AIRLINE GLAMOUR GIRLS

e [Applause] [Applause] Our Story begins in an office high above Manhattan where Mary Elizabeth Drake secretary has just taken her last dictation of the day but Mary has one more letter to write this day a letter of her own subject application for position as Airline Hostess qualifications well briefly they add up to this I've wanted to be a Hostess since I was 18 I'm 22 now single with 2 years of college and business training I'm 5'4 and weigh 115 lb I'm enclosing a snapshot not too good I'm afraid but the latest I have Mary's picture and letter make a good impression on the chief Hostess but she isn't qualified yet the airline sends her a list of schools where she can be trained and so one month later Mary stands in front of the McConnell School in Minneapolis on on the threshold of a new career and scared to the teeth I've given up a good job apartment friends and this isn't exactly what I'd call a brass band welcome well can't turn back now they didn't they're the ones who made it it makes you wonder are you pretty enough bright enough willing to work hard enough well baby you're on your own the next few days are a whirl interiew use dorm assignment forms forms and more forms medical examinations pictures of me before new hairdo uniforms my new wardrobe classes begin at 8:00 a.m. theory of flight velocity air density angle of attack aircraft propeller Aeron Rudder elevator stabilizers routes and schedules flight 152 depart Los Angeles 1230 Las Vegas 225 Albuquerque 810 ameral 11 Kansas City 145 in the afternoon there are two hours of exercises called comportment classes an attempt to improve the students before photos these girls are 21 to 28 stand 52 to 57 and if they enroll with a few excess pounds they graduate light enough to fly a Hostess does plenty of knee bends in the narrow aisle of an airplane and these Teeter boards develop balance important in rough weather when her nonchalant Poise reassures jittery passengers from jousting to the cona all in the interest of Grace Rhythm and the body beautiful makeup courses enhance the girls natural loveliness and apparently the Airlines and The Bachelors enjoy similar tastes half of the ,000 us hostesses leave Aviation for marriage each year announcing the departure of Flight 95 for Kansas City and Los Angeles at gate number three All Aboard please no Mary isn't Airborne yet but this mockup plane makes a lot of interesting trips it's part of her course in Hostess duties and procedures and her passengers are trained to be difficult one 2 3 no Mary you don't tab your passengers that obviously you walk down the aisle with a big smile counting the house as you go that's better we're about ready for takeoff will you fasten your seat belt please good say it easily and pleasantly don't make it sound like this is murder kitties but we're going to try and fly this contraption [Music] [Music] you may unfasten your seat belts now and you may smoke if you care to okay suggestions not commands how's your diplomacy Miss Drake sorry sir cigarettes only while we're in Flight well spoken Miss Drake [Music] oh dear they rang in a Mr Tipsy on me what do I do now very simple Mary watch teacher first make brother Tipsy comfortable he may sleep the flight through if he still rambun call the captain Meal Time food is pre-cooked and kept hot in casseroles there's an artc to serving it too regulation trays are to be carried sideways not front and back this method is more graceful make serving easier lessens risk of spilling much much better Miss Drake oh gee Jane I'm sorry you should be merry remember your deep knee bends and teeterboard exercises and use them in the aisle Here Comes double trouble I'm sorry sir no tipping good and that's right if he gets Amorous say nothing and stay away for the rest of the trip uh-oh Mr Tipsy again what now miss [Music] rake excellent Tipsy fails you pass nice going Mary at night homework the books from 7 to 10 now in the troposphere there is a general flow of air over the Earth's surface on the fifth week of the 8-week course a crucial moment job interviews with Airline representatives and a lot of questions will you lift your skirt please miss Drake may I see your hands please thank you now miss Drake just why do you want to be a Hostess for our company from that day on Mary lives for the mail did they like her will she get the job and then a letter comes after graduation report for assignment as Hostess we I got the job graduation day the end of 8 weeks of tough demanding study Mary's class now receives its diplomas congratulations Mary you've done very well here thank you Mrs McConnell thank you very much two weeks later another ceremony Mary gets her coveted wings at Laria field New York then with the other new hostesses she proudly stands first inspection in her spanking new uniform then my first flight constellation West I walked to the ship with the crew Bill Edwards Jimmy Duke Bob Donovan and Laura Draper they'd been kidding me in the flight dispatch room said passengers could spot a new Hostess a mile away and would probably take my head off oh gosh I was scared those passengers look like a Thundering Herd coming out better get that charm ready baby by golly it works what nice people that's right Mary and you're off to a good start it took a lot of time a lot of effort and a lot of worrying but at long last Mary Elizabeth Drake Airline Hostess is on her way so long Mary keep them smiling [Music]