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Then, when she arrived the following day, she was, supprig. ingly carrying a purse. Neither Mother nor I paid any attention and Mother left on an errand leaving me in Patsy's care Moth- er had no sooner left than Patsy got her purse and took from it a whole assortment of cosmetics. She would have none of my ob-

jections and getting me on a stool proceeded to doll me up. At first I felt most uncomfortable, but in a few minutes it be- gan to appeal to me as a joke and I cooperated, Patsy applied rouge, lipstick, mascara and powder and then carefully arranged my hair for its best appearance and to bring out its natural wave. She finished by fastening a big bow in it,

My bob alone had been feminine enough, but when she was through the effect was astonishing and aided by the long bath- robe I wore. When Mother came home she could hardly believe her eyes, There was much joking about it which I really enjoy- ed. My enforced idleness had been so boring that variety was welcome But when Patsy repeated the process the following day it was different. I felt uncomfortable and was disagreeable about it. Perhaps had I been a bit more reasonable about it the matter would have been dropped, but Patsy was a great tease and seized on anything that obviously annoyed me,

When Mother first bobbed my hair I needlessly found my - self dreading the doctor's next visit He didn't even notice it the first time and merely twitted me in a friendly way later Then came the day when he announced that instead of the hour I had been allowed up, always in a bathrobe, I could get up for a whole afternoon and get dressed. hat was welcome.

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Patsy didn't come in until about the third day after I was really allowed up. When she first saw me she protested to Mother that my clothes and hair were horribly at odds, and to prove her point accentuated the effect with make up. For once I enthusiastically aided her, thinking that the absurd- ity of the contrast between hair and make up on one hand and boys clothes on the other would insure an immediate haircut. But when I brought it up Patsy was violent in her protests and Mother firmly told me there would be no going out for sometime to come, I realized that argument was useless and resigned myself to the inevitable.