Transvestia

opening cocktail party wasn't till Saturday evening, I had a day to get settled into the idea of being a lady in Waikiki. It appeared that everybody wore Muu- Muus of one kind or another and everything was quite informal, so I set about finding a Muu (properly pronounced Mu-u Mu-u) that would be appropriate for the Cocktail Party. I roamed Kalakua Ave which has about 50 shops selling these garments and men's flowered shirts. Finally I found one in the hotel shop. It was a golden color with brown print flowers and nuts on it. Since it was a polished cotton, it looked almost like satin and thus would be O.K. for the party.

I bought some seed beads and earrings to go with it and I was ready. Gold sandals were just right, not only for the outfit, but were the most popular

color to be seen on the streets. So I went to the party to start being seen as Dr. Virginia Bruce by all members of the convention. There were about 5 M. D. s present who already knew me,. so I felt as tho I were among some friends.

Sunday was the Pearl Harbor Boat trip and we all got in a bus to go to the excursion boat pier. I was sitting alone and soon another woman sat beside me and we struck up a conversation. After a bit she asked me, "Where do you practice?" I replied that I didn't practice as I was not a psychiatrist nor even a psychologist. Of course, she was curious as to why I was there and wearing a convention badge with "Dr" on it. So I told her I was giving a paper to the convention and naturally she asked on what. So I had to tell her the title. This itself interested her but she asked me how come a woman would be inter- ested in that subject. So I made up a true-false answer on the spot. I told her that my "brother" had been a TV for many years and naturally I became interested in the subject because of him. This was reasonable but how did I get all the data? I told her that I had become acquainted with some of his friends and that thru a magazine that he subscribed to I had sent out questionaires and the paper was just a report on the results. So I satisfied her and didn't tell a

lie either... or did I? I'm really not too sure myself.

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