k 725 post. A twelve months' full-day course should be all that is required, although, certainly, I have known some students who after three years are still unable to write shorthand at anything like a satisfactory speed. A girl should not start out until she has had a thorough training, although, unfortunately, circumstances will not always permit of this rule being obeyed. The following are the fees at Clark's College for a training for business appoint- ments : Shorthand. — Complete course, £^ 5s. Typewriting. — Complete course, £$ 5s. Bookkeeping. — Complete course, ^3 3s. Business Methods. — Complete course, Penmanship and Correspondence. — Complete course, £^ 3s. Languages. — Complete course (French or German), ;^io. Complete course (Italian, Spanish, etc.), £1^. Business Arithmetic and Geography. — Complete course, £^ 3s. The following are the fees at Pitman's College : Shorthand. — Complete course, £^ los. Typewriting. — Complete course, £^ 6s. Business Methods and Correspond- ence. — Complete course, £^ los. Commer- cial correspondence only, £;i 6s. Advanced Business Training (including junior and senior stages and commercial correspond- ence), £6 I2S. Bookkeeping. — Complete course, £5 los. Advanced bookkeeping for secretaries, etc., £b I2S. woman's work Penmanship and Correspondence. — Comolcte course (grammar and composition), l.^ 8s. Complete course (dictation and spelling), £t^ 6s. Business Arithmetic. — Complete course, £^ 6s. Higher Arithmetic. — Complete course, £6 I2S. Business or Civil Service Longhand. — Complete course, £^ 6s.
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guage),;{9 9S. Languages. — Complete course (each lan- I do not advocate education by correspond- ence, because 1 have found from experience that the same amount of success docs not follow, even upon hard work, directed in this way. To readers living in the provinces or in remote places 1 would suggest that, if they be not in position to lodge in London, or one of the big towns where the above colleges have branches, while attending these courses they should endeavour to get personal instruction from a local teacher, or from one of the many technical institutes. Positions as private secretaries are not to be obtained easily, usually it is a matter of personal influence that secures the post. Advertisements appear in the " Times " and the " Daily Telegraph," and these should be answered by the young lady on the look-out for a secretaryship. They are mostly to be found among journalists and authors, while some legal gentlemen employ lady secretaries. In the next issue of Every Woman's Encyclopaedia the position of women clerks in commercial houses will be dealt with. Clark's College. Chancery Lane PA^, M. Hatch
