just couldn't get away that long. As I mentioned above, I am the leader of Tri-Sigma Sorority which means that I have all the daily paper work of that organization. I also have had to take on publication of the FEMME MIRROR again since Karen has had personal problems enter her life and prevent her from continuing with the good job that she had done in the past. I am also put- ting together the New Directory for Tri-Sigma - this will include pictures of the sisters along with a profile of each person. It's been quite a job getting this directory ready for the printer be- cause of the many, many details involved with such a large project. And, of course, there is the day-to-day work with Chevalier Publications. We have added, too, a number of books to our inventory (the paper work involved in setting up accounts with a number of New York publishers has been quite extensive) and, in general, we have improved the situation at Chevalier. We also plan on adding new books published by US including several books of short stories. And finally there is TRANSVESTIA to be put out. And don't forget that I have my REGULAR Property Management business to care for and you can SEE that I never have a dull moment. Lucky for me that I have a VERY understanding wife in Norma. I usually end up working WHOLE weekends in this office as well as most evenings. She's a gem!

We have received number of compliments on the new format of TRANSVESTIA and I hope that YOU like it, too. The Cover Girl portion seems to have gone over especially well and the improvement in the titles of articles and stories have also been well accepted by our readers. I also am using a different style of TYPE which is more pleasing to the eye and easier to read. I am trying to put more shorter stories and articles into the magazine since many people have complained that they did not like all the long stories, etc. In general, we feel that TRANS- VESTIA is an improvement of what was published before. You can be sure that there will be changes in the future whenever we feel that such changes will improve the magazine. Right now we are considering a new size for TRANSVESTIA somthing on the order of the size of TIME or NEWSWEEK. Any comments? Don't be afraid to express your opinion because that is the only way that we can plan for the future.

HAPPY READING! We really are trying hard to please all of you and that's NOT easy!

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