outfit, and quickly ran a comb through his hair and finished getting ready.

It was hard to keep the car within the speed limit, but he managed to obey the traffic laws and still arrived at the theatre with five minutes to spare!

"Jerry," Jack said greeting him with a handshake. "This is Mr. Dax Wycoff, Director of the Newport Theatre and Miss Cynthia Dancer the costume mistress."

"Pleased to meet you," Jerry said friendly.

"Jerry we've heard some good things about you from Jack here. He seems very impressed by you. Let me tell you about our problem. One of our lead actors broke his leg yesterday and he's out for the complete season. The show opens in two weeks. We're doing the comedy 'Some Like It Hot.' You know its the one where two fellows are escaping from the mob, because they saw the mob do a killing. So they escape dressed as women. The comedy is provided by the problems they have while dressed as women."

"Yes I've heard of it," Jerry said excitedly.

"We want you to play one of the lead parts. So you'd be one of the females too. What do you think about that?”

"Wow! I'd love to do it."

"What do you think Cynthia? Do you think that you can turn him into a passable female?"

Cynthia smiled and said "I think we can do it; if Jerry's willing to help."

"You bet I am," Jerry cried. He noticed that Miss Dancer was about his own age and very attractive, but he was too excited about the op- portunity at hand to notice much more about her.

"Jerry we don't have much time between now and the opening of the show. I want this show to be a success. So start learning your lines right now. Tomorrow we'll sign contracts and Cynthia can get you measured for costumes."

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