stroked or caressed some prominent part of their effem- ini sed form, usually resulting in a handsome tip, which would be tucked away in their well-formed bosom or slipped into the top of a hip-length stocking. And yet, although these three so obviously enjoyed their girlish existence, they were to my certain knowledge quite normal sexually, for I got to know them quite well and met the wives of two of them, while the third had a real-girl friend, who used to meet him at the end of each evening and go off with him, presumably to his or her home. As they left the Club, they looked like two close girl friends, the usherette looking every bit as attractive as his companion, with a sty lish hat on his girlish curls and a figure-revealing wrap-around coat emphasizing his figure but being short enough to allow his shapely legs to be seen. On his hands were dainty gloves, a handbag under one arm and his ultra-high heels had been replaced by four inch heels as more suited to street wear-

Another feature of the Club- and in this respect, very akin to the prewar Berlin El Dorado" which may be known to you- was the fact that, on certain days of the week, representatives attended at the club premises from various of the city's most stylish stores, being quite accustomed to measure and fit members for corsets, lingerie, frocks, gowns, hats, coats, shoes, etc. Nothing but the best was ever seen there, so those establishments certainly made quite a sum out of doing all they could to satisfy their pseudo-female clientele. Beauticians were there every day, and three feminist lady-doctors were numbered in the Club's membership and were a vailable for consultation and treatment at almost any time. Apart from hormone treatment, breast suctioning and massaging, the use of expensive depilatories and hair removal by electrolysis, ear piercing and eyebrow plucking, minor operations were sometimes done to re- duce the prominence of an Adam's apple. Also I was surprised to learn what a large proportion of the "girls" concealed their symbols of their real sex, not by pantie- girdles (maybe the climate was too warm!), but by in- fibulation, involving the double perforation of the fore- skin, the insertion of a gold ring, and then, with the organ and its twin appendages turned back between the

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