THE BLIND TYPISTE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 4

THE BLIND TYPISTE.

■ InXijndon!the .Wind;typisto takes her placi in.thp front-rank, both for.speed and accuracy Itjs'not always eagy to persuade business mm : to , ' take ;;hor' into ; their •' offices, .; but once •"■ eh( hasvhiid-ft■'.trial it:is..usually found:that, thi Mind-clerk's Salary; is Boon raised, and she ii raoro and ,mpro set apart: for. special work.-. Ii Bomo /.firms any ■' particular •' or• - difficult > _worl is. always- given .to-the blind girl to dp. ;I has been found -.that in momenta of .etToss one strain /Bhe 'is far'-less ■':• likely, -to . give : waj than the'ordinary-girl.ttntl that her neccssarj cbnccntratipn of, momory makes her less liabli ■ tj-make.-mistake's/' '''■"■■ ■•.•'', T ;'.;; Jpr; literary tho '-.'sightless ,'■ typisto' ii also rnuoh in'demnnd,;',Tho ' maohino sho use , :-jSflalmpjt aoundlcssVv and -• theto' is •.Baid to bi sotn^tliinff. restful; about: a blind; girl whiol soothes':the, nerves of .the, most imtabio -pool pE'.npyelist. .and.at, tho Normal College in lon don there .are several writers who go oven day to dictate to tliQ■ blind oxnerte. ■■'■■■ :, ' " J.i'm-Mni -typistoKhas a little 'shorthanc maohine: on: which she; takes her notes,, but shi caiv usc/praeticajly any typewriter. ■■.Tho onli difference .'.is ,-that in addition to tho frottet meaanre byiwhiqha.typjstc who eiin seb'gaugoi tho /Width of; her margins and/which sho use ;.in''; tabular., work,],a■' Braillo bar is stretchot aerpss tho. paper:,:rollr which makes flrianoia and;. legal work very .simple. Some blind girl also cover two or tfireo of: tho koya with ibaizo ana these act as guiding stars, andhoin CTeath : in.;'rapidi;work.'v :: \^u :] ■ ;..-.■..- :■'..•-.•*."■:■'