New Britain herald., 1928-02-02
.3l GIRLS LEAVE
 HOME IN ONE WEEK
None of the Cas6 Rocdle Much
 Publicity

New York. Feb. 5 (UP)-A fresh man at Smith college disappeared mysteriously and the news was dis seminated throughout the nation.
 sl Disappear
 Yet last week in New York city alone 31 girls were listed by the missing persons bureau of the po- lice department and virtually no publicity was accorded any one of them.
 Bureau Head Explains
 Capt. John H. Ayres, head of the bureau, today explained to the United Press the causes for the dis similarity. It was not occasioned alone by the fact that Miss Frances St. John Smith is an heiress and the daughter of socially prominent par ents, he said.
 Tn the first place." he pointed out, ''the majority of parents ask specifically for a quiet search.
 Except in unusual circumstances we accede to such requests. Thus many disappearance never come before the public while our men are working on the case. Scores of girls once listed as missing are now back in their homes and even close friends of the family do not know the young women ever were on cur records"
 Another factor. Capt. Ayres said, Is that there is little mystery" in most disappearances.
 Interested parties frequently have a pretty good general idea where the girls can be found and it is just a question of making . few inquiries to locate the 'runaways'."
 Use Psychology
 The men in his department must make use of psychology. Capt. Ayres said. They must ascertain in what lines of work the young women were interested and then apply the results of their questioning.
 For instance. if we hnd that a girl was stagestruck, VIC search the casting agencies and theatrical boarding houses. It Is not all as easy as that but we have . ss per cent record in recovering missing persons.
 Seek New Horizon
 Most girls leave home to seek new horizon and to show their in- dependence. They are fired with the spirit of showing the home folks tha, they can make their own way The task for the police is to discover to what occupation they most likely will turn"
 A large number of the missing girls return to their homes volun- tarily and others. with funds ex. hausted, so to social and philan- thropic agencies.
 In that connection, the Travelers' Aid society now has in custody sev- en runaway girls. which is believed to be a record.
 Northampton, Mass, Feb. /. (UP) Search for the missing Francis St. John Smith. who disappeared from Smith college January 13. con- tinued today despite that almost all tNo tuSOrlec duu TutIlOEb buTFUuuU. . ing her absence have been investi- gated and found baseless.
 Police said they would continue the search for the missing student until tho reason for her disappear ance had been established. definite ly. They continued a search of the district surrounding Smith college in the hope Of finding some new trace of the girl.
 Professor L. H. Horton, psycholo- gist retained by the family, has re- turned to Boston believing the theories of suicide or foul play could be eliminated. He said he had not finished his psychological study of the girls actions but believed she had wandered away from the school. either in a mental daze. or because she desired to leave her surround ings for some personal reason.