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New York Chorines Organize Date Bureau for Stage-Struck Collegians

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"Are you a lady-killer?" "Would dating a chorine disrupt your school work?"

If you won't search your soul and answer these and seventy-five other questions, have the Dean of your college countersign them, and submit your application together with five dollars, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, two weeks in advance, the stage door will remain shut to you, according to an ultimatum issued by the chorus of "Hooray for What?" at the Winter Garden in New York.

Aroused by the growing collegiate element in the stage-door line, the dancers recently formed a "College Date Bureau," and the committee on admissions has issued a personal information blank rivaling an income tax blank in proportions. The five dollars will go to the Stage Relief Fund, it is said.

Athlete or Bookworm?

Determined stage-door Johnnies will have to tell whether their appearance is "boyish, manly, handsome, distinguished, athletic, or scholarly"; whether they are "shy, bold, cautious, rockless, forward, retiring, or just natural with girls"; whether they are lady-killers or bookworms.

There is no essay question.

Heavy versus Light Make-Up

Included in the questionnaire issued by Virginia Vonne, Secretary, are such queries as, "Do you like a girl tall, short, of medium?"; "Do you prefer a good dancer, good talker, good listener, hearty eater?"; "Do you favor heavy or light make-up?"

Turning to more practical affairs, the blank demands, "Have you a car?"; "Would you bring it with you to New York?"; and, getting right down to basic facts, "How much money are you prepared to spend?"

Names and addresses of three character references are required, but it is believed that Harvard men may substitute a photostatic copy of their bursar's card and a signed statement from their biddy.

Searching Probe

No possible angles are overlooked in the searching probe, as successive questions demand, "Are you afraid of chorus girls?"; "Are you engaged?"; and "Are you married?". Going even further than late permission slips at Wellesley, the blank asks, "What do you expect to do on this date?"

In an attempt to trap etching-collectors into self-betrayal, applicants are asked, "What are your interests and hobbies?"; and, "Would you prefer a girl that shared them?"

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