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THE QUEEN SEES HER DAUGHTERS' SWIMMING SUCCESSES

... . The competitors for the Children's Challenge Shield for girls over nine and under fourteen, which was won by H.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH, were (I. to r. bach row MISS ANNE BARLOW, MISS SALLY BACKUS, MISS PENELOPE HAWKINGS, MISS CLAIRE BULL, and MISS ROSEMARY GRIMSTON and (in front) PRINCESS ELIZABETH, MISS KATHERINE COKE, MISS TUNE BARRIE. MISS MAUREEN DILLON. MISS DAWN HOLMAN RICHARDS. The ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 235 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PLAIN AND COLOURED.--A.P.C

... PLAIN AND COLOURED-- A.P.C. These studies of well-contrasted types have been awarded runner-up prizes in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. The Italian cab-driver will wake up ii he sees a customer the Medicine Man conies from Zanzibar the Vagabond from Suffolk, and the gentleman with rugs was plying his trade in Belgium. FORTY WINKS CAPRI by Mr. E. Richardson. Taken with a Rolleicord ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 131 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - I THESE MEMBERS OF THE ETON EIGHT FOR GOING FLAT OUT FOR VICTORY AT HENLEY REGATTA. MISS MONA FRIEDLANDER FOR BEING AN ATTRACTIVE NIGHT-FLYING TARGET THAT NO ONE SHOULD MISS. MISS PEARL TURNER and MISS EVELYN ANDERSON FOR BEING SUCH A PRETTY PAIR THAT THE GAUMONT- BRITISH HEALTH AND BEAUTY CUP JUDGES COULDN'T DECIDE BETWEEN THEM. LADY DAVID DOUGLAS-HAMILTON FOR GETTING A REAL KICK OUT OF ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 372 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LADY ELEANOR SMITH FINDS LIFE A CIRCUS

... . Author of about eight novels, the brilliant elder daughter of the late F. E. Smith first Earl of Birkenhead has written her autobiography. Basing its title on her affection for the sawdust ring, Lady Eleanor calls it Life 's a Circus. It will be published on July 10. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANGUS MCBEAN. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 59 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE SKETCH DIARY OF FASHION

... fm I kucw Diiiiai uw cr fASiiCN EDITED BY OLIVE CALEY SMITM WITH A SWIRL OF HER SKIRT and a light in her eye she steps out jauntily in Matita's summer suit, so cor rectly casual, so brightly debonair. The pleated skirt is of fine black jersey, and the jacket is of yellow silk spotted with white, with a monogram embroi dered on one pocket. You will find it in other colours as well, at any of ...

Published: Wednesday 05 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 87 | Page: Page 43 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

EMILE LTD

... EMlLEi I70R Court coiffures and indi- vidualistic hair styling, consult Emile's, the internationally famous Court Hairdressers. llli,ctrntt>rl Permnnpnt W Clv'MP VV 1 1 LC Jul IIIUJIIU^U o by appointment to Catalogue sent free on request. MM. THE OUEEN. 24-25 Conduit St., LONDON, W.1 'Phone. Mayfair 6263. 'Grams: Ondulaieur, Piccy, London EMDLEt ...

NEW BATTLE DRESS of the ARMY: BATTLE DRESS WITH NON-POLISHABLE BUTTONS: The Same Pattern to be Used for ..

... New Battle )ress of the Army BATTLE DRESS WITH NON-POLISHABLE BUTTONS The Same Pattern to be Used for Officers and other Ranks ^pHE new battle dress is being introduced for wear on active ser- vice and training by troops, other than personnel of horsed units, at home. It is similar in design to the denim outfits which were tried out last year, but it is made of the drab serge material used for ...

EUROPE ON THE ALERT: PARIS HAS AN A.R.P.-CUM-A.A. DEMONSTRATION--DUTCH INGENUITY--NAVY WEEK AT LE HAVRE

... L i OM TLIIZ A I r D T PARIS HAS AN A.R.P.-CUM-A.A. DEMONSTRATION LIU K Wit wN Nt /ALhKI --DUTCH INGENUITY-- NAVY WEEK AT LE HAVRE PARIS IS PREPARED: An anti-aircraft post situated amongst a system of A.R.P. trenches, where a demonstration was inaugurated by Premier Daladier in order to show Parisians what measures are being taken for their protection in the event of war. In the foreground is ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 236 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

JAPAN IN WAR-TIME

... Japan In War-time How She is Facing the Exigencies of a Stern Fight NOTHING INTERFERES WITH NIPPON'S RELIGIOUS LIFE and, if anything, there is a quickening of interest at this time when Japan is facing a sterner struggle on the Asian continent than she expected when she first embarked on that more than dubious adventure. In this picture a decorated litter is seen being borne through the ...

HIDDEN HARBOUR

... By Ralph Stock APPROACHING from the sea, you can not tell that there is any harbour at all. It seems that your craft is making for a head-on collision with a blank wall of rock two hundred feet high. Then, like a secret door answering to the Open sesame! of the helmsman, a rift appears, widens, and at last reveals a snug little port with a fishing fleet at its moorings, quays snowed under by ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1939
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1124 | Page: Page 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tags: Photographs 

SO YOU ARE A RABBIT AT GAMES ...: SWIMMING

... SO YOU ARE A RABBIT AT GAMES Even if it wasn't a practically free sport, swimming would still be one of the healthiest. But don't expect to enjoy plunging yourself into cold water if, when you are there, you can't do much more than work your arms and pretend your feet are not on the bottom. Get an instructor to teach you swimming. You'll never be good until you do. When you can do it swimming ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1939
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 622 | Page: Page 48, 49 | Tags: Photographs 

A Remarkable Sports Car: The Latest 4¼-Litre Bentley

... A Remarkable Sports Car The Latest 41- litre Bentley By The Earl of Cardigan BY a coincidence, just before I sat down to write this article, I happened to see what a fellow scribe had written concerning the Bentley and its beautiful gearbox. The author of this phrase was at some pains to justify the use of the word beautiful in relation to a piece of machinery; but there is an excellent ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1939
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 950 | Page: Page 81 | Tags: Photographs