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...concerned with sin and redemptive grace, but without their somewhat morbid preoccupation with evil. Rarely has the vocation of a priest or the problems of leading a Christian life been explored with such dramatic passion and compassion. One quality is completely absent-what Author West himself calls the "peppermint piety" of the stock religious bestseller...
Willie's world is designed for the three-to seven-year-old child. Older fans are welcome, but mostly as reading aides and accompanists for the songs. Artist Friedman deliberately draws Willie and his pals -Silly Sue, Moisevitch the Lion, Candy Cow, who gives striped peppermint milk -with a simplicity that his followers can copy. Willie's adventures are unsullied by the usual comic staples of crime, violence and disrespect to elders...
Preceded by a delightful cartoon fantasy called The Peppermint Tree, The Sweet Smell of Success brings back to the Brattle good entertainment without subtitles, and the change is welcome...
...Liggett chain (118 stores) may sell 400 Ibs. a month; after the LHJ fable, sales zoomed to 800 Ibs. a day. Other chains across the country reported the same sort of boom. And because the plain formula tastes so flat, there was a corresponding boost in sales of peppermint, vanilla and coffee and other flavoring extracts...
After dessert came favors for each lady (a paper fan and a peppermint "Mamie" carnation flown in from Colorado) and presents for the guest of honor: an antique fan of mother-of-pearl and lace and Iowa steaks, which Club President Mrs. Whitney Gillilland hoped Ike might cook himself. Then all sat back to watch the 30-minute telecast on monitors spaced around the ballroom...