July 2. Flew to Paris via Finnish Airlines and surprised to find that at Orly Airport planes are parked way out on the apron and they come for you with small buses to take you to the terminal proper. None of the nice convenient tunnels that connect plane and terminal at big U.S. airports. But Orly is really crowded with literally dozens of air- lines from all over the world converging on it. Fortunately, we had no trouble making connections with Rene, one of our French readers who had come up from a town about 400 miles south of Paris to meet us and be our guide. He spoke about as much English as I did German so with those two and French we got on quite well. We took the bus to the downtown terminal, checked our bags and coats as it was quite warm and set off to do Napoleon's tomb, the Musee des Armee and the Eiffel Tower. I nearly got interned between the second and third levels of the tower. You have to (1) buy a ticket, (2) show it on entering the elevator, (3) show it on the first level when going up to the second, (4) show it when you get off on second and again when you get on the 3rd elevator to go to the third or top level. Figuring this was the last, I dropped the little stub (about 1 x 3⁄4 in.) in my big travel bag. At the exit to the third level the guard wanted to see it again and I couldn't find the darn thing in that big bag. He was adamant however and I had to empty the contents out on a table to find it. Thought for a minute I was going to be a political prisoner. Well the view was beau- tiful as those who have been there will know.

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We then went to visit Mademoiselle "AMAHO." This stands for something like the "Society of the Aid of the Hormonally Ill." That is a good name for public relations rea- sons as anyone is for helping the ill. Medically it is hardly true how- ever. The president of this organization is an MD, the veep is an at- torney and the Executive Secretary is Mlle. Marie Andre. S. The purpose is to help those who choose to live full time as women whether TV or TSs and to do so honorably rather than as street walkers. They have made some contact and obtained some recognition from the French authorities and apparently have done a lot of good. She show- ed us her files and each case is very nicely documented with picture, history, etc. in its own plastic case. As she runs a combination elec- trolysis massage and facial parlor too she had to return to business that evening but we were to be her guests at dinner the next night.

We then went to our little neighborhood family type hotel which she had arranged for us. One of these that you have to get the key to take a bath in the one and only bathtub. But it was all clean and O.K. and we

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