Show What Shall I Be 1 I Answered fer I k Girls Tiu n l' l I r l IT Janet and Edith decided In tn their junior jun jun- I I lot year car In that thC they would I lIke to lo become telegraph operators B By I saving s their allowance thc they were able to buy a u. 5 apparatus Edith's father who was an un electrician fitted titled up their batter battery and made mado time the connection between be be- tween the time two n neighboring houses S It didn't take tako them long Ions to learn Morses Morse's dot ot and amid dash cone corlo and tho thoro they Were ro soon noon bending soothing bJ back baak k anI and forth Visits to time local telegraph of of- rice acquainted their oars with tho tim customary cus cur tomar tomary Intervals After graduation they the pas passed ed tho the te tests ts required h by tho time Postal Union company and started tho thu service as os check girls 1118 At 1 tho the end of oC a month lIt times times' were given newspaper switchboards a nn and amid l In iii In a a year car were trained operators Schools In iii m. m many of or the time cities offer e courses in lii telegraphy but for lor the thc who tuho cannot avail a herself of these jib the practical courses offered lJ by y the telo- telo graph companies will prove proc sufficient I If It ho I Is a high school chool graduate r A general gen eral oral education with AH amt accurate knowledge know knowl ed edge edgo o of or spelling typewriting and amid penmanship penmanship pen pen- manship Is necessary Tho The girl Irl iri who ho pa ea the mental and ph Physical tests teats required must mutt have lu abil It II ity to concentrate a patient disposition o strong ncr eJ and excellent hearing Youn Young 1 oung girls have havo an tin advantage nd because th their lr cars cara can enn be more easily trained For Foi a a. number of years ears now girls Iris vc hr been finding finding- opportunities In this hits lino IIno of nt work Promotions aro are usually won l' l by accuracy rapidity lt un mind and general reliability Many n fl girls los I th their Mr po positions Pc- Pc 0 through c careless or spelling Tho The pl paz pay and hours arc nrc much better hetter than of oC the tho telephone tele telo- phone operator Ono One of the most coveted cot cov eted positions for or a n girl Irl Is operator of ot tho thit J private wire of oC a stock company or 01 commercial hru house e. e A girl Irl who wants to study tudy up telegraphy herself can find flud plenty of books on time subject in tho Ito library of or tier her home town or can ean pro pro- I cure curc the names unities of oC such puch books b by b writIng writ writ- Ing tug to ono one of or the tho bl big telegraph j companies com coin pa mm I c to Next ext week week- Worker 1 1320 no h T 1 TI n. Millar r. IIIi |