BALL, PERHAPS, BUT FINE AT HOME OR IN GROCERY STORE, ETC."

B.G., KANSAS

"SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER WHEN | RECEIVED THE FIRST INTIMATION THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION EXISTED I HAVE ALTERNATED BETWEEN ECSTATIC JOY AND THE DEPTH OF DESPAIR.

"YOU SEE, I HAVE EVERYTHING THAT A WOMAN COULD WISH FOR PERFECT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL BEAUTY BUT I OFTEN FEEL SO VERY LONELY AND UNHAPPY BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD MEMBERS OF MY OWN SEX.

"AT 26 YEARS OF AGE I HAVE A PROMISING CAREER WHICH BRINGS ME INTO DAILY CONTACT WITH GIRLS IN THEIR LATE TEENS AND I LOVE MY WORK DEARLY. ONLY WOMEN WHO FEEL AS I DO CAN APPRECIATE A POSITION WHEREIN ONE MUST EXERCISE RIGID SELF CONTROL. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, AS YOU KNOW, CAN BE COLD AND MERCILESS.

"VISUALIZE, IF YOU CAN, 18 PAIRS OF FEMALE EYES WATCHING EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE AND LISTENING TO YOUR EVERY WORD. EYES THAT CRITICIZE CONDEMN APPROVE SPECULATE OR ADORE. EYES EMBODYING EVERY CONCEIVABLE HUMAN EMOTION. UNDISGUISED EYES THAT SWEEP OVER YOU FROM HEAD TO TOE WITH UNMISTAKABLE SIGNIFICANCE.

ENVY

"BY FAR THE MOST DIFFICULT TO HANDLE IS THE ATTRACTIVE GIRL WHO HAS

A 'CRUSH' ON YOU AND GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE HER PRESENCE HEAVEN

AND UNKNOWINGLY

HELL.

"AS I SIT ALONE IN MY COZY LITTLE APARTMENT I FEEL AN UNBEARABLE ACHE IN MY HEART AND A TERRIBLE YEARNING FOR LOVE. THERE ISN'T EVEN THE SOLACE OF SOME PAST EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD NO SUCH EXPERIENCE.

"❘ CANNOT EXPRESS THE JOY I FELT WHEN I READ YOUR SEPTEMBER ISSUE. | SIMPLY HAD NO IDEA AS TO THE ENORMITY OF THE SUBJECT OR ITS WIDESPREAD IMPLICATIONS, BUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MY FEELINGS ARE SHARED BY SO MANY HAS EASED MY BURDEN CONSIDERABLY."

J.M., ENGLAND