• • The night club queen had had an unusally busy day - - having just been released from jail after being held for nine hours - - but she was her usual vivacious self when she introduced the nation's most famous evangelist to her revellers.
• • Right before showing up at the speak, Aimee had just told an S.R.O. crowd at the Glad Tidings Tabernacle (West 33rd Street) that she was in the city to purge it of sin, support Prohibition, prevent the teaching of evolution, promote prayer and Bible reading, and speak out against "dirt" plays.
• • It's assumed that Mae West applauded politely when all the attendees were encouraged to "give this little gal a big hand" by Guinan.
• • However, on 15 February 1927 there had been a hearing against "Sex" in the Magistrate's Court, closely followed by The New York Times and other newspapers. Uh-oh! Mae watched the storm clouds gather over her Broadway career.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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