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and little things like placing my purse in the shopping cart while making selections, reaching in my purse to find change, and being helped with the groceries by the box boy gave me a degree of unexpected pleasure.

That evening, I had my first electrolysis treatment for removal of beard by Hazel's expert who asssured me that he could complete the treatment in less than four months and made an appointment for the next Friday for

me.

Each succeeding day was sheer delight and heaven for me. Shopping which I had learned to love, attending class, bowling with my all girl team, dining out in res- taurants of vaious kinds in various styles of dress and even the light housework with which I assisted Adele were pleasant experiences. In between these activities, Adele insisted on my practicing the art of makeup and kept up a running commentary on how I should walk, sit, talk, eat, and in general comport myself at all times in a truly feminine fashion.

Finally, it was the weekend before I was to return to work and Adele informed me that we were going to dine out this evening in high style. Betty Bowen had asked us to join their table at the Hilton Hotel at a charity affair they were attending. It was to be a formal affair and since the rest of her friends were not married there would be no men present-- at least at our table. She had some shopping to do and suggested that I might straighten out the apartment while she was gone.

Several hours later when she returned she was carrying two large boxes. "Marion," she said, "look at the beautiful stole that I bought to replace the one destroyed in the fire". It was on sale and a real bargain! She held the stole that she had removed from one of the boxes and draped it around her shoulders and over her arms in different ways to show it off. "I couldn't just wear a sweater tonight, I just had to buy this. She concluded.

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Then she opened the other box and a similar stole was brought forth. She handed it to me saying, 'Wouldn't you like to try on YOUR stole and see how it looks on you? Don't be concerned by what it cost. I told the store

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