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stunning with his long white gown clinging seductively to every curve of his new-found form. When he fin- ished, he turned and strode through the curtains for his opening monologue. The ovation that greeted him set the mood for the next two hours. In a word, we were a smash!

The audience was with us from the very beginning; they laughed at all the right spots, applauded en- thusiastically and insisted on curtain call after curtain call. Aside from the overall good humor of the script, the element that seemed to impress them most was the obvious ease with which the men played their roles in the unaccustomed costumes. Although, it must be said that, by this time, we were quite used to getting along in skirts and could do so as well as any of the women in the audience. This more than anything eliminated the grotesque mood that I am sure some ticketholders feared.

By the time the final curtain came down the fol- lowing night, the reaction was such that Harry step- ped to the footlights to make a parting speech. Не apologized to the many who were standing in the theatre and announced that since so many had to be turned away at the door, the show would be held over for next weekend. Then, more wild cheers.

That was a month ago. Since that night, we have performed every weekend and the end is not yet in sight. Because Milford is adjacent to several large cities and towns, we have been on the road almost continually, playing to packed houses for charities similar to our own.

The LIFE Magazine story started a chain-reaction that still has not stopped. Copies of our script with staging and publicity instructions have been sent all over the country and, as I write this now, I have before me clippings of men in skirts in such far away places as Detroit, Atlanta, Houston and Seattle.

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