RANSVESTIA

inine and lovely, but men's tee-shirts and jeans, ugh! One incident really stands out in my mind, even today.

I was in the shop late one afternoon, and about ready to close up when I heard someone in the reception room. When I went out, there was a girl standing there wearing dirty jeans and a shapeless sweatshirt. It was rather easy to see that underneath these clothes the girl had a lovely figure. Her face,completely void of makeup, would have been radiant with just a few light touches. And to top the whole thing off she had the most lovely chestnut hair hanging down to her waist. it was a little dirty and unkempt. But with a washing and a good brushing it would have looked lovely plaited in ribbons. But of course, as I was afraid of, that was not what she was there fore.

"Miss, would it be possible for me to get an appointment?"

"Why yes. What would you care to have done."

"Well, my boyfriend is getting tired of my hair and with us being on the road, I don't have the time to take care of it. I'd like you to cut it some."

"Well, of course, if that's what you want. Sit here," I said, guiding her to a chair, "and I'll be right back."

I gave her the styling book, so that she could select a style, after first turning to the longer styles. Getting the cloth I put it over her and asked: "Have you found a style, yet?"

"Yes, I'll take this one, and please hurry, I have to meet him in an hour.”

I picked up the book and was shocked. She had turned to the shortest, pixie style in the book. For a moment I thought that I had lost her place and when I asked, she assured me that it was indeed what she wanted, and if I didn't mind, she would just like to borrow a pair of scissors and do it herself. I thought quickly and decided to try to talk her out of such a rash move toward her lovely mane of hair. First I washed her hair and then combed the damp tresses to a lovely sheen.

“Are you sure that you want to give all of this up? I realize that too long hair can be a bother, but what about just cutting it below your shoulders?"