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CROYDON'S 300-YEAR-OLD HOSPITAL- AGAIN THREATENED

... CROYBOM'S 8YPARILB HOSPITAL- AGAIN THREATEKRB„ A ntiquarians are highly indignant in consequence of the decision of the Croydon Town Council a few days ago to widen a thoroughfare known as North End under a scheme which involves the demolition of the ancient Whitgift Hospital. This almshouse, one of the most interesting in England, was built in 1599 by John Whitgift, Queen Elizabeth's ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 238 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Photographs 

HIGHEST EUROPE RECORDED BY A FLOATING CAMERA

... . THE SUMMIT OF THE JUNGFRAU SEEN FROM A BALLOON The view was taken from the balloon, Cognac, on its journey from Eigergletscher to Lake Maggiore. In the background on the right is the Breithorn and the Tschingelhorn. Both clouds and snow have been caught with remarkable clearness by the camera THE ALETSCHHORN SEEN FROM A BALLOON-- THE GEWITTERSTIMMUNG IN THE BACKGROUND The above remarkable ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 174 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MEN WHO WATCH THE KING'S HEALTH: During his Stay at Marienbad

... MEN WHO WATCH THE KING'S HEALTH: aft Maarieiafo&dL Dr. Reiniger is the Burgo master of Marienbad on whom King Edward conferred last year the membership of the Victorian Order. Dr. Reiniger works indefatigably for the com fort of the King in a constant endeavour to prevent his Majesty being inconvenienced by the crowds who visit the town. TA r. Ernst Ott, the King's physician at Marienbad, ...

WHERE KING EDWARD IS SIPPING THE SALINE CUP

... . WHERE THE WATERS ARE TAKEN IN THE COLONNADE AT MARIENBAD The view shows the long arcade of the drinking hall with its seats for the water-sippers. The little group in the centre shows the method of carrying the glass on a ccrd __ HOW MARIENBAD LIES EMBOSOMED AMONG THE BOHEMIAN HILLS 'The wooded heights around Marienbad add greatly to the charm of this famous Austrian spa, which has only a ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 129 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SITTER FOR THE PICCADILLY CIRCUS FOUNTAIN FIGURE: THE MODEL MODEL: M. ANTONIO CORSI

... SITTER FOR THE PICCADILLY CIRCUS FOUNTAIN FIGURE, THE MODEL MODEL: M. ANTONIO CORSI. T CT _ 1. ALMA TADEMA'S A READING FROM HOMER, FOR THREE OF THE FIGURES IN WHICH ANTONIO CORSI SAT. 2. THE FAMOUS FIGURE ABOVE THE FOUNTAIN IN PICCADILLY CIRCUS, FOR WHICH ANTONIO CORSI POSED. 3. ANTONIO CORSI AS A RED INDIAN. 4. ANTONIO CORSI AS A CAVALIER. 5. ANTONIO CORSI. 6. ANTONIO CORSI AS A MONK. { ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 155 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CROWNS CORONETS COURTIERS

... Tlk ^^tSIwaiv Tjgr^gTVj ^^ir^-m. T FOR a club that can claim to be the most exclusive in England, the Royal Yacht Squadron is electing members with alarming and almost vulgar rapidity. King- Alfonso is a fairly recent acquisi tion; now a Tsar has been added to the list, along with Lord Derby and several other gentlemen. Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who expected to be at Coweswith his beautiful ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 990 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Photographs 

AFTER DINNER

... : BY ERNEST A. BRYANT. Bigger Little England. Another injustice to Ireland! Certain improvements in drainage methods of treating sewage have enor mously stimulated the growth of seaweed along part of her coast. Elsewhere it might be a marketable commodity, but poor Ireland finds it a nuisance, and has to pay scientists to perform miracles and achieve the destruc tion of the seaweed. Demand and ...

WORLD'S WHISPERS

... IN the speech of every day Lord Ashton's name sounds uncommonly like Lord Ashtown's, and when not long ago burglars broke into the manufacturing Baron's house at Lancaster, the locality's only excuse for its criminals was that they probably mistook him for the less popular hero of another house-breaking, and burst ing, episode in Galway. The burglars took little away with them except an ad ...

THE WORLD THE OF SPORT

... IL-^yj tt£& jll&\ \jjsJ^Jfj WSsM'J H Jm J??Ol|/ J frP^H .^^89eFm&*'^-rr Two- Year-Olds. Goodwood is not often blessed, as it was this year, with the presence of four such two-year- olds as Lemberg, Charles O'Malley, Admiral Hawke, and Neil Gow, each of which won so handsomely as to give rise to much partisan ship. I have heard it claimed for each colt that it is the best of its age, and there ...

THE WOMAN-OUT-OF-TOWN

... THE WOMAN-OUT -OF-T OWN. Blue Skirts, Cowes week showed more blue than white skirts this year to begin with, for the weather was uncertain and yachtswomen were on cruising thoughts intent. The Queen and the Tsaritsa were very workwomen-like in blue serge and pea-jackets and sailor-hats. The Queen, by the way, always has two skirts built for her yachting-suits, one for wearing when cruising, ...

Published: Wednesday 11 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 732 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

LIFEBUOY

... . 'SOAP NStejb/. is out to save life and has a two- fold power of so doing. It I saves by Cleanliness and by I DISINFECTING ALL IT CLEANS. Don't wait till the home is wrecked by disease, but re- member that Prevention is better than Cure and that Lifebuoy Soap is more^^l V than Soap yet costs no more. jlggy LEVER BROTHERS, LIMITED. PORT SUNLIGHT. L 20 ...

Mappin & Webb

... BWr I (1908) Ltd. (MAPPIN BROS. INCORPORATED) V A *0 -3a&i £12 12 O This illustration shows our well-known Georgian Pattern. List of Contents. 12 Table Forks. 6 Egg Spoons. J 1 Soup Ladle. 12 Spoons ...

Published: Saturday 14 August 1909
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 272 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs