By kiki
The late Los Angeles boxing trainer, Johnnie “Mr. Golden Gloves” Flores, once told me a story about how he met the beautiful actress/singer Lena Horn.
Johnnie’s story: soon after WWII ended, Johnnie was in a fancy restaurant in New York City with WWII buddy, longtime heavyweight champ Joe Louis. And according to Johnnie, both he and Louis were broke. So they were sitting there trying to figure out how to pay for dinner when Lena Horn and a friend walked in. Louis stood up and invited Horn and her friend to his and Johnnie’s table, and as he was doing so, he told Johnnie to order anything he wanted.
They all had a fancy dinner with fancy umbrella drinks. After dinner, Louis asked the waiter for the check, which he got; he then proceeded to check it out real good, making sure they were not over-charge; after making sure they were not, he handed the check over to Lena Horn, telling her “take care of this and don’t forget to tip well.”
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