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desires. The article- as I understand will also include a shot of the page of contents of Tranvestia No. 36 which I gladly donated to the Chronicle. Exposure and more exposure will definitely help to perforate the solid wall of social ostracism erected against us.

I don't seem to be able to write this column without bringing in the subject of dancing. The fact is I've been terribly bitten by the dancing bug, but this time it won't burst forth with just enthusiasm. I'm determined to prepare for any future performance with solid training. Besides my regular weekly class in Modern Dancing I am now taking an hour of Spanish dancing with a marvellous woman teacher. What pleases me no end has been the immediate and smooth acceptance on her part of the fact that I want to learn feminine dancing techniques, which, in Spanish dancing are extremely different from the man's. This applies to hand movement body movements, head movements and actual steps. For her class (private session of course) I wear girl's shoes, stockings and a skirt... The only people who were slightly taken aback were a couple of youngsters who take a lesson just before my turn. As I was about ready to begin my lesson, they both dashed back into the room searching for some music they had forgotten. Their eyes did pop when they took in the scene! However, a couple of weeks later we met again and today they are very pleasant friends. Some how they never thought that a man might want to learn the girl's part in Spanish dancing.

Since Spanish dancing cannot be practiced in one's apartment, unless one wants to have all the neighbors on the warpath, it has now become necessary to rent a studio for an hour every day of the week (except Sundays) and thus keep up with what I am learning in class. This activity of course has strained my daily schedule to the breaking point and I am wishing now there were eight days instead of seven in each week. Still, I am not complaining. Dancing is eminently inspiring and fully satisfying to my "girl-within", and besides, I have one more