Hints and Helps

We are readying a catalog of "where to buy it" featuring the name s of stores and persons that can provide items needed by FPs. If you have made any good contacts by mail or in person please send them to us so that we can compose such a catalog in the near future.

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Gloria (38-A-1) suggests that for those with larger necks who have trouble finding necklaces of the proper length it is a good idea to buy an extra necklace or a matching bracelet and then restring the two to your own needs. Restringing nylon can be had at the dime store. Watch bands are also often a problem. These can often be joined to get the right size. Round shoe laces can be used to ex- tend the cord type.

For those enjoying bloomers, Linda (56-H-1) informs us that EATON'S a large Canadian mail order house (address not supplied but probably could be reached by just Eatons, Quebec, Canada) has some nice ones made in Italy and some from England for $1.99 and 3.99. Try writing for their catalog.

Felicity, (32-M-4 FPE) has a solution for the glasses problem. She just took her prescription plus a bunch of photos of herself in cos- tume to an oculist in another town. She frankly told him (that is he was there at the time) what was wanted and why without hesitat- tion or embarassment. Several frames were shown and one selected. On calling back to pick up the finished glasses the oculist was very polite and much interested in the whole thing. As Felicity says "I simply told him that I did amateur female impersonations which is perfectly true. Its as simple as that, so why make a Federal case out of it"! Good girl, I say. Its much simpler to deal frank- ly with the truth than to hedge around with false explanations of things. They never really sound convincing you know.

There is a Tall Girls Council at 465 Fifth Ave. N.Y. 17 Dept B.F. which has free bulletins relating to the dressing problems of tall girls. Why dont some of you taller FPs write for what information you can get--might solve a lot of problems easily.

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