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somewhat disappointing in spite of the feminine dress. My close cropped hair and sunburnt face combined with hairy arms and masculine hands, did not give me the picture I had hoped to see.

My failure to pad the bra was soon remedied but stil I did not look right. Dejectedly I turned away and then I thought that if I used some of mother's make-up it would improve my appearance. My efforts with the vario pots and jars I found proved equally frustrating, and aft about ten minutes concentration before the mirror I look so much like a drunken circus clown, I washed the whole lot off in disgust. Wandering through the silent house entranced by the feel of the skirt sliding against my ny- lon covered legs, but still dejected because of my dis- appointing appearance, I suddenly realized I could not expect perfection without practice and without consider. able planning. After a couple of minutes thought, I re- membered mother's weekly magazine and her passion for storing them away for future reference. They should pro- vide me with the information I required. My deduction proved to be correct, each issue contained at least one article of interest and some more. Even advertisements yielded more clues and eventually I pulled out and studi the lady's section of the mail order catalogue.

Engrossed in the study of the magazine I must have lost all sense of time, because suddenly down in the hal the phone started to ring and looking at the clock I re- alized I was already thirty minutes late for my date with Carol, surely three hours could not have passed so quick As I expected it was Carol on the phone ringing to see if I had left home. Naturally she was very angry at being stood up, but without any remorse at all I calmly said I felt unwell and would be unable to meet her. At this she expressed some concern, but after I assured her I would be alright on my own and intended to go to bed, she agreed to meet my parents at the theatre, explain every. thing to them and spend the evening with some friends she had met, I knew this would probably mean the end of any prospective romance with Carol but the plans that were beginning to take shape in my mind would give me no time for her or any other girl friends. In any case I was now certain of the rest of the evening on my own and returning to the study of the magazines, I very soon begi

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