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FRANCE AND THE U.S

... France and the U.S. I Ki THE PRESIDENT RETURNS TO TERRA FIRMA Marines lining the dock at Charleston, South Carolina, as the cruiser Houston brought Mr. Roosevelt back to the mainland and his executive duties after he had been an interested spectator of phases of a mock naval battle ECLIPSE OF A HEROINE: Dolores Ibarruri, Communist deputy for Oviedo, Vice-President of the Spanish Parliament, ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 183 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

In Switzerland's VAST NATIONAL PARK

... In Switzerland's Vast National Park A CHAMOIS ON SENTRY DUTY In Switzerland's vast National Park in the Higher Engadine. He stands there, every sense alert, and the moment he suspects the approach of man he dashes away to give warning to the quietly-grazing herd CLASSIC ALPINE SCENERY: The Val Livigno is a typical example of the rare beauty that pervades the 100 sq. miles of the Swiss National ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 168 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MEN WHO GUARD PIUS XII: The Pope's Swiss Protectors

... Men Who Guard Pius XII The Pope s S wiss P rotectors IN THE ANTE-CHAMBER OF THE PAPAL PALACE stand the Swiss Guards, members of a corps whose duty it is to protect the Pope and accompany him on all ceremonial occasions, such as at the Coronation. They were brought into being in 1505 at the instance of Cardinal Schinner and are of pure Swiss birth, speaking the German dialect of their native ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 119 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOMERIC PHOTOGRAPHY: Some Early Camera Portraiture

... HOMERIC PHOTOGRAPHY Some Early Camera Portraiture LONGFELLOW: DORE: BERNHARDT: Three early camera portraits of particular interest at the moment in view of the fact that 1939 marks the centenary of photography. The Longfellow picture is by Julia Margaret Cameron, the amateur photographer of the '60's, while that of Dor6 the artist slightly ante dates it. Sarah Bernhardt is shown at the very ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DAIMLER COMPANY LIMITED, COVENTRY

... BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE LATE KING GEORGE V AS INTERPRETED BY FAMOUS C 0 A C H B U I L D E R S a an ifie A.h. cfictMid i DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR DAIMLER BY WIN DO VERS LTD. Graceful in the modern manner, superbly comfortable, lavish in its interior equipment, this limousine by Windovers lives up to a great tradition. An individualistic design on a famous Daimler chassis. A car of ...

The Lady Stanley of Alderley

... The Ladv Stanley of Alderlev Lady Stanley of Alderley now lives in London at 65, Ormonde Terrace, Regent's Park with her six-year-old daughter, Edwina Maureen Stanley. She leads a busy and varied life, dividing her time between her home, her social life, her artistic interests, and the career as a professional journalist which she is making for herself under a nom-de-plume. Brought up in the ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 141 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Go West, South or High

... Go West and Swim Mrs. William. Robertson takes a brisk heel-and-toe line over the wet sand in her strapless sivim-suit, the first to appear on Breakers Beach, an exclusive strip of Palm Beach territory. She comes from Brooklyn, New York, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Fawcett To Make a Mermaid Jealous Another of the Palm Beach beauties is this lovely ex-debutante, Cobina Wright, ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 581 | Page: Page 30, 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Spring Fashions 1939

... Lv Scoti BtisJie YOUR Easter bonnet as fresh and sparkling as pussy willow against a spring sky gay as ragwort on the heath sophisticated as the pale spotted orchids worn on mink in December. Here is the hat to open your summer season to be first straw in a line of millinery successes. Maybe you have worn your first straw already but don't forget that tradition demands an Easter bonnet with ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 182 | Page: Page 39 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

London Nights: Dinner, Dance and Cabaret The Bystander's Going-Out Guide; The Dorchester

... |jj London Nights M 1 Dinner, Dance and Cabaret ft j The Bystander's Going-Out Guide j|_. The Dorchester I SEE that the Press has taken to referring to Henry Sherek's returns to London now as visits. He certainly seems to spend almost as much time abroad looking for the best acts, as here in London putting them on at the Dorchester. Come April, you're going to see a colossal, new and ...

Getting Married: The Bystander's Review of Weddings and Engagements

... j\ it 1 The Bystander's Review of VjCttlll2 iVlarrieCl Weddings and Engagements Maxine Cornelius Is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Cecil Cornelius of 97, Linden Gardens, W. 2. She will be married in the summer to Ian Gordon Mactear, younger son of Mr. and M rs. James A M actear, of 76, Cheyne Court, S.ir.3, and grandson of Sir George Shenton, of Perth, Australia Pearl Freeman Ursula ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 839 | Page: Page 54, 56 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs