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properly arranged to fall on the left side, and a typewriter 

 desk or low table to work on. It is nothing short of crimi- 

 nal to expect anyone to typewrite on a thirty-inch table. 



Little need be said of the choice of chairs, except to 

 note that pads should be provided for those who do desk 

 work all day. 



Filing Equipment, Just one word is necessary in 

 speaking of filing equipment and that is standardize. 

 Steel filing cases are, of course, preferable, but in any 

 event buy some standard make, and a kind to which 

 other sizes and shapes may be added as necessary. You 

 will want to buy more of this sort of thing yearly as your 

 needs increase and it is much easier and better if every- 

 thing is of one type. 



Machinery, With modern machinery to aid her, one 

 stenographer can today perform what it used to take 

 three or four to do. In this connection, reference is made 

 to standard keyboard typewriters, adding machines, cash 

 drawers, duplicating devices, addressing machines, check 

 writers, etc. The manufacturers of these devices claim 

 that they actually pay for themselves in the time and 

 labor they save, and if you have any considerable amount 

 of work to do this is certainly true. These appli- 

 ances should be bought as investments with your original 

 capital; they will pay big dividends. 



Given the above equipment to work with, there are 

 records and forms that must be prepared as soon as pos- 

 sible, and although mention will be made of them later 

 on, it may be well to go over them briefly. 



OFFICE RECORDS AXD FILES 



First in importance among the office records is the 

 mailing list. If your list of prospects and customers 



