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ADVENTURE 7 A Fascinating Big-Pay Field That You Can Put Your Heart Into O MATTER whether you wish to visit every nook and corner of the world or whether you have no desire to travel—here is a fascinating field that offers you big pay in either case. Both on land and on sea splendid opportunities are calling you. And _ now, through our wonderful Four-Step Method, you can quickly and easily learn wireless at home in your spare time and become a licensed oper- ator. A fascinating big-pay field that vou can put your heart into is eagerly awaiting your services. Read how you can step into the wonderful future it holds for you! Wonderful “Four-Step” Method Makes Wireless Amazingly Easy To Learn From every branch of wireless comes the call for operators! From the sea comes the call of the United States Merchant Marine, operating over 30,000 vessels that ply over every ocean. Private steamship lines whose ships reach India, Nor- way, Africa, and ports in every part of the world also sound the call. Big opportunities are offered with a chance to see the world as an officer with luxurious quarters and good pay. As wireless operator all your expenses are paid right from the start so that you have a most unusual opportunity to save money. From the land too, comes the call of the new forces that are formed to make wireless the greatest means of communication in existence. The Radio Corporation of America with $20,000,000 capital is establishing land stations in every section. In every field, agriculture, finance, politics, etc., wireless is being adopted as an essential department of business. And now, as never before, is your big lifetime opportunity to get in on the wonderful future this fascinating field holds for you. Through our wonderful new method you can qualify in a few short months. Right in your own home four wonderful inventions take you quickly and easily through the four easy steps be- tween you and one of the splendid wireless positions waiting for you. STEP No. 1—The LEARNER'S TRANSMITTER—makes learning the code a delightful pastime. STEP No. 2—The LEARNER’S RECEIVER—teaches you the most difficult part of wireless—receiving, in almost ‘‘no time.” STEP No. 3—The wonderful NATROMETER—sends 600 different combinations of messages automatically at speeds varying from 5 to 100 words a minute smoothly, noiselesslv, and without the Just One of Hundreds of Letters Lawrence Waring, one of our graduates of Norfolk, Va., says: ‘There is no other pro- fession today offering the opportunity to trav- el and see the world and at the same time paying a good salary as Radio Telegraphy. My board, of course, costs me nothing. The work is not hard; jin fact it is the most interesting work I’ve ever been in. We are sailing for Verdo, Norway, and will come back by way of England and France. I will get a chance to see the land of the Mid- night Sun.’’ slightest bit of ‘“‘choppines@®”’ STEP No. 4—Special Westinghouse RECEIVING SET —enables you to “listen in” on the world and gives you the practical experience of actually taking messages “‘out of the air.”’ These four amazing inventions are furnished to the student with our course. With them learning becomes a fascinating game. And you progress so rapidly that you are a qualified operator almost before you realize it. Cash In On The World’s Expansion If you have kept pace with the world you know why wireless offers you a future which nothing else can. You know that this amazing field has only taken one step compared to the enormous strides that are yet to come. You can cash in now on this expan- sion. You can easily and quickly qualify for the splendid in- ducements it offers. The National Radio Institute is today the oldest and largest wireless school in America teaching wireless by mail. It is officially recognized by the U. S. Department of Commerce, its diploma is given official credit, its name heads the lists of schools recommended by the Shipping Board. And now through a wonderful new short-cut course and the four wonder- ful inventions you can qualify through the National Radio Institute in a short period for a fine wireless position. Special Opportunity Now Open The urgent need for operators and the calls which come to us for our students prompt us to make a special offer open to new students for a limited time. Through this special offer your enrollment will be accepted at a special rate, and you will receive, without extra cost, our new course in Wireless Telephony. Mail Coupon for Free Book It costs you nothing to get our illustrated booklet. ‘‘Wireless, the Opportunity of Today.” Let us tell you more fully about our Four-Step Method which has qualified so many hundreds of our students for the splendid profession of Wireless. Let us tell you how you can travel all over the world with easy interest- ing work and good pay. Or, if you wish, you can accept one of the big wireless positions on land which are now urgently in need of your services. Mail coupon Today for this booklet and for full facts about our special short-time offer. Fil! out the coupon now and send it to us at once! National Radio Institute, Dept. 161, Washington, D. C. aoe — — = Rush This Special Coupon — — — = — National Radio Institute, Dept. 161, Washington, D. C. Send me your FREE Book, ‘‘Wireless, the Opportunity of Today.’ Tell me about your Home-Study Course, the Four- Step Method and your special short-time offer. 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