"SUSANNA SAYS...

Hi, everybody:

This material is being written about a month before publishing time, so by the time you read it chances are that the resort is no longer part of our TV world. Yes, we are in the process of selling it. For those who have been there I don't have to explain why the sale. For those who never went, all I can say is that it was too heavy a load on the Marie-Susanna team. If the resort had been our only activity, things would have been different. But since it was only a marginal element in our "making a living" scheme of things we just couldn't manage it efficiently and profitably on the con- trary it was a bottomless barrel of expenses with hardly any income. so, cold blooded logic and the appearance of an unexpected purch- aser prevailed over a world of sentimental reasons. Funny thing is that we are already on the look-out for another place, not as big perhaps but a bit easier to reach from New York. Somehow it seems that hostessing for TV's has become an indispensable part of our lives. We'll keep you informed through TVia as to the results.

To those

My outburst in issue #19 seems to have scored a bullseye in à few instances. I'm glad it helped a bit. It seems that there are more cases than I thought in which no attempt is made to polish up the feminine personality brought forth by the garments worn. Let me quote from a recent letter from a TV regarding another TV friend. "I wish there were some way I could clobber her enough to settle down. She will dress up in the wildest outfits, exude conceit all over the place and act like Rocky Marciano with lipstick. Do you have any suggestions? I've about run out of ideas. who insist there should not be any dividing line between the femin- ine and the masculine personalities the above simile should not evoke any unpleasant reaction: "Rocky Marciano with lipstick". should sound perfectly natural. Let us delve into this problem a little deeper. The complaint voiced by our TV friend does not re- fer to the physical attributes of her friend. She is talking about deportment, behaviour, conduct, the impression created, the image projected. We are faced here with a problem of esthetics. In our efforts to "appear" to ourselves in the mirror and to others through their eyes as a feminine entity we go through a great deal of trouble

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