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divided skirt for $15. So this was your thanks to the Editor personally, and in return I extend mine to you." The receipt of these extra moneys whether large or small is gratefully acknowledged for their monetary value, but they are actually appreciated more as expressions of your approval and enjoyments of my efforts. This satisfaction is very important to me as I want to feel that this mag- azine is doing a service to each and all of you.

To those of you who have sent in pictures and funds for printing them I want to say thank you also. Some pics and cartoons will be provided by the mag. but these will be limited, so I will appreciate your continuing to help the photo fund and thru it the appearance of the magazine

I am dedicated to one idea in TRANSVESTIA--that is that most TVs are or have been lonely, many of you have had few or no contacts with other TVs till this mag. came to your attention, most of us suffer from guilt, fear and lack of understanding from loved ones, and lastly few of us understand the nature of our problem. This magazine has contact with more TVs I'm sure than most psychiatrists see in a life time. I subscribe to the few that the more we can all know about each other the more we can under- stand ourselves and learn to live with ourselves. To this end I should like to use this magazine as a research in- strument to try to gather some statistical information about TVs. I am planning therefore to run a questionaire in TVia #6 to try and learn what we can about TVs as a class. You all realize that our social disapproval stems largely from ignorance. While I certainly have no expect- ation that TVia alone can do much about this, I do strong- ly feel that knowledge and information about the subject are the first requirements and with your cooperation I'd like to gather them. The point of mentioning this in ad- vance is that I'd like to have some expression of opinion about your willingness to cooperate in filling out a multi- page questionaire and sending it in like most of you did on the Popularity Poll. When sending in your subscription money or answers to ads please express yourself to me.

Thanks--Your Editor.