Susanna

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Hi: Another issue, another column and another session with all of you. It is a marvellous sensation to see how old man winter is giving ground. Plans are already afoot to put the country house in shape for the Spring, Summer and Fall... We just took a quick trip a week ago to take a look. Everything is in ship-shape despite the stupid Snow that was still nestling behind rocks and trees. As you can see I am strictly from the tropics as far as my climate preferences go. As a TV, unlike many of my sisters, I prefer Summer. Of course furs and booties are nice, we all love them, but there's absolutely nothing as heavenly as a sleeveless Summer frock, Last Summer I spent an entire month at "Casa Susanna" in the mountains and I learned to appreciate flats and no stockings when running around the property. Leg-make up is fabulous at that time and lets you move about minus corselette, gar- terbelt and hose. From a financial standpoint I discovered that I wore most of the time $4-cotton skirts, $3-cotton blouses or $5-shifts, plus $4-flats. The only expensive thing in my attire was the hair-piece...and still I felt like a million dollars.

This brings me to the facial hair problem. If you re- call (some issues ago) I had started plucking proceedings. Let me state that in my male self I am the disgusted possessor of a rather heavy, black beard. As you all know, this situation makes the dressing operation quite difficult. particularly when one is going out or is to meet people who are supposed to take the "girl" they see at face value. I don't have to itemize the tedious process involved in covering that shadow, no matter how closely one shaves.. we try a million and one products and still the shadow shows. In desperation we end up by putting on so much make-up that one could slice it with a knife. It looks

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