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PRIME TIME

waiting my turn at

the hairdresser’s the

other day, I picked

p a magazine and

thumbed through it. It was a

woman’s magazine and over

half of it was given over to

improving our image. I hadn’t

realized just how many op-

tions we had, or to what

lengths we could go in order to

achieve what we consider to

Poe the appropriate image.

Well at least I was in the right
place to make a start.

And I had to admit, most of
them were good ideas. Im-
proving our appearance
makes us feel better about
ourselves, boosting our self-
confidence, and this, in turn is
reflected in our attitude tow-
ard other people. We become
friendlier, more open, and be-
cause of this others respond to
us in a more positive way.

brown hair always looked
freshly set, and she had a
ready smile. She was never in
too much of a hurry to stop

I waited until she was set
tled and had been seen by the
doctor, before going down to
her room with the forms and

answer. | didn’t push it, think-
ing her upset. I could always
finish it later. I slipped her ID
band on her wrist, said good

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By IVY KENT

and talk. She always asked
after my family, and told me
the latest bits of news about
her own.

She had a family of which
she was rightly proud. I had
visited her home once, and
her livingroom was a gallery
of framed photographs. There
were sons and daughters,
brothers and sisters, nieces
and nephews and even dist-

her hospital identification
bracelet.

I didn’t recognize her at
first glance. She looked pale
and old, her hair short-
cropped and iron grey. Speak-
ing quietly, I wrote down the
required information, but
when I came to next of kin,
she turned away and didn’t

night and left the room.

The doctor was still writing
orders at the nursing station.
I asked about her condition
and was told she would be
better in a few days, and
maybe home before the end of
the week. I explained that I
hadn’t been able to get a next
of kin.

“That’s because there isn’t
one” he said. I must have
looked incredulous because he
siniled.

“It’s called compensation,”
he said. “She never had a
family of her own and it set
her apart. Therefore, she
made one up.”

“But the pictures, all those
photographs. . .”

“All make believe,” he said.
“Didn’t you ever pretend
when you were young?”

I nodded, but I still couldnt
believe it.

“Don’t worry about it,” he
said. “It makes her happy and
gives her something to share,
something in common with
others. I think it’s a great
idea.”

And when I had time to
think about it, [had to agree.

This Week March 7, 1990. Page M7

ant cousins. It was an impres-
sive array. She had something
of interest to tell me about
each one, and her pleasure in
the telling of it was obvious.

_ But sometimes the reason

Pbehind this visual presenta-
tion is more complex than
simple vanity, involving a per-
son’s entire milieu. The factor

is one of the basic need and
the end result, fantasy. Mrs.
Bates fit into this catagory
although no one would have
suspected it.

I had known the woman for
several years. We had, at one
time, been neighbors in a
apartment block, near the
hospital where I worked. We
still visited when we met, and
I often shared a table with her
in the little tearoom we both
frequented.

She was a nice looking

y woman, tall and slender, with
an erect carriage that gave
elegance to the rather plain
clothes she wore. Her ash-

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