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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   "All right," he said, "I'll tell you." You remember the Ninetieth Amendment, prohibiting stag parties? Ku Sui built this joint then. He runs it. & the pink is to hide it from inquisitive prohibition officers. They could not camouflage the women, so they painted the planetoid,"
   Alicia's ear-lobes tingled. She sprang to her feet. "I am of age." she announced. "Show me around. I will write a book!"
   Reluctantly Rap started off, looking neither to right nor left. Alicia followed. She noticed that instead of fruit or flowers, the trees & bushes bore certain merchandise of flesh-pink, very sheer & silky. Seizing Rap's arm she pointed to a pair of tiny silk sox. 
   "Who wears those?" she asked. "Are there midgets here?"
   "They will grow," he told her, "They will be stockings. There is one that has gone to seed."
   The stocking was full of runs & the top was bursting with cigar coupons. Alicia grunted. That explained a lot!
   "They do not encourage that sort of thing," Rap assured her hurriedly. "There is a corner for Utopias where it never happens. But sometimes when there has been an Elk convention..... You know how it is."

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24 "All right," he said, "I'll tell you." You remember the Ninetieth Amendment, prohibiting stag parties? Ku Sui built this joint then. He runs it. & the pink is to hide it from inquisitive prohibition officers. They could not camouflage the women, so they painted the planetoid," Alicia's ear-lobes tingled. She sprang to her feet. "I am of age." she announced. "Show me around. I will write a book!" Reluctantly Rap started off, looking neither to right nor left. Alicia followed. She noticed that instead of fruit or flowers, the trees & bushes bore certain merchandise of flesh-pink, very sheer & silky. Seizing Rap's arm she pointed to a pair of tiny silk sox. "Who wears those?" she asked. "Are there midgets here?" "They will grow," he told her, "They will be stockings. There is one that has gone to seed." The stocking was full of runs & the top was bursting with cigar coupons. Alicia grunted. That explained a lot! "They do not encourage that sort of thing," Rap assured her hurriedly. "There is a corner for Utopias where it never happens. But sometimes when there has been an Elk convention..... You know how it is."