14.

MY LIFE WITH COUSIN CORA - - CONCLUSION)

With a. good night's sleep behind me I started to.get up without being called but Miss Cora came in and after my morning bath I was taken to breakfast in my lovely neg- ligee. Miss Cora and Alice were quiet and so was I. I suppose they were thinking about the plans for the day. Well, I was also and I really did not know what was in store for me. After a good breakfast Miss Cora took me to my room. To my surprise, she handed me a pair of white taffeta knickers. I say my surprise because knick- ers of this sort were not worn anymore, or so I thought. You see, I was well up on all the lingerie and always had been! Miss Cora smiled as I pulled or drew the knickers or bloomers on and I for some reason felt more ashamed in them than in the very lacy panties I had worn! These knickers came to just above my knees and at the leg elastic there was a small ruffle. The waist elastic was tight and today I had on a garter belt instead of my corselette. I was given a very lovely blouse with many frills and dainty ruffles of fine lace. The collar was what Miss Cora called "severe" in that it came up and went about my neck and a small black velvet band was put about the neck part that tied into a small bow in front.

A white taffets hair ribbon was put into my hair, after it was arranged. The bow was huge and Miss Cora said, "You look like one of those goody-go ady girls in the fashion magazines of an old time era, Elsie". The sleeves of the blouse were to my wrists and had a big lace ruffle at the end of the sleeve that was puffed out. The blouse was a very pale pink satin. When I saw my shoes, I gasped; when I put them on, I gasped again; the heels were simply terrific, they were terri- bly high, real stilt heels. The shoes were very pointed and while a perfect fit, I had to mince to the extreme in them! She shoes were shiny and black, my hose were the sheerest of nylon and a gorgeous mahogony in color.