The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 15

THE UNASHAMED SEX TALES OF TVVO CITIES I Larry LevenscnV litMe- grey haired mother used 7' to sit qt name in new i prR Jewiin (juurrer, worrying about her sex maniac ton. status of a much-quoted From ROGER Which all save rflthrr a- ,1 1pWFf FRANKLIN in NEW-YORK, fen A kJlTI IWl i a taste In the- modern world. Sft a i- MS 1' What are you; going to do "with she' would ask as Larry tried to explain that he was not i but an unrecog-. nised prophet of the sexual revolution; Mrs Levenson need not have worried today her son is still a beerbellied 44-year-old sex maniac but he is tnaking fortune doing what conies naturally. He is the proprietor of New- York's infamous Plato's Retreat sex club you have heard of the a converted -basement club and expected it to be where sensation.

seekers; some sort of sophisticated can make; love publiC' f. heaven, inhabited for $50 a shot by-th sort of people who His establishment i has osed to hang out at featured innumerable' 54think agata.vV? maRazlne attracted i The whole place bears clients ranging' from Con the unmistakable stamp gressibnal aides to film. its: owner cheap, In bad' Larry Levenson and his wife' Mary they met at the i club. stars and elevated loud. tasie ana more tnan a But he does have two things going for him nis novelty value and the size of bank account, In America-, they mean he has as much opportunity as he wants for shooting off his mouth on and even on lecture tours of the Ivy League colleges.

"ObA yeah, I'm a real famous the man himself. i mouthed s'Larry. thef lHtlev smelly, as I found out last when I vis ited the dub for a front- line tour of the sexual revolution. We were met bv a erev- Ino Mn iwhn cnailjl kov. OUVUIU KUJU1I6 ior me; be famous who makes original dlrtyold man.

love tov 100 different This Is. where you can jwomen I a year and still near; mo everyining spends most' Monday nights at horns with hi starting to fill up. Unfortunately the celebrities like Sammy Davis, junior, Jill St John and George Kennedy who Larry assured us "come here all the time" failed to arrive. Instead we ended up with a room full of people who could well have stepped out of an all- e. weight-watchers' club.

''Seeing this makes me feel so good you know, I am doing some- thing to help the world and it makes me feel sort of warm inside," he said scratching a sweaty armpit through a badly stained t-shirt. By midnight the place was playing host to at least 100 couples whose enthusiasm for bouncing and wobbling in all corners of the main room was matched only by their overabundance of fatty tissue. tt "Hugh Hefner came down here once and refused to-: Jook me in the eye he knows I've taken over from him as the trend setter In interpersonal relations." Larry said. 'Tl that goes on behind closed he said, standing outside one of the dog-box cubicles used by couples who want to get away, from the carnal carnival outsider i llis ihrono "And here Is 'where Larry sits this is his By BILL MCLLOR The husband-emd-wife teem running Australia's first love cruise for "swinging" adults declared yesterday: "We've nothing to be ashamed "I got hold of lots of black and white paint, some old mattresses and started running swingers' parties for my friends presto, I'm famous." These days the black and silver paint is peeling off the walls, the cush- ions are stained by constant contact with too many naked bottoms and the regulation issue Plato's towels the standard guests' uniform are almost all old, frayed and threadbare, A By 11 pm, as Larry re-dined in his silver-frosted; throne, the club was'; throne and it is a beauii- ful sight to see him sitting mere naked while the floor is covered with bodies." Larry's stbmach. bulges over his perspiration' drips from his chins, his complexion is the colour of cold porridge, and des-' cribing his vocabulary as "limited'' is paying him a Ul And they talked frankly compliment.

about the exclusive couples, club they formed in Sydv; ney to get their love, boat afloat. Barry, and Suzanne. Bentley-Guest run Club R'oyale, which deV scribe jp Ma social and friendship club for coup-; Their Saturday night i parties, at which husbands and wives can swap part- ners, attract mainly middle-class couples including doctors and lawyers from as far afield as Newcastle, Canberra and Wol- Baty and Suzanne Bentley-Guest with their public relations officer Michelle (Mt). -i-rtr r. "It's what people want to do.

After all, they're in a private house, not a public place. But no-one is forced to do anything." Mrs Bentley-Guest "I'm really pretty straight" says, if anything, the couples scene has improved her marriage. "One of the biggest problems in a marriage are inhibitions and lack of communication. "When the inhibitions for dinner parties and received 80 phone calls. Club Royale was formed.

According to the Bentley-Guests, membership is. how 400 couples. "You would be amazed at the people in the club. mainly prof such as medical and legal Mrs Bent- search, the Bentley-Guests last; week; acquired a lux-, urious Panamanian-regis-tered, Hong Kong-based vessel' called i', the And on June 21 it sails from; Sydney-: for the.NeW Hebridean island of EspirK ta ''carrying 750 or so broadminded folk an--? ticipating' nine nights "of romance. Jt'H' i Attractions include Rr rated movies, sun- bathing, a casino and free SSsoos galoro i Now operating the name of Port Roy ale the Bentley-Guests have launched Go Couples Cruising, 7 billed as "an adults-only cruise: with one's inhibitions -tossed out through the The front, cover of their brochure' shows five pairs of "shoes' two are gone, you can be com icy-uuesi loiu me picteiy honest.

It's made us You will probably want to consider other investments dui tau give ou annreciate eacb omer.a IOI before you renew. their names. One of the most important things about--the 1 club is- diss' nr. beerand wine more. We "are one of the lucky couples." Unlike Club Royale, Go Couples Cruising isn't exclusively for couples, r- Single guys land girls also can buy a berth the IW Wlgaiiiavx jinn 1,: i price, ranges from $450 to dress -requirements, t.

-ers-will ensure there are married fof four ers' will ensure there are three temale lined' up outside a cabin door 5' marked "Do Not At first Jie Love Boat idea seemed destined for the rocks when the Burns Philp shipping company refused 1 to charter them the Minghua. But after a world-wide been We'll send you free of charge our Investment Guide which gives you the facts on: AUSTOALIAN SAVINGS BONDS BUILDING SOCIETIES ORDINARY SHARES, DEBENTURES BANK INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS PROPERTY TRUSTS years and have no nine months ago; they advertised in a Syd-. ney newspaper for couples PDkir.iiur.iviTAr.ims SPECIAL OFFER Super Multi Vitamin Mineral 16 vitamins I equal numbers of each sex. They most people to S'be-. couples in their 20s and 30s with no children "fun-loving type of people." But although it seems trere'll be no questions asked about what happens in the privacy of cabins, the.

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