dresses for me; indeed, hardly a week passed without her bringing some lovely addition to my feminine wardrobe. I soon also had a complete selection of shoes to match my dresses and outfits, and I spent more and more time, in fact, all the time I could spare in my lovely dresses.

On one of Penny's visits she had pointed out my need for a wig or hair piece, so Mary and I made a flying trip to New York to purchase one. We had a nice suite at one of New York's wonder- ful hotels, and we invited the wig maker to come to our suite, which she did. I wore one of my most stunning outfits, a beauti- ful navy blue suit, and black patent leather pumps. I tried on several wigs, but we finally selected one of the same color as my natural hair, and we promised to return in a few weeks for it. We did so, and we again had a lovely time together. Neither of us felt quite enough confidence for me to venture out of our suite, even with my new hair piece on, and we both agreed that we would have had a more enjoyable time had we been able to go out together as sisters.

On one of our visits to Penny's home we discussed the fact that I had not had sufficient confidence to venture out of our hotel suite even with the perfect hairpiece we had purchased.

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"What Ruth needs is some training in feminine manners and de- portment, Penny observed, "she must learn how to stand, to walk, sit and arise, and in general, how to conduct herself as a lady,"

We agreed, but could not see how that training could be ob- tained, but Penny, who had gone through a very strenuous course before she became a model, assured us that it would take several weeks training, at the very least, but she could give me the train- ing if we thought it desirable to spend the time on it. Several months later, the subject came up again, when Mary and I expressed regret that we could not go on our vacation together as sisters.

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"I'll tell you what I will do, Penny proposed, "you and Ruth move over to my house a month or two, if possible, before your vacation commences, and let Ruth stay here and I will train her day and night, and by the time you are ready to go on your vacat- ion, if you want to go as sisters, you can.

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"That sounds like a good idea, Ruth,

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Mary commented "what

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