Short Fling

Like every prospector who has struck it rich, Ulric Joseph ("Spud") Arsenault was out to have the time of his life. Last week in Toronto he picked up $100,000 as part payment for his Yellowknife gold strike (TIME, May 13), and lit out for New York's White Way.

The Canadian customs refused to let Spud take more than $50 out of the country. Nevertheless, he checked in at Manhattan's Park Central, toured hot spots (see cut) in search of a wife. He knew what he wanted: "She must not be too hefty, must be a genuine homemaker."

But after a couple of days of it, Spud had had enough. He didn't like the nightclubs nor the food, grumbled: "Ulcers-- that's what I'd get, here." And he hadn't found a wife. Spud headed back to Yellowknife and "some nice, clean air."

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