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ask what she could help me with I just said I was looking for an evening gown. She said, "Oh, you are going to a masquerade party!" But I told her no, that I just loved to wear feminine clothes. This surprised her but didn't turn her against me. said that men often came in to get some item but usually said it was for their wives or for a party and that I was the first who had the courage just to tell the truth and she admired me for it. We have become friends and I stop in every now and then for something. She doesn't exactly understand but she accepts.

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Then I once decided that I'd like to have a custom made corset. I called on the phone and asked the lady if she would make one for me. She told me to come in and we could talk it over. I went in, we talked, she told me to step into the dressing room and take off my outer things so she could measure. When she came in there I was in slip, bra, girdle and stockings. She smiled, told me to take off the slip and proceeded to take my measure- ments. Two weeks later I came back for the garment which was beautiful beyond my expectations and to find that I had also made a friend because I had been honest with her.

Perhaps my most interesting experience in this line came when I needed a new wig. I entered a particular shop and a woman came forward and asked to help me. I told her I wanted a new wig, what color and how much I wanted to pay. She asked if I was in show business and I said no, I wanted it for street wear. Again no dirty looks or cold reception. She took me into a back room and tried various dif- ferent wigs on me, observing "Of course, you can't really tell too much about the looks now, they aren't styled and you aren't dressed properly." She asked me if I'd bring a picture of myself when I came back for the finished wig. She was very complimentary and as I was about to leave she stepped close and whispered that if I wanted the wig restyled in the

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