STetc ch 16 - April part 1

[Michael Bailey]

This is a 2-parter: on the boat to Chicago & then at Chicago Union Station

Southbound SS Christopher Columbus
http://www.milwaukeemuseummile.org/north-point-lighthouse/s-s-christopher-columbus-a-whale-of-a-ship/

Built in 1893, perhaps Miles and them saw it.

Chemnitzer concertina
https://www.libertybellows.com/shop/Concertinas/Chemnitzer-Concertinas.htm


What does D and D mean here?
"Your line," after a while, "is, 'D and D, Hicks, took the oath, can't say any more, please don't hate me'--"

April's weeping and he's still trying to get answers. (Cute moment: "She has fished out one of his shirttails and is blotting her nose, with a ladylike sniffle, all over it." 119)


Electric ukeleles - maybe slightly anachronistic unless they're talking about the resonator uke (most popular in Hawaii)
A few deets: https://ukulelemagazine.com/stories/electric-ukes

A jazz drummer on temporary booby-hatch leave - a quiet drummer joke


"We'll dance like those Castles do..."
Irene and Vernon Castle majorly famous dance couple...IIRC they are even mentioned in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo
Movie: The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Hicks is crooning in April's ear another decidedly catchy lyric
— Pynchon oughta get Lotion or somebody (many would jump @ the chance, no doubt) to record some of these.

Emotional moments!