New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
SIX BLONDES WAIT | BUT NO MAN COMES
N. '. Beau Bureau Is Butt of
 Mean .JOkester

Six women of undoubted refinement and advertised .pleasing personality q in best hats and new gloves, waited from until o'clock last evening al the Bureau Of Social Service for the ''weli-hred man seeking a clean eve- ning's entertainment"
 lie never appeared,
 All day long he had called up. from the Astor. from the Ritz. asking in the carefully modulaied tones of the lone- ly stranger from the Middle West for young lady. generally blonde. short and under twenty-five. to be "a jolly dinner and theater companion" Those specifications were his fayorite answer to the Bureau managers business-like And what type should you prefers"
 Business Picks Up
 Fifteen, girls selected from among applicants after a blind advertise ment" were on the bureaus entertain ment list. They had been subjected to q keen-eyed scrutiny by Miss vir- ginia Bennett originator of the idea of selling high class friendliness. and character references had been careful ly investigated. The bureau obviously wouldn't for, n moment tolerate ad- venturessea
 They aren't. Any one could have found that out last evening as the six sat there losing more faith in man. kind every minute and beginning 10 figure on the routine cafeteria dinner.
 All day. with more calls than the bureau had in the two weeks of its business the managers were hard pressed to meet the lonely strangers demands. There was hardly a minute when the phone was not ringing. Some wanted dinner and theater com panions; others wanter theater and after-theater supper party entertain ment. a formal dance at the Pennsylvania. The managers raced down their list trying to find a girl with an evening gown.
 They Wait and Wait
 Lists were checked and rechecked | and finally at 6 o'clock the first of the | feminine contingent put nits appear. ance. They kept on coming until s:3o. They though of subway delays and taxi accidents and waited. Hope dies hard.
 Then the managers, began calling the hotels. There was difficulty in To- eating any Of the lonely strangers who said they had been registered there. Masculine stock dropped. The disap- na;ntad xporpop cuid aopoa ,Ipnompii | nentary things.
 The managers were a bit upset 'hey had expected business difficulties Those are always to be expected when )ne embarks on new venture. But hese probably would involve q too treat rush of application-and pos ibly few crude souls who would Certainly no such wholesale truancy.
 Ordered to Vacatc
 It was alsosa blow in view of the act that they got a disposses notice rom their landlord yesterday. It eems there was clause in their i ease about tenants not carrying on . usiness. They had forgotten about it. ! alternately throughout the day the , anitor removed their card opposite ' heir door bell and they put it up I gain. | f The dispossess notice wasn't bother | lg them in the morning, with the I hone ringing and business apparent 2 , booming The news story had done lat. They beamed kindly on report E rs and said the story was clever" ' nd gave just the right idea of their nterprise.
 Last night a reporter found no such arm welcome. It was stated then that P le story misrepresented the facts and c, eated serious business" in a n diculous fashion. R The managers didn't say anything p ore about giving up their other ot ork and devoting their whole atten- ii on to the bureau. They didn't talk si bout it's unlimited possibilities. They " osed their lips tightly, and said: O, We'll show them" G
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