This rule is so strictly enforced in the big, first-class night clubs, that the members of the casts are required to enter and leave the premises by the stage door.
A friend of ours, a newspaperman, was married to a redheaded hoofer in a Broadway night club. Because of the variance in their hours, the only opportunity they had to visit socially with one another was between shows at her club.
One night, while she was sitting with her husband, the cops raided the place and took up its license. The offense: A female entertainer "mixing" with a guest.
When it was explained to the police that the couple—if not respectable—were at least respectably married, the flat-feet scratched their heads. After prolonged and profound thought, they refused to drop the charges.
"The law says no gals can sit with guys," they stated. "It don't say nothing here about no husbands."
The club was suspended for 10 days.
Some of the taxi dance halls on Broadway employ broads who will dance with you for a dime a dance (and up) plus tip. They are not supposed to make dates with you, and you won't want to anyway, unless you are desperate or dizzy.
If they do date you, you've got to wait until the place closes, at one, or later, then meet them elsewhere than at the dance hall.
(But where are you going with them, during the hotel shortage?)
Turn to Chapter 33 for how to meet friends.