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PLACE AUX DAMES

... 1 R iij L By Lady Violet Lreville Englishwomen are particularly smart and what maids used to call dressy in their appearance, yet they are not as careful of their clothes as American ...

Published: Saturday 16 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 734 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

THE BOOKSHELF: History in Spectacles

... 1 THE BOOKSHELF History in Spectacles That the eye-witness is the worst witness is among forensic maxims-- one may even say commonplaces: and the maxim might not disadvantageonsly be extended to the t ...

The Art Treasures of London

... What is the principle that guides the selec tion of portraits to be admitted to the National Portrait Gallery? A bitter cry has just been raised by a gentleman who offered ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 650 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Photographs 

THE BYSTANDER

... Stand by, Captain Cuttle. By J. Ashby-Sterry All those who are well acquainted with the Upper Thames will be grieved to hear of the serious accident that has happened to Maidenhead Brid ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 545 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

A CHRONICLE OF SCIENCE: Brains and the Man

... A CHRONICLE OF SCIENCE Brains and the Man Hardly any subject in research is more chastening to human self-esteem than that which relates to the brain. Dr. Alexander Hill once compared our investigatio ...

MELLIN'S FOOD Ltd

... M ELLIN'S FOOD Ltd., M ELLIN'S FOOD Ltd., Peckham, London, S.E. %|^World Arooiici^^|^ Mellin's Food has brought thousands of infants to robust maturity. The happy little Colonial pictured here (Miss L ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 203 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

THE BYSTANDER

... Stand by: Captain Cutti.k. By J. ASHBY-STERRY THE strange predilection of inventors to perfect schemes which tend to the discomfort of mankind I have aforetime alluded to. Recently this ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 999 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

IN THE TRACK OF THE GREAT BLIZZARD

... -VTrf A' 1 72R>C5Q*tffiMr*JtJ hUMMC** 3MOeX SKATING ON THE LITTLEPORT FENS A. E. Tebbitt, the ex-Champion, practising. SS3^^3KSJ>- T OBOGGANING AT CHINGFORD CURLING ...

Published: Saturday 02 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 176 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Matrimony and Musical Plays

... At periodic intervals I hear rumours that there is to be an upward tendency in musical plays, and that the inanities of ordinary musical comedy have had their day. Mr. Curz ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 850 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Photographs 

PRESIDENT DIAZ AND THE JEWS: Mexico as the Land of Promise

... f og PRESIDENT o DIAZ AND THE o JEWS fg =0 Mexico as tHe Land of Promise |f> _ CENTRAL and South America as the Land of Promise has long been a favourite theme with those interested in the modern Jewi ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1723 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Photographs 

COFFEE: THE BEVERAGE FOR ENGLAND

... 8 THERE are many reasons why coffee is not more used in the United Kingdom. Firstly, its great value as a harmless stimulant is misunderstood or not appreciated. Then ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1069 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Photographs