Denise (13-F-5 FPE), Fran (49-C-1 FPE), Diana (51- M-1 FPE) and Marie (14-K-2-FPE) of the Chicago chapter of FPE. They arrived about 8 A. M. in the morning having driven about 700 miles to get there. They miscalculated their "flying time" a little and were later than planned, but they made it.

Next morning there were the usual collection of sleepy eyed girls in various states of costume ranging from the masculine to the fully garbed feminine with a lot of in-betweens. Marie and Cindy presided at the stove with the eggs, coffee and such. They cooked so much those two days that I'd say they really felt at "Home on the Range". New arrivals came in all morning and were assigned beds, etc. But by about 2 o'clock all but a few late comers were there and had gotten into femme attire and we had our meeting in the Wigwam, as Susanna has named the big buildings that she uses for meetings, night clubbing, etc. Susanna opened the proceedings with a welcome to all, especial- ly our two psychologist friends who were there as observers and the 10 or 12 wives also present. She then turned the meeting over to Gail (32-W-4) as Chairlady. After some remarks Gail introduced me, Vir- ginia (I never got around to giving myself a code number), and I gave the talk reprinted in the following pages. After the talk there was a discussion period in which many things were talked about. Lucienne proposed a gathering of wives after the main meeting broke up to talk over some of their problems. This was held and appeared to be inst- ructive to all.

After the formal meeting there were a lot of group conversations and then the girls drifted off to get ready for dinner. As usual Marie put on a nice dinner for us all which we enjoyed among much gaiety and talk. There was quite a gang to feed too, something over 60 TVs a bo ut 12 wives and half a dozen or so interested "non-members". In regard to the latter it is worth noting that Annette (12-F-1 FPE) and wife Gail had driven all the way from Idaho and had brought with them a couple who were very close friends but not TV. These two fine folk had a real ball with us all and the next morning when I asked the hus- band what he thought of "us" he said that as far as he was concerned there was nothing to "think", that all he saw was a bunch of people doing what they wanted to do and having a wonderful time--just a bunch of "happy people" as he put it.

After dinner we all drifted back to our rooms to dress in our prett- iest gowns for the evening's entertainment and when ready we gathered in the Wigwam again. The place was aglow with rhinestones and alive with the rustle of taffeta and swish of satin as all the girls both FPS and GGS (Susanna's new and cute term) showed off their finery. And

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