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Unconventionality Itself: A NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF LADY CONSTANCE STEWART RICHARDSON

... Unconventionality Itself A NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF LADY CONSTANCE STEWART RICHARDSON A PICTURESQUE PORTRAIT STUDY OF A STRENUOUS SPORTSWOMAN Lady Constance Stewart Richardson, the daughter of the late Earl of Cromartie, is as well known for her prowess in the saddle, with the gun in Somaliland, and climbing mountains in far-away quarters of the earth, as she is as a fascinating and versatile member ...

Published: Wednesday 03 February 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GOLF: Municipal Golf at Bournemouth

... GOLF Municipal Golf at Bournemouth In the early days of The BYSTANDER I wrote an article strongly advocating the claims of municipal golf. I instanced the immense success which has at tended the experiment at Edin burgh and Glasgow, whose splendid example had so far only been followed by the Bournemouth Corporation. T have now heen able to see for myself how the Bournemouth Corporation carries ...

RACING NOTIONS: THE SPRING HANDICAPS; How the Weights Come Out

... HAC1NG NOTIONS THE SPRING HANDICAPS. By CARBINE How the Weights Come Out Nothing could have been more miserable for racegoers than the unfavourable conditions prevailing last week, and the enforced abandonment of Newbury and Kempton, meetings that gave high promise of tip-top sport, was lamentable. Happily, the publica tion of the weights for the spring handicaps has pro vided a break in the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 February 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 784 | Page: Page 44 | Tags: Photographs 

The Countess of Kinnoull

... Tke Countess of Kinnoull Lady Kinnoull, before she married, was Miss Mollie Darell, and her mother. en premieres noces, was Mrs. Broadwood, of piano fame. Her ladyship has both musical and pontic talent. She plays the violin well, and has published a volume of verses. She and her husband give large shooting and fishing parties at Dupplin Lastle every autumn. Indeed, the Dupplin fishing is ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 87 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Where Order Now Reigns: BARCELONA: LOYAL LAST YEAR, REBELLIOUS TO-DAY

... Where Order Now Melgias BARCELONA: LOYAL LAST YEAR, REBELLIOUS TO-DAY Barcelona To-day Curious crowds examining the wrecked have been pillaged by the Anarchists. A Typical Street Scene in the Rebellious City Church of S. Antonio. Some forty churches and convents In the street will be noticed the remains of a barricade Senor Antonio Maura, the Spanish Premier The leader of the Conservative ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 240 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The Apotheosis of the Hat THREE SURPRISING SPECIMENS

... Apotheosis off I .jfji t THREE SURPRISING SPECIMENS ijg J Maximus This remarkable creation won the first prize of ^200 at the Imperial Millinery Exhibition in Berlin. The charm of its wearer should certainly have contributed to the triumph of this particular chapcau Major The hat which sufficiently impressed the judges at the Berlin Millinery Exhibition 1 to take second prize of ^150 A 1,-T ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 93 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A RECORD COWES: THE YACHTING PROWESS OF GERMANY AND SPAIN

... A RECORD CO WES THE YACHTING PROWESS OF GERMANY AND SPAIN NEVER has there been such a Cowes Regatta as that of last week. It was a truly royal function; royal in the company which assembled and royal in the racing that was put before them to watch. The Kaiser and King Alfonso were-- though not present in the flesh-- represented by two of the chief yachts com peting, and both placed wins to ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 555 | Page: Page 25, 28 | Tags: Photographs 

LITTLE MRS. DON JUAN

... LITTLE MKS. DON JUAN By LILIAN GORE JOSEPH FOR years Major Donald Vizard had played fast and loose with the affections of the ladies of his regi ment, in which he usually was known as Don Juan. He was, in appearance, an ordinary, rather beefy- looking giant, with a weather-beaten complexion and a straw-coloured wisp of a moustache; but, certainly, whatever discords and heart-burnings there ...

THE WORLD OF CRICKET: The Holiday Sportsman

... THE WORLD OF CRICKET The Holiday Sportsman There is an air of holiday even about the sporting world just at this point of the year. Ushered in by Bank Holiday, August, in spite of a fat enough list of serious-looking fixtures, of a Test Match, and other important issues yet to come, brings with it a certain flavour of looseness and dash of irresponsibility. We go on playing our games, and ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1243 | Page: Page 42, 43 | Tags: Photographs 

Famous College Clubs: NO. II.--THE PHŒNIX, BRASENOSE, OXFORD

... Famous College Clubs NO. II.-- THE PHCENIX, BRASENOSE, OXFORD THERE are few College clubs to claim either the antiquity or the prestige of the Phoenix, of B.N.C., Oxford. Recognised, and even pampered, by the authorities, the society is, and ever has been, as proud a boast as the knocker from which the College, so long ago now, derived its name. For the exact date of its foundation some little ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 539 | Page: Page 45 | Tags: Photographs 

Automobile Topics: Freedom of the Road

... QO/jick.. Freedom of the Road What a hard-working body of men constitute the various units of our county and borough police forces, to be sure. Like the poor, they are always with us, and, like the daughter of the horse leech, their cry to motorists is constantly, Give, give. Even at this joyous period of the year, when the thoughts of most of us turn instinctively to happy holiday haunts by ...

The London Corset Co

... Tnc London Corset Co. Tl,e London Corset Co. feel that it is impossible to describe the many beauties of this Corset of Coutille, but will ask their clients to favour them with a v'sit of inspection and judge for themselves how faithfully the artist has depicted it. The price is £4 4 0 including suspenders. Corsets sent on approval upon receipt of satisfactory reference. THE LONDON CORSET CO. ...

Published: Wednesday 14 April 1909
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 274 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs