for her trousseau for a June wedding. In her apartment, No. 1 on the ground floor, she put on her wedding cloth-
es.
She felt like a blushing bride as she donned the traditional garb: Something old--an exquisite handmade chemise from the room of a wealthy Pittsburgh socialite (real) girl, who had been in Europe at the time of the disaster, something new--a brand new permanent in her very own hair, which was now long enough to wave per- fectly; something borrowed--a perfect-fitting bra with inflatable inserts borrowed from Charlene's wardrobe; something blue a pair of heavenly blue garters Lucille had found in a bride's shop just two days before.
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She drove to a nearby church in a new Pontiac (a wedding present from Charlene); walked up the aisle to the strains of the wedding march played on a phonograph, hurried back down the aisle; and drove back to her apartment where she had her "reception", cutting and eating a piece of the wedding cake and drinking a glass of punch, both made by Annette.
After a great deal of posing she changed to her going away suit and drove off. But the thought that there was no one for her to "honeymoon" with kept coming into her mind. She finally turned around and drove back to the apartment. She attired herself in her sheer wedding gown and negligee, and her loneline- ss so overcame her that she lay down on her bridal bed and once more cried herself to sleep.
Charlene wanted to place another tenant in the building, someone who would wear distinctive clothes. She briefly considered a policewoman, but her distaste for police, developed from her encounter with Hugh Tatum was too strong. Then she thought of a WAC off- icer--perfect! She decided to invite Captain Barbara Draper of the Women's Army Corps. to become a ten- ant in apartment No. 2 on the ground floor. She sel- ected a Buick as a car for Barbara and drove it to a WAC encampment. There she found a complete change of clothes the right size and donned them.
Capt. Draper then made a tour of inspection of the entire WAC barracks, picked up all the garments of
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