YOUR

LETTERS

The following letters are just a few of the many letters that your busy Editor receives in her office each week.

Dear Carol: I want to thank you for the back issues of Trans- vestia. I enjoyed each issue. My main reason for writing is to give my sisters an opportunity to hear about a most unusual experience that I recently had in my town. It happened when I went down to my grandparent's home to pick up some things I needed. They were stored in the attic so I casually made my way to that part of the house after spending a few moments in idle conver- sation with my relatives. While rummaging around in the attic, I came across an old trunk which had belonged to my grandmother and which contained some of her best clothing belonging to a number of generations before me. In the trunk, I came across her old picture album as well as her fancy Sunday hat. I just couldn't resist trying it on. It felt so nice and I looked for a mirror to see how it looked on me. Would you believe that out- side of some of my male facial characteristics, that I looked JUST LIKE HER! I couldn't help but fantasize what it was like to be a girl in the 1800's.

opened the picture album and observed the beautiful clothing the beautiful, soft

capes, gorgeous hats with fea- thers, fancy ground-length skirts and fancy blouses. Many of the clothes contained yards of lace. The clothing was a work of beauty. I also saw a beautiful satin coat. And, of course, there were the usual corsets (they made me forget about my "restricting" present-day gir- dle) and high-buttoned shoes. Oh, how I wish that I could go back to those days for a day and dress up in that beautiful cloth- ing and be one of the girls at the Chicago World Fair in the 1890's. Oh, how I wish! I can't dress like grandmother did, but to look at it another way, maybe in the next fifty to hundred years some young cross- dresser might find my photo album and envy how we girls could dress in our day. Keep up the good work. Christiana (OH-24-P)

Dear Carol: I have been an avid subscriber and reader of Transvestia as well as your other publications, for about twelve years. I have been married for over thirteen years to my wife who knows of my crossdressing. She has seen many of my lovely things but has never seen me dressed. She does not want to see 38

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me dressed "en femme" because she is afraid that it might destroy her image that she has of me. However she does know that I dress every opportunity I can get and is most thoughtful about it. She will leave the house for several hours so that I will have the time to dress in my pretty things and relax. We are now to the point where she has said that she would like to talk to another female with a Tv hus- band so that she can learn how to cope with both sides of my personality one very masculine and the other somewhat femi- nine. I do love to dress com- pletely with a wig and makeup, just as I am right now. I am wear- ing a three-piece gray and rust knit suit, black high-heeled san- dals, a pretty silver neckless, braclet, earrings and all the ap- propriate underthings that make me feel like a girl. I live for my crossdressing opportunities and savor each delightful minute. I wear size 20 tall and a size 12 B shoes. I am 6'4" tall and weigh 215 pounds and feel that I would have great difficulty passing in public. I have three. wigs, full makeup kit, a number of jewelry items and more dresses than my wife realizes