LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Virginia:

In my last note to

you, I promised to write you more data on my life. as a girl so here goes

After graduating

from private school, I lived with my mother in an apartment on fash- ionable Park Avenue in New York City - we had I was dressed as a

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three servants, including a butler. girl at all times. I had some very pretty housedresses, luncheon dresses, afternoon dresses and two lovely gowns. One a royal blue satin and the other a black velvet. of these I always wore to the Opera with mother every Monday night, or to the theater other nights. With some of mother's jewelry and one of her fur wraps. I passed easily as her daughter.

I had a wig but did not use it much as my own hair was long and naturally curly and wavy. Mother had a hair dresser come to the apartment to do her hair and he also did mine.

I was now in my twenties and as happy as could be but when I reached 28, mother passed away. I was dazed not knowing what to do. Finally after her estate was

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