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Show FOREIGN STENOGRAPHERS IN NEW YORK. Aside from thoo hrou;ht hare bv ' foreign business concerns wjti branch houOH pstnbllehoti here, forelzn ?Un oranhors como hpro just a anvbndy , eleo laborors bu-dneos' men. profes "donU men mfpht come, hecauso thoy want to. nttrncted by the country. coun-try. Hero they may seek work personally per-sonally o they may register at an agenoy supplying stenographers. On opa day lately thoro was received at ' the employment department of a T typewriter concern an application fo work as u stenographer by a young man from Vienna who was familiar with- threo ' or 'our European languages lan-guages and an application by a young woman- from, the Hawaiian Islands who was familiar with the Hawaiian tongue. For tho young man from Vienna Vi-enna a placo was found at onco Ina largo European Importing house, and no doubt a placo will he found for the young woman. Among tho foreign writing Btenag rapherB employed In Now York, the greatest number arc required to taV.e dictation In German, and next, to them and 'about equallv dlrlded h numbers come thoso who are catlo. upon to tako In French or Spanish. The demand for stenographers who can take Spanish Is Increasing this duo to our; Increasing trade with Latin-American countries. While there Is hero a demand for stenographers to take In various foreign for-eign tongues, thore Ib In foreign countries coun-tries having trade relations with this country a corresponding demand for stenographers that can take English; nnd while thoy come here stenocra-phors stenocra-phors who can take foreign dictation, stenographers go hence to foreign countries, where they tako dictation In what Is a foreign language there, Enellsh. To Mexico, Central America an 1 the various countries of South America Ameri-ca such stenographers go In some numberB. Men going out to fill thepc posts arc rpqulred to have a working work-ing kuow ledge of Spanish or of Portuguese Por-tuguese If they are going to Brazil, though In the countries to which they -go they will tako dictation In English. Stenographers taking such work contract to stav a year Tf they stav. their passage Is paid out and back: but not If they do not stay. The pay Is .good, and these places may offer opportunities for advancement to men capable, efficient and devoted to their work. New York Sun. |