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LINGUAPHONE INSTITUTES

... LINGUAPHONE I N STITUTES It was a great idea of yours, Ethel you all speak French perfectly. You're right, John it really was a brain- wave and I'm very proud of it. In about three months Peter, Grace and 1 have picked up quite an all-round know ledge ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1928
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 454 | Page: 49 | Tags: Illustrations 

BE MODEST. USE YOUR ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. END SWIFTLY

... hcarers* Be unif°rmly courteous. Prune your sentences. Cultivate mental alc-tness Use 11 C P^P3re Up PromptIy- Begin slowly. Speak distinctly. Observe Sure 0 yourseIf- Look y°ur audience in the eyes. Be direct. Favour your deeo tones Sneak A X T? ?T iIlustrale' ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1912
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 113 | Page: 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

ETON v. HARROW

... instance, Etonians talk freely to fellow-Etonians even when they won't speak to Harrovians. Poplothians not only refuse to speak' to Etonians or Harrovians, but are so proud they refuse to speak to each other. We only talk to ourselves. There 's tone for you ...

Published: Wednesday 08 July 1925
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 347 | Page: 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

MICHELIN

... IjiguuR MlCHELIhl Ten thousand minds with but a single thought. Ten thousand tongues that speak as one. Tyres for my car in 19 10. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1910
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 24 | Page: 42 | Tags: Illustrations 

ANOTHER 'ORRID 'OAX!

... ANOTHER 'ORRID 'OAX The Amateur: Ah, my boy, what would that old oak say if it could speak? The Expert: It would say, I am an elm! DRAWN BY S. BAGHOT DS LA BtRt. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 December 1908
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 34 | Page: 25 | Tags: Illustrations 

WOMAN'S WAYS

... Every young man of family and of parts was sent, with a bear leader, to finish his education in this way. He was expected to speak French with elegance and Italian with ease, and it was part of the parental programme that he should philander with fine ladies ...

Published: Wednesday 21 August 1907
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 976 | Page: 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

MISS--UNDERSTOOD

... UNDERSTOOD. The Customer: Which is your best seller? Th ASSISTANT (thinking of raids and taking cover) Well, Madam; properly speaking, we haven't got one our 's is a semi-basement. Drawn by Will Owln. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 February 1918
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 34 | Page: 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... MR. CHAMBERLAIN AT GREENOCK: A SPEAKING PORTRAIT. DRAWN BY TOM BROWNE. ...

Published: Wednesday 14 October 1903
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

SCRUBB'S

... SCRUBB'S SCRUBB'S TRY IT IN YOUR BATH AMMONIA, THE q TO L CLEANLINESS! FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD USE .IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF ...

Published: Wednesday 12 March 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 21 | Page: 37 | Tags: Illustrations 

Kodak

... Kodak Kodak 9 Nobody listens nowadays but everybody looks. Say it with a snapshot. It speaks so much more clearly than words. ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1929
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 22 | Page: 63 | Tags: Illustrations 

A CONTINENTAL EXCHANGE

... A CONTINENTAL EXCHANGE. How did you find Paris? Expensive? Well speaking franc-ly no. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas. ...

Published: Wednesday 18 August 1926
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 21 | Page: 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR!

... THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR I The Brusque Customer (in music-shop) Libretto, Mikado. The New Assistant j I no speak Italiano. Drawn by Lawson Wood. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1912
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 25 | Page: 23 | Tags: Illustrations