Mrs. Richey. I don’t remember her name. The first time I ever met her, she was an amateur dancer.
Mr. Griffin. Was Jack employing her as an amateur?
Mrs. Richey. Yes; but then sometimes she’d work as waitress and then one night one of the girls didn’t show up or something. I think this was on a Sunday night. This was before this happened I mean, and one of the girls didn’t show up and Jack asked her if she would dance, and I think she danced, and we had three shows, I mean you know, it was continuous, but it was three shows, and she danced. And then—you will have to pardon me, I have to recollect this in my mind.
Then it seems like she come back down after she got through dancing and was waitressing some more, and she did I think until her next number, and then Jack told her that I could handle the floor by myself. And I can’t remember if Dianna ever waitressed and danced at the same time. I don’t remember that. She might have. Just right now I can’t remember but that girl I happen to know because I was working by myself.
Mr. Griffin. Did the dancers mix with the customers in between their acts?
Mrs. Richey. Yes.
Mr. Griffin. And am I correct in assuming that the purpose of this was to induce the customers to buy drinks and so forth?
Mrs. Richey. Yes.
Mr. Griffin. And did the customers buy drinks for the girls as well as for themselves?
Mrs. Richey. The only thing you can buy in Texas, I don’t know if you know this, is setups and champagne. You can’t buy liquor across the bar. And so if they were drinking, well you know they had a bottle, and if not they had bought, you know, drinks for the girls, too.