... GOWF ON TIE RETAIL, PRINCIPLE. THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OF RETAIL DISTRIBUTORS-- BY FRED MAY Our artist being a person of considerable discrimination, always goes to places where he can find sitters who unlike some who could be mentioned and who have suffered capital punishment in a certain exhibition not a thousand miles from the Burlington Arcade do not look as if they were suffering the ...

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... THE REVIVAL OF THE Q.U.B.S. FRED MAY AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S REOPENING A gala performance was organised by past members of the O.U.D.S. to revive this famous institution, which suffered very severely N. in consequence of the war, and an all-star matinee was held at the New Theatre, Oxford, at the end of last month. Mr. Arthur Bourchier and Miss Fay Compton appeared in ...

... Navvy (viewing small tankard): 'Ere, wot's this cocktail? By Peter Fraser ...

... SOME OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOTS. THE COLONEL AND OFFICERS, 2nd SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT Drawn by Fred May The 2nd South Staffordshire are the old 80th Foot, and the regiment, as at present constituted, was formed in 1881 by uniting the 38th and the 80th. It has a history extending well over 200 years as the 1st Battalion was raised in Lichfield in 1702, and the 2nd, the 80th ...

... BUSY BESILEYo BULL'S-EYES AND INNERS-- -BY FRED MAY Our artist missed the King's Prize winner, Lieut. -Colonel A. F. Marchment, D.S.O., but he has, we think, done fairly well with the ammunition he had at his disposal, and has not, we hope, wounded anyone very seriously. The fifty-ninth Bisley has been one of the most interesting in the history of the meeting. The King's Prize had to be shot ...

... PARTING IS SUCH SWEPT SORROW. BY FOUGASSE ...

... . SOME STRIKING PORTRAITS- -BY FRED MAY Although Richmond won (14 to 10), the Berkshire Wanderers were nothing like disgraced, but hung on tooth and nail right bang up to the finish. The match, which was played at Reading, and is a most popular annual fixture, is for the benefit of the hospitals and other charities. R. H. O'Brien is the Richmond captain, and A. A. Crook the famous London ...

... AS YOU WERE' By George BeHdhieir5. Beg pardon, guv'nor, are you Mr. Voss? No, I am not Mr. Voss. I never vos, and I never vill be BHIhiiF. ...

... AT THE R.A.F. DEPOT, HENLOW- -BY FRED MAY Although the regimental motto of the R.A.F. is quoted at the top of this page, there is a supplementary one which says, If you must fly, fly well, and it is this which is instilled into everyone who goes to the fliers, some of the most distinguished (and most handsome) of whom were caught sitting at Henlow Depot, Beds, by our artist. Group-Captain ...

... CAPTAIN THE HON. LIONEL MONTAGU AND LIEUT.-COL. THE HON. FREDDIE CRIPPS The Inseparables, who usually foregather at every race meeting of any importance, and have very similar tastes in hats, clothes, and segars. The Hon. Lionel Montagu is an uncle of Lord Swaythhng, and Colonel Freddie Cripps is Lord Parmoor's son and heir ...

... BACK FROM THE ETERNAIL SNOWS. AT THE R.G.S. WELCOME TO THE MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION- -BY FRED MAY The first direct accounts of what happened on the Mount Everest Expedition were given by Brigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce, its leader, a half-brother of Lord Aberdare, at the joint meeting of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 16th. ...