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of the price for mailing alone is more than the budget was made for. So this is both a request for your assistance on 3rd class and a warning for the future when they change the rates.

VII. A REMINDER: A number of times in the past I've asked that if you want questions answered that they be placed on a card and worded in a way that they can be briefly answered and sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Correspondence is the biggest thief of time I have so if you don't get an answer you'll know why— namely that you didn't make it easy for us to get the information to you promptly by sending a card and envelope.

VIII. PLACES TO BUY THINGS: Many of our readers have written. in from time to time asking where they could buy things or com- plaining that all the goods and services listed were either in N.Y. or L.A. I can't help that. I have no means of soliciting advertising from establishments in various parts of the country that are under- standing and helpful to FPs. That must come from people in the area. If you have found such a shoe store, wig shop, makeup place or whatever, ask them if they wouldn't like to place an ad in TVia. The prices are $50 for a full page, $30 for a half and $15 for a quarter page. If you are a good customer of theirs presumably they would like some more like you so tell them how they can get them. Do your sisters in the area a favor at the same time and help me to make the magazine more interesting and helpful.

IX. REPRINTING OF STORIES: I always have a problem as to how many copies of stories to print. To do too many means that a lot of money is tied up in printed goods, to print too few means that I run out and have to reprint. Generally I end up in the latter situation. Everyone of the five new stories has sold out and had to be reprinted. So it was with the Martin to Marion series too. That sold out of its first printing and for some time due to the press of other new stories taking up the printer's time it did not get reprinted. But it has been now and we have ample stocks of it. Since it is such a good story I hope that those of you who did not get in on the first printing will do so now. It is in three parts at $3 each because it divided best that way and totals only $9 rather than in two parts at $5 each, so you save there too. I expect that with this notice of availability we'll have a considerable rush on it, but that will be good for both of us.

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