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If possible and acceptable to you I would request an op- portunity to come to your shop dressed as a woman for the pose of selecting and trying on some of your merchandise. To ensure privacy I would suggest that this be done after normal working hours when the shop is closed to regular customers. I would, of course, require the assistance and advice of a sales lady. While this request may appear at first impression to be unusual or even strange by your standards I can assure you that I am quite serious in making it and will be very grateful to you if it is possible to carry out my proposal. If permitted to do so I intend to make substantial purchases and you have my word that I will not simply take your time up "just looking." I will comply strictly with any reasonable conditions you may wish to impose in making the necessary arrangements for me to come to your shop dressed as a woman. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have concerning the subject of fem- miphiles and their activities. If requested I will be pleased to provide you with more extensive written materials on this sub- ject. I can also provide recent photographs of myself dressed as a woman if you desire to assure yourself concerning the ap- propriateness of my appearance.

As she read the above, her eyes kept darting off the page to make quick little glances at me. At last my cat was out of its bag. Her brows kept knitting as she perused my letter of introduction and halfway through she went into a desk drawer for some reading glasses. I had no clue to her immediate reaction. I sat patiently on my folding chair try- ing hard to look like the truly reliable, trustworthy, and acceptable gentleman that I really am. Near the end a definite thought formed and I made a mental note to fire my anti-perspirant and hire somebody else's. At last her verdict was announced.

"Well, I don't know Mr. Stuart whether we can accommodate you or not," Miss Bell began. (She is going to phrase it tactfully, I thought, but the answer will be "no.")

"You see," she continued, "women's clothing is made differently than that suit v

here."

have on. We are not equipped to do custom tailoring

I had jumped to a conclusion. "Oh, I understand you can't alter things. But I know you have a number of things in my size and I am cer-