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Show oo RECOGNITION OF THE STENOGRAPHER Collier's pays tribute to the sten cgrapher in theae words: "Who else knows us half ao well'.' She hps heard all that we have said j and then made note of it. She has read our Incoming letters She knowa who pleadi with us for help and : what ww do 'about It. Do we write frankly or evasively, she follow the straight-hewed line or the curve of our deviousnew. Are we courteous only to the powerful, or ii our treat ment even to all who come seeking? The woman at our elbow hammering out our paragraphs. Is a clear-eyed witness Over the telephone voices drift in from the world, and the tone of each is caught and judged before I our presence g acknowledged. She knows whether our friends are worth v I the home happy" She knows it. She notes all our tricks of person. Our good temper, our clean speech, fly further than wc guess. She Is familiar with the state phrases we scatter over the thousand routine lotters, and is gladdened ; when we light up the languid page with an unspoiled turn She is aware when we have tumbled out from a I laden dek to a World's series ball game She, too. would enjoy Mr. Baker s versatility, but she wndes through our debris till twilight. She could keep our tardy correspondence up to the minute, hut she has to time her efficiency to our limitations. Never outpacing us, she is as loyal la -the background as our shadow." The average stenographer certainly certain-ly has an excellent opportunity of determining de-termining the real character of her i mployer More than one man known to the outside world as noble and considerate, would have a blasted reputation, if the stenographer were to tell all she knows. Occasionally even the stenographer Is deceived, but generally that deception de-ception has Its denouement when the honeymoon davs have passed The stenographer of late years has become a mighty factor In the at fairs of men. and as a patient, confidential con-fidential part of any business concern con-cern is entitled to more than words of praise. oo |