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PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

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NEWSTAND SALES:

Several issues ago I mentioned the possibil- ity of putting TVia on certain newstands around the country. The main idea in this was to attract new TVs into the fold and thus increase the contacts available to all. Incidental to this it would increase circulation making possible various improve- ments in the mag. This I did in one store in L.A. and it has brought perhaps a dozen wonderful new girls into our group. How- ever many of you expressed disapproval of public sale feeling that it would destroy some of the "just between us girls" spirit of the mag. I must confess I tend to agree with this view, so I have worked out something else which will serve the same end.

As you know I have spoken of publishing separate stories. The first of these has been delayed trying to find an artist who would make a good cover illustration. Barbara Jean has agreed to do it and it will be available pretty quick now. I now plan to publish more of these and to put the words "A TRANSVESTIA PUB- LICATION" across the front and "CHEVALIER PUBLICATIONS" on the back. These should catch the eye and, I hope, intrigue any pass- ing TVs into buying it. Inside the back cover I will list other publications and give a word about the mag. suggesting that the reader write for more information. These stories, then, not TRANSVESTIA itself will be the "bait" to attract new girls out of their isolation. To get this under way I'd like your help. Please check the bookstores or newstands in your city which carry Nutrix publications or Fantasia and Exotique, and send me their names and addresses. I will then try to interest them in carrying these transvestic stories.

A NEW ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: As most of you know, the tasks of handling mail, money and correspondence as well as composing, editing, planning and typing TRANSVESTIA have become monumental even at our present size. Since it is necessary that we grow, these tasks will grow even more difficult. This problem has been bugging me for sometime, so I have solved it by taking on an associate and this is my way of introducing him. He is Bob Stevens otherwise known as "Barbara". You all know that I have promised that the mailing list and the identity of all of you would not be revealed to anyone. (No names were revealed to