PITMAN’S SHORTHAND NEW COURSE NEW ERA EDITION aacRhranrCOPYRIGHT This edition of Sir Isaac Pitman’s system of Shorthand is the exclusive copyright of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., and it will be an infringement of such copyright if matter from it be reproduced in any publication without written permission. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS Lrtp. PITMAN HOUSE, BOUVERIE STREET, CARLTON, MELBOURNE PITMAN HOUSE, PARKER STREET, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2 THE PITMAN PRESS, BATH 20-25 BECKETT’S BUILDINGS, PRESIDENT STREET, JOHANNESBURG ASSOCIATED COMPANIES PITMAN MEDICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY Lip. 46 CHARLOTTE STREET, LONDON, W.1 PITMAN PUBLISHING CORPORATION 20 EAST 46TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 SIR ISAAC PITMAN (CANADA) Ltp. (INCORPORATING THE COMMERCIAL TEXT BOOK COMPANY) PITMAN HOUSE, 381-383 CHURCH STREET, TORONTOPREFACE [ets PITMAN published the first edition of his shorthand system in 1837. He spent half a century improving it, and the great work has since been continued by several generations of expert writers and teachers, Millions have used this system as a means of earning a livelihood, and today, throughout the world, wherever accurate and immediately legible recording of spoken English is required, in Parliaments and Congresses, in the Courts of Justice, and in offices of every size and sort, there is Pitman’s Shorthand, doing what no machine can do, reproducing speech, the whole speech and nothing but the speech (with whatever helpful notes the intelligent recorder may choose to append to the speech), in a form that can be read like a book as soon as it is written or ten years afterwards. No system has been tested for so long or by so many writers of such a wide diversity of natural aptitude; and no system has won so high a reputation in the crucible of experience. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM Isaac’Pitman devised his system after a profound and epoch-making study. of the phonetic structure of the English language. The system is a result of his scientific analysis. Systems before Pitman, and even some systems in use today, could achieve speed only through the laborious memorization of hundreds of special forms and arbitrary abbreviations, In Pitman’s Shorthand, speed and facility of writing and safety of reading are achieved by following a coherent and com- prehensive scheme: each individual sound has its sign, and sounds of the same family have signs with an appropriate family likeness, so that, after a little practice, the signs seem to produce themselves like snapshots from the sounds, and the sounds themselves seem to speak from the written page. Handwriting Motion Inadequate. The consonants of the language are represented by a series of simple strokes, selected to provide the most facile joinings with one another. Because these strokes do not follow the Slope of ordinary longhand writing, they can be formed with complete distinctiveness when they are joined together and written with great speed. The purpose of shorthand is to represent letters as briefly and as distinctively as possible. .The adoption of a uniform slope in a shorthand system would result in a confusing similarity iitof consonants, and the hand of the writer would be retarded because Of the necessity for careful and laborious representation of fine distinctions. Pairing of Consonants. In certain cases consonants are paired because of their similarity of sound. The first consonant in the pair is pronounced lightly (as “S") and is unvoiced, and the second consonant in the pair is the corresponding heavy sound (as “Z”) and is voiced. The same stroke is used for both consonants, but for the first con- sonant a light stroke is written, and the second stroke of the pair is written with a slight pressure of the pen. This avoids the necessity of employing different strokes to represent similarly sounded consonants If, for instance, half- and double-length strokes were used to represent these pairs, valuable shorthand abbreviating material would be lost, which in Pitman’s Shorthand is used to represent the addition of letters and even whole syllables. The use of this device thus saves time and labour for the shorthand writer and involves no extra penmanship. Elimination of Vowel Signs. Words are represented by a complete shorthand outline of their consonants. Short forms, or “word signs,” are few in number. Circles, loops and hooks are used for the repre- sentation of frequently occurring and natural combinations of con- sonants in English words. In the application of this abbreviating material the presence or absence of a vowel is indicated, and it is un- necessary to write signs for the vowel sounds. Here again the shorthand writer is saved much time and labour, A series of disjoined vowel signs is provided for insertion where necessary, such as in isolated words, or proper names. Position Writing. Position writing is a simple and effective device for the indication of vowels. Writing a word above, on, or through the line, according to its first vowel sound, is another means of expressing sound without actual writing, and it is a device highly prized by the fastest writers. Generations of the best writers in the world’ have proved that the most effective means of securing compact, swift and legible shorthand outlines is through complete representation of the consonants, and that the insertion of the vowel signs is a needless waste of the writer's labour. Summary. In Pitman’s Shorthand the amount of actual writing has been reduced to a minimum because of the scientific use of the steno- graphic abbreviating material. Circles, loops, hooks, halving and doubling are devices used for the representation of syllables, and not for the formation of an alphabet. An adequate skill in shorthandwriting is developed through the application of the abbreviating principles of the system. These devices are few in number, and they are easily understood and applied. Writers do not have to resort to such doubtful expedients as memorizing large numbers of specially contracted forms or writing only the first part of words, in order to keep pace with a speaker. They are able to develop their skill in accurate note taking without arbitrary memorization and with a minimum of labour. The simple principles of the system permit its writers to maintain and increase their skill, to their own satisfaction and to the satisfaction of those whose utterances they undertake to record. FEATURES OF THE BOOK This book presents the principles of Pitman’s Shorthand in a logical arrangement. ‘The principles are stated briefly and simply, and each statement is followed by an adequate amount of application. The work of the teacher is made easier by dividing the principles into small units of construction. ‘An unusual feature of the book is the wealth of drill material pro- vided for each unit of instruction. The amount of this material is more than that appearing in any shorthand textbook previously issued. ‘The exercises have been so compiled that they are similar in subject matter to the material dictated to students in later stages of the study of the subject. The development of skill in reading and writing these exercises is therefore of great importance, for they provide practice as valuable to the student as the dictation he will receive when the principles have been completed. Realization of this will encourage the student and will stimulate rapid progress. The exercises provide a cumulative review of the principles and of the short forms In the application of the principles a vocabulary of the two thousand. commonest words has been used. Less frequently occurring words are used occasionally, however, to provide additional illustrations and to demonstrate in the exercises the application of a principle to similar words. These additional words are always well within the average student's vocabulary. Most of the exercises are in shorthand. Reading correct shorthand is invaluable to the student, and the reading approach makes it possible to prevent students from writing or seeing incorrectly written outlines, and in this way assists them to write accurately from the start. The shorthand exercises are also useful for home preparation and from Chapter IX onwards longhand exercise or dictation material is included.Dictation is always interesting to the student, and teachers will find Graded Dictation Studies of great use to them when used side by side with the New Course. In this book there is a wealth of dictation material arranged so as to correspond accurately with the chapters of the New Course and at the same time progressively graded by word- frequency. Complete practice for dictation purposes is also given in the whole vocabulary of each chapter of the New Course, including short forms, phrases and word lists. The very frequently used words expressed in shorthand by some logical principle of abbreviation are introduced in their appropriate places in the text and are also given in three alphabetically arranged lists at the end of the volume. The first list gives those short forms that are included in the text and these all come within the two thousand commonest words. The second list gives additional short forms occurring in the first ten thousand commonest words, and the third list a few others which do not occur in the ten thousand com- monest words. It will be noticed that for all ordinary purposes the first list is adequate and in fact represents between 50 and 60 per cent of average matter, When the book has been completed 4 Student's Review of Pitman's Shorthand will be found most useful for a re-learning of the principles by a quite different approach and also provides abundant material for reading and dictation. The Second Session Dictation Course, Ele~ ‘mentary Examination Speed Tests and Business Letters for Dictation will be found of value for the further development of skill in writing shorthand for business purposes. Literature available for reading in shorthand is listed in the Pitman Shorthand and Typewriting Catalogue. Pitman’s Office Training published weekly includes many shorthand pages and regular articles for the guidance of the shorthand writer, and further shorthand reading material will be found in the monthly issues of Pitman’s Business Education. NOTE Readers of this book will be interested in the note on Maori pronunciation, and in the lists of Australian and New Zealand place names which appear on pages 173-184CONTENTS IPmeracme sett eteeettete ett tieticteteeaetetegeatety itt InvropuctioN © eee Vil 1. First Six Consonants; @anp@ ee I, Next EicHt Consonants; 6 ANDI. 6 4 III, Next EicHr ConsoNANTS. ww wwe OG IV. Finsr-ptace Vowels. 6 wee V. Tuirp-pLace Vowsts eeeeeeeceseeaeee sete AVI wo -Ponbasbron dete tence eatiets coast aeetUe ete eee VIL DIPHTHONGS AND Wc: ss egg 2D VIN: S\Gincuee gag aa cal IX. St AND Sir Loops; Ses AND Sw Circves; Vowet INpt- Corer Bestia asta tere rastonte seer teeeiee fetsaereeeiert fstoseenc || X. Hatvinc; Downwarp L: Apsreviate W 54 XL. Douste Consonants... we XIL N AND FHoows . ee 8D XII. -Shun Hook ae eveeeee - = 106 XIV, ComPOUND CONSONANTS; Tick AND Dor H. . 116 XV. HALVING AND DouBLING es 126 XVI. PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES ey isieee tecyartaetee 139, XVII. Dipnones; MepiaL W; SH, R, aNDS 5. 149) XVIII. Ficures; Compounp Woros; INTERSECTIONS... :156 Shiner: romney ites svete cer tevseee HeLa eater IGS INDEX = 185INTRODUCTION HORTHAND is the art of representing spoken sounds by written signs. Pitman’s Shorthand provides a way of representing every sound heard in English words. Ordinary longhand spelling is seldom phonetic. Pit man’s Shorthand is phonetic; that is, words are generally written as they are sounded and not according to ordinary longhand spelling. “With certain exceptions no signs are used that are not wanted to represent the sound. The following illustrations show how to think of the words when writing shorthand— palm is p-ah-m wrought is r-aw-t pale is p-ay-t coal is k-ohel key is k-ce tomb — is oo-m With the exception of worsted (the woollen material) and a few Proper names, e.g. Worcester, if an R appears in the spelling of a word it always appears in the shorthand. Words that include a silent R” in some pronunciations of English are thus made much easier to read, e.g. iran, park. The shorthand characters should be made as neatly and as accu- rately as possible. The size of the shorthand strokes in this book is a good standard to adopt in your own writing. The signs join readily with one, another and they can be written with great speed when practised sufficiently. Resist the temptation to sacrifice accurate formation for speed. Speed in writing will naturally follow the practice of neat and accurate writing.CHAPTER I PrTMaN's SHORTHAND ALPHABET 1, The First Six Consonants The sounds heard in English words are, in Pitman’s Shorthand, divided into— ‘Twenty-four Consonants Twelve Vowels Four Diphthongs A shorthand sign is provided for each of these sounds. The first six consonants are represented by straight strokes written downward— [ie Letter Sign Name Asin | P aN Pee pay, ape, Up | B AN bee bay, Abe, be | T tl tee Tay, ate, it | D tI dee day, aid, do cH v7 chay chest, etch, which | J 4 jay jest, edge, age The arrows indicate the direction in which the strokes are written, They are never written in any other direction. NOTE: These consonants form pairs: p and b, ¢ and d, ch and j. In each pair a light sound is represented by a light stroke, and a corresponding heavy Sound is represented by a hearier stroke. 2. Vowel & Vowels are represented by dots and dashes written alongside the consonant: strokes. When a vowel comes before a consonant, it is placed before the stroke (left side); when a vowel comes after a consonant, it is placed after the stroke (right side). 12 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND. The long vowel d is represented by a heavy dot— SSS ee eee ‘| | esses ape, pay, Abe, bay, eight, aid, ~— day, — age. Write the consonant stroke first, and then place the vowel sign. Two light dashes underneath an outline indicate that the word represented begins with a capital letter. NOTE: There are three places alongside a stroke in which vowels may be written—beginning, middle, and end, or first, second, and third place. The dot for long d is written in the middle place, and it is therefore called a “second-place vowel.” 3. Joining of Consonants Consonants are joined without lifting the pen, as in longhand. Begin the second where the first ends, and write the stroke in its proper direction. Note that the first stroke rests on the line. y NAP eS f pch, bt, tp, dt,_—chp, bd, dp, jt, aces Paid, page, bait, babe, tape, date. 4. Vowelé Short é is represented by a light dot, and is a second-place vowel— 1 1 » — f etch, edge, bet, pep, ‘Ted, ~— debt, _— jet. NOTE: The first stroke rests on the line. Write the consonant outline first, and then place the vowel sign. Short Forms for Common Words A few very frequently used words, such as be, it, the, to, are ex- pressed in shorthand by a single sign. These short forms promote speedy writing, and they should be thoroughly memorized— Note |i, 1 doy] which, 6 the, x. 10, \ t90 oF 100, 1 but, 1 who,NEW COURSE 3 6. Phrasing As an aid to rapid writing, shorthand words may often be joined. This is called phrasing. Outlines should be phrased only when they join easily and naturally, as shown in the examples throughout this ‘textbook. The first word in a phrase is written in its normal position— ) to do, ) but which, A small tick at the end of a word represents the. The tick is written either upward or downward, whichever forms the sharper angle but, whether written upward or downward, its angle to the line of writing is always the same— rey bE SS to the, be the, do the, which the, pay the, paid the. 7. Punctuation The following special punctuation marks are used in shorthand— x 2 s See eet {full stop, question, exclamation, hyphen, dash, parenthesis. Other signs are written as in longhand. Exercise 1CHAPTER II 8. The Second Group of Consonants The next four pairs of consonants are curves, and they are written downward— — 7 Letter | Sign | Name As in ‘Short Form for | FF} | ef | few, safe, for v XL | vee | view, save, have have .\. TH | XC | ith | thigh, bath, ehink think ( | TH | XC | thee | thy, bathe, them them { | s Y) | ess | seal, ice, us Zz D | zee | zeal, eyes, was was) sH | 2 | ish | she, wish, shall shalt) | ZH | 2 | zhee | measure, treasure, usual | usualfly J | foe Ss at (a) they, say, fade, faith, shape, bathe, shade. bpm Spnn fen gh @ fed, fetch, death, shed, essay. 9. Vowels 6 and i Long 0 is represented by a heavy dash, and is a second-place vowel— Lee's Saas Oy cacao assem) toe, oat, bow, ~—Joe,_—foe, oath, 50, owes, Jot SES show, showed, boat, both, —_ vote.NEW COURSE 5 Short iis represented by a light dash, and is a second-place vowel— ane: up, us, tub, touch, Dutch, judge. Exercise 2 Seen hae Btn ——- Exercise 3 AAG a er is L Rae ee) Desa NS oF 2 rd Sw aa a 5&4 4 ds 6) ‘, x ha i YCHAPTER III 10. The Next Eight Consonants The next eight consonants are all written forward, They are all light strokes except g and ng. Letter | Sign | Name | As in Short Form for | K |= kay | eane, leak, come come __ | | G | =| gy | ex, league, give give or given | M = | om lhe seem, him him | N | S| en nay, seen, no | NG | & | ing long, sing, thing hing | L | & | at | tay, coal, will lord | w | | way | weigh, aware, we | we 07, y |< yay youth, yellow, yes When a vowel comes before a horizontal stroke it is written above the stroke; when a vowel comes after a horizontal stroke it is written below the stroke. (a) cche, egg, gay, keg, cake, alm, may, + make, ON NO came, game, gum, comb, no, know, name, neck. uae ie ele earcive ial (ail, lay, laid, ted, lake, delay, ‘low, —_ load, below, love, luck, ~—tung, ~—coal,_—goal,_—_—maail. eee ee ere eee ad ai (© way, weigh, woe, web, wed, wedge, yoke, _yellow. ‘NEW COURSE 7 Ie (a) take, check, joke, became, — beg, shake, —_folk, eel SY 4 isos a shame, thumb, lunch, bunch, change, length, tongue. Ina phrase, the stroke / is used to represent the word will— a ke. mo « iN it will, which will, who will, they will, it will be, aN eX 7 it will have, they will be, they will have, etc. Exercise 4 i a ea ec ee Ge Ae <2 5 =~ f+} : . 2 6k, f ake A Cf Exercise 5 hey 2 Dace see fea. cor 3, edt LE eae s? Boro 4 ek «© ca 7, ce ae De he Mee ho cnetp ol omrnginrd Eincins yo 8 bombPITMAN'S SHORTHAND Exercise 6CHAPTER IV 11. First-place Vowels The next four vowels are written in the first place, that is, at the beginning of a stroke. When the first vowel in a word is a first-place vowel, the outline is written in first position, that is, the first down- stroke or upstroke in the outline is written above the line. First-position outlines consisting of horizontal strokes are written above the line. (a) Long ah is represented by a heavy dot— Ree ee See pa, ma, calm, palm. (6) Short & is represented by a light dot— 14 aoe, at, add, path, pal, pack, back, bath, TF attach, tank, bank, damage, shadow, catch, eee atest tee - gang, am, among, — map, away, —_ lack, 7 annum, — package. (0) Long aw is represented by a heavy dash— ee saw, paw, ball, bought, talk, tall, auto, jaw, law. (@) Short 3 is represented by a light dash— eee Cee top, odd, doll, dog, job, off, shock, oe fe got, lodge, lock, —_ long, knock, —_ watch, 9 cash, ct manage, ie chalk, 2 shop, 2 wash.10 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND SHORT FORMS jon 3 aloran Sof Lom ls pag. Phrases— cE... om the, tz... but the (the signs for on and but slightly slanted). Exercise 7 2 eet Yous ee =| A ey ae Gai retain tig ca Nf OP 6 eln§ fete pleas eon Gas JNEW COURSE ah Exercise 8 1 oy 3/6 pore 2 a aed ntl mem ti Ni af tpn an 12. Second Position When a second-place vowel is the first vowel in a word, the outline is written in second position, that is, the first downstroke or upstroke rests on the line—12 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND: Bel acts ae oe] ane Cia get, enough, | Monday, engage, month, __ envelope, Cnn nn cup, leg, debt, coal, _—_ take. Exercise 9 BNE A IN hin hee IN 6 ele i. S Lone 7 * ek el peal nlax Boe WA Gar tL ,CHAPTER V 13. Third-place Vowels The last four vowels are written in the third place. When a third- place vowel comes between two strokes, it is put in third place before the second stroke. When a third-place vowel is the first vowel in a word, the outline is written in third position, that is, the first downstroke or upstroke is written through the line. (@) Long ¢ is represented by a heavy dot— el tet /orineh) eet) ser eat, tea, each, see, she, ease, fee, feed, deep, Ses fy ) €. VO eyes keep, leave, teach, theme, deal,_—_- meal, __ team. (b) Short 7s represented by a light dot— LN SNe LRT TD if, bit, pick, big, ship, live, inch, kid, —_ ill, NO A ill, mill, milk, thick, width: (©) Long do is represented by a heavy dash— fee chew, shoe, food, move, youth, tool, pool, cool, tdoth, (d) Short 60 is represented by a light dash— Sete bet epireeney| ONE o) book, took, look, wood, pull, _ push. NOTE: The sound of » at the end ofa word is represented by the light dot 7 Cece ae eee baby, lucky, money, copy, many, —_ lady, family, eBacaaesiee VI. aS ‘monthly, — daily, apology. 1314 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Where an outline consists only of horizontal strokes and the first vowel is a third-position vowel, the outline is written on the line— = sen key, kick, cook, ink, king. Drop the 7 vowel in the termination -ing— . making, taking, leaving, living, —_‘ooking, asking, aw mailing, talking, washing. SHORT FORMS, | different or difference, _) wish, \— put, \ to be, ' owe, can, go, * ought, — in or any. Short Form Derivatives: \ being, |. doing, \_ having, going. Exercise 10 hey & + vw tf Ss ye Betton als lig j Nestea Sree eh eeNEW COURSE le Cae 2/6. om daha es evan SNC 4k AL LS LEM ens to Jets Exercise 11PITMAN’S SHORTHAND 16 Exercise 12CHAPTER VI 14. Two Forms for R Letter ‘Sign Name As in R a ray raw, reach, carry | | ast ar car, air, dare L a gna s When r begins a word use“... as in— A, Koi danse hn mid unl Eaigfhonnls red, raw, road, route, rug, rush, ring, reach, ready, readily, retail, wrong, range, rank, relief, relieve. When a word begins with the combination “cower” use). as in— De Dy air, arm, or, ear, early, army. SHORT FORMS (up) are, 4 (up) our or hour, ~ (up) and, 7 (up) should. NOTE: Chay and Ray: These strokes are somewhat similar, but they are different in slope and in the direction in which they are written. Chay is always written downward at a small angle from the vertical. Ray is always written upward at a small angle from the horizontal. For the inclusion of consonant r in shorthand writing, see Introduction, p. viii. Exercise 13 1d, siete ease we Be git gen tei aa ON ”718 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND get et) eee cep 15. (a) When r ends a word use “). as in— Say Se Behe car, far, per, error, appear, fear, fur, assure. (6) Words that end in -ore or -air, however spelled, are written with a second-place heavy vowel, as in— door, pour, pear, shore, share, four, fair, bear. (© When a word ends with the combination “‘r-vowel” use as in— carry, marry, ferry, memory, factory, injury, borrow, bet pee « CL sen. dairy, jury, narrow, thorough, vary, tomorrow. NCNEW COURSE 9 SHORT FORMS: > your, >\ year, whose, | large, thank oF thanked. NOTE: In the phrase “ro go” — the vowel is inserted. Exercise 14 1 aan se Saree 2. oo <_» Bisel oe Looks fe EN ey em Ee Bn Df bt NOT > — tog Adc oN 1A eee a et pe een Bey ee ro oS Brg a ee ee pn I Po nt $ ee ee20 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 16. In order to avoid awkward joinings r is written— (@ Downward before m— room, Rome, remedy, form, _firm, alarm, remove. (6) Upward before #, d, ch, j and th— Solin ner rtett ed aE errata, arid, arch, urge, earth. (©) Upward after a straight upstroke— : a“ rear, rare, roar, aware, career, _ lawyer. NOTE: Usually it is better to write upward r in the middle of a word— awww we FL March, party, park, forty, authority, charge, garage, Ao aM fourth, mark, — parade, thoroughly. Exercise 15 tee) anu xt vx : ee ; oe 2, sec rceon cinta Te DQ, A ie yea Bere elt Ne 2 i alias GA XT 2oe eet 1. Leen Some nnd ete Malt oe Sgn Tipe Se ete eee a Exercise 16 ee a le Beto tlhe tb A ee wy, ne eeePITMAN'S SHORTHAND Al | “A LN VEALCHAPTER VII 17. Diphthongs The four double vowels used in Pitman’s Shorthand are i, oi, ow, and u, as heard in the words / enjoy Gow's music. (a) The diphthong i is represented by a small angular mark written as shown, in the first vowel place— Ss nse I Nas Ee ae pie, pipe, tie, by, buy, time, my, © Visa cat cn cE CR wide, lie, like, admire, alive, fire, _five, tire, retire, arrive, pile, bite, dime, rye, knife, _mile, Loy &S china, shy, ripe. (b) The diphthong o/ is written as shown, in the first vowel place— SL ot RON toy, boil, boiler, annoy, coil, boy, joy, — enjoys Ee oe toil, coy, alloy. (©) The diphthong ow is written as shown, in the third vowel place— eb eRe cific ome fF . cow, out, loud, mouth, row, couch, outlay, lounge, county. (d) The diphthong u is represented by a small semicircle written in the third vowel place— SL an NR NG beauty, duty, failure, cure, endure, cube, bureau, Ss tube, occupy.4 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND SHORT FORMS Ya or eye, .n..how, why, 0. beyond, you, <.with, <.when, 2.what, ..>...would, <>.me, owing. Exercise 17 fe SEE aetna Le a a BT peeked Ca £ § Vi a eS ee Cees 6 aby Pe dnt Qo 2 Loo Th ner Goel elon tn Gh eS RIES IIE Eats Vai Miata ceeNEW COURSE 2 — a. EA 1. eon Xd ee Exercise 1826 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 18. Joined Diphthongs (a) The diphthong signs are joined to strokes when an easy joining can be made— Cee) eee be cece eee oo ice, eyes, item, idle, deny, oil, due, few, issue, wet ee A Ee new, avenue, review, value, renew, revenue, bough or bow. (®) The sign for ow is contracted in the word __~ . now. (© The sign for i is contracted before /, m, k, and upward r to form such phrases as— f on mm — wi Twill (CI), Lam(I'm), Imay, Ican, I write. @) The short form you is turned on its side to form the phrases— ei € 3 — € can you, give you. with you, when you, what you, 3 a would you, are you, etc. 19. Triphones ‘A small tick added to a diphthong sign indicates another vowel following the diphthong— Rb ek Mae LS buying, dying, lying, via, variety, Niagara, loyal, voyage, Scere ye See ee enjoying, power, shower, tower, towel, fewer, issuing. Exercise 19 a vee 3 ae: ) Lye preNEW COURSE 27 a [aed Als Aiea tes A ceria sa Sh ee NS SOR IN pneu cer ee eee Teun Ava ® (eee 2. Ve Wd ge Ys etme Dye Distinctive Outlines: \ 7. pure, SPO pte 2 ce € Peles aenk are Sh ee eee ae eer aes Exercise 20 a-° So Soci ed Tye = *28 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND ——~ FEM — See panes ec a nS facS.G a i fo Faq) Ss Beet + Pankey Dal A wy AOD ft NONENEW COURSE 29 20. Consonant H Letter Sign | Name Asin aN ; H ? hay he, high, hay Ge hay hope, happy, head (@ When h is the only consonant stroke, or is followed by k or g, use the downward form— fb he, hay, high, hake, Haig, and also in the derivatives of words written with the downward h— PME Zu oe highly, higher, highway, hayrick. (6) Use the upward form when f is joined to other consonants— SBN AM Og happy, hope, head, heavy, hotel, hang, huge, hurry. (© The word hope is contracted to the stroke p to form the phrases aan ra Nak a I hope, I hope you will, I hope you are, we hope, dA. LN we hope you will, we hope you are, etc, (d) The word he is represented in the middle or at the end of a phrase by the short form 1... In other cases. is used. Kooy B ifhe, if he should, but he will.30 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND Exercise 22 A oe RA ee ee WO eee 8” aleaunesy ie 2 7 5 bh mya gly i ea Bere ae eee ee Neue LORI ON A, a Any GT RA Sates 5 & es [alee Eel ae 2s Exercise 23 Yon © AN SS) toed ee me cp ee aren ae eas Be Fe hee Ot iad tee Aree ee ae eal Eases ese ees eet (83)CHAPTER VIII 21. S Circle The very frequently occurring consonant s, and its corresponding heavy sound z, are represented by a small circle as well as by the strokes ) and) ‘The small circle joins easily to other consonant strokes at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a word. At the beginning of a word, the s circle is always read first; at the end of a word, the s circle is always read last. The s circle is written inside a curv a C 7 af SO eNE (a) face, these, shoes, loss, knows, names, __ ills, I eee a eggs else, anxious, less, months, eaves, shows, _lose, eae a 2 I miss, arms, ears, nice, size, voice, invoice, and i k ee AAs be announce, advice, news, —views, —refuse, _—items, oy atts issues, errors, forms, office, affairs. & ~ ees See ee (b) safe, seem, slow, song, silk, sir, small, ; ee sale, sales, save, __—saving, _selll, ae a, a, enna Abe selling, sleep, snow, some, soon, sun, __since, ek. pe similar, soil, south, sign, salary. Pet eS eg cee (©) message, absence, business, cousin, reason, _receive, a2 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND ir Ge tC aif ooo el ace receiving, passing, dozen, inside, music, Wednesday. SHORT FORMS © has oF as, 9 his or is, & several, © hose, G this, (ths. > NOTE: @" has the or as the, “a¥ is the. Exercise 24 bby sy Tone fk ae ee eee 66 te Le ee er, ove oN? = Be eae ae ie eaeNEW COURSE 33 diag acer easy Cn ap Go Noy et 9. org mee IO NN Sn Exercise 25 a eater cleat ree ac ST ni og ae mgr Net eli > ea! RN Cx (113) 22. The s circle is written with a left (anti-clockwise) motion to straight strokes. (@) This means that it is written on the right side of straight down- strokes—34 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND X\ Eeresse mei Seteters < L (aoe fone Nae ‘S & pass, days, copies, ladies, inches, piece, pages, choose, (aa ; 5 if f €. 5 ve fat sat, said, sets, speech, such, sad, sit, city, Fs wf few Bell ff cities, stay, spare, Saturday, side, suit, etc. (et cetera), E+ outside, decide, Tuesday. (®) It is written on the upper side of straight horizontal strokes and straight upstrokes— guess, looks, box, fix, folks, case, cause, sick, soak, Ate, Ae toe Ps wat af ot six, sake, secure, securely, excuse, use, ways, yes, raise, er Om Ob A house, carries, marries, varies, twice, sorry, series, service. t SHORT FORMS because, .... special or specially, speak, \._ subject or subjected. The s circle is added to short forms— & “ QD Ai o speaks, subjects, yours, years, ours or hours, _wishes, 6 eae aera aeeeeeseaaeeae thinks, thanks, goes, gives, comes, things, t \ differences, puts, etc.35 NEW COURSE Exercise 26 tf TANT 4 7 ayPITMAN'S SHORTHAND 36 Exercise 27 ~~) Poe een es es jay Jy a a i. a Cah ig Pd “> ety ay et ae doo je eae ed Pag ee Ry A uae pds 4 5 ~ SU eas a. 7NEW COURSE 37 ee Oe rete Np ena tha 10: caery Popa Sf 7 Read 52 23. Final s circle represents the word us in such phrases as— Ret ee phan en forus, tous, give us, take us, show us, making us, charge us, etc, NOTE: .%. with us, .c..when is, ...g...when is the, .>..what is, ?°_what is the. Exercise 28 tage ee eae ~ 4 phy Dee ele Aang Slee tees tee tat Nt et I eget lee eee eee Seas Meow Seed eal a IO La Sl ce eee38 x © ML Sp 14. se Peace, 2 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND oe ae UA A 4NEW COURSE 39 24, The s circle is written on the outside of the angle formed by two straight strokes— Peng desk, discuss, dispose, —_ besides, opposite, _justice, op —t___d____yf sixty, succeed, receipt, history. 25. The circle at the beginning of a word represents s only. In the few words beginning with z, the stroke z is used— Yinandyfennadig zeal, zero, zenith, etc. Exercise 29 Isle ede ess apne edie cela a Ba af yO gsg bond eae eee Nt BALE LE A oo ghee efoonl le affcc AOr a Lay40 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: rf 2 ae TERY pees lee ee fee bakes OD 26. Upward r is used following the curve and circle in words like— “ar cor : we officer, answer, sincere, even though the words do not end with a vowel; because a much more swiftly written and readable outline is obtained in this way. (See p. 18.) 27. The stroke / may easily be written downward, and when it pre- cedes or follows circle s attached to a curve it is written in the same direction as the circle— Be TP pe ee vessel, nicely, cancel, council, lesson, noiseless, muscle, loosely. Exercise 30CHAPTER IX 28, St Loop (@ A small loop, written in the same direction as the s circle, repre- sents st (called “stee”)— SSS e eee eeee ee tee eames fast, missed, must, honest, assist, list, imoiced, announced, Scrcllc gl ficeile t stuff, style, steel, still, stone, stem, store. ~ a eee post, based, test, just, adjust, suggest, _fixed, ae etree ‘guest or guessed, cost, waste, rest, haste, host. RoBi Po Bo PO step, state, stayed, stage, stock, story. (®) The st loop represents either a light or heavy final sound— Ss < s 4 Sua k ANS k& MS past, paused, used, advised, refused, disposed, supposed. Final s circle after a sf loop is added as shown— Pm Sere nie Era Brann Pranab lists, posts, tests, wastes, adjusts, costs, suggests. (©) The st loop may be written in the middle of a word— ke & a AC testing, adjusting, suggesting, _ artistic. SHORT FORMS 0 first, > most, —* influence, ~ influenced, 2 next, ~ all, ¢ though. NOTE: although, nA) all right, ! already, ? always, <> almost, OO atso, © as fast as. ”PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 2 Exercise 31 cost, “F. caused. Distinctive Outlines: i Ke | t\ qf :\ & 4 pos BM ASE gy >» oe yet sR IL, 4 > rae ‘ 4G 4 yi 48) eo \ (28 14 Riis lo 9 4? aA + 5 “ i a pas Sf ‘ sh Pa) AXY ¢ Loses iS nv SY oe Gg DDNEW COURSE B ioe ee Some SE a Sym 29. Ser Loop A large final loop, written in the same direction as the s circle, represents ster— =... A, S SN 2 la ‘master, register, faster, poster, minister, administer, Age. Bone Bon renrdd investor, Leicester, Chester, Rochester, coaster, _ roadster. The ster loop is not used at the beginning of a word. The s circle is added for such words as— = A, PS hey ‘masters, registers, posters, _ investors. Exercise 3244 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 30, Ses Circle (@) A large final circle represents ses, or sez. This large circle is written in the same direction as the circle s— EAB Regge LO faces, losses, services, cases, pieces, boxes, taxes, Oa hniy lacintes Crome fesse dO success, passes, fixes, causes, uses, chooses, supposes. (©) The large circle also represents ses in the middle of a word— necessary, necessity, successive, successfully. (© Any vowel other than short 2 between the two s’s is indicated by writing the vowel sign inside the circle— EN es cee cause eg basis, insist, exhaust, resist, census, exercise, exercises,NEW COURSE 45 SHORT FORMS themselves, 2 ourselves, ° as is, 0. is as, ~° myself, himself... itself, /. much. Exercise 33 ee Sie be ee ee Barn ies oat ae Pe we C3 nae nf een BA reat LEO Lh LO swe SM yA © Ag y EL AS peat A fy Qo go olen jie Ae ae atig ae Na ecs eee tM de DO yee pal etal ole glo etn cf Se AM NOs46 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 3“, a7 eer se ae Ae Exercise 34 (Write in Shorthand) (Phrases are indicated by hyphens. Short Forms are indicated by italic type.) 1. Are-you enjoying your study of-this subject? I-hope-you-are. 2. When you-can write these exercises fast, you-will-be on-your way to-making your living in a business office 3. Besides its value to-you, Ihope-you like-the subject for-itself. 4. As you know, this subject is widely used in business offices, but it-has many uses besides this. 5. You-can use it for-many different purposes. Can-you name some of-them? 6. The success of-many a famous head of a large business firm is due fo-his study of-this subject. It-was-ihe first step in-his business career. 7. Write-the signs as-fast-as you-can. Always read back what you write. 8, Each time you-write an exercise you-should write it faster and read it back faster. 9. Write-the forms just-as they appear in-this book. 10. Intime you-may, if-you wish, write these same forms as-fast-as ‘you-can speak.NEW COURSE 47 31. Sw Circle (@ A large initial circle represents sw (called “sway"). The sw circle is written in the same direction as the s circle— Bipecmemaeflhernnn df ve Bcmnalcerranalticn ak sweep, sweet, sweetest, swell, swelling, swim, swing, swear, switch, swiftest, swayed. (®) The sw circle represents the words as we in such phrases as— Q e 22. 9 as we have, as we think, as we shall, as we wish, o~ Q a. o- as we may, as we know, as we can, as we are, etc. It is also used to form the phrase ©. as well as, (©) The large circle represents the two s's in such phrases as— 6 b $ Qe QR, this is, this is the, this city, as soon as, as soon as possible, SHORT FORMS 0... United States, —<. New York, 4 largest. Special Phrase: sc. United States of America. Exercise 3548 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: 3.6 TL ag KE Mix th natant dati pipe 6 fe denon nl Py BOM me whee KEY oe ap yt . Lb , jG 68 Bo Sort Shon gem FP tag PnP cb El na oo ee pt bm Nt 696 bt em a a Nel 0, Q&S MR NF QR me pp tx 32. Vowel Indication (@) A circle or loop is always read first at the beginning of a word. When a vowel begins a word, we must write a stroke in order to place the initial vowel sign—NEW COURSE 49 a > ! de Ox : i sack but ask, ee but asleep, sum but assume, Pre dethf scope but escape, side but aside, (8) A circle or loop is always read last at the end of a word. When a word ends in a vowel, we must write a stroke in order to place the final vowel sign— : ae va so much, “100 much, => how much, £ as muchas, —~f inasmuch as, Las much as possible, 2X2 ya..as early as possible, See far as possible. SHORT FORMS d. especial or especially, .. ~~... language or owing, ...... young, anything, —~...nothing, ~~. something. NOTE: In Pitman’s Shorthand we represent all the consonants we hear in the words we write. Except for the “short forms,” where for the sake of extreme brevity we use only one or two of the consonants in a word, we do not normally resort to the expedient of writing only some part of a word. This is one of the reasons for the remarkable legibility of Pitman's Shorthand. As we proceed we shall find that the various abbreviating devices of the system enable us to represent all the consonants in words in concise, legible, and rapid shorthand forms. These outlines are so clearly distinctive that it is unnecessary to insert the vowel signs. The outlines are perfectly legible without them. In addition to writing a full outline of the consonants, we employ a means of indicating the presence or absence of a vowel with very nearly every abbrevia- ting device of the system. Another expedient, highly prized by the fastest and ‘most accurate shorthand writers in the world, is position writing. It is not surprising, therefore, that the system is so legibie. From now on we shall omit all but essential vowel signs in the shorthand exercises; but we shall take care to insert essential vowels to eliminate any possibility of hesitation in reading back shorthand notes. Exercise 36 , ‘NEW COURSE 51 DEE liga aegis ee a ead AE ee ees Pee ens He (63) Exercise 37 Pe en ee bee Fe ree Nat yt oo ef eee eee eel 909.0 mb gen Bae fd (60) Exercise 38 As cpio Sie Co fodhay SS ome yy ABP Ney ew y 7 a a ode Pp om gh oe e oo 66) Exercise 39 ea 2 Soper KA z52 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: mm A oO eS Ss Le Co) 2 Fo bo- cee a) eae a ea wee? Serio hi Nes Plo ke SMO ene ee ieee ea aga by NO ven YS Diet (ais) Exercise 40 (Write in Shorthand) 1, Suppose some big customer of-yours ceased to-deal-with-you. What-would you do? We-think-you would write to-him, asking if-he had any special reason for-his silence. 2, Thiseis what we-are-now asking-you. Although in-the past our business with-you in-this-city was extensive, several months have elapsed since you last had any dealings with-us. We should like to know why, ai-we-are unaware of any failure to-give-you-the best service. 3. We always desire to-satisfy all-our customers, large buyers or small. We assure-you we-shall-do anything we-can to put things right, if-you think our service in-any-way faulty. (aig)NEW COURSE 53 Exercise 41 (Write in Shorthand) 1. Fhave-seen your notice in today’s “Star,” and-I should-like to-have details of-your new Masters’ Reading Series. I-think such a series should make a wide appeal, and-I-wish-you much success with-it. 2. Many of-those who have-seen my set of “Stories of-the Earth, Sea, and Sky” speak highly of-it, and-several, I-know, have bought similar sets for-themselves. 3. Lam-sorry you have allowed “Poster Designing” to-go out of stock. Such a book, it-seems o-me, should-have a large sale, as so-many are-now taking-up-the study of-this-subject. In-view of-this, may T suggest a new issue? (16)CHAPTER X 33. Halving Strokes are halved to indicate a following 1 or d. (@ Inwords of one syllable a light stroke is generally halved to indicate a following r but not a following d— not, note, aunt, act, caught, coat, cut —_-met, Sena & ie a east aeeadt tit meet, fat, fight, thought, art, wait, yet, _—_lot, © & a. £..™ L c light, slight, late, let, stopped, _—_ asked, _talked, ed. a eo eeeeay kept, reached, shipped, marked, left, _ checked. NOTE: ~” night. ‘The s circle is always read last: Jp notes, “° acts, © thoughts, ® tots, & waits, > nights, (6) In words of one syllable a heavy stroke is generally halved to indicate a following d but not a following -— See eee eee bad, bed, died, dead, God, good, loved, charged, a lived, changed. SHORT FORMS T quite, could, that, (without, ° sent, 1 wished. 4NEW COURSE 55 Exercise 42 See Eee eee loa tye et 166, Thin oni Scanei Pe eee Sh att eee Seat ate ert Ww ts x T~ * ene ee Xe Se ae Ce Le Mc Oa Ft Drnetenln Exercise 43 fe = 100 TE Mn Rang hon Tan ee ee ee eaten eee, ag OS cen Saw, uO eg homey : a, a)56 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND 34. (@) In words of two or more syllables, a stroke is generally halved to indicate a following t or d— (1) attached, answered, except, _ suggested, avoid, __ market, ea Ne kL in 47 recent, absent, admit, —_ arrived, engaged, _ enjoyed, estate, stated, exact, result, benefit, booklet. 2) actually, writing, badly, ‘lately, entire, _—_ entirely, oo RB EE IR NO evidence, sometimes, waiting, certain, goodbye, absolutely. pec De Ne (3) omit, omitted, note, noted, accept, accepted, submit, is “@ > : RA, a submitted, await, awaited, limit, limited, _visit, Ve i ee ee visited, list, listed, remit, remitted, deduct, deducted, we we notify, notified, _imwited. (©) A half-length stroke is not written through the line to indicate a third position. Words like the following are written on the line— o), Keuk arr Nee oe er occ EN mata east, feet, fit, sheets, bid, did, written, invite, indeed, “1 =e. < of} needed, instead, little, moved.NEW COURSE 57 (©) Where a final diphthong is joined, a single stroke is \erall halved to indicate a final or a - asd KW Nae as doubt, about, bowed, cute, issued, Exercise 44 Bead ee fs . Se ee eal Ue = Ait ee a a ecient Leta UM ae tt ckdy ee BEA NN Dm SG et58 PITMAN’S SHORTHANDNEW COURSE 59 Ln MD Ty Eo SAA Ne Ayo Bu LA ny Bt BN loa Pa See (80) Exercise 48 (Write in Shorthand) We-have-sent several notes to-you asking-you fo pay-the bill for-the- goods you bought six-months-ago, but-you have-not answered any of-them. We-are-sorry 0 say that now we-shall-have to-take-the usual steps 10- avoid-the loss of-our money, if-your cheque is-not received by-the first of next month. We urge you to-mail your cheque to-us without-delay. (74) 35. (a) To avoid confusion with ._..should and “and, we do not use ..<.rt and ..2. rts standing alone, Therefore we write— A rate, rates, right, rights, write, wrote, route. (®) In certain words, where the proper length of a halved stroke would not clearly show, the halving principle is not employed— Sp GL 1. 3 fact, effect, liked, locate, minute, select, territory, tonight. (©) When a final vowel follows ¢ or d, it is necessary to write the stroke t or d in order to place the vowel sign— Se SMa pity, body, forty, window, empty, — into, ‘Toronto.60 PITMAN’S SHORTHANDNEW COURSE cl Exercise 52 Exercise 53 (Write in Shorthand) Do-you know that-we sell good tyres? It-is-not-necessary for-you to buy tyres in @ repair shop, for our store now carries them.” You- can buy them when you-are in-the store, just-as you would select silks, or something for-your house. These tyres are good value, and-they sell rapidly. Each of:them carries our guarantee. (63) Exercise 54 (Write in Shorthand) Iris quite some time since you bought anything in-this store, F-am- writing ro-you myself, because I should-be sorry 10-lose your custom. It-may-be that-we-have offended you in-some-way. Mf-this-is-the case, Fhope-you-will write to-me. Our service and our way of-doing business are things which-we boast about. I-would-be a pity to stay away because of-something which could-be easily remedied, and you-should- not he ite fo-write 1o-me and let-me-know-the cause. (95) 36, Downward L Usually /is written upward, (1) For convenience, / is usually written downward after n or ny—6 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Se Ge eee et are only, unless, until, canal, analysis, exceedingly, annual, Sp NPA Ee evidently, unfortunately, recently, certainly, Nelson. (2) For the purpose of vowel indication, / is written downward in the following two cases— (@) When an initial vowel comes before /, and the / is followed by a simple horizontal stroke— Se en eee alone along, Allen, alike, elm, elect, —_elected, (crete (ease ores seCettte but long, like, lake, lime. (6) When | follows f, v, sk, or a straight upstroke, and a vowel does not end the word— Se Pon pen oS gta bee fail, fll, anf, fel, feotings fel, fl, “ful, teal, Fon oe Minn A a0 cone nighnnnal skill, rule, scale, barrel, successful, useful, rail, ‘When a vowel ends the word, / is written upward— _ ee ' jae eS eeu eee folly, avfully, fellow, fully, lovely, —_ successfully, eee usefully, yellow, rely, sickly. Special Outlines: o volume, 'F~ column, be film. SHORT FORMS q AA. informed, — —A_ never, November, £ satisfactory, AX, respected, —\ expected, \. inspect-ed-ion, L_. January, N\ February, \. together, altogether, “37. insurance.NEW COURSEPITMAN'S SHORTHAND: Exercise 56 7. 2 “te. e\ | / Sd Ss THe | ¢ a eG Exercise 57NEW COURSE 67 Exercise 59 eee eee oe Bo a a i eg rh |. pee eee eee « > ey decay SN alg ee Da Cn eget rage 85) Exercise 60 (Write in Shorthand) I-wish to-thank-you for-the catalogue which-you-were good-enough to post fo-me recently. Several books listed on page 21 appear to-be just what J-am looking for. I-have marked them on-the attached sheet. Although I-think that-these books should-be useful to-me in-my work, I should like 10 inspect them 10 see if-they would-be satisfactory. May any of-the books be sent back to-you if, when I-have looked at-them, Fdecide that-they would-not-be satisfactory for-my purpose? (96)CHAPTER XI 38. Double Consonants—P! Series A smalll beginning hook, written on the circle side of straight down- strokes and & and g, forms a series of double consonants— Roe ee pb, dl, ch, hk gh These double consonants are called pel, bel, etc. ‘The vowel signs are placed to them just as they are placed to single consonants— S Se So. Sou SS Se play, place, places, placing, placed, —replace, & y Sl ge i RA plate, played, plus, blue, ‘Black, ‘blame, —_blank, a ene block, class, clear, _ clerk, _—_— close, _—closed, _enclose, ind % ay : once cloth, clothes, club, claim, glass, glad, —_ single, Xx x “a xX GAR eee apply, applied, replied, simple, couple, able, _ enable, Fovwlnn ge nme double, table, reasonable, terrible, oblige, total, 7: Seale tae de entitled, include, included, including, local, uncle, article, duplicate, o'clock. Distinctive Outlines: . (valuable, e available. 68NEW COURSE 69 ‘An s circle is written inside the hook of the pl series— x x xX f ’ y supply, supplied, split, _— settle, _—_—settled, —_possible, ee eee possibly, display, displace, disclose, physical, exclusive. SHORT FORMS \ . people, S. belief, believe or believed, . [tell pt, = call, —. called, equal or equally, < equalled or cold, \. build or building (or able-to). [.. deliver, delivered or delivery, Phrases: fat all, by all, XT believe, S able to. Exercise 61 hi Bote tin id oe BO gas)70 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND So OR Mia Panedee Ce ee =. Boonen ninnfonbn 66 Bh limped Ct eee aN oo Eee > To = Wo Scelafnbinnlue — (D eer a Kos 7 oe a. ent (20) Dh Ent tl de So bes nl actNEW COURSE mn NS a Resiererens eevee Bh Mtg atk tty oe ne are anata fnspinan Bue 62 Exercise 63 ho Ko por dod TR te See A tlh nn Bigeye Sag Sea net Zo Ate 4 fn Tot at nyt Se eee2 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND Exercise 64 (Write in Shorthand) We-enclose a booklet which gives details of-our plate-glass window insurance. When-you renew your insurance we-believe it-will pay you to-take-out this type of policy. You-will-note that-we-are able-to give-you especially useful service. As-soon-as-we receive your claim we replace-the glass. Your claim is settled without-delay, and a cheque large enough to pay for all-the damage, including any damage to-your window display, is sent to-you. (83) 39. Double Consonants—Pr Series A small initial hook, written on the non-circle side of straight down- strokes and k and g, forms a series of double consonants— Pig Pesach sine secant onucth online Pp te cr, fr, gr These double consonants are called per, ber, etc. Se : Soe Se, (a) pray, press, price, propose, presume, _ present, April, break, branch, bridge, bring, bright, broke, = ae ye fe am brought, try, trial, trip, truly, trust, trusting, r q Le L t oP dry, drop, dream, — dress, address, grow, group, ee eee eae mee yet eee paee greatest, grades, across, crop, cream, cry, credit, crowd. “dy - ~“ EN hy S$ Ne (©) better, labour, teacher, manager, proceed, progress, So cet See Begun SO properly, increased, programme, problem, proud,NEW COURSE 3 a 4 Za Age degree, agreed, daughter, — water, _—withdraw, Ne ; “XN yen Al practical, liberal, graduate, October. SHORT FORMS Vp, doctor, dear, 9. during, truth, _s. principal principally ot principle, liberty, . °\..member, remember ot remembered, number or numbered, ../ chair, cheer, care. Exercise 65 GN ad werent eee Ee eet eel oee ZA x 64 k £22/10/6 Sy saves \463..4 Noa Sa a £21/10/6 x. ica Bho Ong™ PITMAN'S SHORTHAND ad, pee Oe ee eee ee Te aaa | a mi ee Piatt Oe yin ge o- Se oe —— Bee yy > 4) Exercise 66 SN —— x ©. Dn) ele i iia eons Eee aNEW COURSE 75 See eRe ee ee ee Exercise 68 (Write in Shorthand) Dear Dr. Waters, We-are taking-the liberty of asking-you to address our graduates on-Monday, 29th-January. Our principal and teachers, as-well-as-the graduates, would-be proud to-have-you deliver an address. We-know-that what-you-would tell-us as-the principal speaker on-our programme would-be remembered by-all our graduates for- many-years fo-come. We-know-that-you have many calls to-speak, and-that your time is exceedingly valuable, but-weefeel that-you-will-be-glad to-talk to-us if-you possibly can, We-trust that-you-will-be-able-to accept. Yours- traly, ao7) 40. (a) When an initial circle or loop is written on the same side as the hook of the pr series, the r is included— Peeper ca 3: spring, strange, strong, street, straight, strength, N 2 an. 3. et supper, separate, secretary, sweeter, _sticker. (® Both hook and circle are shown in the middle of a word— extra, extremely, industry, district, express.76 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND (© When skr or sgr follows t or d, the combinations are written thus— aes oo : att Distinctive Outlines: an propriety, Sa property, Sepropose, LN. purpose. SHORT FORMS J. .description, °°. surprise, .°...surprised. Exercise 69NEW COURSE 7 Exercise 70 of Ieee sco eae eec eee Lot ) a oe YW : (97) 41. Special Use of Double Consonants In a special group of words, the double consonant strokes are used although a distinct vowel comes between a consonant and hook / or hook r. The double consonant strokes are employed in order to secure briefer or more facile outlines. The most important of these words are given below, Although it is seldom necessary to vocalize these special outlines, a dot vowel may be indicated by writing a small circle instead of the dot, either after or before the double consonant stroke— ae Varetel BR ate le parcel, darling, dark, charm, ~—direct,__—_directly. The short ¢ vowel is never indicated in words like Nal person, girl, LA term. A dash vowel, or a diphthong, is shown by writing the vowel sign or diphthong sign through, or at the beginning or end of the stroke— Fe re college, accordance, accordingly, course, court, church, oe ot78 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND > | occurred, record, purchase, correct, _ collect, _courtesy, attorney, lecture, _ literature, _lectures. Distinctive Outlines: “regard, ©] regret. Exercise 71 ae we ASS nen Met Bonghiorme Aen Af Sere on eS x | see ee eee a79 NEW COURSE Exercise 72 | h 7 as, 0S Ware80 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: GT eS oi ib NA t ae Cea ees Nee Kooy Vn Yo «ny raga coe oN lar AEA Pyro & | Se ese LoN Gn Wye (102) Exercise 75 (Write in Shorthand) 1. If-you-will bring me a supply of-samples of-this new breakfast food, Ewill-try 10-close-the deal with-the firm myself. 2. During-the course of-my lecture, I-shall try to show how-the progress of art is related to-the growth of industry.NEW COURSE 81 3. When Eknow what-the proposed water power scheme includes, I-shall-be-glad 1o-express my views. 4. A loud voice troubles and annoys us. Pleasant voices resemble sweet music, 5. Castles in-the air are fabrics which soon crumble, but dreamers have solved many a pressing problem. 6. Few people are able themselves to better-the labour of:those they blame. Exercise 76 (Write in Shorthand) Dear-Sirs, Because-of-the rapidly increasing cost of copper and steel, we-are-obliged 10 increase-the prices of-many of-the articles included in our catalogue. We extremely regret-the necessity of passing on-the higher charges to-our customers, but at-the present-time this-is-the only possible course we-can follow. You-will-be notified when better terms are available on-our supplies, and-we-are thus enabled to-reduce-the prices. Yours-truly, (79) 42. Double Consonants—Curves (a) A small initial hook, written on the inside of curves, forms a series of double consonant strokes, fr, v7, ete — ee Friday, afraid, average, every, everybody, —_other, otherwise, author, shrub, shrink, dinner, pressure, oD 2 a A — measure, leisure, enclosure, favour, ‘favourable, & “t ve me Re favoured, endeavour, honour, manner, effort, efforts, eee Sa a sooner, summer, farmers, nervous, corner, north, normal.82 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND (®) A large initial hook, written on the inside of curves, forms the double consonants ff, vl, etc.— w ¢ A = oe eS fy, flat, flowers, evil, _—_ civil, arrival, approval, Clone treatin Le beautiful, delightful, final, finally, original, _ originally, ee New. privilege, personal, personally, travel. SHORT FORMS nor (or in our),.._-near, Wm, _.,,.owner, <> more, remark or remarked, “S\ remarkable, <— Mr. ot mere, sure, tO plese career (tape 0 eoayihie ee, (however, Oe respectful-ly. Exercise 77NEW COURSE84 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: Coe Qn LB oe Sx penn te oye Exercise 79 La aN eae PN om ee Spee o (Giese eesti 4 2 LN Oho KR. . (2a 43. Additional Forms (@) The double consonants fr, vr, thr, and THr, are represented by S\ fr. Dor, thr, THr (reverse forms), as well as by Cp, Kor, thr, THe (original forms).NEW COURSE 85 When one of these double consonant strokes is the only stroke in the word, the reverse form is used if the word does not begin with a vowel— ae Sasa) 5 free, freight, fruit, three, _ through, : Qo ee but either, ever, _— offer, _— offered, _—_ other. () When joined to another stroke, the forms are used which join most conveniently. Usually, the reverse forms are joined to strokes written towards the right— Aiea, . 0). % erty before, bother, leather, brother, cover, __ covered, |: OR 7 ey . 5 cs Luh 2 (ne, RTA pS88 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND feels Exercise 82 (Write in Shorthand) Dear-Sirs, We-are afraid that-we-shall-be unable-to recover-the total sum due on-your claim unless you adopt different measures. We-have used special efforts, but up 1o-the present we-have met with no success in-our endeavours fo-get-the debtor fo settle. We-are-unable-1o collect any money, nor can-we extract any promise from-him, We-think-you-will-be-obliged finally 10 pass-the claim over 10-your solicitors.” Please notify us if-you wish-us 10 proceed with-the case and take this step for-you. Very-truly-yours, (100)CHAPTER XII 46. N Hook (@) A small final hook, written on the inside of curves, adds n— Peni es er en ac Gene Ba Gar nale fine, phone, often, even, seven, than, then, —_zone, eee ii aay seen shown, machine, man, — men, — mean, —_remain, I ne Fi salesman, mine, nine, none, known, —_line, loan, TD arm iron, earn, women. <) The n hook is written with a right (clockwise) motion at the end of all straight strokes— SSS ps Sue ea eee pen, pain, open, plan, brown, —ten,-—ton, aa: a ib retain, forgotten, Sifieen, bulletin, done, M- q zZ. wt” b q pardon, drawn, kitchen, join, June, _—imagine, clean, Edmonton, taken, gone, — green, _—begin, Bol A RR a fro SPP on rain, run, one, everyone, win, between, children. Final r, when hooked, is usually written upward— VM OR LL turn, return, learn, western, corn, pattern, Woburn. 8990 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND SHORT FORMS d.been, al. general ot generally, (iting (. southern, S2..northern, ...»-2..opinion. Phrases: had been, \..have been, “> more than, so better than, D tanger than, $< 2.smaller than, ,/2.our own, .)..thelr own, XI going on, —4 carried on. Exercise 83 L 4. ak Qc! yo None ise ef Peer aes Aa Pac + LD ne CO LO al X.NEW COURSE n on erie Cee Pee Ee eee ee ee $e tee roby WD Oy ef Non pene Exercise 84 le SN Do Po ee eo Ey. Be ON sues Sanne ee 2 os eae Fae yy Vel Ta at fgets NMS pet ee dN Geni a ates an pitt get) Be Be Ng 2S SN tte ~y Db pn heed 1 Dye ten, ast eee ° Sy Ate (tel act ;2 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: vw b 2 bo a te oe TT ip Poche LYS ee eee @) 47. For V Hook @ A small final hook, written with a left (anticlockwise) motion at the end of all straight strokes, adds f or o— Cae Ny Se AL brief, proof or prove, approve, above, active, _ relative, X pHniaere nine eet etait ani attractive, drive, achieve, gave, rough, serve, deserve, Aan aa preserve, reserve, wife, half. (®) There is no f or v hook to curves. ES 6 ef tlle Ea NE Ne So A al SHORT FORMS >.represent ot represented, _/>s...representative, behalf, advantage, Phrases: .|..ou af, \smumber of, .~f. instead of, L. which have, L..who have,NEW COURSE Exercise 85 9394 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND: Exercise 86 Deep gee ee den ee Mn etn Note ng tN NS Bn (Gide) ie ee ees ee ey) eee cer Kegenble pone teh Boncmn PSO MER eb Soo ook Spa en ee kt te SAU Se WIEN ES UL a earl Ad ye nh ti Lat wg hg boy Cr Ns DA GDNEW COURSE 95 48. A finally hooked stroke is halved to indicate a following ¢ or d— Bare & ts ze (@ find, found, event, meant or mend, demand, _ mind, ir aE Pope to n= went WO amount, moment, statement, payment, movement, settlement, = VY cz Ya shipment, friend, front, department, land, around. as. aS S Ss x (6) opened, band, print, plant or planned, spent or spend, point, Ne of of 2 pound, bound, attend, extent or extend, instant, assistant, & ? 2 . i i. by stand, president, kind, count, account, discount, second, grt al ane fs Ltn AU grand, inclined, went, want, turned, current, round, returned. a oo v ‘, b (©) approved, gift, served, draft, _—_ achieved, _ deserved, ee reserved, observed, SHORT FORMS Y gentleman, gentlemen, > cannot, told, tried, 4. trade or toward, third. Phrases: J had not or do not, J did not. If it is necessary to indicate in your shorthand notes that a longhand abbreviation is to be used, write a fully vocalized outline for the abbreviation— hadn't, S-don't, Adie’, \b doesn, 5S haven't, R won't, ), isn't, I couldn't, > can’t, NOTE: ~~ ~ can not (separate words).% PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Exercise 87 oS ee eee Sneenee Den ee gee gegen a Ph eth Mor aT OM Bree Biondi Daeg adh Moa bmn S50 a ~~ ce +t igi | oo Ne ye (55) |NEW COURSE 7 ize ee ee eee sega i aay) Bow rtronnPe bo Reninpu nuke — D 2. Bite) se eee Pager aes aed Pcs 5 Oe ees teen, tee eS We poh S tobe Ke Exercise 89 (Write in Shorthand) Gentlemen, Please be kind-enough to supply-the items on-the attached list as-soon-as-possible. At-the present moment there-is an active demand for-them, and-we-hope that-we-can count on having them within three days. If-you find that-you-cannot supply them within that-time, please-inform-us by return. Please-note-that-the exact items specified are to-be supplied. If-you- are out-of stock of any of-the items, do-not supply different articles. Anything that-is-not exactly as specified should-be returned. Yours truly, @5)98 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND 49. Hooks for v and n are used in the middle of a word when they join easily to the following strokes— (@ evening, finance, arrange, arrangement, _opening, planning, training, attended, _— splendid, —_—_ extended, merchandise, hundred, —_beginning. Ke y y % X le ( perfect, profit, provide, provided, _ private, _ advance, k. by ee definite, definitely, telephone, refer, prefer, province. Sees ee (© pointing, standing, spending, finding, printing, amounting, ‘mountain, extending, apparently, aa ERs oO wo ep memorandum, correspondence, country, kindly, kindness. but note: wanted, printed, meantime, seconded, accounted. Exercise 90 L Ue ee ee tee ae Tein Rt Dg eee ces Baas Wyo)Exercise 91 SN ae ea Nae See Qe od Ne pen yo Sat my Oh Vee ry eae re Ne Pa ea ol ad akovat uk Na) Les 09 > Exercise 92 OM NEN RY Sef WNT sw ; Ka ferme at wo100 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND CX. SN mp TNR Baccus Ce tee ee eee cee ey aN Ms BNO eae ne ee eee “= gS te gpees fers Gu ee geen) tect cian Genre Dp wA, Y Ay era PR LOY ee > a eS ae Nm (134) 50. Final s circle is written inside the f or v hook— Ne pee 4 a proofs or proves, relatives, drafts, achieves, deserves, a << 2 “Ns b reserves, wives, gifts, representatives, advantages. 51. A final circle, or a final loop, written on the same side of a straight stroke as the hook, includes the n— ES, LC chance, chances, expense, expenses, distance, dance, dances, 4 Soy g vr MW A danced, plans, instance, instances, turns, returns, once, So Se eee gota eee Ecce accounts, against, bonds, wants, attends, pounds, stands, ad: lL pe aa students, depends, reference, references.NEW COURSE 101 52. A circle written inside an n hook attached to a full-length curve adds the final sound z only— ty a om ‘means, remains, loans, shines, opinions, earns, _ women's. A circle written inside an hook attached to a half-length curve adds the final sound s or 2: ke events, La demands. 53. After a curved stroke the light sound -nce is represented by stroke nand the final s circle— offence, announce, allowance, romance, offences, _ fenced, announced, announces, announcing, allow, __ allowances. 54, When a vowel follows f; v, or n, at the end of a word, it is neces- sary to write the stroke in order to be able to indicate the foliowing vowel— Haare eS Hee UAL ue coffee, cough, county, count, penny, pen, review, rough. SHORT FORMS fe difficult, difficulty, Sy balance, balanced, x responsible-ility, = great, — guard, < gold. Phrase: .4...at once,102 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND BO ap alah ns Zone a SQ de Me eee eee Neg a ows . 6 accel «ogo pee a ee Sire ete OA ee del nF meme | ee lea = a Ww wa Lx Exercise 94 ape et seen Anceech eee ore aes NS HE itt 2a ce = fee ers eaeer eetNEW COURSE 103 Sette dei eae gl eae ea Cr2-5 Poneto nth eee 5 SPO ay arf BLN Rg oR ee GIES ese @ ess Ieteal SIE | ee ee eee wp) a ty ee me a Sf 8 teeta Exercise 95 ee pe green oe BL ae ae ee eaPITMAN’S SHORTHAND 104 Exercise 96NEW COURSE Sp ee eae ace ee sae gay oe ra x lp > (125) Exercise 97 (Write in Shorthand) 1, This firm gave us excellent references, so we-think-we should extend-the time for-payment of-the balance due on-their-account, 2. The young-man stands a very-good chance of obtaining-the post of assistant manager of-the bond department owing to-the splendid training he-has received. 3. Please provide us with a memorandum of all merchandise which-is subject to a special allowance. 4, The rough draft serves fo show how-the use of-the telephone has- been extended during-the last seven years. 5. Several of-the students have-been taken out-of-the second grade, and-we pian to-make other arrangements for-those-who remain. 6. Your statement is returned because-the amount of-the discount that-you have deducted is-not correct. Exercise 98 (Write in Shorthand) Gentlemen, We should-be ungrateful indeed if-we-did-not accept your kind hint. As @ direct result we-have planned a series of trips for our representatives which-will bring them into closer touch with our customers all-over-the country. Our men are leaving at-once with samples of-our advance lines. They-will explain ro-you-the reasons for-the apparent slackness we-have shown during-the past season. I-has-been one of-much stress for-us, and-we-are-inclined-to-think you- will make-the proper allowances when-you learn-the reason. You-will-be-glad to know that-the new lines to-be shown fo-you have- been favourably received in-the east. They-are of splendid value, and are sold at-prices that give-us a very-low margin of-profit. Yours (44)CHAPTER XIII 55. -Shun Hook A large final hook adds the final syllable -shun. This large hook is written on the inside of curves— Se ee fashion, motion, nation, relation, attention, _ examination, session, division, explanation, _ extension, _ profession, Pipe on a a supe The scitle is added as shown: “© fashions, nations, relations When a good joining is obtained, the large hook is used when the -shunt syllable occurs in the middle of a word— peti eae national, professional, __ intentional. ym, mention, admission, expansion, _ intention, Exercise 99NEW COURSE 107 Snir anit ui Cee u aa ere PS Naa, Ne GR Nee 1 56. When attached to a straight stroke, the -shun hook is written on the opposite side to an initial circle or hook, to balance the outline— Oth Re NI lS aby section, station, exception, expression, transaction, reception, J-o. A. anticipation, discussion, recollection, registration, exceptionally. After and... the -shun hook is written away from the curve, to balance the outline— fiction, vacation, vocation, location, _ selection, vocational, affectionate.108 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Exercise 100 St iene a et ety 2 pret ey Ar, Be ogennanne en or Ne oe eae eee ape ct SS su ty 5. Bo Ba Soe a te ee ra a ce ae “keNEW COURSE 109 57. The -shun hook is written on the right side of simple #, d, or j— notation, invitation, expectation, imitation, _ presentation, reputation, petition, addition, edition, additional, magician. When added to other simple straight strokes, -shun is written on the side opposite to the last vowel— > re 2 action, caution, portion, operation, occasion, —_ education, Ls application, distribution, election, _ direction, _ attraction, by a A- S AS deduction, obligation, _reduction, occupation, _ educational, Ss occasional, occasionally.110 PITMAN’S SHORTHAND Exercise 101 Se. alee ac Pond Xe 107 Exercise 102 > Stk ee eee To Ne be OS Tl ee) ae See Ns a FeNEW COURSE 114 Mba g hire Mann one yep fn 58. S-Shun When -shun follows the s circle or the ns circle, it is represented by a small curl (a continuation of the circle). A third-place vowel between the s and -shun is placed outside the curl. Any other vowel is not indicated, PSN decision, position, opposition, _ disposition, __ proposition, ~ Be % a ale possession, taxation, physician, musician, succession, : q : sensation, transition, A final s circle is placed inside the curl— ‘% d & b possessions, decisions, physicians, _ transitions. 59. In words ending in -uation or -uition, the stroke sh and n hook are generally used— oe situation, tuition. A stroke hooked for -shun is halved to indicate a final t or d— R ia S motioned, cautioned, fashioned.2 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND SHORT FORMS ~? information, public, publish or published, “publication, jobject or objected, >) objection, \_., organize or organized, Lic organization, & satisfaction, —\. investigation, A yesterday. Exercise 103NEW COURSE 113 Exercise 104 J 1 Ser — me SSS 7 ee Da dhry )). & ceca Nee LN ee by gne oe fe fo MN Ty Me lg 1.51. al, bos 50 or, oe Digg te a TD CS ea a Ld Se ae Wes (145) Exercise 105 eae eee) oN Ng Pe a pbs Ae i Sette hel SN ye Tee vl ww,PITMAN’S SHORTHAND 114 ; wr - 4k 4 7 Yi dit) poy 2 VG ae 3458 eo “A aye Ae bey? EB \4q Eat VTA ANS ae ry - IS 64 rr s 2 / ge tian Dl ¢ iaNEW COURSE 115 Exercise 107 (Write in Shorthand) Gentlemen, We-think-we-are in a position to assist you to-tell in what direction your promotion work may best be extended. As you-are- no-doubt ‘aware, our organization has given many years of attention to problems of distribution of-every description, and-the information in-our-possession is very reliable. We-believe-that-you would-find a discussion of-the problem with our Mr. Jones of-value 1o-you. He-will-be-glad to-receive an invitation from-you to-call. Very-iruly-yours, (87) Exercise 108 (Write in Shorthand) Dear-Sit, With-the small amount of information in-our-possession, we-are-unable-to give-you a definite decision on-your application for a loan. You-make no mention at-all of any provision for expansion at-your present factory, nor do-you tell-us if-you have any intention of- taking over-the operation of more machines. However, we-believe-that-the proposition is certainly worth discussion, although action must, of-course, wait till-you supply us with additional information about your plans. We-suggest that-you call at-our office some time during-the-next few days, 1o-permit us 10-go over every detail ofthe situation with-you, Yours-truly, (iia)CHAPTER XIV 60. Compound Consonants Besides the double consonants in the pe/ and per series, there are six compound consonants— L Letter Sign | Name As in | Kw c | kwa | c_squick, AP request Gw | gwa | 1 \Guelph, Ce linguist MP,MB | —~\ | camp, ...)....embody | | LR occ | le % filler, dae a RR ay rer x orer, < sharer | Dae WH | twa |e where, oy whip Nore: Ler is used only where the downward / would be used; rer is used only where the downward r would be used. Sa Se eae a 1. quickly, quit, quote, quoted, quoting, quarter, sane: fa x yo quantity, acquaintance, acquainted, equipment, _ banquet, gyngfrenn te cal EEN ann py inquiry request, requested, require, requirements, square, exquisite, adequate,» Quebec, _—_—ilinguist. Pleat toe “wn aoe xX 2. camp, campaign, stamp, dump, ump, sympathy, a) we. OB embody, impose, imposes, __ imposition. 116NEW COURSE 117 Mo mpg 3. roller, counsellor, ruler, _ scholars. 4, bearer, fairer, admirer, poorer, sharer, wearer. “«j oa i Z 5. white, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere, _elsewhere. When m is immediately followed by pr, br, pl, or bl, the double con- sonant strokes SN... SN are used— impress, embrace, imply, emblem. SHORT FORMS whether, “important ot importance, — improve, improved ot improvement, > impossible, "child, ? chaired, .?. cheered, S.accord or according (or according to), .— cared, particular, S\.cpportunity. Phrases: NEW COURSE 121 eee % See ae. t ee Xs 62. Tick and Dot H Generally the upward form of h is used when this stroke is joined to other consonants. When A is the only consonant, or when it is followed by k or g, the downward form is used— gh Fy kk he, hug, hog, hook, high, highway. (@) The upward form is used for half-length h standing alone— get etter etter ae hate, hot, hat, heat, height. (6) A small tick, written as shown, represents A before m, J, and downward r— : Iebnnnit gh, re home, whom, Hamilton, hall, health, hello, Freeh Ment Mone 4 A help, hold, holiday, hair, hear or here, her, BI Qa B herself, horse, hurt, harm, (©) Where it would be awkward to write the stroke / in the middle of a word, A is represented by a light dot placed alongside the vowel sound, in words such as— perhaps, neighbourhood, likelihood, household, Manhattan.122 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND Exercise 113 Py ey TNT Doren Pe Oe ee 2 Cee ee tONEW COURSE 123 Dees ieaey enone Ne eg S X ¢ curt * (70) 63. Omission of Consonants (@) Where a medial 1 is only lightly sounded after circle s, it may sometimes be omitted, as in— i Soa a postpone, postage, postal, post office, mostly, _ honestly, S Peeters substitute, institute, institution, adjustment, _mistake, mistaken, —_ investigate. (®) Other lightly sounded consonants may sometimes be omitted, as in— 2 aie anxious, anxiously, distinct, distinction, prompt, _ stamped. Exercise 114 ih inion ina) Nee Loi AL124 PITMAN'S SHORTHAND ees eee ee Oo Sn penne coal ee irigrieteite ee Seeayek eee + a aN Wey ‘i (118) Exercise 115 ee ere ae eer beter ae Meee SS eee cee aya ae sete at RS eget ey Eee Coren eM Melty FB we wen hy y © Se ee ee Wace ee en) ft io 3 P&L — a eee ee ate ae eG Se 7 ee che eeeNEW COURSE 125 Exercise 116 (Write in Shorthand) 1. Gentlemen, We-are anxious to-receive-the pens which according-t0 your invoice of 14th-November were sent by post five days ago. We-presume that-the parcel was sent by registered post. In-answer to-our inquiry, the post-office here says that-the package has-not-yet-been received. Do-you think that-there-has-been a mistake in addressing-it? Yours very-truly, (66) Gentlemen, We-are-sorry to-learn that-the package we-sent to-you by registered post on 14th-November has-not-been received. Promptly upon receipt of-your note we-sent a duplicate. Ir-is- possible, of-course, that-the label was incorrectly addressed, but-we- do-not-think that-there-is any likelihood that-this-is-the case. We- are asking-the postal authorities 10 institute a search for-the lost parcel, and-no-doubt they-will-be-able-to find it. Meanwhile, if-the original package is delivered ro-you, will-you- kindly return if to-us. The cost of postage will-be-sent to-you, oF you-can make an adjustment in-your-account when-you post your cheque. Very-truly-yours, (125)