... the very few English actresses (Greer Garson is Irish) to settle down as a Holly wood star speaking a genuinely international language, valid in all English-speaking countries. Miss Lupino is not a particularly subtle or polished actress. But she has inherited ...

... of period, place or style. No doubt it is insular to feel that char, ers in costume may speak English but not American. Here, however, hardly two ar- acters speak the same language. Mr. Welles's own good stage American wou be perfectly acceptable. But ...

... Castle all the time. For behold next moment Mr. Power knocking at his grandfather's door again. Grandfather now consents to speak to him direct instead of through the scullion and Edward I knights him for bringing England the gifts of a compass, a sample ...

... his lordship added, any member of the Island Race can be said to be alive at any time, which is a nice point, or, strictly speaking, a pretty nasty one. As for Ajax Processed Cement, Ltd., who got into the case owing to being mischiefed by the fairies ...

... all excellence, she added, cannot frown on this tiny luxury. With which the great epicure warmly agreed. The Superior was speaking of the added excellence of chocolate when brewed overnight in a porcelain pot, left to concentrate, and heated up next day ...

... second pint. Every January for some years I have urged sometimes in argument, often in print that the month be abolished. I speak as a member of what Lord Samuel recently called the indigentry in this matter. Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Quarter ...

... referring to an Imperial Race as whites seemed to us slightly out of touch with reality, the typical Island pan being strictly speaking not white but greyish- pink, or, at this time of year, blue. Excuse this pedantry. We Celts know something about the col ...

... public opinion went tolling into the chamber, and when Mr. A. Greenwood stood up, the House shouted at him Speak for England, Arthur The man who speaks for England to-day, be it Churchill or Bevin or a new M.P. making his maiden speech, can have the ghttering ...

... If Mr. Gerald Barry is in the Lounge, will he kindly come to the phone, please The Spirit of Empire Claret would like to speak to him. 'C arlock Employing a Dutch clairvoyant to help trace the Scone Stone was such a promising new venture on the part ...

... her dainty little chest is fancy- free Tar 2 politely Fancy-free. Tar 1 Hear her shouting Farewell, asth ma Tar 2 Not to speak of Hail, gelasma (kindly) Homer's word for ail the laughter Tar x just a thought) On the Day, and maybe after Tar 2 (firmly) ...

... with the variety theatre) which has a great deal of wood in its construction, and that of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He speaks highly also of the White Rock Pavilion at Hastings, which he opened in the later twenties. I seldom pass the blitzed shell ...

... source of gaiety, he adds, is ventrilo quism, whereby the pieces on the board are made (as in the old Welch poem) apparently to speak, either quarrelling among themselves or twitting the players. A rook, for example, may unexpectedly remark in a deep voice ...