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Szell lives with his striking, chestnut-haired Czech wife in a Manhattan apartment so scrupulously kept that visitors are almost afraid to sit down in it. A devout gourmet, he frequently terrifies his wife by tying an apron around his muscular torso and assuming autocratic control of the kitchen. He resents all imputations of artistic temperament. Says George Szell: "There is nothing interesting about me. I have no hobbies. I am not melancholy. My accounts are all in perfect order. I am so damn normal...
...vicarage of Portsea was only his basic training in social problems. Soon Vicar Garbett was graduated to be Bishop of Southwark (pronounced Sutherk), the South London section which includes Lambeth, Bermondsey, Battersea, Tooting and Greenwich. Portsea was a British Hell's Kitchen. Southwark was the noxious central inferno. In this massive slum, hundreds of thousands of people lived in "the greatest area of unbroken poverty in Europe...
...about to go insane again, and that Charles was taking her to the safety of the local asylum. They also knew that Charles had once been confined there himself, when family worries caused a temporary loss of his mind. The year after he was discharged, Mary suddenly seized a kitchen knife, wounded her imbecile father and stabbed her mother through the heart. Thereafter Charles made a vow never to leave his sister. Unmarried, devoted, they lived together for 35 years (1799-1834). Author Howe's touching study centers around the eccentric, fascinating household of this most curious pair...
Private Kenneth Cronogue: "The Germans are supposed to be very tough. But I don't like 'em because we are at war with 'em. . . . I am scared about going up against them. We are all scared. . . . I was born and raised in Hell's Kitchen. I can take care of myself. You'll see me again...
Onions and Bombs. About the only time he relaxes is on Sunday, when he has friends in for lunch at his small apartment for a Kuh-cooked concoction of noodles, bacon, onions and sauces. Even his kitchen is stacked with books. Mrs. Kuh is Renata Boern, a dancer frequently off on military camp tours...