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for the TV? Again, merely being forbidden doesn't make TVism attractive--there are a great many social taboos and we manage to get along without breaking them. I suppose the explanation lies somewhere in our glands or in our psyche but I have lettle patience with Neo-Freudian glibness. I suspect that there is about as much myth as science in Freudianism.

Anyway, I don't really care whether science finds out what makes us tick. I wouldn't accept a "cure" for this "disease" even if all the fabled wealth of the Indies were used to entice me. At this moment, dressed and talking of the subject that is dearest to my heart I am very happy and it is a happiness that could not be duplicated by having mere riches. Naturally enough I'd like to have a great deal of money and stay the way I am now--I'd cause a great boom in the fur and silk trade and then I could open up a clubhouse for TVs built on the lines of, say, the Taj Mahal, built on some isle far from the haunts of mere men.

Since I am not likely to fall heir to fabulous riches at this late date, I shall make out as best I can by looking forward to the time when I can commu- nicate and meet other TVs of both sexes. Best wishes and continued success with TVia.

PATRICIA

Dear Virginia,

After having become a member in our FPE Sorority, I decided to write my life story with the help of my 'brother' Harry, and the effect I've had upon him. The beginning of my life is very hard to pinpoint which is similar to other TVs. I would say that I was 'born' when Harry was about 4-5 years old. His mother allowed him to wear her shoes around the house. The training of walking around in heels early in life was to prove invaluable in my later life with Harry.

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