The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-30
WIRELESS WOMAN OF TIE SEA
ar THT sItIIO>> >AS nov
DIT DD 10 Ni>> PtFkTR.
she l. the Eirst oI it-r srN on This Coast To
Take tha,.r "f steamships trrisi>
AMI Listeners >>hore SAY she, tsoosi
On~ eft fi-r s,ht case Nelsind


On~ I-f fi-r ~uii ease ,selsinsi.
Tn. United NIr-i"ss s.ut uut v.ster-
'!av afternoon warming tn all shore
>'ations and ships. inspired hy tn" first
rip nj tn" first woman wireless 1D.r-
wv smplovcd ou u liner. Nis- GRAY
leila Packer IL Jncksnnvlll" In" snip
- the Mocha WI. newest ot tine Ciyi. fleet.
Commanded 10y capt. Edmund k.nnh".
,rmmodorr at the line. and the Warning
was Don't tiIrs with the operator
II did uo particular good and a host
ot amateurs inland kissed their hands
uetaphoTically ~ th" pretty Young
floridian and tried vainly - distract
her from her job Even tAc Count DE
Ia Motto. who ~ a wireless operator
and has been twice married aud has
grandchildren. wis drawn intO the vor-
tex 81 aerial coqu.try The Count Is
conservative and wa, inclined AZ fret
To- look somewhat .r'pticllly at the
innovation Bur after II" had heard the
Young woman receive and send like a
veteran be indors.i her and gave fatherly
admonition to the Youngsters who were
trying 60 Joke with her The Count
even persuaded has limerick maker to
project fhIs INTO IN" etnpyTran;
\ wireless uN'h named Grsyncus
Two sylahl-s In wire
HAD an aerial chat with feIia
only three syunbIes in aerial
Who was anxious IT, WOO.
But she Said. THAT will do
And he ned tn the wireless subceAar
Phillips NJ the Highlands set the seal
Il his approval on her after she fixed
her helix. which was out OF order. Yes.
Phillips remarked 20 the New York man
Tom Cristel. she is a dandy sender and
she takes like flash. ] never saw my
body with q swlfter ~ h The dear
girls in trouble now. she SAYS she has
eft her suit case behind. shes going
to get that suit case all right. She's
sending a message 10 the baggage master
az the pier; no. it's 20 the general passen-
ger agent, Arthur Pye ,and he's mar
ried too. asking him 70 please send the
suit case down by the Huron. She's
the rapid one all right. Binns is not IN
u.
Everybody n giving her the glad hand
hear Capt. Harold smith Of the Herald
wireless plant talkin. to her. He's
married too. Say, lom. amt those
married men terrIble7 Hello Il il conf
sage from her father. who saws 'h.t he
aas acid UP in the subway by train trouble
aud that he will send the s,Iit case and
ne trunk down To her by train to Charles
ton where the Mohawk touches on the
way 20 Jacksonville.
They are doing u big business "a the
Mohawk. All IN" va Jung fellows and
maybe som. ~ the srl2l!e'i chaps, Won
cant tell about EN- are sending mcs
sages shes good one and I've told
her 50 She handles the instrument like
an old timer
That was the last wireless conversation
INDUCED ia IN this gil burhoOd by yn.
operators The ship call - y NJ
All down the coast Miss Grlvn.iia Will
lie lolied until sh. lands IA her rwn city
and resumes her study It music until
,hs ship sails again Then -h. will kc
Up the wireless gam" again lAI continue
ct II until she lands here. = hen -n.. 90 s..
devote few NOR" Iay- e.. misc IN!
tnen take another tall pDt II the music
- the spheres a. recorded hv wireless
Nr Pye OF IN. Clyde Line was inspired
10 try a woman wireless operator to-
cause of COMPLAINTS bv som" of lI- -kIc-
I-rs against some of the men WHO Gld
not seem to care whether or nos tu"y got
messages for the hu" The United Mr..
l-ss accepted the suggestion uf VI pv.
I nat Mis- Packer. who had r..'.'i fuluagsT
Il rhe telegraph Office. at Sanford. la
and had teen making trIp~ ON To. IlyC.
Line boats especially 10 master wireless
-hould be- pat ~ charg. ~ the plant IN
me Mohawk Sh. appeared Yesterday
It the ship IN a tailor made gilt banded
scket and blu. cap that The wireless
men Of the COa-twI-e service wear. and
instantly most Of th. male persons anpnE
be go cabin passengers wanted to- know
when the wire less OffiC. would he ready
tor business General Manager cal
braith Of 'h. United Wireless and VI
'ye introduced her to tn" ship news
photogra phed until she said ii. -..!v
did wish the ship would sal -pDu
capt hen,ble declared that ha was
satisfied with Miss GEayn..lla = was
me rIle that the men pasS-nger- s"u'
he most messages and 'h- women 70
c-ived the most He did not cvracr
this r7lie to he changed. but he f"it pretty
cpnfdent after looking ar the .u"iI"
mostly male. forming IN front IL tn" "Gr.-
'n-- room that many persors who never
got wireless messages from tn" Mohawk
before would receive some on tins IMP
A. to the courage ot woman wIral.-- '
operator IN emergency the Cai.taIn saIi
thar in his experience Of more than forty
wears a. commander he had found .
" omen among n passengers cooler
than tnen. taken ~ = whole. and r-r~e
nhadi@n' To discipline and ne vouli T
tack Miss Packer against Jack Binn- W
any other male ouerator. on or - fho
stage.
Tbe Mohawk sailed On the rrrut,;ta
a. she does always. whether ANYBODY IL
late ar not shooting cut into ,he Hudson p,
AZ she blew her long warning hast AL
most ~ full speed That j. 'ns h,h',
~ capt. kembia one 81 a few Skinner.
IN the coastwise trade who when lac
mas the right 81 way insists upon I, ~
ne limit and never gets int trouhl.
The other fellow will look out