wife who was away at a summer rcsirt Being a busy man the Engllshmai didnt Hike the trouble to look at the letter after It had been typewritten bu when his wife in the course of a few days answered It there was a hot lime for thc stenographer My dear Ilvnry she wrote whnt on earth do yol mean by calling me Hannah and cur little HOIaco Or vhs f I will aclmt that this sounds hike you but why do you make a Joke of It before your employees Of course the fond husband and father didnt knov what It all meant and BO he wrote for an explanation and his first letter wo sent back to him One glance at it anI he rushed over to his slenographer occllcdly threw the sheet of paper dovn before him and demanded There vluit do you mean sir by writing my wifes name down Annan Anna replied tlo young man let me sec No Ive git It Hannah all richtBut But Sri id thc Englshimm who was furious its not Annih Its Hannah 4 Well there It Is Hunnah Hannah Han-nah Annan bo dashed exclaimed the Englishman Anna Hannah Cant you read English you limited fool Bv this lime Die stmographer began be-gan to see through the trouble so ho begged oT upon the t pie that having had a swelling in one ol his ears he had not been able to heir cry well But it cost him nearly a vccks salary to square things with thc boys In thc Office and he always dcens it boat to hide when ho hears the inaiagorvj wife I Is 1 expected down lown Washington Slaij > t t < V S |