The Washington times., 1929-01-30
APPL LN;ANTS
CAT He R !.
At BIG
PARTY
tcontlnued from r'irst pasel

WHeU started d1l tHlA 1uSAASast
wAils Holtxnaan. Il have made e
many good friends among the appli..
cafats that don't like TO think oL
getting married and cutting loose
from all Of them.
Hoffman sends out an SOB TO
single men In the District and SUD
itrbs to come to his assistance.
There fs only one Of him. He can
marry only one Of the applicants.
He has set about to find some way
to get husbands for his iol1S list
Of lonely women.
Last saturday night Hcltznaf1
decided to bring bis search to an
end. There were about 80 women
whom he had been unable to inter.
view. He invited them to his home
at S502 Eighteenth Sc. N e.. for 9
party. He wanted to look them
over In q huddie. Surely he could
find the lucky one.
A ''tSrand Party"
1t was grand party accord.
Ing to F1oltznan and his social
secretary whom he employed Ter
the post from among the appli.
cants
About 40 women accepted his
invitation to BE present ct the final
choosing. several other men, also
looking for wives, were invited and
three were present. Some OF the
applicants left early, while others
remained until midnight.
I'VE did little dancing says
Hoffman, music was not much.
We didn't have q radio or talking
machine rugged up. 50 had to
blow a French harp. Wasn't much.
but played it and danced with
several of the ladies'.
But. among the lot, Hoffman
was unable to find the winner Of
the capital prize. Every time Holtz-
man met an unusually attractive
applicant. he just couldn't keep
his mind off an applicant from
Chicago. It seems that this Chicago
woman has written several letteFs
and those letters are so good, she
must be mighty fine, says Holtz.
man.
Embarrassing Situation
Another good letter writer recent
1y caused ao1txman no. end OF enl-
barrassn1ent. The writer agreed
to meet him 1T the =. w. G. A.,
at Seventeenth and X Streets
Northwest she was punetual 30
wac he.
Arriving it the ~" Hoffman
found the applicant to be French.
She had b large. far-rsaclifrlg
voice. She spoke four languages.
She had an accent. and what an
accent The groups Of visitors at
the Ys' reception room heard her
story as well as Hoffman. He
- altar hNtfF
but not until he had told the
they should have eourting rooms
Tor both sexes.
Several applicants. after detail
ing by letter. their charms and
other assets, have indicated that
Il they DO not suit, their letters
might be passed on to other gen.
tIenen seeking wives. One such
letter was from woman 30 years
old. Hoffman gave the letter to-
d friend, and ! haven't seen him
since, 90 he probably met his
match, 1. he explains
There Is some expense attached
to d search Tor i wife, Holtzn1an
ySvAalg. There are tl1eater tickets.
gas and oil for his automODiles and
Sc takes an awful lot Of my time.
he says.
&XA Rs&NG AAOkA4 ~ ~
one applicant from out Of the
city arranged BY letter to have him
meet her at the Union Station here.
WnefA the train got In, HcltznlAli' y
car had d flat tire. The woman
phoned: she was told to call taxi
CAB. which she did The driver hal
difficulty locating Holtznlan's home.
Before the woman finally aOt back
Ia her hotel. her taxieab bill was
SIS. She insisted that HoItzman
reimburse her. which he did.
From Atlantic city woman
wrote saying she would like to meet
him. she Was broke, hungry, and
lonely, she said; she had no rail.
road fare The letter touched Holsz.
mans heart He sent her $S.
A lot of the applicants claim to
have money; they say they are in
society, but noticed some ot them
didn't even have the courtesy 20 send
regrets when they failed to come to
our party saturday night, says
Holtznnan.
Most Are Around 40',
Very few of the applicants have
eef1 under so years of age. Most Of
them are around 4O One 19-year-
old girT went to an II Street theater
with Hoffman: warned him, Don 4
ten my sister about this made q
date for another evening but mas
since kept out of sight. This appli-
cant has bothered Holtzmall con-
siierably. He was intrigued to the
extent that he has had several
fr ends try to locate her.
Al few--yes. q very few--of To ap-
plieants have asked that their appli-
cations be kept secret and confiden-
tial. Only few have sent photos.
The told natural way" of picking
wife. Hultznan says, IT. slow
ana causes many men and women
fn lose years 0f love and JOYS and
haupiness. He believes In love at
first sight. he says, and just knows
that when the right one comes
elong. mi know, as quick az q flash
that she Is the right one for me.
Suffers Embarrassment
Hoffman conf4sses that ne is
more often overcome BY embarra 49,
naent than applicants. Usually
waen they call In person. he says.
shey ask How do appeal to your
ssKxow do look to your Don't
you want 10 see me later. SO we
can see whether we are suited Of
not9s
tn one case q ear drove up to
Hoitznan's home bringing two
women. One went in, asked several