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his training. He found his working wig was a pink tinted blonde and elaborately styled. When his own hair was long enough it would have to be tinted and styled the same. They were given a thorough train- ing, Elaine having engaged a teacher to give them a quick model's course. Before a week had passed he found his former life was becoming a hazy dream. He was completely at ease as a girl and even started to think like one. Frank and Jim helped each other as much as possible and they became close friends again. He discovered that Frank had been having hormone treatments for several months in an effort to become more feminine and the results of the injections were now becoming apparent. Jim decided to start the same treatment although the doctor warned him it might be some months before he would notice any dif- ference.

Opening night arrived and passed without a hitch. Jim had had butterflies in his tummy beforehand but was delighted to find he was completely at ease be- fore the customers, the only disconcerting moments were provided by a young man who arrived alone and watched Jim almost unblinkingly the whole evening. Four or five times he asked Jim for a date and each time Jim politely but firmly refused, but the young man persisted until in desperation Jim said, "Please do not ask me to go out with you anymore, I am a man and I earn my living as a Female Impersonator, but I do not want nor have any intention of going out with another man."

The young man smiled and said, "Would you go out with me if I told you I was a male impersonator and have been living and working as a man for three years. Jim was intrigued, and never having met a girl who wanted to dress as a man, he agreed to have a talk with her after the club closed. Later she told him her name was Pamela Marshall and having always had a desire to dress as a man she had taken the plunge three years before and since then had lived and worked as a man without difficulty.

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