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TITE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 10. 1005. FAULTS OF STENOGRAPHERS They Hare a Few, Bad Epelling Being a Common One. SCHOOL GRADUATES AMONG OFFENDER Lack of Ptrfrnce Another Fall Ins .Voted Olinrrratinna Amons I lie Profession In Sew York City. The teachers In schools of stenography in New York City differ on the question whether young girls, spinsters or widows mako the best stenographers and type writers, and they also dtfTur on various other questions. But on one point hey are of one mind: The spelling of a large proportion of pupils Is appallingly poor. At one school the proprietor exprense.1 the opinion that not 20 per cent of the applicants coull be called Rood spellers. Bhe added that the proportion of poor spellers was much larger now than It was ten years ago. "Most of the younger applicants are graduates of the public schools," she said. "We have even had high school pupils come around here who didn't know how to spell. 'For this reason every school of stenog raphy Includes a course In spelling throws It 'In free along with the stenography les sons. In order to promote Interest In spelling we give three prizes every term. "No, there are no catch words, no out of the way words, Introduced Into the lessons. It Is Just the ordinary little every day words In common use that they can't sjell." At one of the high-priced schools the manager said that during the last school year he turned away about fifty appli cants because they were utterly unfitted for thoj work. "Some applicants," he said, "have really no vocabulary at all or one not much larger than that of the average bright child of 6 or 8, and their manner and pro nunciation show a woeful lack of fitness for tho work they fancy they want to take up." Common Frrorn. "I have no hesitation In saying that, were I to advertise for a stenographer tomorrow, out of a line of applicants reaching from this office down to the front door, I might not find ona who could turn out a letter from 'Dear sir' to 'Yours respectfully,' without making half a dozen errors of one sort and another. Including spelling," was the statement of the proprietor of a school where stenography Is a main feature. At this school no promises of turning out prodigies In a given number of weeks or of supplying paying employment at the end of one term are made. The pupils represent a high average of Intelligence, and also of application and perseverance, yet the head of the school says that few who come are good spellers. What Is more, he doesn't believe that spelling can be taught suc cessfully along with stenography simply by furnishing a list of words for pupils to familiarize themselves with. "I have been a stenographer and teacher for more than thirty years," said he, "and am so convinced of the hopelessness of teaching spelling to a young woman or young man who has been graduated from a public school without learning to spell that I never attempt It here after the usual cut and dried fashion. "My rlan Is to mark misspelled words nnrt make pupils hunt them up In the dic tionary at once. If the same mistake oc rurs several times ' the chances are the perpetrator will never spell the word cor rectly. "Put poor": spelling; ! only one of tha flifllaujtles stenography teachers run up against. For Instance, (opening a huge scrapbook) here are between four and five thousand typewritten business letters which I have secured In various ways from time to time from different merchants, manu facturers and professional men, repre senting hundreds of Industries and nearly all the professions, and which I use in giving dictations to my pupils. "Every letter was got out by a paid sten ographer. Nevertheless, I can count on my Angers those which do not contain some fool error. Astonishing, Isn't it?" Deficient Schooling;. "There are two principal reasons why the stock of stenographers now In the market Is so poor: First, lack of decent schooling, and lack of application and perseverance. "There Is no other city In the world which offers such free educational advantages as New York. Therefore It never ceases te surprise me that grammar school and even high school pupils who present themselves here should know so little of spelling and grammatical construction. "Then as to the other point. I am abso lutely amazed at the coolness with which a young woman will present herself every now and then and tell me that she expects to learn a profession in three months learn It so that she can support herself from the wages she will earn in pratlclng this profession. , "On such occasions I generally remark to the applicant that it would be just as reasonable to expect to learn to be a physl clan in three months as to learn to be a stenographer, in that time, and then I am pretty suro to get this reply: ' 'But there are schools which undertake to teach senography In three months." "A student of that sort will stand a poor chance of learning her profession at all for the reason that she shows at 4he start a dislike to study, to apply herself. Pains taking application and dogged persever ance .are qualities absolutely necessary to the making of a good stenographer. "Young girls, I find, are apt to learn more readily than older persons, but young girls are not so much in demand for good office positions as older women. "Last winter, I remember, I met the de mand of a broker of my acquaintance for a high speed stenographer by sending a young girl of 16 to apply for the place. Phe looked even younger because she wore her hair In a pigtail and dresses to the tops of her shoes. Nevertheless, she was one of the most capable stenographers on my l'st. "But. when the broker saw her all he said was, 'Run home, little girl, and play In the muf.1 son. more,' after which he called me up "n the 'phone and demanded what I meant by sending him a kid from the nursery to do his work. "The same day I sent for the girl's mother and. as a result of our talk, the girl appeared the next morning with her hair on the top of her head and wearing a gown which was quite suitable for a woman of 50. I scarcely knew her, and In order to get even with the broker I sent her down again to apply for the same place. "The broker, ns I expected, failed to recognize the girl, and engaged her at once on trial, telling me afterward that Ehe was a treasure." f.ct-Tliero-Qnlck Schools. At one of tho get-there-quick schools, where 6u0 pupils-SO per cent of whom are women take lessons in stenography every ay, the proprietor, who himself radiates get-up-and-gct-at-lt atmosphere most ex hilarating to applicants, says that almost any student who will apply herself every J minute of the three hours which represent either a morning, an afternoon or an even- ng session, for five days every week, and who will concentrate her attention thor- ughly on the work in hand, will accom plish wonders and may become self -supporting In threo months. He admits, how- ever, that few pupils do this, and tn.it one of the biggest handicaps he has to deal with Is the evidence of lack of sehool- ng In most of the candidates who apply. 'I have no desire to find fault with our public schools," said he, "but I must say that In my opinion the New York schools o not pay enough attention to spelling and grammar. In my experience gradu- tes of tho public schools were never so poorly equipped In these essentials as they are today. "Many of my students go to night school to try and make up their deficiencies and besides that we give here lessons In spell- ng and in practical grammar such as teaching the proper use of 'Is' and 'are,' which a lot of students don't seem to now. Therefore when one finishes a three- months' course he or she Is bound to have a vocabulary of 3.600 words anyway, for the reason that fifty words, are fur nished to a lesson, and there are seventy essons. "Occasionally letters are dictated un grammatically on purpose to test a stu dent's skill, and if the mistakes are not rectified by him they are pointed out and explained by a teacher when the type written copy is sent In." Poor 'Wages, Poor Work, Perhaps the most significant statement of all In regard to the difficulty of getting capable stenographers came from the man ager of a typewriting concern In lower Broadway which furnishes stenographers with places free of charge provided they pass a certain examination. Two-thirds of the applicants who take the examination fall down," said the manager. "Is the test unusually severe?" "Not at all. It consists of three different dictations of 100 words a minute, which must be turned out properly spelled and punctuated and neatly and clearly type written. That Is all. "To my mind, though, the chief blame for the low grade of work turned out by the majority of the stenographers now drifting in and out of the New York offices lies at the doors of the business men who hire stenographers. Dozens, yes, hundreds. Of them are willing to pay as low as t and $5 a week to their stenographer, know ing as they must that only the most in efficient would accept such wages. In re turn, of course, they may not expect much. ' 'The fact that such places may be had encourages students who are not any where near the diploma stage to leave school and try to get the necessary prac tice while earning a few dollars a week. With few exceptions, though, they stay right on at the bottom. 'The other day a business man called me up and asked If I had a stenographer to send along in a hurry. I told him I had and that her price- was $12 a week. " 'I don't want to pay more than eight," he shouted back. "Well, I have nothing of that sort here,' I answered, and hung up the receiver. "A few days later he called me up again to let me know that by advertising he had got a stenographer for W a week. "Now I will wager dollars to doughnuts that the stenographer has no diploma- certainly not one worth the paper It Is written on, that she studied only a few weeks and also that her employer will be fore long go around lamenting and deplor ing the difficulty of getting a good stenog rapher." For the enlightenment of any who may be thinking of learning stenography In hurry here is a table of attendants fur nished by the manager of one of the best known New York stenography school Out of a class of seventy-two pupils there who reached a standard of speed, accuracy and neatness warranting a diploma one student only made the record In twelve weeks. Two other students reached It in fourteen weeks. All three were proficient In English, quick to think and had unusual mental dexterity. The others In the class, who were more or less hampered by a small vocabulary and a lack of application, took all the way from nineteen to forty-nine weeks to reach graduation six requiring thirty-two weeks, five, thirty-seven weeks; five, forty weeks. and one student forty-nine weeks. In each case the diploma signified a speed of only 100 words a minute. New York Sun. It was awarded the Grand Prize at the St. Ixmls World's Fair over all other makes. Every claim for excellence and superiority was allowed, confirmed and rewarded. It Is one-half the price of foreign makes as there Is no duty or hip freight to pay on Cook's Imperial. SERVED EVERTWHERE AME&IUA VINE CO, Si'. LOUIS I Insuring: Against Twins. An English gentleman of limited means had married recently Into a very prollflo family. There was prospect of an addi tion to his household. "Twins," reflected the gentleman, "are much more expensive to support than one child." And he sent .his broker to one of Lloyd's underwriters. The underwriter set an actuary to look over vital statistics and make a few calculations. Then, for the sum, I think, of 25 guineas, he insured the gentleman In 1,000 against the advent of twins. This somewhat threadbare tale shows fairly both sides of the game of Insurance. The evident side Is chance. The under writer Invited a loss of 973 16s. for which he would have nothing to show. The other sme: i The point of the story is that the woman presented her impecunious hushund with one fine son. The underwriter, deducting say. 2 as the value of his time and his actuary's, set down a net Droflt of 21 5s. for which he had advanced nothing but the riK. science. Leslie's Monthly. ttnioll Hot In the tonnlrr. A Terry mother sent her small boy to the rouniry and after a week of anxiety re wnea mis letter: "I ot her. nil nht but 1 forgot to write before. A feller and I went out in a boat and the boat tipped ..v man got me out. I was so full of water, that I didn't know anything for '" ,"lu' "it other boy has to be burled aftei they find him. A horse kicked me over and I've got to have some money for flxtn' my head. We are aolnsr la set a barn on flro tonight, and I should smile if we do not have some bully fun. I am going to bring horns a tame woodchuck if I can gel win in my trunk. THEY KNOW A COOD THING Promoters and Manager Tell How Munic ipal Franchise Are Vnkei SUMMARY OF THE NEW YORK INQUIRY Charters of Gas and Electrlo Light Trust Worth MillionsCost of j 1'rodactlnn, Profits and Perquisites. The Investigation into the affairs of the gas and electric light companies of New York City, by a committee of the New York legislature brought to light information of great value respecting the cost of gas and electric light, water, stock, public ex tortion and monopoly. Much of the in formation aa related by witnesses was given in the dispatches from day to day, but the essential facts have been grouped end summarized by the New York Evening Post so us to make a connected record of monopoly, imposition and high finance graft practiced by model franchtsed cor porations. The several gas companies referred to are part of the Consolidated Qas company, retaining their original names for legal reasons, though owned by the GB trust. In ptrt the Evening Post says: The capitalization of the Consolidated gas, originally $39,078,000, has been in creased as new possessions have been added, until now it Is 180,000,000, and the directors have planned to raise It to $100,000,000 before the year is ended. Tho capitalization of the company at the start, the ev'Jence has shown, was about JK, 000,000 abeve the value of 'the tangible assets. The additional amount was tacked on to represent franchises, many of which were legally defunct, ai.J "good will" acd prospects. Each Increase of tho capital stock has been distinguished by similar considera tions. In allowing for the New Amsterdam company's properties, for Instance, there was an addition of millions standing for nothing except Intangible ' rights. It was brought to light through the testimony of Qeorge W. Doane, vice president of tho New Amsterdam end president of one of Its ubsidiary concerns, that all the absorbed properties together were of a value far be low the $37,000,000 they stood for on paper. Apparent discrepancies to the extent of about $19,000,0g0 afterwards explained away to their own satisfaction by the com pany's lawyers In the accounts were found. On the books, in 1904, the combination's properties were valued at $48,000,000; In the report to the tax commisloner for tho same year they were .valued at $35.0(X). ina recoras or ine company showed thai It has Issued $19,000,000 debenture bonds; the officers on the witness stand and the bal- nce sheets failed to show how $4,000,000 of this had been expended. The books gave the value of mains as services as $7,445.sy3; the report for taxes gave it as $4,2til, 156.39. One witness, Mr. Whitely, declared that no human being" could trace the expendi ture of all the money received from bonds. - . , ... .... i mr. warier, me secretary, explained that the reports to the tax commission were made on a basis of the cost of reproduction the properties, less depreciation. Mr. Mathewson, the lawyer, added to this the plea that the company, of course, kept on Its books the accumulated value of Its properties for nearly 100 years, and that this was a very different matter from esti mating their present worth from a taxation standpoint. Incidentally, it was admitted that the rea son the few millions written off for de preciation did not appear on the balance heets was that the company made a habit of crediting such amounts to construction and repairs. As the Consolidated collected dividends of and $ per cent on its Mutual and Stand- I ard stock, and nothing on Its New Amster- ; dam and Edison holdings, and as It paid j dividends of 8, I or 10 per cent to Its own i shareholders, it accumulated large sur- I pluses each year. Its lawyers, however, volunteered the information that these had been invaded yearly for dividends. With less Income, they and the witnesses said, he company could not pay its stockholders enough to make the holdings worth while as Investments, Selling 26-Cent Gns for 91. Much of the testimony has had to do with the cost of manufacturing gas, and al though the committee expects more de tailed Information on this point, when its expert accountant has finished testifying as to his examination of plant accounts, it has been established that the gas sold by the company for $1 per 1,000 cubic feet costs them from 26 to 40 cents, whether it Is made In their own plants or "bought" from the companies they own. One witness, after much figuring, arrived at the conclusion that the cost. Including distribution, Interest charges on the funded debt, depreciation losses and all other expenses, was as high as 90.9 cubic, and that the cost without Interest charges wus 67.4 cents at the burners and 32 cents at the holders. But It was admitted later by Mr. Doane that the Central Union Gas company had made gas for 26 cents, and that it could distribute it for 48 cents at the burners. In other words, if the city owned a plant. it could sell gas for 48 cents, provided tha piani were as wen managed as that of the Central Union, The Electric Lighting; Monopoly. Gas has not been the only object of the committee's attention. The electric light ing business hereabout Is as well con trolled as Its sister Industry, and the methods of its upbuilding, as well as the upbullders, have been the same. The New York Edison company is a name that represents the operation of the Gas trust in electricity. Formed in 1901, the Edison cdmpany In cludes the old Edison Electric Illuminat ing company and the New York Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power company. The latter, which Is generally referred to as "the power company," was a consolida tion of all the elctrlc light concerns in Manhattan and the' Bronx, and the final amalgamation followed Its acquiring the Edison Illuminating company. There is about 46,5u0,000 of "water" in the New York Edison company, accordlns to Mr. Hughes. It was testified before tha committee that the "power company's" capital stock, including its holdings hi the "Illuminating company," was $36,000,000. Yet, when the New York Edison company was founded the $9,200,000 of "Illuminating" stock was added to the $36,000,000 to fix the combined capitalization. Then bonds were Issued until the total outstanding ob ligations of the new corporation reached $64,600,0u0. The value of all the tangible properties represented was but $19,0uu,0u0, so the witnesses admitted. What Mr. Hughes called "water" -was de scribed by the company's officers as valu able belongings in the shape of patents, trade prospects, business outlook and equi ties. For Its patents, a majority of which had expired, the new organization put down about $3,000,000. For the plants of the Man hattan and Harlem Electric companies it planed large sums on its books In spite of the fact that these plants had been de stroyed years before. It was by such pro ceedlngs that it came Into its capitaliza tion of $46,200.01)0. And having launched it self on this fictitious basis. It made money so fist that it was able to pay every year the $2,000,000 Interest on Its inflated funded debt and to lay aside before last January a surplus of $3,000,000. Meaawtule It paid no lA Sale of Women's Skirts JZ Saturday morning we start one of the nrpaf-pci- cLrirf celiac tnnwn tn the vvnmpn of Omnhn Our hnvrr mnrle n 4 jf j A. A V fs kJ wl 1VU 1I1A ti aa -w . w ww w a . v a V4 - -. a. ' j 'w . a a a -a g special trip to Toledo, Ohio, where he purchased the entire surplus stock of I skirts from one of the most famous skirt manufacturers in this country, Alex ander Black Skirt Co., makers of the celebrated "Worth Skirt." These skirts are known for their superior workmanship and fine fitting. Every skirt is made of the very newest spring and summer materials, in the very latest models. It's the best purchase we have ever made. The prices they are marked at are more phenomenal. This is an opportunity for the women to buy skirts for a great deal less than the material alone would cost. These skirts were made to retail at $10, $12.7 and $14.7?. divided into two lots. Choice 1 i p- swmnriiiTflgMftflMaE dividends to the owner of nearly all Its stock, the Consolidated Oas company. The New York Edison company, accord ing to the admissions of Its officers before the committee, charged private consumers 15 cents per kilowatt hour for electric cur rent, or about 125 per cent more than the cost price of 6.32 cents, which Includes In terest charges on the big obligations as sumed In the watering process of the com pany's organization. Without counting the unnecessary expenses Incidental to the con duct of such an overgrown product, the cost of electric current averages only 3.66 cents per kilowatt hour in Manhattan and the Bronx. The city, hitherto helpless to enforce a fair rate, has had to pay nearly the retail prices for Its lights. Until Colonel R. G. Monroe, lighting commissioner under iayor Low, made his firm protest. It had to pay the full price, but Colonel Monroe man aged to get a reduction to 12 cents per kilowatt hour. The officers of the company admitted on the stand that they had certain private customers to whom they furnished current at a 3-cent rate. They had many at 6 cents. Their "explanation" was that the city buildings were scattered, and that they liad to do more incidental work in connection with city contracts, but there was nothing In their evidence to account for the wide difference between the treat ment accorded preferred patrons and the deal Inflicted upon the public treasury. When Arthur Williams was asked how much the city would pay for incandescent lamps under a blanket contract as favor able as the one granted to other large con sumers, he estimated that $25,000 would pay the bill that had been In reality $80,000. When Mr. Lieb, the company's vice presi dent, .was called upon to estimate the profits on street arc lights in the two boroughs, including every expense, he said that f'jo.OOO a year would cover it. Edison Company Owns the Dults. From the standpoint of supporters of the municipal lighting plant theory, the ques tion of subway conduits for electric wires is as important as any Included In the committee's Investigation. , That the Edison company owns outright the Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway company, which operates the ducts for high-tension wires, and that it controls absolutely the Empire City Subway com pany, holding the low-tension wire con duits, are facts known to the public long ago, but the Edison company had not ad mined their ownership or described Its origin until the committee forced them to do so early this week. The methods by which the combination had the duct companies shaped for their purposes are too complicated to be de scribed In detail. It Is enough to know that the stock of the Consolidated Tele graph and Electrical Subway company was acquired as soon as the Edison Interests became a monopoly, and that the Empire City company, formed in 1S91 to take over the low-tension ducts, was organised in such a way that Its separat identity was merely a legal fiction. Edison money builds and repairs the ducts under the city streets, maintains the companies, pays the taxes, and hires law yers to combat hostile legislation. Edtsor influence prevents the city from taking pos session of Its streets, as it has a right to do, and Edison financial talent manipulates the duct accounts so that nobody can tell whether the city Is "getting what is com ing to It" or not. L00M1S AND BOWEN MEET Secretary Taft Hears Evidence of Mr. Ens- sell in Their Presence. MINISTER MAKES ANOTHER REQUEST He Asks that More Testimony Re garding; Transactions Between Assistant Secretary and As phalt Company lie Taken. by Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Growers' association, Is now under way. It is expected the Inquiry will not extend more than three or four days. The report will be made directly to Secretary Wilson. turn man to Succeed Boynton. Secretary Taft has appointed General Ezra A. Caramnn as chairman of the Chlckamauga Military Park association to succeed the late Gen. H. V. Boynton. WASHINGTON, June 9 -Ir. tho presence of Assistant Secretary of State Ioomls and Minister Bowen, Secretary Taft today heard a statement from W. V. Russell, tho American minister who has been trans ferred from Bogota to Caracas and who was secretary of the legation under Mr. I.oomls at Venezuela, regarding matters connected with what is known as tho Bowen-I.oomls controversy. The testimony of Mr. Russell was not of a sensational character. Its ef fect on the case cannot be learned at the War department. At the close of the Inquiry Mr. Bowen filed the following request: I now have the honor respectfully to sug gest that if any doubt remains in your mind as to the culpability of Mr. l.oonils. I De ororea to return to Caracas, and that, with Captain I'arker and Consul Hurst, I be Instructed to take the testimony of any and all persons acquainted with the facts In this case and be provided with letters re questing Mr. Ixomls' bnnks and the Venez uelan government to give to me certified copies of any papers that may tend to prove the nature of Mr. Loomls' transac tions while he was minister to Venezuela. Secretary Taft has not yet acted on this request and will probably await the arrival of a Mr. Unwln from New ( York, formerly connected with an asphalt concern In Cara cas, who will be queried regarding the check which Is said to have been exchanged between Mr. Loomls and the asphalt com pany. At today's session Mr. Bowen asked Mr. Russell if the latter had not said to him on one occasion: "I do all the work and Loomls gets all the money." 1 Mr. Russell replied that he did not think ho ever said that, though he might have said he did all the work and "they," refer ring to the syndicate, got all the profits. Whether he Intended to Include Mr. Loomls In this reference he was not certain. Yellow Fever In Canal Zona. Governor Magoon has reported two new coses of yellow fever on the canal zone. The bureau of Insular affairs made an abstract of the compilation of yellow fever cases sent by Governor Magoon. which shows a total of eighty-six cases and thirty deaths on the Isthmus up to May 23, last. Major J. R. Kean of the surgeon gen eral's office has returned from the Isthmus. He expressed confidence that when the sanitary woYk projected by Colonel Gorgas had been concluded and the water works system had been put in operation that yellow fever would be stamped out and malarial fever controlled. tatlsrlan Asks for Suspension. E. S. Holmes, Jr., associate statistician for the Department of Agriculture ha asked to be suspended from duty during the Investigating of charges against him of irregularity in the compilation and publica tion of tha last cotton repor. This re quest has been granted. The Investigation of the charges made Amber, Amberoid and Amberlne. "Amber has become so rare," said a to bacconist, "that it Is difficult to get hold of a good piece. That is sad, for long clRaret holders will be exceedingly fash ionable this year. "Amberlne is often .sold for genuine amber. It can be detected easily. If you put a match to It a conflagatlon will ensue. Furthermore. If you rub It It will give off a camphor smell. Also It will not pick up paper. "Amberoid Is made of amber chips pow- I O0T dered and compressed by hydraulic power. Only an expert can tell amberoid from am ber. It won't burn, and like amber, It will after a little friction, pick up paper. "Amberoid Is so excellent a counterfeit that many an honest tobacconist, deceived himself, will sell It to you In good falih for the real article." Philadelphia Bulletin. A Precision. Simeon Ford says that he once had In his employ as hotel clerk a young man from Boston whose extreme fondness for precision of speech led to his discharge. He was too exact for the average patron; In fact, he speedily became so unpopular that his dismlsssl was Imperative. One evening, says Mr. Ford, a weary and travel stained man ambled up to the desk where the Hubblte was presiding and said: "Give me a room and bath." "Sorry, sir," responded the Bostonian, "but I can't give you both; you 11 have bathe yourself." New York Times. 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