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The Paris Exhibition

... doubtless, satisfactory to M. Picard and to the Govern- ment, for if, after the inauguration, the public interest in the great show had begun to drop, it would have been a matter of the greatest difficulty to revive it. And yet, from a purely monetary point ...

By I. ASHBY-STERRY

... of the quaint flower-decked forecourt, with its beautiful iron gate swinging between dignified globe-crowned pillars, with their disused lamp-irons, and I have a keen impression of a very long garden at the back where old-fashioned flowers flourished, and ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1906
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1077 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

! iP l/AC I'/ AU X DAMNS'5 LADY ‘viCLET GREVILLE I

... lorant, is perhaps the best advice to give nglishwomen. The Chelsea Pensioners No figure is more familiar m our London streets nor more generally viewed with affectionate sympathy than the Chelsea Hospital Pensioner, in his quaint old-world uniform. By the ...

Published: Saturday 19 January 1907
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1518 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

MOTOR NOTES

... Council. Liverpool Colonial Products Exhibition, St. George’s Hall, open to March 26. Hunters’ Improvement Society: Annual London Show, Agricultural Hall (three days). The Playhouse: First matinee of Her Son. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 The Prince of Wales and the Elder ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1907
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1667 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

THE • GOLDEN FLOWER

... the cultivation of the flower. Now, a hundred and eighteen years after it- appearance at Marseilles, the golden flower has attained popularity to which the vast masses of glorious blooms of endless varieties seen in our flower-shows bear witness. It is natural ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1907
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 209 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

... and a former pupil of Miss Lucy Kemp Welch. This is her first exhibition in the West End, although she had a private show in a Chelsea studio two years ago. Pure Spirits at the Waldorf An alert and cultured audience assembled at the Waldorf Hotel the ...

Published: Saturday 26 February 1910
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 807 | Page: 34 | Tags: Photographs 

Mr. B. Subramaniem is a rising Indian cricketer of Madras..

... reception was held. The charming little daughter of the Belgian manager of Bovril, Ltd., Miss Robertson, presented a bouquet of flowers to the Lady Mayoress, who rewarded her with a kiss. Sir J ames Crichton Browne, who presided, pointed out that Belgium sends ...

Published: Saturday 06 August 1910
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1483 | Page: 32 | Tags: Photographs 

The Making of a Christmas Story

... one might write under such auspices Beginning in May one could go on till October with never a thought of ripening wheat, flower shows, or Ascot. Living on boiled penguin or the unsavoury seal, one would dream terribly of Christmas pudding, of succulent ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1910
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1004 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WAKENING OF THE ART SEASON

... tribute to an art which is distinctly British. The King bought Mr. Charles Samton s picture, A Dream of Flowers, a delicate stud}' in the nude which shows Mr. Sainton's touch his silver-point touch-- at its best. The art of water-colour can be used to express ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1911
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 809 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITANNIA AT VULCAN'S FORGE: The Battle Smoke of English Factory Fires

... day and night are being con solidated from the smoke of the thousand chimneys. That is only half the story. At the Chelsea Flower Show last week some part of its picturesqueness was missing. The fascinat ing vistas furnished by the pavilion tents of former ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1916
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1066 | Page: 12 | Tags: Illustrations 

The Charm of the Old Country Houses and Gardens of England

... detail by an English doctor. The special quality of Lady Catherine's book is the skilful and sympathetic way in which she shows how the war bit into the women's lives how they bore their bereavements and adapted themselves to the bewildering surprises ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1919
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 746 | Page: 34 | Tags: Photographs