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scarce, he saved the money he received from the College as part of his scholarship to be spent in the College cafeteria for his meals, and got himself a job as a waiter in one of the local restauranta., in town. There he ate his lunch and dinner gratis by working three hours a day at the tables and in the kitchen. The cook was a middle aged, motherly woman who took a great liking for the foreign young man who would tell her about life under foreign skies and who would softly sing intriguing melodies of an alien folklore. Inevitably the conversation led one day to native dances. She found out he loved dancing and so suggested he come some weekend to her home and show some of those dances to her family. Susanna picked up her pretty ears and whispered her instant plan. Yes, he would love to do that, but, unfortunately his native dances had a peculiar char- acteristic: they were of two kinds: some to be danced by a couple (man and woman), and others by a woman alone. Since there was no partner in sight, the only dances he could show would be those de- signed for a girl and it would be too ridiculous for him to perform them as himself. The basic movements were too graceful, toc fem- inine, too coquettish to be danced by a man...UNLESS he were to dress as girl...hmmmm? (Just throw in as an after thought, care- lessly..)

By this time, the cook was too excited and thrilled at the idea of having a foreign guest at her humble house who would act- ually put on a show for her folks..so she fell inte Susanna's trap like an unsuspecting lamb. What an idea! Have the young man dressed as a girl and maybe fool a guest or two! Would he really mind doing it? Would he! It took a bit of an effort not to appear eager and after a little more coaxing, the answer came: "Yes", but would she help him with the necessary clothes? By this time it was her project, her idea, her party and in no time she had solved all the obvious problems of a wig, clothes and shoes. Two weeks later, Susanna emerged from her long confinement in all her eager femininity and handled herself with all the assurance of a veteran showgirl. Those were her first high heels, but she anazed everybody with the ease with which she performed, the grace of her movements. She was like a fish thrown into the water. Nothing to be learned, it was all there, it had been there from the very beginning. Who taught her to walk? Where did she learn to delicately handle the hem of a skirt while dancing?