occur if the act could be consummated. Here was the answer to both our problems, the boy's and mine he could remain with- out fear of discovery and I could have my companion.

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"He then began the series of exercises which would, when combined with the manipulation of the shoulders, elbows and neck, eventually result in successful performances of the contro- tion. As the boy had never heard of the verse I was able to con- vince him to attempt the kiss. I explained that this was a sovereign remedy against the effeminization of a boy who was constantly in the proximity of an older female. He performed the exercises, allowed the raither painful manipulations and attempted the kiss with unabated zeal. I noticed that the more the boy attempted to kiss his elbow in order to avert femininity, the more feminine in actions he became. This was not too noticeable, but readily discernable to one as close to the boy as was I.

"After a short period of time, I notice some pronounced feminine mannerisms appearing in the boy. I began to wonder if propinquity was causing this change, or the attempts to kiss the elbow were responsible. With this in mind, I enrolled the boy at the Ecole de Bois, Lyons, for the summer semester and instructed him to cease his attempts to kiss his elbow, to mention this activi- ty to no one, and to engage in boyish sports with the other lads. I was not too concerned as to the outcome of this action, but I felt I must be positive that the process of feminizing him would be successful.

"As I strongly suspected, the boy returned to me with evi- dences of girlish traits more pronounced as evidenced by his desires to follow more feminine pursuits to the almost complete abandonment of the rough boyish ones. Jean told me that during the past 10 week period he had tried to stop his attempts to kiss his elbows, but that he found the desire overwhelming and so was not able to stop. Two conclusions then presented themselves; first, it was not necessary to succeed in kissing the elbows to achieve some measure of girlishness; second, once one attempted

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