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“tall,” soft collar might be translated into “blonde,” §

some other item meant “dark.” A bow tie for eve-

ning wear meant “‘Negro.” |
“All Max’s clients had one thing in common. They .

wanted male whores with plenty of masculinity. @8

When I sobered up and went to Max he took me in
the back room. ‘Strip down,’ he said in such a pro-
fessional manner that he didn’t need to say the next
sentence, ° Dont WOITYy, k1d I don’t want you. You
ain’t my type.’

“I stripped down to nothing. Max looked me over
carefully, concentratmg on one special spot. ‘Noty
bad, not bad,” he muttered. ‘Between that and all «
those blond curls you ought to do real well. Okeh.

Get dressed. Go home, sit by the telephone. I'll be in §8

touch before nine o’clock.’

“As I left the shop he slipped me a five dollar bill.
‘Have a good dinner, kid. You look as though you
haven’t had a square in weeks. And lay off that
booze. It don’t do no good.’”

“I took a taxi home, showered, got dressed and ;
waited for the phone. I was glad he liked me. Max’ s
boys did well. They often made as much as $5O a
night.

“The phone rang at 8:30. Max was terse and to
the point. ‘You go to work at ten o’clock. The L.