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"SUSANNA SAYS"

Notes From Our New York Correspondent

"The Chevalier D'Eon Club" has been founded at last! It had to happen. Our mountain resort is closed during the winter and we had to have a winter place in the city. So my wife (a real female) and I have thrown our 6 room apartment open to all the "girls" who want to be members of the Club. This has proven especially useful to out- of-towners who usually end up in a hotel room. At the Club they enjoy real home life, meals and the complete freedom of the place. Its main attraction has turned out to be the large mirrors which decorate our living room and dressing room. Of course we charge a fee, otherwise we'd go broke in no time entertaining guests week after week. But so far there have been no squawks. The atmosphere here is such that even my tom-cat "Watcho" is sporting a pink ribbon around his neck.

We really had a crowd on Thanksgiving nite--every- body dolling up for the Phil Black Dance. Janice and Dorothea travelled several hundred miles to be present. Janice was undoubtedly the most elegant gal in the crowd- velvet and furs and $ inch heels--the only one who man-- aged to get a male escort for herself that nite.---Dor- othea, so natural in a simple blue semi-formal outfit that the cab driver had to come upstairs to witness her unmasking before he could believe it! (My wife thinks it was due to the wig Dorothea was wearing--she made it and it was gorgeous)

Our local crowd met the competition successfully. There was Peggy (who has the nicest legs we've seen on a TV); Rita (who loves to experiment with exotic make-up and finally had to shave her arms and legs after holding out for a long time); Jo-Ann (with her 24 in. waist), stunning in a black matte jersey gown made to order for her by our favorite dress-maker Helen Lancaster; Connie (who despite her size has the sweetest disposition of all and looks just right in her favorite nurse's uniform, although sometimes she'll change into a French maid out- fit which could easily win her a prize, if she ever dares Gladys-Mae (whose 5 ft. 5 in. height is the envy of all) businly helping everybody--loves to act the part of a