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MEMBERS OF THE DÉBUTANTES' GUARD OF HONOUR FOR THE QUEEN

... MEMBERS OF THE DEBUTANTES' GUARD OF HONOUR FOR THE QUEEN. Two hundred debutantes and ex-debutantes were chosen to form a Guard cf Honour to attend her Majesty the Queen last night Tuesday March 28, at the Safer Motherhood Campaign reception at Guildhall. Lady Margaret Boyle is a daughter of the Karl of Glasgow. Lady Moyra Butler is the daughter of the Earl of Ossory. The Misses Bridget and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 151 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHEN I WAS LAST A-FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. PROBABLY the Earl of Home has been sur prised at the stir created by his recent appeal on behalf of Tweed salmon. Lord Home, whose letter appeared in the Scotsman, quoted catches for the last day of the fly-fishing period and the first day when spinning is permitted on Tweed, in order to show the great increase in numbers of fish killed on bait, as compared with ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1003 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Photographs 

WRATH OF THE GODS: OUR FORTY-THIRD FIRST-PRIZE WINNER

... WRATH OF THF GODS: OUR FORTY-THIRD FIRST-PRIZE WINNER. This superb cloud-effect whose menacing beauty suggests the expression of Olympian angery has been awarded the forty-third first prize in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. Jt was taken by Mr. P. S. N. Smith tvith a Plaubel Roll-op camera. Film Kodak. Exposure l-25th second at f.12. It was submitted under the title of Evening ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 71 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--: MADAME LEBRUN, for being the First Lady in France and the honoured guest of the First ..

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- MADAME LEBRUN, tor trins the First Lady in France and the honoured sue;st of the First Lady in the British Empire. MME. LEBRUN, wife of the President of the French Republic was due to arrive yesterday, March 21, xcith her husband for their four days' State visit to their Majesties the King and Queen. A brilliant programme it 'as arranged for them, beginning with their ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 194 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TAKE OUR ADVICE: AND DO NOT FAIL TO SEE

... TAKE OUR ADVICE AND DO NOT FAIL TO SEE: plays. UNDER YOUR HAT (Palace Theatre). Jack Hulbert as Secret Service agent in search of a stolen carburettor Cicely Conrtneidge as his I jealous wife. Plenty of wit tuneful music clever chorus. What more could you ask of an excellent show THEY WALK ALONE (Shaftes bury). Macabre, tense portrait of homicidal maniac by Beatrix Leh man-it with a farm ...

THE SLEEPING PRINCESS WAKES UP

... the sleeping princess wakes up. MARGOT FONTEYN will dance the part of Princess Aurora in Tchaikowskvs famous ballet The Sleep, ng Princess before their Majesties the Kin g and Queen, and the Pres, dent of the French Republic and Mme. Lebrun at the Govern Garden Gala Performance to-night, Wednesday, March 22. This fine camera-study shoos her as the Princess joyously waking up and returning to ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 82 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GRANDFATHER'S FURTHER FOLLIES--ALL FROU-FROU AND FEATHERS

... GRANDFATHER'S FURTHER FOLLIES ALL FROU-FROU AND FEATHERS. MISS ROBERTA HUBY is one of the girls of GRANDFATHER'S FURTHER FOLLIES, the new shoic at Grosvenor House. Here she is in the Florodora number one kept in from the original show. The latest entertainment contains extracts from nearly 150' old-time tunes and presents seven speciality acts and six ensembles, all within the space of an ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 180 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Harrods

... flLm? I larrods Ltd nLms I larrods Ltd Introducing a romantic note with pagan charm the swish of a wide- spreading frou-frou skirt in a breath-taking print of tropical brilliance. Gauged bodice and wide-cut pointed neckline. From the Junior Miss Shop for 7i Gns. ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 44 | Page: Page 43 | Tags: Photographs 

Elizabeth Arden

... THE MODERN WOMAN ELIZABETH ARDEN'S MASTERPIECE Beauty may travel light or with a posse of cabin trunks: wherever she goes you II find a Beauty Box at her side a treasure chest of beauty planned for her especially by . The Beauty Box you admire, above, is an masterpiece at 20 gns. Fitted to the smallest detail. In black or navy calf, or pigskin. 1. Beauty Box a complete treasure of beauty, ...

ROOTES LTD

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Published: Wednesday 22 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 95 | Page: Page 49 | Tags: Photographs 

Hershelle MODEL

... HELLE on the label. JjA A E on mmL, ^tJggggP' Look (or (He name HERS! ler name we do not know. But that natty cardigan suit, we can see '-2E?Sfs£ it a glance, is something very new and very c hie. Royal blue herring bone tweed is used for the skirt with its box-pleated front and also for the narrow piping on the natural-tone tweed jacket In all, a very her: distinguished suit Of course, ...

Published: Wednesday 29 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 120 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Photographs 

DEANNA DURBIN IN THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP

... I 4 Three Smart Girls will always be remembered as the picture which sky rocketed Deanna Durbin to film fame. Now Universal presents a delightful sequel to this big success in 44 THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP, with DEANNA DURBIN as the charming Penny and NAN GREY (left) and HELEN PARRISH fright cs Joan and Kay. ROBERT CUMMINGS plays Harry Lor en. ROBERT CUMMINGS and DEANNA DURBIN in one of the ...

Published: Wednesday 29 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 195 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs