▁you ▁surv ived ▁you ▁got ▁a ▁doctor ▁bill , ▁if ▁you ▁died ▁you ▁got ▁buried . ▁ ▁To ▁make ▁more ▁money , ▁the ▁women ▁were ▁often ▁paid ▁to ▁‘ ’ push ’ ’ ▁drink s ▁on ▁their ▁customers ▁and ▁if ▁successful ▁they ▁often ▁ended ▁up ▁in eb ri ated . ▁Sometimes ▁they ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁drink ▁tea ▁which ▁only ▁‘ ’ look ed ’ ’ ▁like ▁the ▁expensive ▁drink s ▁their ▁compan ions ▁were ▁pay ing ▁for . ▁D rug , ▁alco hol ▁or ▁g amb ling ▁add iction ▁was ▁common ▁problem ▁as ▁some ▁women ▁tried ▁to ▁escape ▁into ▁another ▁world . ▁ ▁O ften ▁sex ▁workers ▁were ▁managed ▁by ▁p im ps ▁who ▁collected ▁a ▁large ▁share ▁of ▁their ▁ear nings . ▁Dr unk ▁customers ▁were ▁a ▁continuous ▁problem . ▁Many ▁men ▁were ▁dirty ▁and ▁wore ▁dirty ▁clothes . ▁Bath ing ▁involved ▁a ▁str enu ous ▁process ▁of ▁he ating ▁water ▁on ▁a ▁wood ▁st ove , ▁dump ing ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁tub , ▁was hing ▁down ▁and ▁then ▁dump ing ▁the ▁dirty ▁water . ▁Not ▁everyone ▁believed ▁in ▁being ▁clean ▁and ▁bath s ▁were ▁inf re quent ▁for ▁many . ▁Event ually ▁bath ▁houses ▁developed ▁where ▁bath ing ▁could ▁be ▁done ▁for ▁a ▁fee . ▁Cl oth es ▁were ▁hard ▁to ▁was h ▁and ▁iron ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁several ▁stories ▁of ▁dirty ▁la und ry ▁being ▁sent ▁to ▁Hawai i ▁to ▁be ▁clean ed ▁and ▁iron ed ▁and ▁then ▁returned — it ▁was ▁che aper ▁than ▁doing ▁it ▁locally . ▁