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all colors and shades. "We make wigs," the announcement said.

And it also stated that they would make wigs to order even on short notice. Richard turned the door-knob under a strange inner compulsion. With a courage normally unknown to him, he went in, to find out about these wigs. He had hardly entered when a smiling, good looking shopgirl asked,

"What can I do for you?"

"Well, I thought..I saw.." It seemed as if his tongue was twisted now, but then he blurted out: "I wondered about your advertising. How much are these wigs?"

"What color would you like to buy for your wife?”

That was the end, he thought. How can I get out of this? Wouldn't it be better to just retreat and forget about the whole affair? He felt he was blushing all over but actually was able to ex- plain calmly that the wig was really for him, since he wanted to use it at a forthcoming masquerade ball. A matter-of-fact an un- derstanding nod from the girl ended his embarrasment.

Certainly, that will be easy. Please come over to one of these booths and I'll demonstrate what we have." Richard certainly felt more than relieved, since some of the other ladies had begun to look at him and most surely wondering what he was doing there.

So I eagerly went into one of the booths and made himself com- fortable in one of the chairs the girl had indicated. She went to get him a few samples Coming back she first took his head meas- urements, since she assured him that this was absolutely necessary to make a really smooth fitting wig. Then, with professional effic- iency she put a blond wig with long hair on his head, neatly arran- ging the hair so that it fell over his left shoulder.

"If you don't mind," the girl said, "I'll just put this little blue cape over your jacket, so that we don't mess up your suit.

What a difference that made! To him it seemed as if the first small step was being taken in the direction of a profound change- over. He was still sitting in the chair, and without make-up there was too much contrast between his face and hair. But then this