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ROYAL CHILDREN, ROMANCE AND ART

... Members of the Royal Family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the Duke of Gloucester take the salute on the return to the Palace after the Trooping the Colour. H.R.H. the DUCHESS OF KENT spent most of the time explaining to her two children PRINCE EDWARD and PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, what was going on, and in keeping them quiet, just like any young mother. The occasion was QUEEN ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HELEN JACOBS ON LAWN TENNIS

... IN my opinion, one of the hallmarks of a great tennis player is her ability to come back after a long absence from the game. Because Dorothy Round, now Mrs. Little, is rapidly succeed ing in doing this she only confirms my opinion that she is the best English player since Mrs. Godfree and Mrs. Holcroft Watson. I had the pleasure of playing against Dorothy in the semi-final round of the Priory ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1114 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

RUSSIAN BALLET NOVELTY; AND PROVED FAVOURITES

... J 0*f I . TV ON DAY next, June 19, is joy- day for balletomanes, for it is the opening night of the season of Russian Ballet at Covent Garden pre sented by Educa tional Ballets, Ltd., with the London Philharmonic Or chestra. The reper toire includes many [Continued opposite. established favour ites, and three new productions. The first of these, Lich- ine's Le Fils Pro- digue, to music by ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 166 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Article

... EVENING BLOUSES Fresh and crisp and charming for summer evenings, the new blouse- and-skirt dresses are enjoying an enormous success. This one has a tremendously wi e black skirt flowing from a tiny waist, with an ethereal blouse of white embroidered muslin. ANDALUSIAN DANCER Here is one of the newest evening silhouettes. Balenciaga made this dress with a tight black ottoman silk bodice and a ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 90 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Photographs 

THE FOOD OF LOVE.: A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS

... THE FOOD OF LOVE. A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. THE weather is nearly always kind to Glynde bourne, but this year it made a special effort to give the Opera an auspicious send-off. The operas chosen for the two opening nights were the brightest of the Mozart comedies Le Nozze di Fi garo and the only tragedy in the repertoire, Verdi's Macbeth, both of which were performed with that easy ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1232 | Page: Page 42 | Tags: Photographs 

FOLLOWING THROUGH

... . By SANDY BUNKER. THE age of miracles is evidently not ended. I read of such golfing feats as fif teen drives, 500 yards in length, or longer; of five consecutive shots at a 400-yards hole that hit the pip, and wonder, am I dreaming? No there is no doubt that these amaz ing strokes were accom plished, witnessed and vouched for by impartial spectators. Jiven tor tne United States, where most ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1101 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTOR DICTA

... . By H. E. SYMONS. THERE are many people who like a fast and lively car, but shrink from purchasing what might be termed an out-and- out sports model. For such as these it would be difficult to find a more attractive car than the 27-h.p. 4-litre Sunbeam-Talbot saloon. It is decidedly fast, having a maximum speed not very far short of 90 m.p.h. The acceleration is terrific, to the tune of 10 to ...

Published: Wednesday 14 June 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 864 | Page: Page 54, 68 | Tags: Photographs 

Larola

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Published: Wednesday 26 April 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 125 | Page: Page 58 | Tags: Photographs 

ARCH PRESERVER SHOE LTD

... Give a Spring pick-up to your winter-weary feet. COLOUR is the first thought. Nature's bright new colourings around your feet can't fail to make you want your footwear bright too. LIGHTNESS is another Spring aspiration. Note the double reason why Selberite Arch Preserver shoes give you this Spring pick up. They look beautiful, and they give unique support, causing you to walk or stand with new ...

Published: Wednesday 26 April 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 135 | Page: Page 69 | Tags: Photographs 

VAUXHALL

... 10 li.p. motoring at its Best The highly suc cessful Vauxhall Ten is now in its second year. A policy of consistent improvement has been followed, with the result that over 25,000 have been sold. ClVPft zifl Y°u can buy a cheaper car, but you cannot buy cheaper real motoring. Although a small t,(| Vauxhall, this Ten is by no means a small car. Yet it has baby car running costs (over 40 m.p.g. ...

Published: Wednesday 26 April 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 272 | Page: Page 70 | Tags: Photographs 

'BROMO SELTZER'

... a WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND HEADACHY Don't let shopping or work or worry get you down. There 's 110 need to come home tired out and with a head that 's fit to burst. And it 's 110 good just taking something to relieve the pain. What you 've been doing has brought 011 what doctors call an acid condition and if you want to get fiesh and alert you must correct that acidity. Here's the way to do it. ...

Published: Wednesday 26 April 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 254 | Page: Page 74 | Tags: Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--THESE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, for giving Beauty Contest Judges a harder problem than Paris ..

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THESE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, for Sivins Beauty Contest Judges a harder problem than Paris had to settle. The charming girls in this snapshot are pupils of the Miami High School, and posed to the cameraman when 44 tuning-up at Tahiti Beach for the many beauty pageants which are held throughout Florida during the winter season (winter being a very different affair in Fla. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 December 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 146 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs