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tunities for happiness to other girls who were going through the very same ordeals of loneliness, guilt and misery which had under- lined Susanna's past life. So they opened the doors of their mountain resort to all TV's, and in the process gained for them- selves warm and precious friends.

Susanna today, as most of the readers of TRANSVESTIA know, has even managed to dabble in professional female impersonation as an entertainer on the stage. She has also held evening jobs as a hostess without being detected and has solved most of the problems that life has thrown along her path. Many of you will say that she is lucky--granted, but she also would like to leave all TV's with this thought: there's nothing you cannot do in life if you want to do it badly enough and mobilize all your thoughts and resources to that end. A TV's life can be the happiest life for a human being, always keeping in mind that you are two people, two nice, decent people, who can learn to live together in beautiful and mutually beneficial harmony without harm to any of your fellow human beings.

And I would like to say to those "authorities" who claim TVism is just a desire, a whim which can be turned on or off at will, TVism can be a powerful force, a veritable steamroller which can shape and mould the entire life of an individual. It can determine your career, your profession, it will sway even patriotic feelings (e.g. the love for the country of your birth), it will determine your social life (by tossing aside certain friends and by accepting others). It will make you willing to go through pain (as is the case of a nose remodelled, a face lift, or a new set of feminine- looking teeth). To fight it leads only to frustration, mental im- balance and unhappiness. To accept it gladly, with open arms, is to find a measure of happiness which is satisfying, uplifting and unique.

And sc ends this narrative.

Love to all from

Susanna Valenti