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FROM COCKTAILS TO PORT

... By the Shaker. You were very restless last night, John, accused John's wife over the breakfast table, and what's more, you kept mentioning a woman's name in your sleep. 'Dorothy.' Now, who is Dorothy? Oh er mumbled John, the fact is, my dear, Dorothy is the name of a filly I backed yesterday. She won at ten to one, and here's your share of the swag. He handed his wife a ...

A LAWN-TENNIS LOG

... ALawn -Tennis Log y A.W.M. WITH every ball hit over the net at East bourne last week-end France drew nearer the American coast. In a few days' time, if the Czecho-Slovakians are sent back to Prague, Borotra, Lacoste, Cochet and Co. will be on the Atlantic, cruising towards Patterson, O'Hara Wood, and Brookes. I am assuming, of course, that Australia gets the better of Japan, whose first essay ...

FROM LADIES' TEES: UP NORTH

... [From Ladies -Tees E.E. Helme BBiIMMi nil i UP NORTH. LYTHAM and St. Anne's have a great name for genial hospitality, as many a member of the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society (amongst other) will testify. Last week the ladies were the recipients, and a right good time they were given, the Clerk of the Weather being the only member of the male fraternity who did not do his utmost to make ...

JOHN HAIG & CO., LTD

... JOHN HAIG CO., LTD., E JOHN HAIG CO., LTD., E Issued by Holyroodhouse Mary, Queen of Scots' Bedroom. The Black Rood of Scotland LEGEND has it that David I. of Scotland founded an Abbey at H'olyrood as a thank-oifering for a miraculous escape from death. Unseated while hunting, a mysterious flaming cross appeared to protect him from being gored by an angry hart. More probably, however, the ...

LAND, AIR & WATER: GOLDEN ROAD RULES

... Land, Air rAVater v. j j ic>y n massae uist. GOLDEN ROAD RULES. THE thanks of the British public are due to the National Safety First Association for the admirable work done by its Safety Rules Committee in drawing up hints for drivers of motor vehicles in a manner which can be under stood by the least intelligent, which are very easy to memorise, and which are so clear that even other road ...

Debenham & Freebody

... Debenham SFreebody. taiVUmull HMTTIO) Debenham &Freebodiy. The Secret of S tenderness The Corslo-J uno The fall-figured woman who wishes to follow the present fashions must aim at supple â– tralghtness as being the next best thing to actual sleaderness. The new Corslo- Juno Is ready to help her to the easy achievement of this desirable and graceful effect and to prevent the ugly bunched- up look ...

ON THE WESTMORLAND MOORS: LORD LONSDALE'S SHOOT

... . THE BEATERS AND KEEPERS COMING UP AFTER THE DRITE A GENERAL VIEW OVER THE MOOR, SHOWING THE BUTTS. THE SON OF THE GREAT EGYPTOLOGIST IN THE BUTTS WITH HIS WIFE THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF CARNARVON. WAITING OUTSIDE THEIR BUTT FOR THE DRIVE TO COMMENCE SIR WILLIAM AND LADY NOREEN BASS. MOVING OFF AGAIN AFTER LUNCH: THE HON. FRANCIS EGERTON AND THE EARL OF MAR AND KELLIE. A large and ...

THE RIDDLE OF ... SWERVE IN CRICKET

... THE RIDDLE OF TY SWERVE IN CRICKET. BY H. \LTHAM. AN UNDERHAND SWERVER T CONFLICTI NFLUENCE OF BASEBALL PITCHERS: rHEORIES. i ne rtaate oj me swerve nets tniriguea cricketers since the very earliest days of the game and while no explanation has been put forward that can be accepted as con clusive, Air. H. S. Altham in his article carefully review's the various theories held by recognised ...

Graphic

... IN HER WHITE MANTILLA: RAQUEL MELLER, THE STAR OF VIOLETTES IMP^RIALES. Mile. Raquel Meller, the lovely Spanish singer, actress, and film star, is featured in the new picture, Violettes Imp6ri- ales, now running at the Scala. She is due to leave for America, to appear in the Continental revue, Rue de la Paix, on Oct. 18, but, before she sails, she will be seen on the English stage in a ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

An Ayrshire Shoot: Lord Glasgow's Party at Kelburn

... An Ayrshire Shoot Lord Glasgow s Party at Kelhurn. WAITING FOR THEM TO COME OVER MAJOR C. JARVIS. ONE OF THE GUNS AT KELBURN LORD LESLIE. IN HIS BUTT AT LORD GLASGOW'S SHOOT MR. COCHRANE PATRICK. THE BROTHER OF THE EARL OF GLASGOW THE HON. ALAN BOYLE. A FAMILY PARTY AT KELBURN CASTLE A GROUP INCLUDING THE EARL AND COUNTESS 6F GLASGOW, LORD KELBURN, AND THE LADIES GRIZEL, MARGARET, AND HERSEY ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 177 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Ciro Pearls Ltd

... a\ 2. Miss Biitnie Hale 7 £)j wearing Ciro Pearls I Q/ou cannot expe I to find Ciro Peaiis i I anytfhere but at our 1 own establishments I V for there alone are sold the X only true reproductions of W 2 rare Oriental pearls, made V U with individual care and skill rj U in our own laboratories. G Because of our pride in their V pre-eminence we will not x j2\ permit Ciro Pearls to A H, reach ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 221 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

Wise as a Man in Sporting Lore: Gun-Dogs on the Hill

... Wise as a Man in Sporting Lore: Gun -Dogs on the Hill. 41 WE KNOW HOW TO WAIT AS PATIENTLY AS MASTER WHAT MR. AND MRS. DARLEY'S RETRIEVERS HAVE TO SAY. II II 44 THEY WONT BE LONG, NOW MR. MURRAY'S DOG EXPECTANTLY SITTING BY MASTER IN THE BUTT. 44 HERE YOU ARE, MISSIS MRS. GEARE'S SPANIEL BRINGS IN A WOODCOCK. 44 WE KNOW ALMOST AS MUCH AS MASTER DOES SIR THOMAS PILKINGTON AND HIS TWO GUN-DOGS. ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1924
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 221 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs