The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-04
Girls Keep
office Staff
of 10 Busy
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, March 4.-Round
the world in eight hours
That is the exciting feat. fig
uratively speaking, of two society
girls who have foresworn life of
rich leisure to go into business for
themselves
For they run a travel bureau
that routes people here, there and
everywhere and in a working day
they cover the globe.
Elizabeth Manning. daughter OF
Bishop Manning, and Grace Bris-
ted, both prominent Junior Leag-
uers, started their venture two
years ago in January.
Today an impressive ground floor
Office, just off Fifth avenue, carries
their firm name, and busy staff of
sixteen persons here. an Office in
London and representatives all over
the world attest their phenomenal
success.
They're Busy Workers
You can see both of them at their
desks at every morning; Miss
Manning, tall, slender, fair, with
shy blue eyes that beSpeak her reti-
cence yet an assurance that be-
gets confidence; Miss BriSted across
an impressive mahogany desk from
her, ozark, quick, efficient and ex-
tremely pleasing in the way she can
remember just what Stateroom this
client had last year, what room she
wants in what hotel in Bagdad or
BuenoS Aires.
Since we've opened our Office all
our travel has been on maps and
steamer charts" they smilingly tell
you. They have built up such a
rushing travel business that they
have TO stay home and manage it!
We listed several passengers for
the round-the- world Zeppelin trip"
Miss Manning answered a query
about unsual aspects of the work.
They Planned Hunts
And We made all arrangements
for big hunting expeditions in
French Indo-China. Java and SUI
matra," Miss BriSted prompted her.
This included furnishing our client
hunters with bush-beaterS. hunts
men guides, gun carriers and all the
other specialists that make up the
retinue of workers on a trip like
that"
once We imported a falcon from
abroad for hawking in Mexico" Miss
Manning put in and they both
laughed. Apparently bringing an
unchaperoned falcon from its home
abroad was no easy matter.
For the vast majority Of folks
who do not know about hawking"
the girls explained that there has
been a revival recently in America
Of the medieval sport enjoyed by
knights of old who rode out in the
regal splendor of full armor, with
trained falcons on their wrists that
would track down prey by scouting
overhead, like an airplane, and
swoop'ng down on it when sighted.
Equip Dude RancherS"
There have been some humorous
incidents attending their routing
patrons to those highly colorful
Dude Ranches in Arizona, wyoming
and Montana.
For many of the men and wom-
en- "tenderfeet," who took up ranch
ing In a big way for few weeks.
had to be directed in what the we'll
dressed bronch-buSter should wear
Other thrilling trips the girls
have taken care of include whalin~
expeditions for big-f1Sh fans, de luxe
private yachting trips for those who
prefer to watch life float by, pack
trips across TIE Soha~a. novel trac-
tor-trail trips that trek through bar
rem desert from north to south in
Africa. through burning sands that
are without benefit of inhabitants,
any veStige of animals, not even a
cactus.