The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
ENGLISH BOYS'
 SHYNESSSTOpS . OUR WACS COLD

English husband but unable to break through the famous shyness of Brit- lsh men, have turned in desperation to London's Lonely Hearts" clubs,
 They'd like to meet and marry English boys who, strangely, have complained loudly and lengthily at being unable to compete with CT Joes for the attention of English girls.
 "The story the wacs tell us Is the same every time," said the pro- prietress of one marriage bureau" 'They soy, We want to meet nice Englishmen, but we can't. They don't speak 60 us. They're too shyl"
 But there's nothing we can do to help theIn," she continued, "since Army regulations prohibit members of the services receiving letters from people they do not know,
 4S Wacs Unescorted
 "So we've had to refuse every one of the hundreds of girls in the Am. erlcan forces that have come here and asked to be put In touch with British men"
 In an informal count taken by United Press reporters in London clubs, theaters and restaurants dur- Ing one evening, 4S Wacs were ob- served unescorted while eight others had escorts. None of the eight es- corted girls was with on English sole dier or civilian.
 Londoners' reactions to news of dearth of Englishmens interest in Wacs varied:
 British male civilian: There al- ways have been more women than men here and the number of men free Of the clutches of local girls Is probably quite Insignificant. Seems to be simply Q question of numbers to me-"
 English soldier: "There's no de- nying your American girls are nice- ly groomed for the most part. But personally can't stand their voice es. Much too highly pitched and nasal"
 Shys From Uniform
 Another British civilian: "I'd feel Q little strange eScorting c girl in uniform - British or American. wouldn't your"
 Another British soldier: T sup. pose I'm being frightfully inSular, but I'm quite content with our British girls. Another' thing, Q widely-traveled woman-one who has been around as you say would probably frighten off anyone who had never been overseas or anything, To have c woman tell you of her exciting experiences in foreign lands rather reverseS the usual thing, doesn't it?" English girls took c more practical viewpoint.
 A stenographer: Most British men are in the Forces and simply can't afford to take girls--American or British, for that matter-out on what they eArn. And your Wacs are quite highly paid, I believe. It would never do for an Englishman to court e girl of better means than his own" GA Wac Corporal earns, with overseas pay, nearly the same as Q British lieutenant.)
 A woman journalist: "The WacS are probably interested in English boys because Of the novelty of the Idea. They figure like the Amer- iean CTS, that they're going to be surrounded by Americans for the rest Of their lives, SO they might as well spend their time over here with English boys and find out what they're like. Just why they haven't been successful, I'm at Q loss to say. They certainly seem to be at- tractive enough"
 3 Wacs Deny It All
 A clerk: "The Wacs are probably having the same trouble we've had for years. Englishmen have always been indifferent to women. can't understand why the American girls would want to marry them any howl'
 Two Wacs, when accosted with the information about the marriage bureaus rush Of trade, were indig- nant. One said:
 T don't believe iti Most of the girls Gin the Wacs) here are mar ried or else have some CT on a string somewhere and aren't hus. band-hunting.
 I've gone out with some British boys, and, believe me, they aren't shy at all. But they do have e dif- ferent idea of good time than we do. I like a'noisy good time, and I'm afraid to laugh too loud when I'm with British boy"
 The other added.
 Most of the CT James are just like the 'Joes.' All we want to do Is to get home. The British are very nice to us but there aren't very many who don't want to get back to the U. s. A. as quickly as they can. I've found British boys pleasant enough but not awfully bright about what girl likes or doesn't"
 Neither Wac would give her name.