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dress with rhinestones and silver slippers just as much a well dressed lady at a party as any of the other women. Having the paper behind me it was now de- sireable that I let people in on the truth as the sit- uation warranted. at dinner I proceeded to tell the lady doctor on my right and the gentlemen on my left what it was all about. Both were much inter- ested. 3 days later on Maui I had an opportunity for a long talk with the lady doctor who was a child psychologist from the Middle West. She was much interested in the whole matter, particularly from the childhood development point of view. She said she really hadn't known much about it before but now would keep a lookout for it in her child cases.

After the dinner I was talking with one of the girls from the travel agency whom I had had to con- fide in earlier when they were trying to persuade me to share a room with another lady doctor. I had had to tell them why I couldn't. She had a date with the Dr. who had been in charge of the section where I gave my paper. When he came up with another doctor and his girl friend he suggested that they all go to the Ili Kai which is like the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. Like the Top of the Mark, the cocktail lounge on the top of the Ili Kai overlooks all of Honolulu and it is very lovely there. The Dr. said "come on with us Virginia". I told him that I didnt want to be a 5th wheel but he said to forget it and come. So I was taken there, had several drinks and was then taxied home by the other Dr. to my hotel. A very nice thing for them to do. I didnt know at the time but found out later that the section chairman had known my true sex at the time of the invitation. Later at Kona I talked to him again and thanked him espec- ially for his thoughtfulness.

So, as a result of my decision to dare the rest of the trip with the group I was up bright and early the next morning to catch a plane to Kauai. I stayed at the Kaui Surf where the meetings were held and most of the psychiatrists were registered. I went on two of the sightseeing trips with the group. On the first one the next morning I rode in a 12 passenger

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