Word: juke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...name, he said, was "Juke." He was a little 125-lb. fellow. His eyes were sunk back in his ash-colored face; there was grime under his eyes and pasted into the wrinkles around his mouth and on his forehead. He wore a shirt that was once white; now it was black and yellow and there was spaghetti sauce over the left breast. His breath had the smell of vomit and cheap booze. Juke was unmistakably one of West Madison Street's citizens...
...Juke finished his fourth drink. His eyes were clearer now and he could talk more distinctly...
...radio program over Morgantown's station WAJR. The Smiths established a 3,500-volume library in the Shack (Mrs. Roosevelt and the late President sent some books). Scotts Run small fry and bobby-soxers use the Shack for archery, croquet, ping-pong, dances ("We've got a juke box," boasts Smith, "and we're not ashamed to admit it."). Of the Shack's pool table he says: "It puts us one up on the nearest beer hall." Smith's explanation of his work: "When Christ was on earth He made the blind...
...West Coast, juke boxes jumped from $325 to $575 apiece in 24
hours.
...story is ugly, so are the costumes, but the dancing is outstanding. Most of what humor there is comes from the dances and not from the book. Morton Gould's music, if not juke-box fodder, is at least appropriate...