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Show Don't Become an Air Hostess If You're Afraid of Hard Work Being an airline stetvardess is romantic, but it isn't peaches and cream. Katherine Wilson, below, TW A hostess, was chosen "Miss ""'i1'J"M"'"1"'"1" American Aviation last year. I're-requisites for a stewardess job: Candidates Candi-dates must be registered nurses between 21 and 25 years old; not under 5 feet 2 inches nor more than 5 feet 5 inches; weight, between be-tween 100 and 125 pounds; cheerful disposition; dispo-sition; attractive; unmarried. un-married. Training course, lasts from six to twelve weeks, and it must be intensive in-tensive because the steiv-ardess' steiv-ardess' duties are legion. f She must know how to handle tickets; how to serve hot meals; make berths; to control heating and ventilating; to answer passengers' pas-sengers' questions (foolish and otherwise) about airplanes and engines. During training she is paid $2.50 a day. Her starting salary on the run is $100 a month, gradually increasing to $125 a month plus $4 daily for expenses. wimw l i n fin mi ui umulil - mmKKMl'41L " wu'immmw, Hostesses cannot work more than 110 hours a month, work days being interspersed with days off. From time of takeoff to arrival at the plane's destinations she is busy preparing delicious meals, answering an-swering questions and making conversation. Favorite topic of most ravelers is themselves, nihject may range from iterature to sports and eligion, so the steward-ss steward-ss must keep her- A rlf posted. At right: A ! merican airline Jgd ostesses learn about iPtjf motor. m$E travelers is themselves. Subject may range from ""Pf 4Ttl- Uterature to sports and jtti&QVf' t&v religion, so the steward- J VV'' ' jjD ess must keep her- A l V self posted. At right: " $ , K 11 American airline j';JT ' 3sV hostesses learn about a hove , , Xw " y ?l & f a typical steuardeT A tVVjV'4 tlassranm scene. At ?ew orh J$ J 'Jggjf f A or, licarh airport. 23 girls from 18 ciheCJffityA ' representing nine different states, leatn flyng tedi-L- -tuque as demonstrated in a Link trainer. 4 ;r JLL Ta --m vv' S A y. bom. o, them fly, too. Above: Stewardess Agnes llermansen. |