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of our TV sisters have experienced. At the desig- nated time and place, Lili showed up for the party beautifully dolled up from head to toe. It did not take too long before Lili had made an impression as an outstanding Oriental beauty. Among many of the guests who went over to make friends with Lili, there was one tall, distinguished gentleman by the name of Bert who politely asked Lili's permission to let him take a few pictures of her. Finally, Lili found out that he was a tiptop photographer and a very under- standing person. Since then they have been very good friends. For picture taking, they traveled all over Staten Island, Bear Mountain, Rockefeller Center and the high spots of New York. Everywhere they went, everyone admired Lili's looks and elegance. One in- stance is typical of all their trips, and is inter- esting enough to mention: They were seated at a counter in a restaurant at Staten Island next to an Army Colonel and his wife, Lili was next to them and Bert, after a trip to the washroom, passed by the Colonel whose wife was saying: "No, dear, that's not her 'Boy Friend', he's probably her father-in- law." The colonel answered: "She is pretty. How lucky can a father-in-law be."

On one occasion, Lili attended a party in the Bronx, where she met Jeannette who was a very nice and helpful TV old timer. Jeannette generously gave her a lot of valuable TV information, such as the names and addresses of those cooperative dress makers, corsetiers, beauticians, etc. Oh, one of the most important items she mentioned was Marie's Salon on Fifth Avenue, famous for natural looking wigs. The following morning, after the party, Lili successfully made an appointment on the phone with Marie. About two hours later, she found out that Marie was a very kind hearted and understanding lady, and Lili got a very beautiful hair piece from her. Unexpectedly Lili got her biggest surprise when Marie told her that her hubby was also a TV, so the evening of the same day, in a large comfortable uptown apartment, Lili was introduced to a very pleasant and bewitching

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