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Fran and forwarding it; approving all FPE applications and the paper work that goes with it; writing my own articles (like this one); filing all the records; manufacturing front, hip and fanny pads, ordering bras and other things to be purchased; making up deposits for the bank and taking them, paying all bills for printing etc. writing articles such as have appeared in the Insider, Sexology and elswhere, giving lectures; interviewing new FPE candidates in this local area; meeting and talking with readers. from out of state who are in L.A. and want to meet me; carrying on sometime quite lengthy long distance phone conversations with readers in other areas who have found the magazine and want to inquire further or to ask for advice etc., giving lectures, making radio and TV appearances together with the travel and all proceeding arrangements that go with it; conferring weekly with the doctors at UCLA on the research we are doing there; going to the post office for mail and waiting for the postage meter to be filled; preparing the Clipsheets; writing when possible to doctors, columnists, publishers or anyone else who has said something about the field that is in error and needs straightening out; all these and others unmentioned are Chevalier matters that have to be and are done by me personally. On top of that I have a 3 bed room house to clean and care for, do my own laundry, cook my own meals, take of my two cats, work in the garden, handle various personal financial, social and family matters, etc., etc., etc.

Is all the above tedious reading, does it bore you? Do you think that Virginia has “had it” and is just crying in her beer? It probably is boring and probably you think it is a waste of space, but after 9 years of this it has just got to come out. If after reading all those jobs you think that there is much time left for socializing, visiting, having company in, reading, shopping, watching TV or just goofing off you have no conception of time. I've bored you with all this because just for once I'm pouring my guts out about it all so that you will know what I am up against and have some compassion for the few things I can think of to do which will lessen the strain. So please bear with me and understand.

4) When TVia first started postage was 4c an ounce and the magazine weighed 4 oz. 16 cents postage. Postage is now 6 cents with talk of its going to 7 cents. The magazine weighs 5

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