IttJG 2 1914 THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES , WIAS KTJBICAM ;JJ MANUAL OF SHOKTHAND DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT RUBiCAM BUSINESS SCHOOL 5V. LOUIS, MO. SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED BY RUBICAM BUSINESS SCHOOL ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A. Copyright, 1911 by WUBICAM SHORTHAND COLLE^F St. Louis. Mo., IT. S, .& All rights reserved. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. ALPHABET Draw the alphabet carefully and accu- rately 5 times; compare each stroke with the original copy ; name each stroke as you draw it ; present to the teacher for approval. RULES As you take up each new rule, draw the alphabet carefully and accurately 5 times in the 5 different positions, applying this rule; spell out each stroke as you draw it; present to the teacher for approval. WORD EXERCISES Write in shorthand one line of each word, using only the sounded letters; present u> to the teacher for approval; read the words from tli your shorthand notes forward and backward until you can read them as smoothly as if they were ce written in longhand. 5 ES WORD SIGNS Word signs must be thoroughly mem- orized, so they can be written and read rapidly and accurately. S PHRASING Write and read the phrasing until it can z be written and read rapidly and accurately. fl & g k t v to Straight Strokes 1 a e jo cu ch tw or dw Hook Strokes \ f C/ c s z Two Alike o (smallest legible circle) j k 1 p qu ch squ / Upward Strokes -^The j is is made with a large hook. The ch is made with a small hook. MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. RULE I POSITION. Placing any stroke in a vowel position adds the vowel. There are five vowels in the English language : a, e, o, u. 6 " a "o U i position is above the line, not touching. e is above the line, touching, a crosses the line. o is below the line, touching, u " is below the line, not touching. The stroke must be read first, vowel second. in i position spells bi (by, buy, bye) : ..J..b " e " " be (be, bee) ...J...b " a '* " ba (bay, baa) ...... b " o " "bo (bow, beau, bough) ...b " u " " bu (boo, bu) READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. POSITION RULE. CAUTION Keep I and U near the line of writing. * Denotes strokes written upward. \ 1 (( o. 6 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. "When a word begins with sh, use the sh stroke: as, shy ?Z "When sh occurs in the middle or at the end of a / word, use the s and h strokes; as, wash .. .Tx^ After the strokes 6, f, and w, ch is written downward; as, beach .....*/... fetch h watch K and / may be written upward or downward; use the one that makes the better angle with the preceding or succeeding stroke; as, m-k m-1 n-k n-1 k-m k-h H and th may be written open at the top or bottom; use the one that makes the better angle with the pre- ceding or succeeding stroke; as, h-k th-k h-v th-v m-h n-h buy view day ... patch /^ \ some y V V_ rye p \ mav_. see fee hue weigh they new woke wish pack why rich know cue show tea lieu die though make rake quick nail say bee jay lie like pan guy page due bay squaw too few batch. READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. WORD SIGNS. A word sign is a short outline standing for a word. k stroke in o position, company g " " e " gentlemen 1C t( if t< " e gentleman will- well all you is-his or-are-our A tick is a quarter length straight stroke. A tick in the direction of t is I or the . " " g is a, an, or and MANUAL Otf SHORTHAND. PHRASING. Phrasing in shorthand is the joining together of two or more simple words that are easily written and read together. In phrasing, when the a-an-and vertical tick does not make a good angle with the preceding stroke, strike a tick horizontally to the left. In phrasing, when the I-the horizontal tick does not make a good angle with the preceding stroke, use the K tick. .. * j and I L ......_ by a r^__ ) and a ...r 1 by the and we i are the V^ and I will L/ and is do a _ and I do the to the ..._ and a few V is a ...;.. P.... gentleman the see the Q_ gentleman and. The first word of a phrase takes position. A tick is not counted as a word in phrasing. READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 9 The hyphenated words are to be phrased. .J?_.. / _ , You-may pay-the gentleman $6.40. & * ^ *j n- , They know no way to buy-the rug. She says-the judge will pay-you all-the money. They know why we push-the sale. He saw me pay-you-the money. Do you owe-the-Company $78.00 ? You-may show-the gentlemen-the way. You-may say we wish-you to-do welL They -will weigh -the hay today. colon v Shorthand Punctuation Marks, period \/ interrogation point dash parentheses comma paragraph sign quotation marks Two dots under a stroke denote a proper name. Figures. $8.60 $86.00 $8600 $86,000 8w 86 ( 86^-7 86 $86,000,000 86 ^S~ h / 10 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. RULE 2. R is added to any stroke (except s, z, ses) by snading it. The stroke must always be read first, vowel and shading can be interchanged. 'J f \ .A...V. These characters are read air ari aer are aar ara aor aro aur aru bir bri ber bre bar bra bor bro bur bru. READING AND WRITING r,XI;RCISF.S. 11 tire T : deer ...(.. where 6?.. grew fray ) cheer mark maker . throw jar cure. packer -_/ J dry -rrtdyor buyer higher fire four crew through tore dare peer work broker care lower wire sheer joker pusher poorer catcher MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. WORD SIGNS. business as-has _ us-use-ed-ful m-any. satisfy-ed-tion think-thank > give-gave-given advantage-ous .J hope .... _.. PHRASING. Or, are, our, are added to one-syllable words by shading them.' may our he or to our they are ...^J. be our, all our ...y^TT...., in our .. by our rr^. do our . go our our of our.,-./... READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. Gentlemen : Will you give-the money to-the gentleman, as we know he- will do-the work satisfactorily for-you. We hope-you-will see-your buyer-and try to satisfy- your-company of his power to-do-the work well. Yours truly, READING EXERCISE. r? T ^v *) MANUAL, OF SHORTHANa RULE 3. N, m, or 1 is added to all strokes (except s, y, z, ses ) by writing them a little less than twice the normal length. Strokes must be read first, vowel and lengthening principles can be interchanged; as L.JL would read ban or bna, bam or bma, bal or bla. As n is used more frequently in the English language than m or /, the preference in the lengthening principle is given to n. In writing one-syllable words, where the meaning would be doubtful if the lengthening principle were ap- plied, write the word in full; as, mine.... mill READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 15 telegram beam \ flow promptly. mill curtail file gone train manner gram puller bill horn man blame chin them wool broken frame roam blow then when runner climb deem fill line clever dwell cool meal name team towel game dinner frame plainer rumor miner grammar drawn item blank plank. 16 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. WORD SIGNS. have-half \ yet .\ ... ever-very-every A from-form ..^ favor V. take-took- taken. PHRASING. All, will, or well is added to unshaded words of one syllable by lengthening them; in or than is added to shaded words of one syllable by lengthening them; as, They will do alL-1/ -. more than READING EXERCISE. J * Orv"i >!*...*i'~"""'""" " 22 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. RULE 5. S is added to all strokes (except s and z) by writing a small circle on the right side of down strokes, left side of up strokes, inside of curved strokes, upper side of horizontal strokes. Ses, sez, zes, or zez is added by writing a large circle in the same manner. St or zd is added by writing a loop in the same manner. St shaded is str. Lbl READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 23 Common prefixes such as in, con, re, dis, mis, etc., are written in position of root syllable; as, mistrust. nice ^7^ losses dispense prices _X weighs < forces J resist raised v_ largest .... feast u._... succeed success size misses cost must pays display gross soon said says seems distrust just dismiss mislaid receive whose these twice goes services submit persons sum goods matters dealers reason sinks guest substance settlement schemes explains notices dispatch searches statement master system days less president response recur insist sash mistake disperse. 24 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. WORD SIGNS. subject advice-advise .., J recognize-ed-tion ^^ possible-ly disappoint-ed-ment superintend-ent advertise-ed-ment ....S^ READING EXERCISE. ^U J> ^ \ ^ _ j j r*- -* -^^ ' v ' /. ~J. /?. ~ **. $. "*\ ' 5 " "' READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 25 Gentlemen : We today received your letter of the 10th inst. Our superintendent says it will- not be possible for us to hoist the material to the second floor of your store. "When we quoted you our prices you knew you had to pay the transfer costs from our warehouse. "We will hold the goods subject to your wishes, but would like to have this matter settled as soon as possible. Yours truly, MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. RULE 6. A tick in the direction of K adds ng or ing; shaded, adds shun, tion, sion, cean, tial, cial. i / . A....A LI. READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 27 N denotes un or in. N half lengthened and shaded denotes in tri, iniro, enter, etc., as, introduce position motion sewing edition 70- location ocean prevention petition bearing caution ,/_ interceding . T. proportion wasting mission interpret laying session hiding invention fashion inspiration waiting possession reading unbalanced physician quoting sensation coming decision running billing nothing inter- sperse intervene interviewing insisting undesirable addition entertaining influential. 28 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. WORD SIGNS. under ^^_ notwithstanding _... iOI . 1 _. understand ...... at the same time as far as ......... Q., ..................... ... at another time as you will Q/ A - at your leisure as you will have . .<^^. advise you A as soon as you can ...Q..*^' as you are aware n as soon as possible as well as. r> before and after 48 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. before us &S can you say circumstances in the case. by your ..r^. ............................. contents noted by all means . ...... ."> ..... could give. by or before the / L.. could give us by our could be 7 by the time you have ..... ...... \J ...... could not be can be ..y.. dear sir L can give us ./?.. does not can have U F. cannot say ./^L first time you have. PRACTICAL PHRASKS. 49 for instance t had your contract. for it is has been. d for it is to your advantage...... have a for the sake of ....... ................... have another .. !/ G. have been ....... AJ. give a ....... r. ........................... ........ have seen give the ....... b ............................... he and I if the matter has been if the matter has 1 have =2 not been.. I have the.... if vou are w im ng I have been rZ*. if you have time, ... I have your favor ......^ ff j{ w ill be ... I have your letter.. ..r^v. if you will do all I may rrr^T^ if our if it is not ~rr. if you will be if it is to your advantage ?*~~v^ if you will give if you will V..... in any case. PRACTICAL PHRASES 51 in fact ^~^\ it has been received in receipt of your letter ** J *^*f~... it may have been _. in receipt of ^ your favor .................... it must be in all things .._>-^. it is impossible in reply ^^r^. it is in the .... in the first .. .^ ..... * is reported 1 in behalf ^ it would be a.... L. in the future ..."!T~^ let us hear from you soon in the meantime ^~^~~^rrr. - in our opinion it can be . ...5*.. may our ... it has been done .. - seems to have been on the whole ......... shall not be p. should have been per annum ,^^f^. should not be.. PRACTICAL PHRASES. 53 square deal ...... ...St.. to handle show your appreciation. . M to make T. this company is in this matter this morning this time : to reply >..... U. ups and downs up or down under the they have been ... there is not up to-date W. the time has come ..^z?.. ways and means to your favor.... to your letter _... we will be glad to hear from you we are in receipt of your letter to give. we are in receipt of your favor , 54 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. we will ship you the ...J we wish to say. we would be glad to give you Y. we thank you Y^.. yO u are we are pleased \*S........ you wish to inform you gave. ... gave your we will give your letter LV^" you gave us _ we will see to this matter ... you x take -took -taken ....^^^... which ult-until .. each... half- have . \ much V ever-very-every \ thing '.. favor V__ such-shall-shipped .... I.. accept cr^ a-an-and l - except .... I-the -.....<. READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 59 Dear Sir: "We sent you on the 8th inst., as per your request, shipment of wire, which we trust will prove satisfactory. Our President will be in your city in the course of a week, and will call frequently at your factory and will use his judgment as to payments. If the wire is not what you wish, advise him, and we -will then change the order. Respectfully, C..,.A ../.. ^ Vw .^ 7 > 60 MANUAI, 01? SHORTHAND. Gentlemen: Your letter is received. As you are in the city, we will meet you in our office, as we have letters of interest to give you. We are in a great hurry to have the matter settled. If you are to be in the city for some time, say two or three weeks, we will do all we can to make your visit a pleasant one. We think St. Louis is a very interesting city. We thank you for your kindness, and hope you will do well while here. Respectfully, READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 61 Dear Sir: In reply to your favor of the 5th, would say that you can blame no one but yourself for the unpleasant position in which you are placed. These gentlemen cannot be accused of forcing themselves into this transaction. I imagine your contract with their President was that your shipments of lump coal were to be sent to their East Side Depot. Now, to illustrate our point, you must admit that if you forced them into a controversy, they are not to be blamed. I hope you will think this matter over and let it drop. Respectfully, ). ac.. A f z^ // J \ ^ \ -^ .A,.., -_>. a-,. /J X 5 ^ - ;: '* a^; 7 ^ ^ ..k... ^ < fl -') tf --r -^~ / c 62 MANUAL 01? SHORTHAND. Gentlemen: In the future will you please have shipments of lump coal sent to our East Side Depot ? Will you kindly ad- vise your President of this request ? We understand that all matters of importance must be referred to him. When we made our contract with you, your President then agreed, as a matter of accommodation, to have our shipments of lump coal sent to our East Side Depot. You must admit that we are in the right. Mr. Brown is thoroughly conversant with the subject, and will dis- miss parties at fault, and will prevent a controversy arising if possible, but we do not wish you to contradict our rights in the matter. Respectfully, ....... ...... < ...... ...... b- v . v ...... __ */ ....... u ......... i ........ f READING AND WRITING EXERCISES. 63 Dear Sir : Considering the circumstances of the contribution from the International Association, you are willing to admit that from the treatment you have received it is evident that they depend upon you to extricate the Company from the position in which it has been placed. You will see the justice of this yourself when you consider the risk they run in allowing their former President such freedom of speech. "We will dictate your policy to our stenographer, if you wish, and submit it to the general committee who have charge of the Republican branch in the governmental party. Trusting that you will be willing to have us do this for you and that you will not feel that you have been forced in this matter, we are, Yours truly, 64 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. Dear Sir : You must admit that you made a mistake when you went into the controversy, and you must not blame them for asking to have a receiver appointed to take charge of your business. You promised to deliver their lump coal to their East Side Depot and should have kept your agreement and have been willing to prepay charges. They could not afford to lose their profit because you met with an accident. Your business was in good con- dition at the time and you were fully aware that it is not good policy to countermand an order after it has been, given. As you have said before, you have no one to blame but yourself for the difficulties in which you find yourself. The other parties were compelled to protect themselves. Respectfully, READING -AND WRITING EXERCISES. 65 Gentlemen : We are in receipt of your favor of the 5th inst. Kindly give this subject your attention, and be governed by the facts in the case. We acknowledge that you are granting us a great favor in accepting our form of government. Make a memorandum on all points that are not clear to you, and at the meeting we shall be glad, to go over with you all matters except those of minor importance, and we will do our best to make things clear to you. We would -also advise you to use diplomacy as to what shipments you make, and not to advertise this business for some time. Have you sent check for one- half the subscription for the manufacturers' monthly bulletin ? If not, send same as soon as possible. Respectfully, 66 MANUAL OF SHORTHAND. Gentlemen : The gentleman who will establish this business has not yet been taken into any company. Notwithstanding this, I understood that the Superintendent of his com- pany would be very much disappointed if he could not satisfy the public that there would be no difficulty in getting enough money to begin work immediately. I recognize that each and every one of you has agreed to take no advantage that may accrue under the terms of the proposition, but I think that before we ever accept such a settlement it is important that you all sign the paper which was presented to-day. Our object, as you will observe, is to establish beyond the shadow of a doubt that the business will be a paying one. If any further difficulties develop, we will represent you and defend your interests until you arrive. Respectfully, L, . 0-3 . fL > ....-'. ^ .x / v .' .i_- I- / \ s L ) ^ ^ / *** /I f^.i _ / -^\S J sr-^...y'.. ~. 7 - ^ "o - Jt y*&- ' /? x^\ ^- ^ ^_-^ ? UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. WAY 1.4 1943 NOV 21 1961 Form L9-10m-3,'48(A7920) 444 UNIVERSITY ot CAJUiiiA AT LOS ANGELES LIBRARY 256 H529m 1911