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At our apartment, at 834 Fifth Avenue, my mother had needle-point thrones, not toilets - very French. My mother slept with her makeup on. When I was 10 years old I found her Tampax, and she told me they were for removing makeup. So every night I cleansed my face with cold cream and Tampax. She had plastic vibrators, and she told us they were for her neck. I cannot picture her having sex. She wore heels at home - in the house, for Christ's sake!... My mother didn't work... She got her hair done every day, over at the House of Charm on Madison and 61st Street. When I was 11, she gave me a permanent."