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bad to wear. Anyway I could stand a little pain if neces- sary. It was worth it and more! I next stepped into the swishing taffeta square dance panties oh, oh the beautiful tactility, the "feel" of them next to my skin, the whisper, the swish they made when I moved. They seemed to whisper so gently to me and I trembled so that I had to get hold of my- self.

These lovely panties had elastic at the waist, rather wide and tight and there was a frill of lace, an embroidered "stand-out" frill or ruffle and on the outside of each leg, sewed into this lovely and thrilling frill was a dainty rosette of pink that had a most dainty and feminine bow! Oh, lovely, lovely! These panties and the rest of the things, although in the hamper for the wash woman were only soiled, they were not really dirty. I smiled and I thrilled as I thought of my girl friend, Alice, and how she had worn these very same garments the night before at the square dance in the old town hall. Next, I pulled on a white cotton petti- coat. It was covered with flounces and lace trimmings and a few bows of ribbon here and there. It was not a slip but what Alice called a petticoat. A lot of women and girls sore them then and do now too. It had an elastic at the waist and it was a very good fit. The dress that I had taken from the hamper was a flowered creation, not expensive but nice. It had a narrow lace collar and long sleeves that also had a lace edging at the wrists. The dress fitted rather snug in the upper part, or bodice, and was slightly full or bouffant in the skirt. Not bad at all! The dress had a hem that was a gathered frill that went around the bottom of it, sort of like the stand out ruffle that was on my panties. My panties came down in the legs over my black hose tops and my support- ers and ended several inches above my knees. My petticoat came past my panties or the ends of my panty legs a bit and my dress reached just a little bit, a tiny bit above my knees.

I looked down the road from the village no one in sight. I rushed into my girl friend's room that was next to mine but I did not look at myself in the full length mirror yet but went to her vanity and put on powder base and made up