reading.

She mentioned to her friend that it was something new to her, and wondered if she had any other issues of it as there were things she wanted to know more about, now that she had read that one. The lady rather hesitated then said, "I know you can keep a secret, so I might as well explain how we happen to have it. My husband loves to dress as a woman at times and it means so much to him that I do all I can to help him. I suppose you like most people think

there must be something very odd about him".

I told her that I had never heard about it before but now I would like to know more about it. When I run across something new, I always like to find out all about it.

"Well I can tell you this. Any girl who gets a husband like mine is very lucky," this woman told me. "You know enough about men to know that we puzzle them with some of our ideas especially about clothes. Mine has enough of a feminine mind to understand, and we can talk things over and he understands my view-point". I asked her how he got to liking dresses and if his mother had dressed him as a girl.

"No not very long. He was about four when he got his first pants. He says he is convinced he was born with a love for feminine things and ways. His mother had a wonderful figure, and from a small boy he used to wish he could have a tiny waist too when he grew up. Of course he had the idea that as a man he could not, until when he was twelve he read in a magazine that thousands of men wore corsets, and womens corsets too, and in older times used to tight- lace. So he asked his mother about it and she liked the idea and had him carefully fitted. He has worn corsets ever since. His waist is just twenty three inches, the same as mine, and I am proud of his fig- ure as he is". I asked her if she had known all about him before she was married.

"Yes. Every woman should know all about her in- tended, to save them from misunderstandings after. What really started my serious interest in him was his slender waist. I was rooming with a girl friend at the time. She was going to a play and suggested that I go

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