Old style phone booths, a fully enclosed box with a door,
that in the 40's and 50's were installed in drug stores,
hotel lobbies, etc. had a small fan up toward the roof to
help keep the caller cool. They were also called sweat boxes.
The reference to the Girl Scout cookie is probably a pun in
reference to the candle in the window in Dr. Zivago
(sp).
Malone
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