Mother Finds a Body by Gypsy Rose Lee

Author:Gypsy Rose Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781558618022
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY

13WHEN THE SHOW STARTED, BIFF BRIBED ONE of the waiters to get us a table. They all knew us by then, and bribery was the only thing that would get us out of the barroom.

The show was routined the same as the night before. Dimples followed Turk and Turk, the roller skaters. Bob Reed introduced her as “Stageland’s Loveliest.” The orchestra played the introduction to her music, the lights dimmed, and Dimples made her entrance.

She didn’t try to sing her number; she talked it. Her voice is thin and weak, but the customers usually hear enough. I couldn’t hear one word of the verse that night. It didn’t matter; she looked well. She wore her red chiffon trimmed with ostrich feathers. With it she wore an ostrich feather cape and a red satin picture hat.

Cullucio had given her a good spot in the show, following two men and doing the first strip number. He was watching her intently. When he saw me looking at him, he made a circle with his thumb and first finger. He held them up for me to see.

I nodded back. Then I nudged Biff.

“Dimples is in,” I said. “The boss just gave me the high sign. All we have to do now is keep our fingers crossed for Mandy and your friend.”

Dimples finished the verse of her number and went into the chorus:

Have a smoke on me,

Everyone is free.

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