George Feeding Chico

THE OLD STRIPPER

GEORGE FEEDING CHICO

Lori Lanier and I were stripping in Cleveland, Ohio. We were going to only be gone a few days for the booking; so we kept our motel room rented in Canton, Ohio because that is where we usually stayed when we were not working. My boyfriend,who was one of the projectionists at the State Burlesk Theater, lived in Canton; so I liked to be around him as much as possible.

The manager at the burlesk theater in Cleveland offered to book us for two weeks. We took the offer. There was only one problem – Chico.        

Chico was Lori's spider monkey. She had left him in his cage with

enough food and water for the length of time that we would be

gone. But if we stayed for two more weeks, he did not have enough

food and water.

We were not sure what to do. Then we decided to call my boyfriend.

He agreed to take what Lori told him to take - apples - to the motel

and give them to the monkey.

When we got back to Canton it was really funny. George had just

thrown the apples in the cage. He had not cut them up or anything.

He said that he had gone to the desk clerk and told him that he

needed to give the apples to the monkey. The desk clerk told him

that they could not let him in our room without our permission. He

told them, “I don't want in the damn room! Here's the apples! You

give them to the monkey!” They let him in the room I guess they did

not want to feed the monkey!

Doing My Headstand at the Bar

DOING MY HEADSTAND AT THE BAR

There was a bar right next door to the hotel where I stayed in Syracuse, New York. Some of the girls I was dancing with and I went there occasionally. One night we went there, and I got really crazy.

We were talking about my headstand that I did in my shows. All the guys wanted to see me do it. I told them that I could not do it without a pillow. One guy said, "Here's a pillow!" - as he patted his stomach. I said, "O.K.! I'll try it.”

He laid down on the floor. I used his belly for a pillow and did my headstand. It was really funny!

That night the bar got on fire. The following day I went next door to see the damage. The owner was there. He said, "Well, Wild Star. I guess you just made it too hot over here last night!"

Becoming a Stripper Led Me to Become a Vegetarian



BECOMING A STRIPPER LED ME TO BECOME A VEGETARIAN

I feel that everyone should pay back to the world some way for the privilege of having lived. I feel that my way of doing this will be to fight for animal rights.

I was dragged through Hell to make me realize that it is wrong to kill animals. I feel that it is my "duty" to the world to, at least, let it know that killing animals is wrong. There is not a doubt in my mind about this.

If I had not been left to raise my kids on my own and become a stripper, I really feel that I would not have ever become a vegetarian. I knew I was going to have to raise them on my own with no help from anyone. I wanted to, at least, raise them until they were eighteen. I decided to study health. I figured if I could keep healthy, then I could live until they were both, at least, eighteen and able to take care of themselves.

By studying health, I realized that it was unhealthy to eat animals. Later on, I became radical about feeling sorry for the animals who are victims of slaughter and man's various appetites.

If I can be thankful for anything I have accomplished in this life, it is the fact that I realized that it is wrong to kill animals. All the hard times I had to go through was worth it if it meant I would realize this. If I had my life to live over, and knew all the hard times I would have to endure – but in the long run I would realize the injustice society dishes out to animals – I would say, “I will endure these trials and tribulations and be dragged through the “Pits of Hell” if that is what it would take just to know that it is wrong to kill animals.”

I have enjoyed all the worldly things. I have done everything I want to do as far as the world can offer me. I have all the worldly

"things" I ever want. Now it is my time to give back to the world. I feel that by letting people know it is wrong to kill animals is my way of doing this.