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THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA: WELL-KNOWN PASSENGERS

... THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA: WELL-KNOWN PASSENGERS. LADY ALLAN, WIFE OF SIR HUGH M. ALLAN, OF CANADA (SAVED). MR. ALFRED G. VANDERBILT, AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE AND WHIP (MISSING). MR. D. A. THOMAS, THE WELL-KNOWN COAL-OWNER AND EX-M.P. (SAVED). MR. CHARLES FROHMAN, THE FAMOUS AMERICAN THEATRICAL MANAGER (LOST). CAPTAIN W. T. TURNER, IN COMMAND OF THE LUSITANIA (SAVED). COMMANDER J. FOSTER ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 545 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE CLUBMAN: THE PROMISED LAND OF PADDY'S DREAMS: ENGLAND'S HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITIES

... THE CLUBMAN THE PROMISED LAND OF PADDY'S DREAMS: ENGLAND'S HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITIES. Tipperary. No doubt somebody hereafter, when we have time to think of the little things of the war, will discover how it was that It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary became the marching song of the British in the present war. I believe it was the men of the Yorkshire and Lancashire regiments who first ...

A REVUE QUEEN'S PALACE: MISS ETHEL LEVEY'S HOME

... . I. A CORNER OF MISS ETHEL LEVEY'S DRAWING-ROOM. 2. IN THE JAPANESE ROOM, 40, GLOUCESTER PLACE. 3. MISS ETHEL LEVEY'S DINING-ROOM. Photographs bv H. M Kins. A queen alike of three arts-- acting, singing, and dancing-- Miss Ethel Levey has held her place in the hearts of London playgoers since, half-a-dozen years ago, she came, was seen, and conquered. Miss Levey, who has made one more big ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 122 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IN THE GREAT WORLD

... IN THE GREAT WORLQ MR. JOHN LAVERY. YON Lavery's just a woman's painter, objected a Glasgow Councillor when, long ago, it was proposed he should be given a commission for the Provost's portrait. Lavery probably got the commission: he always does. But there was some sort of justice in the objection. Circumstance has tended to lead him away from the society of Provosts, Professors, and ...

THE WIDE SKIRT IS IN: THE NEW FASHION

... THE WIDE SKIRT IS IN THE NEW FASHION. I. THE OLD AND THE NEW THE NARROW SKIRT WHICH IS NOW OUT AND THE WIDE SKIRT WHICH IS NOW IN. 2. A STAGE FAVOURITE IN THE NEW WIDE SKIRT MISS ELSIE JANIS. 3. EN PROFILE MISS ELSIE JANIS IN THE NEW WIDE SKIRT. Photograph No,.i,.by Albert Wyndham Nos. 2 ami 3, by C.N. If it were not overbold to twist Shakespeare to the service of Fashion, it might be said ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 207 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE WOMAN-ABOUT-TOWN

... TSBV'-n, #?iJHE WOM:N-ABQpr>TC)WN i-Hy A Queenly- Administrator. Those who entrust sums of money for war relief work to the Queen are sure that it will be tact fully and wisely administered. Her Majesty's own gift to the fund for help to professional classes was £500. Last week the Queen sent £200 to Miss M. F. Billington, President of the Society of Women Journalists, to be used for those ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1290 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

W. JELKS & SONS

... W. JELKS SONS W. JELKS SONS Fine Chippendale Reproduction A specimen of the bargains offered every day at Jelks' the sixty.year-old firm of dealers in (exclusively) high-grade second-hand furniture. This exceptionally fine reproduction of a CHIPPENDALE SIDEBOARD-- stoutly made, exquisitely finished only £13 15s. Easy terms can be arranged. Thousands of similar bargains. Please send for ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1915
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 105 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

WHY O, WHY?

... rmm SO another summer goes rolling up the Cromwell Road of Time to join its forgotten sisters in the Earl's Court of Oblivion. (My! as the young lady exclaimed of Henry James in Max's cartoon of the old pilgrim's return to his home-- but hardly home, sweet home-- land-- my! Ain't he creative?) And one is left alone in the swish of fallen leaves to muse with gentle, September sadness-- ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1015 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

A Paris Letter

... IT has always been a source of regret to Paris that she does not dictate the masculine mode. But lately there have been all sorts of attempts to introduce Paris fashions for men. You may not have noticed that there are fashions for men at all-- whether dictated by Paris or by London. You may have im agined that you dressed (I assume that the reader is of the sterner, not to say Spartan, sex) ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1187 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

CIRO PEARLS, LTD

... , , (Dept. 5) 39, OLD BOND STREET, W. 1 (Piccadilly End). We have no shop. Our Showrooms are on the First Floor, over Lloyd's Bank. Cl/LO V&£U No. i. Necklet of famous Tiro Pearls, 16 ins. long, fitted with Safety Clasp. j£l 0 Other lengths at proportionate rates. ECONOMY IS THE WATCHWORD OF THE NATION. IN SPITE OF THE POPULAR LOW PRICE OF CIRO PEARLS, THEIR QUALITY IS UNDIMINISHED. NUMEROUS ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 277 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Photographs 

MORE AUTO REGULATIONS: R.A.C. HOTEL PROTEST

... Br GERALD BISS. IF so hap automobildom survive the latest fuel ramp, the coal strike, and various other such industrial trifles, it would appear that the weal of motorists is to be gently catered for by the Ministry of Transport in many ways, both table d'hôte and à la carte, and firmly looked after in matters of detail. While, without commit ting itself prematurely upon the principle of the ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 989 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

Jays' LTD

... 11/ y^g I (^/LTD. l|/ y^g M (^/LTD. m 4-^es^en.t Street, W'.lJ JAYS', LTD., are showing a large variety of Knitted I Silk and Wool Coats and Jumpers in the very latest fashionable shapes and shades. There is at present a marked demand for Jumpers suitable for indoor and outdoor wear, similar in style to the garment illustrated. A smart open stitch Alpaca- wool Jumper with silk stripe and ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1920
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 77 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs