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Show CHIVALRY FORBIDS WOMEN IN WIRELESS PAN KHANCIHOO. Jun J4 (By r. P.) Chivalry ani the frtnrtotia tra-! tra-! dltlons of the sa are handlappins; the women of the nation fn the radio fle-ld. ThtTe are practically no women In the country omplnycrl nn wireless send-fTs. send-fTs. And tt In IlkHy lhat thtra will h but frw In the future. "Women atid children first," tha oM sra tradition in (lie reason, radio men declare, Nearly all of the radio operators ara men, both In the land stations, and on the ships ns u matter of fact, all on the ships are men. Practically all nf the radio operator who obtain position, in Ittnd stations have obtain (J their experience on ships. Land stations generally refuse to hire operators who nv not had a good bit of nea experience. Women are not hired on ships aa radio operators, hernusa nf the etiquette eti-quette of the sea. The radio operator, by tradition. tieer leaves hit Instrument Instru-ment until it )s put out, of commission commis-sion or until the shlp Is abgut toj taks Its final plunge. If women were radio operators the ship's officers would feel reetponslbla for seeing them off the ship aa soon as possible In time of dnnger. That Is tha coda of tha sea. And that la why women wo-men stnnd but little chance of breaking? break-ing? Intu tho wireless game. |