Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-08

monograph that plays the
latest records for nickels, dimes
and quarters and where there's
room enough for the zoot suffers
and their girls to stomp ar6dnd.
A hep-chick is a feminine rug
cutter who knows all the an
swers and an icky is a girl who
hasn't got the skill or the pep to
do a Indy Hop. a Peabody or a
Texas Stomp.
A killer-diller is a Zoot suit
gallant who knocks the girls for
a loop. When he's in the vicinity
of chick, he can tell by a single
glance from beneath his pam
caked lid whether she's a Utter
hip, an icky or a pest. Some
ultra-modern instinct tells him
that she's ready to latch on as
quick as he can drop a nickel in
the juke box.
If his steady girl friend catches
him paying too much attention
to some other member of the
gentler sex, she's likely to say,
80 you're trying to igg me ?"
Igg. believe 1t or not, means to
ignore, or pass up.
A buddy ghee is the boy friend.
When he's exhausted from his
terpsichorean shennanigans he
feels beat. And when he's siren
uously and skilfully exerting
himself on the spot-the dance
floor-he's Dustin his conk. If
he's a right guy ne keeps at it
until the gutbucket is empty,
which Is the zoot's way OF saying
that the juke box has run out of
nickels.
The stranger TO the zoot suit
crowd and their ways probably
would be mystified If he went
into a juke box emporium and
heard conversation on this or
der:
you sure got your boots on,
buddy. Get in there and give it.
all you've got" Or my wren
couldn't get out tonight. Can
you give me the phone number
Of any home cookin that can
boogie woogie ?"
In somewhat more normal
English the above paragraph
means that the zoot looks ready
for action and ought 10 get on
the floor and dance. Or that his
girl couldn't come out tonight
and he's in the market for some
other young woman TO dance
with.
Aliens" who are unfamiliar
with the patois of the zoot
suffers. might as well be in the
jungles of Timbuctoo as in a
juke box emporium, so far as
understanding jitterbug CONVEX
sation goes.
For example. when musicians
are working up TO a hot dance
tune and haven't hit their stride,
the boys in the baggy pants say
that the orchestra is only frisk-
ing the whiskers.
Sometimes the agile dancing
partners of the lads in the flat
hats and dangling watch chains
are "wrens." And some wrens
are given a VS. classification
This is another way of saying
that the young woman is no
pushover.
Wrens who are short-tempered
are "evil. Still other girls on
the willful, tart and outspoken
side are called Mrs Dracula." A
girl who never gets her glims
on" avoids being snooty or up
stage with her rug-cutting boy
friends.
A typical juke joint converse
ton might go something like
this:
Foot number one: Lamp that
pigeon. I'm going to latch on to
her and lay my racket"
Foot number two: "She looks
hincty. all right. She's logged to
the bricks and sure twists the
ticker"
Translation Foot number one:
Take look at that girl. I'm GO
ing to dance with her and get
romantic" Foot number two:
"She looks snooty and she's
dressed from head to foot in a
zoot suit of the latest cut and
she makes your heart beat
faster"
A girl who is really the mezz"
Is natural and likable. A young
woman who is murder" is good
to look at and pleasant TO be
with and If she's solid murder"
she IS something special extra. If
she isn't in the mood to dance or
be friendly she is said to be
''neigho pops" which Is zooty
lingo for nothing doing. NM
A nickel note" is five dollar
bill and a "melter" is a quarter.
A zoot suffer with plenty of