Keeping the Burlesque Manager 'Happy' in Pittsburgh

I had worked in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Liberty Burlesk Theater dancing as a stripper quite a few times. I had decided to stay in Canton, Ohio for awhile; so I tried to book myself in some of the surrounding burlesk theaters - one of them was Pittsburgh.

I told the manager that I would like to work there from time to time. He said there was no problem - I could. He then said that there was only one stipulation. All the girls that worked for him regularly "kept him happy" when he needed it I immediately told him that I would not - that "keeping him happy" when he needd it was not part of my show. He said, "Fine! Go back to Canton and wash dishes!" I said, "O.K.!"

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Apricots and the Mayor of Wooster

There was a guy that used to come to the burlesk shows in Canton, Ohio that was from Wooster, Ohio. He was a little "slow". I teased him and called him the mayor of Wooster. When I was on the stage, and would see him sitting in the audience, I would holler out, "There's the mayor of Wooster!"

On day I was in the theater lobby eating dried apricots. I asked him if he wanted one. He seemed to like them; so I offered him more. He ate almost the whole bag.

The next time he came to the show he told me that the apricots had had a laxatie effect on him. All of us laughed so much. He said, "On my way home, they made me shit!"

He said it took a week to get the smell out of the car. His mother wanted to go for a ride before the smell had gone away. I said, "What did you tell her?" He said, "I told her OH! Not today, Mom!"


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Christmas at the New Era Burlesque in Cleveland

Lori and I were working in Cleveland, Ohio at the New Era Burlesk Theater. It was Christmas vacation. Both of my kids were home from their boarding schools.

We had been booked here for two weeks. We were taking turns watching my kids while the other one did her show.

We were staying at a ratty hotel. There was a man down below us who was always complaining about the kids making too much noise. He came up one time with the manager and told us that if the kids kept making noise, he was going to shoot a hole up in the ceiling. Lori said, "You do and I'll cut your dick off and make you eat it!" He said, "What?" She said, "You heard what I said".

We had just put John on the plane to his military school in Tennessee. I do not remember if it was right after we put him on the plane or not; but he was not therer when the following incident happened. We came back to the room. Someone had robbed us. All the kid's Christmas things and clothes were gone. They had left three coats in the closet - one for each of us girls. The man downstairs had a van. We thought for sure he had the things in his van. No one could get in the front door without a key; so it had to be someone who had access to a key.

I really do not remember what the police said or if they ever questioned the man downstairs. At any rate, when I tok Melissa back to her school in Kentucky we traveled lightly.