RANSVESTIA

There was a strange kind of snarl from Ace Demanski and suddenly David was thrust aside. He had a ringside seat to the punch that caught Babe flush on his pert, little nose. Then, Ace was on top of the platinum blonde, punching away. Farrell came in and with the help of all the others pushed Ace away.

Babe lay on the floor whimpering. Blood came from his nose and ran across his thickly, scarlet-lipsticked lips. "My dress!" was all he could say, followed by, "I don't have any more pantihose," and then there were floods of tears.

Ace sat for a moment, breathing heavily, at his dressing mirror, starring at his reflection in the mirror. Then he stood slowly, ignoring the sobbing Babe whom Lisa was trying to console, Babe's head pressed against his large breasts. Ace stripped off his long evening dress, the slip and the stage underwear. He looked like a wiry, muscular man, his hair and makeup so strange with his body. Then he went to the drawer and took out a pair of blue, bikini briefs and put them on. He put on pantihose, a padded bra, a silky slip and a dark blue dress with a tight skirt. High heels and a purse completed his outfit. He turned then and looked at the others, moving so slowly and watching him with care.

"Goodnight, girls," Ace said pleasantly, swishing towards the door, and with a nod to a red-faced Nadine who came pushing in, he went strolling away.

Nadine looked after him, shock and surprise on her face. She turned back and saw Babe and the tissue plugs at his nose, the blood down the front of his dress. "What happened?" she barked out at the room.

Water lapped over Babe's black-painted lids as he looked down desperately at David, Marty and Farrell. David gave him an almost imperceptible shake of his head.

"I-I slipped in-into the table," said Babe, tears now streaking his

mascara.

Nadine looked down at the stiff, tense backs of her other "male" dancers. She tried to grasp what was going on, but Clinton stood up and took out a pair of orange panties for himself from the drawer Ace had left open. He was blushing as he put on an "uplift" bra with