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THE LATE JENNY HILL

... . DY JOHN llOLLINGSHEAD. THE death of Jenny Hill, which had been expected for some time, removes from the variety stage one of the few artistes of real genius who have ever contributed to its success. Though Jenny Hill was welcomed at the big houses, which subsist chiefly upon spectacular ballets and sensational performances, she was the life and soul of all the London and provincial music ...

MODERN OPERA HOUSES AND THEATRES

... . THIS is the title of a most elaborate publication, the work of Mr. Edwin A. Sachs and Mr. E. A. E. Woodrow, and published by Batsford, 94, High Holborn. Printed in large type and containing more than 200 lates of exteriors, interiors, and details, beautifully reproduced by the artists and engravers, nothing could be more attractive to the eye. And the matter, written exhaustively, both from ...

AN AMERICAN LADY JOURNALIST: A CHAT WITH MISS JEANETTE GILDER

... AN AMERICAN LADY JOURNALIST. A CHAT WITH MISS JEANETTE GILD EE. The knowledge that Miss Jeanette Gilder, the editor of the New York Critic, was on a visit to London, was sufficient to tempt the journalist of this side, armed with the editorial credential, to request an interview. This Miss Gilder most cordially granted, and one afternoon last week a Sketch representative found himself in the ...

Published: Wednesday 22 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1413 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... MR. EDWARD COMPTON AND MISS SIDNEY CROWE IN DAVY GARRICK. FROM A PlIOTOGItAPH JIT CHANCELLOR, DUBLIN. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 16 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LADY HOCKEY-PLAYERS

... . THE ENGLISH TEAil. THE IRISH TEAM. Photographs by Lafayette Dublin. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 12 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE THEATRICAL BAZAAR

... . The theatrical bazaar which was to be opened yesterday at the Queen's Hall on behalf of the Actors' Orphanage has been organised by Mrs. Clement Scott and Mrs. Carson, the wife of the editor of the Stage. Mrs. Clement Scott is the invaluable companion of her husband at first nights. But, unlike the great majority of first nighters, she takes a very great interest in the charities connected ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 414 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

THE DEAR 'FOUDROYANT

... THE DEAR FOUDROYAHT.' Mr. J. R. Cobb is to be congratulated upon having rescued from oblivion ''the dear Foudroyant, as Lord Nelson himself called this, his pet battleship, and secured a precious relic that will remind the present generation of England's glorious naval victories in the early part of the century. Begun at Plymouth in 1789 and launched in 1798, she was at that time only the ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 489 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Photographs 

THE ART OF THE DAY

... . A WOOD NYMPH.-- MRS. RAPHAEL. EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY'. ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 15 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SOCIETY ON WHEELS

... . Cannot some firm of makers of aluminium goods design an aluminium outfit for tourists on wheels? Now that cyclists on tour fully realise the advantage of carrying as light a kit as possible, such an outfit would command a large sale. A small brush and comb, a tooth-brush, a razor and strop, and a few other toilet requisites, made partly of this featherweight metal, and stowed away ...

Published: Wednesday 01 July 1896
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 850 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs