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A MINT MASTER: THE MAN WITH THE CANNON-BALL SERVICE

... . WITH SERVICE SO SWIFT THAT THE CAMERA COULD NOT CATCH IT: MR. MAURICE E. McLOUGHLIN. WHO WON THE GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. AND SO EARNED THE RIGHT TO PLAY MR. A. F. WILDING. -{Photographs by Sport and General, Illustrations Bureau, and C.N. Mr. Maurice E. McLoughlin, a twenty-three-year-old employ^ in the United States Mint at San Francisco, beat Mr. S. N. Doust in the final of ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 178 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HATS TO

... -- MISS L. F. NETTLEFOLD-- FOR WANTING TO BE A PERSON WITHIN THE SOLICITORS' ACT. MR. A. H. POLLEN FOR HIS AUTOMATIC FIRE- CONTROL SYSTEM FOR NAVAL GUNS. MR. WALTER M. SCOTT-- FOR BEING MUCH MEN TIONED IN THE SACK- VILLE SUIT. THE REV. A. B. PARRY- EVANS FOR PER SUAD- ING BARGEES TO ENDEA VOUR NOT TO SWEAR. MRS. HELEN WING ROBIN SON FOR BEING THE FIRST WOMAN SENATOR IN THE UNITED STATES. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 632 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HATS TO

... -- MR. ATWELL FOR HIS BONY PART AS A PREHISTORIC MAN AND FOR WALKING BIRMINGHAM STREETS AS HERE SHOWN. PRINCE FRIEDRICH KARL OF HOHENZOLLERN FOR HIS MODESTY IN BEING KNOWN AS PLAIN 44 F. KARL WHILE PLAYING IN THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WIMBLEDON. HAYWARD FOR MAKING HIS HUNDREDTH CENTURY IN FIRST- CLASS CRICKET, AND GIVING BUT ONE (THE FINAL) CHANCE. -{Photographs by Newspaper ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 551 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE YOUNGSTERS' HOUR: ON CHILDREN'S DAY AT RANELAGH

... , i. Lady Sempill and One of her Daughters, the Hon. Margaret Forbes-Sempill. 2. Lady Constance Gore and her Younger Daughter, Miss Crystal Gore. I. Princess Mary of Teck on a Donkey the Duke of Teck, her Father, on the Right of the Photograph. 4. Lady Herbert Scott with her Son, Master Claud Scott, and her Daughters, the Misses Marian and Patricia Scott. J 5. The Hon. Mrs. Bertrand J. Russell ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 250 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IN THE GREAT WORLD: THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR

... HfelN THE GREAT WORLI> THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. ON the Fourth of July the American Ambassador shook hands with all comers from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. He did it heartily; the grip was still hard at the end of the afternoon. He has now sampled the various pains and pleasures of his office; and he has made good. But in anticipation the hand-shaking had seemed formidable. Is there no way out? he asked ...

BRING YOUR OWN LAWN! LIVING CARPETS OF GRASS

... BRING YOUR OWN LAWN LIVING CARPETS OF GRASS. i. Living Grass Worn as a Cloak a Boy Showing how the Carpet of Grass can be Carried About with Ease. 2. Carried as a Rug might be Carried: a Length of Living Grass -Carpet on its Way to bb Laid Down as Part of a Permanent Lawn. 3. Laying a Piece of Living Carpet, which had been Conveyed over iooo Miles Setting a Pipce of the Grass in Place under ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1913
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 243 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

FIVE O'CLOCK FRIVOLITIES: THE COUNTESS AND THE COWBOY

... FIVE O'CLOCK? FRIVOLITIES ;o .,*0, 4 THE COUNTESS AND THE COWBOY. BY MARTHE TROLY CURTIN. Author of 44 Phrynette and London and Phrynette Married NO, amiable readers, I did not see him. Not even in a dream, as he appeared to my good friend Percival of the Referee. I make it a point never to dream of the President of the Republic-- you knew it was he I meant all along, did you not? When I do ...

ABOUT: THE: HALLS: AN ADDENDUM AT THE EMPIRE: TWO SELF-ACCOMPANISTS

... ABOUT THE HALLS AN ADDENDUM AT THE EMPIRE: TWO SELF ACCOMPANISTS. THE Empire continues to make determined efforts to keep its revue fresh and picturesque, and to this end it has introduced a new feature into the second part which adds considerably to the evening's entertainment. The basic idea is reminiscent of the well-known whisky poster in which the young laird's ancestors materialise in ...

The Sportswoman

... The Sportsworrjap. THE universal opinion of the engagement of Prince Arthur of Connaught and the Duchess of Fife is that nothing could have been nicer or in every way more suitable. Their ages are right, they are both essentially British, both love sport-- the young Duchess drives well, well, is a most enthusiastic and successful salmon angler, swims well, plays golf, and shoots straight. ...

THE SANDOWN PARK MEETING

... . 1. The finish of the Claremont Handicav won by Sir jr. Nelson's Noramac. 2. Lord Derby's Younq Pegasus by Chaucer Princess Melton, winner of the Sandringham Foal Stakes. 3. At the paddock bend in the Corinthian Welter Handicap. 4. Cutting the grass on the course. 5. Mr. C. E. Robinson, the judge, entering the winners. 6. The finish of the Sandringham Foal Stakes. Young Pegasus, starting ...

ALEXANDRA DAY IN LONDON.-- SOME OF THE 20,000 LADIES WHO SOLD THE ROSES LAST WEEK

... . Mrs. G. IF. Gray's Irish setter, Ituminantly Rufus, winner of Ladies' Kennel Association Challenge Certificate (equal to a Championship) at the Botanical Gardens. AT TIIE TAUNTON DOO SHOW. Mr. Redmond judging the wire-haired fox-terriers. The Life-Saving Society's gala for the King's Cup at Higligate Ponds. The policemen enjoying the water after their display of life-saving. Firing in the ...

The Sportswoman

... Tbe Sportsworr)&p. WE had quite a gay London last week, flags flying, bands playing, troops out, and rose sellers with Alexandra roses, making for the gaiety and picturesqueness of our beloved London when she was welcoming the head of the Government of France. The visit proved a complete success, and everyone who met M. Poincaré felt that they met a man who is strong and good, a maker of ...