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... COLONEL GOLDSMID, ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO GENERAL KELLY-KENNY IN SOUTH AFRICA. Photo by Byrne and Co Richmond. CAPTAIN A. 11. HIRE, R.M.A., IN COMMAND OF THE PORTSMOUTH DRAFT OF MARINES FOR SOUTH AFRICA A GALLANT FORCE RARELY PRAISED ACCORDING TO JTS MERITS. Photo by Russell and Sons Southse a. LIEUT. -COLON EL ST. JOHN GORE, WHO SUCCEEDED COLONEL BADEN- POWELL IN COMMAND OF THE otii DRAGOON ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 101 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SMALL TALK OF THE WEEK

... . The Queen was naturally very reluctant during the present war crisis to leave Windsor for Osborne, but Her Majesty's departure was very strongly urged by her medical advisers. The fact is that Windsor at this time of year, especially in damp weather, does not suit the Queen's constitution, the proximity of the river and the decaying and decayed foliage of the Parle having a very pernicious ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5084 | Page: Page 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

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... Mis. Van Duzer. Madame Van AndrA Mrs. Frewin. Mrs. A. Paget. â– fcjarfMr ^aa-- Br m _ stem -v-v. v^'w^ivaww 'ya&^taBMSs. ^csi-sMfe..-. .-fxiBr3a-- Countess of Essex. Mrs. H. Griffin. Mrs. Ronalds. Lady Randolph Churchill. Mrs. A. Blow. Mrs. Field. THE LONDON-AMERICAN LADIES WHO GENEROUSLY FORMED THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL-SHIP MAINE. Nurse Manley. Nurse Ludekins. Nurse Yean. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS

... . The circumstances under which the field-guns were compulsorily abandoned by our Artillery at the recent Battle of Colenso have naturally directed special attention to this branch of the Service. A few words, accordingly, about the duties that, when in action, devolve upon the men behind the guns should prove of interest. As a preliminary, one can, perhaps, scarcely do better than give ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1151 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

ROUND THE PANTOMIMES: THEATRICAL FAIRIES OF YULETIDE

... . MISS ALEXANDRA DAGMAR, PRINCIPAL BOY IN THE FORTY THIEVES, AT THE GRAND THEATRE, ISLINGTON. Photo by Hana, Bedford Street Strand. MISS GODWYNNE EARLE, PRINCIPAL GIRL AT THE ALEXANDRA OPERA HOUSE, SHEFFIELD. Photo by Hana Bedford Street Strand. MISS JULIA MACKAY, PRINCIPAL BOY IN DICK WHITTINGTON, AT TERRISS'S THEATRE, ROTHE RHITHE. Photo by Schloss, New York. MISS JENNIE OWEN IN ROBINSON ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 77 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE GALLANT RESERVE FORCES OF OLD ENGLAND

... . THE LONDON SCOTTISH RIFLE VOLUNTEERS ON PARADE. THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTERS IN DRILL ORDER. I) From Photographs hxj Elliott and Fry, Baker Street TV. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 30 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THEATRE GOSSIP

... . Very few of our younger opera-goers remember Marietta Piccolomini, but she was one of the most famous vocalists of her day. After a career of extraordinary brilliancy, she quitted the stage and became reduced in circumstances. When Mr. Lumley was Manager of Her Majesty's Theatre, Madame Piccolo- was for five seasons his chief star. She was associated with the produc tion of Verdi's La ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2346 | Page: Page 37, 38 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

CRACK CORPS SUPPLYING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FRONT

... THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY: GROUP OP THE HISTORIC REGIMENT AT THE PINSBURY HEADQUARTERS. THE 1st CITY OF LONDON ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP. From Photographs by Elliott and Fry, Baker Street, W. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 38 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MISS EVA MOORE

... , The vivacious ingenue who maJces such a delightful Lucie Manette in Mr. Martin Harvey's revival of The Only Way at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. This photograph is by Gabell and Co., Pbury Street, S.W. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 38 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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... LORD OHESHAM, WHO INTENDS TO LEAD TIIE BRITISH YEOMEN TO GLORY IN SOUTH AFRICA. Photo by Russell, Raker Street, IF. Then a cheer, my lads, a cheer For the British Volunteer For his Queen he 11 like a hero bear the brunt. Ne'er shall wane our Empire's might While we've sons like him to fight Side by side loit'i British soldiers at .the front.-- Geo iige H. Sims. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 68 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FIRST DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, HIS SUCCESSOR, AND HIS ANCESTORS

... . Although the phrase has fallen somewhat into disuse, there can be no doubt that the late Duke of Westminster was a type of what our forbears used to style an admirable Crichton. To one section of the community he stood for philanthropy; to another he was the ideal politician who would even break an old friendship rather than appear to condone what he thought unpatriotic; while to the man ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1051 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs