Thursday, January 11, 2018

#16 RB Pix!


Posted by Buckles at 1/11/2018 04:39:00 AM

2 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Albert "Flo" White (Myerowitz)

11 January, 2018 12:51
Roger Smith said...

Eddie "Ma" Dullem told me hilarious stories of how he and Flo sold hotel keys to the rubes. For you younger readers, this was an old, tried-and-true scam. Locals would roam the lot daydreaming about scoring with circus women they took as an available band of traveling whores. Eddie and Flo, done out in makeup, usually with wigs and false bosoms, fooled the townies into making dates. They had a trunk lid full of keys of any description. The pitch would run, "This is the key where I'm staying. I took it off the hotel tag, since you don't need anyone seeing you with it, do you? So give me five dollars for the rent, wait an hour after the show, and meet me in Room So-and-so." Eddie smiled that in those days, five dollars went a long way in the old nickel beer halls. Then, devoid of makeup and motley, they stole quietly out of town on truck or train, and the sucker dutifully reported to Room So-and-so with a key that wouldn't work.

12 January, 2018 19:35

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