SCHOOL OF TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 128, 30 May 1903, Page 2

SCHOOL OF TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND.

THE MI-38HU BAKER. The op?ning of a 6choil of typvwritirg and shorthand by the Misses Bakir ha-j certainly, to us; a sterotyped phrase, supplied a mueh-folfc wan*. Shorthand is now s) geoernlly recognised as one of the best pa-sports to employment in the cleric il line that it is rapidly being recognised as a noaessary subject in an ordinary education. It is an advautaga, therefore, to tho3e tvho have not had the advtotage of learning it previomly to know that .they can now learn it from a thoroughly competent instructress. In the ma'terot typewriting also, scarcely an offiei but his a typewrier, and almost the first qu93ilm asked an applicant for employment, vvbe her mala or femal?, is " can you typb V This is anoth r sul ject which secondary schools are recognising is a necessity of a complete educitiocal course. Of coirse there are two cl -sses jof typ's's; those who have beaij [properly taught and thoße who hwe no'. Like ev<rytbing else to bo absolutely profbent good te selling is a mceisi'.y. The d*y when a typewriter can ba allowed to fumble about with one hand has p ssed and the typowri'er now is expected to u e n*r.d3 to the keyboard, wh n spesd ani ■ccuracy can both bo eecurid, The Misses Baker are expert typists and those anxious to learn how to get the best workout of a typewriter cannot do batter than take a course.of le-sons from he Misse3 Baker. la addition to giving iessoss on tlie.e useful and now alm.st indispensable accomplisbmen'e, the Mi s.s B.ktr undertake a'l class s of typewriting and shorthand work at a very moierate charge, and we are in a (posi ion to say th»t the work done is cf rirst-cV.s quality in every respect The I Misses Baker are also the local for ttie famous Remington typewriters, without doubt the prkce of typewri irg machines. A roprt'Sen'.aivo of tho Daily News had the pleasure of inspecting a particularly large one at th ir establishment, in Cutric-streat uo.tb, fined up with all the latest improvement?. It is impossible to describe the machine, it is enough to say that it is simply marvellous the perfection to which it has been brought and tha e>so and sp--ed with which it wok 1 . We can, wi hout hesitation, advise our readers who want a machine to place iheir orders with the MUss Baker, who are als) agents fjr all typewriters' supplies. The firm, who have an advertisement in our business columns, ate prepared to supply machines for cash or on very reasonable terms.