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appropriately enough as Harriet. The transition from Harry to Harriet generally required about two hours. After that there were short tours of the building to be completed at midnight and again at 2:00, 4:00, and 6:00 a.m. In between tours Harriet could do what she liked and the building offered numerous possibilities. One could try on dresses ad infinitum in five different departments on three different floors. Or you could try on ladies' hats to your heart's content. At the beauty salon wig and hairpiece counter you could be a blonde, a redhead, or what- ever shade struck your fancy or suited your costume that evening. Then there was the lingerie department and the foundation bar if you cared for that sort of thing. The shoe department on two was another fun place to go. Jewelery and other accessories were readily available. If you had the time you could experiment with cosmetics and perfumes from the store samples at the huge counter on the first floor. If sheer luxury tempted you there was the bridal shop or the nearby collection of evening gowns and formal wear, not to mention the fur coats and stoles of every description on four. But if simply trying on clothes bored you there were other things to do. One could watch the late show on color television sets in the home furnishings department on six. Or you could play secretary and go to the accounting offices on two and type up letters to Harry's son in the Army. Or sometimes when the urge was felt you could go to sporting goods in the basement on the other side of shipping and receiving and shoot a game of pool.

The lack of company wore a little thin sometimes but like most transvestites Harry found his primary satisfaction in just wearing women's clothing and behaving and thinking as a woman for a few hours. The various things he could do inside the store were icing on the cake. One activity Harry enjoyed particularly was taking pictures of Harriet dressed in various costumes. He had purchased a fine Polaroid camera for this purpose and kept it together with a supply of film and other accessories in a steel locker in the maintenance and security office. With an automatic selftiming device he had collected quite an album of snapshots of Harriet in the past year and was very proud of them. Harriet never appeared in the same outfit twice so wide was the selec- tion of costumes available to attract her interest. The picture album depicted Harriet in outfits ranging from ski togs to evening gowns and all were in the height of fashion. She could be seen in a multitude of poses in an endless variety of settings taken in virtually every corner of the store. Sometimes Harry achieved a rather comic effect by adding dress mannequins to the scenes.

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