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...midst of the Golden Triangle the Smithfield Evangelical Church raised a finger to God-a spire constructed of wrought iron. But Frick, Carnegie and the Mellons had left a city which was closer to man-a city in which was concentrated all the evils and ailments and shocks and problems of the nation's industrial...
...list of totally impossible features (which includes acting, plot, direction, and even the title) is Greer Garson, an old Hollywood warhorse who still seems to be trading on her "Mrs. Miniver" Oscar. Miss Garson in "Desire Me" gives one of the finest exhibitions on record of the old, or Smithfield variety of acting. She uses all the ancient tricks of the trade the mobile eyebrows; the long, significant pauses; the staring eyes; the mighty gasps of emotion. In fact, she can't even stand still and listen without overacting...
...makes a Change." At first London was jittery; it expected clashes and cracked skulls. But at Smithfield (meat), at Billingsgate (fish), at Covent Garden (vegetables), the strikers stood aside, watching placidly, but with professional scorn, as the soldiers inexpertly tugged and hauled unaccustomed burdens. Sighed one striking porter as a young Coldstream Guardsman struggled with a sack of potatoes: "He'll rupture hisself if he don't watch...
Wary of the strikers at first, the soldiers soon rubbed sore shoulders with them in neighborhood pubs. Bert's Bar, a dingy shack in Smithfield market, set the tone with an inviting sign: "Bert's Buns Are Better than NAAFI."* Inside soldiers and strikers struck up friendships over mugs of tea and ale. The attitude: "We don't bear the boys any grudge; they can't help but do what they're told." At Smithfield's nearby mahogany-and-gilt pub, "The Hope," soldiers and strikers sipped beer together. Said a happy Guardsman...
...Sally, bring the anchovies!" and Sally reaches for a can opener. Mrs. Spaatz keeps a steady flow of ingenious crackers, biscuits, anchovies, kippers, sardines, smoked cheese and the like crossing the Atlantic for X-House; as a gift on his 53rd birthday (June 28) Tooey will get a Smithfield...