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good impersonators, both on the stage and in private. She had known Julian Eltinge and Bothwell Browne and others. She had made it a point to meet them and to study them and their methods and got a great kick out of a good impersonation. As we left the store

on 42nd street, she asked me if she could not give me a lift in her car, which was waiting in front of the store, with a uniformed chauffeur at the wheel... The car was a splendid Cadillac Limousine, another evidence of her wealth. She was wearing expensive jewels, and a valuable silver fox neck piece. I told her that I was staying at the Biltmore, and she said she would be glad to take me there. I could see that she was very much interested in me, because of my successful impersonation of a woman, and we chatted about the subject as we rolled along. She said that I did very well, but that there was room for improvement. My figure and make-up could be bettered, with expert assistance. Would I care for her help and suggestions? I, of course, told her I would be delighted to have her help me, and she said she would be delighted to do so. So I asked her to come back to the hotel that afternoon for tea, at 5 o'clock, and we would talk it over. She said she would be glad to come.

She met me as agreed, and we sat together at a table and listened to the music, and I told her about my experiences at impersonation, and she told me about men she had met who were good impersonators. She said that a man who could do a good feminine im- personation gave her a great kick, and she was kind enough to say that she thought that I was unusually good at it. Would I care to go that evening to her home, bring along my outfit, put it on and let her help me with suggestions? Naturally I told her that I would be delighted. She said she would send her car for me at 8 o'clock. After she left, I went to my room, shaved closely (though at that time I had a light beard, which did not show through my make-up). I was excited at the prospect of again donning my feminine finery with her help, and ate little dinner,