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THE DOGGED DOG OF JEAN DE NIVELLE

... France. He had for pet an admirable dog of good looks and noble lineage. The Sub-Lieutenant Nivelle was awfully fond of that dog. One sad day the dog dis appeared. (It had probably heard the legend of the Dogged Dog of Jean de Nivelle, and ...

Published: Wednesday 14 February 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1851 | Page: 7 | Tags: Illustrations 

LONDON DIALOGUES (WAR-TIME VARIETY)

... of war N.B. This is a true story- none of Cynicuss's concoctions I wonder whether any painstaking hack with a meticulous type of brain will ever address himself to the task of compiling a schedule of the small everyday items which the state of war has ...

Published: Wednesday 21 November 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1952 | Page: 11 | Tags: Illustrations 

SOME CHRISTMASTIDE BOOKS

... galore murderer-tracking and experiences among wolves, among others. Captain Daw son, well known before the war as a judge at the dog-shows and a dog-lover with the best, wrote the book in the trenches on the Ancre or at least he finished it there. He sends ...

Published: Wednesday 19 December 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 712 | Page: 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE WOMAN ABOUT TOWN: Pre and Post

... would be a Minister appointed for Dress Control. Alleged Adorers Frists are of Dogs. ;?ry busy these war days, but some of those who have taken up the destruc tion of lap- dogs fad cannot be con gratulated on their imagina tion. There are really funny ...

Published: Wednesday 21 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1169 | Page: 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE WOMAN ABOUT TOWN

... No Dull Dogs. win the war, all places of amuse ment should be shut, all grounds for recreation should be ploughed up, shop windows should not be attrac tive, and nothing be left for fighters but to fight, and for workers only work. Dull dogs are poor ...

Published: Wednesday 14 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1161 | Page: 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

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Published: Wednesday 21 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 527 | Page: 38 | Tags: Illustrations 

VOGUES AND VANITIES: Example

... Englishwomen are no longer ignorant of the art of dress, and, though a bargain that is genuine never fails to appeal, rubbish, war or no war, is considered dear at any price, and there is no idea of buying anything unless it is likely to be of real use immediately ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 968 | Page: 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

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Published: Wednesday 18 April 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 926 | Page: 37 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

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Published: Wednesday 14 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 631 | Page: 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

VOGUES AND VANITIES

... down anybody a fact that we always knew, and that the war has served to drive home even more forcibly than before. However, it is not to be ar c oes. supposed that toy -makers could forget the world war. The patriot in the nursery is as enthusiastic for ...

Published: Wednesday 05 December 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1026 | Page: 20 | Tags: Illustrations 

VOGUES AND VANITIES: Rumour and Reality

... people are grousing freely at what they describe as a perfectly in defensible trick, and self-satisfied sub scribers to the War Loan are busy re-arranging gathers and nipping hems by way of testing the truth of the oft-repeated assertion that it is quite ...

Published: Wednesday 07 March 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1052 | Page: 18 | Tags: Illustrations 

STAY, STAY, O STAY-MAKER!

... smart flying chap the gardener's son, whom he remembered in pre-war days as a slow, feet- dragging, and straw-chewing country bumpkin. Why, it 's Billy Greenhoe Hullo, Billy, how has the war been treating you, my boy And, noticing the many decorations, ...

Published: Wednesday 13 June 1917
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1859 | Page: 7 | Tags: Illustrations