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Despite all the planned activity, the biggest attraction of the Borscht Belt is still the opportunity it provides for generating togetherness. At Grossinger's, Hostess Karla Grossinger serves as matchmaker-psychologist, introduces couples with practiced skill. The weekly hotel newspaper (delivered to more than 100.-ooo alumni) proudly reports all marriages that can be traced back to a romance at the G. At the Concord, just inside the mammoth dining room, a wooden pegboard records who is sitting where—pink pegs for women, blue for men. Lighter and darker shades indicate relative ages. Thus the maitre d'hotel is also able to serve as an efficient matchmaker.