I spent the evening with them and about 9.30 another couple dropped in for a visit. My hostess introduced me as a girl friend and the evening continued uneventfully, I spoke only when spoken to and then only in whispers claiming laryngitis. When I left I parked near my apartment I again got cold feet and was fightened but finally went in.

I visited them a half a dozen times "dressed" and on one occasion Frank had one of the single fellows who worked in his office escort me, with them to a show and dance to which Frank had four tickets (I was scared silly that eve ning and kept feeling my beard to see if it was coming thru I was more than petrified on the way home to Frank and Eva s house when my escort started smooching and tried to kiss me The only way I could stop him was to slap his face.) The balance of the evening was uneventful--we stopped for a bite to eat and then home. Frank's company shortly thereafter transferred him with a promotion to another locality so once again I went into hibernation with one further exception.

Later that same year a couple of friends and myself and our dates went to a nite-club where they featured female im- personators in their floor show. I had been drinking consid erably and was "feeling no pain" and, when the show came on my friends raved how realistic these "fellows" were as irls I poo-pood this and contended they weren't so good, that I would bet $100 that I could be a better looking, more real istic girl than any one of them. The other two fellows took

me up

splitting the bet with one of the fellow's girl friend holding the money The next day at my office I asked them how I was able to spend $130 the night before, and they told me of the bet I had made. I tried to renig and requested that they not take advantage of a drunken sot, but they re fused to acquiese and contended the bet was on and the only way I could get out of it was to forfeit the $100. This I didn t want to do and, although I knew I could win it in a snap since they were co-workers I didn't want to give my secret away.

One of the girls who had been at the party was pretty close to my size and she agreed she would lend me her clothes.