When I was a stripper, I built up a reputation among everyone in this business all the way from the strippers, ticket takers, snack bar men, and the owners of the burlesk theaters and clubs as being straight-laced. They all knew that I did not smoke, drink, do drugs, or go out with the customers. All of these people, also, knew that my main objective for my stripping career was to support my two children. They knew that most of my money went to my children's boarding schools and for their general well-being.
When I worked the burlesk theater circuit for approximately seven years, owned by Al Baker, I really did receive a large display of respect from him. His mother and father used to work the burlesk circuits yeArs ago as comedians or whatever. His mother won the Irish Sweepstakes. Al's father took the money and bought alot of burlesk theaters; thus forming the Al Baker Circuit. His name was Al, too.
His mother wanted little Al to have a good education; so they sent him to military school. This is the reason Al Baker respected me in this way. He liked military school and thought it was good that I sent my son to one.
He expressed his feelings to me many tmes. He would tell me that it was good that I was sending my son to miltary school and that I take care of my kids and don't give my money to some man.
Reputations wherther good or bad follow a person. It would amaze me when I would go to a place I had never danced before and the owner would say, "Wild Star? Oh! Yeh! I've heard about you! You don't smoke, drink or do drugs; and you're rasing two kids". This made me feel good.
Opal, the X-Rated Grandma, in THE ACCEPTABLE SIN:
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