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Show t oo j WOMEN MAIL "CLERKS WILL BE EMPLOYED ! SALT LAKE, Nov. 27 The sudden ending of the war has dampened somewhat the hopes of quite a number of Salt Lake young women that after December 1 thoy would be privileged, by authority of the . government, to don "freedomalls" and become full-fledged full-fledged mail clerks on the trains operating op-erating out of this city. These young women need have little lit-tle fear, however, that restoration of peace has so changed conditions that their services will not be desired, according ac-cording to C. A. Crockwell, civil service ser-vice examiner for this district, and with every assurance of receiving appointments ap-pointments they may present them- ' selves for examination next -Saturdavf: at the federal building. l: When the government advertised, j i some months ago, that women would j bo eligible for mail clerk service, there j was an Immediate response. Sorting p mail at terminal points did not appeal,' to them so strongly as riding on rail- 1 way mail cars, and they sent their ap- i plications to Washington. They now i I have cards entitling" them to take ex- t animation on Saturday. j While it is admitte'd that the work! of railway mail clerks is too strenuous) i for women on long runs, such as, for i instance, from Ogdon to San Francis- co, it is conceded that they will meet l all requirements on short runs, and t it is on short runs that they will be ' used If they successfully pass the examination, ex-amination, and they may be used as "extras." a "Additional 'mail clerks for trains s are in steady demand," said Mr. Crock- I well yesterday, "and in the west men o will not be available' for a long time ' to come." t |