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MOTOR DICTA

... . By H. E. SYMONS. CHICAGO, according to the movies, is a collection of squalid, smoke-stained tenements inhabited by gangsters and G-men. The main pastime is firing machine guns at the police, at bank managers, and at anybody else whose face you don't happen to like. What a lot of nonsense It was a sunny Sunday afternoon when I drove into Chicago at the head of the Junior Car Club Rally. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1117 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SKETCH DIARY OF FASHION

... IT we Siocicu DiAcy cr ITaihiicn EDITED BY OLIVE CALEY- SMITW SUMMER FAVOURITE: Sheers and prints used together, so that each looks the more lovely. Here is a dress of blue and white pat terned crepe, short- sleeved, neatly tailored, with a demurs white piqu6 collar. And over it a sheer navy coat, collarless and sashed. It would be ideal for summer days in town, and charming for sea side week ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 88 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Women in Uniform: No. 7. The Auxiliary Fire Service

... Women in Uniform No. 7. The Auxiliary Fire Service London fires cost between half a million and a million pounds a year in peace-time. This sets an estimate of possible losses from air-raid fires among the astronomical figures. To meet and counteract the horror and colossal damage of air war on London, the L.C.C. under the 1937 A.R.P. Act is charged with the duty of organising a volunteer ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 734 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

News Reel

... ACTOR IN TRAINING Edward Hardwicke is the six-year-old son of Sir Cedric and Lady Hardwicke and he has received his first stage engagement from Roy Limbert a part in S. I. Hsiung's new play for Malvern, The Professor from Pekin. It opens next .Tuesday, the festi val's second day. Lady Hardwicke, who as Helena Pickard is a member of the Malvern Company is coaching her son for the part NEW ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 606 | Page: Page 32, 33 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Women's Golf: Daily Telegraph Finals

... Women's Golf: By Eleanor E. Helme Daily Telegraph Finals Girls' Championship Entry Form is on page iv. Autumn Foursomes Entry Form will appear August 23rd. IT was a little bewildering. Here was I, scarcely unpacked after three weeks amongst the blessed hills of Scotland, almost forgetful that such a thing as a typewriter or a newspaper existed, that a camera could take anything except land ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1071 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs 

Motoring Commentary

... By Alan C. Hess AS usual, The Welsh was definitely the most enjoyable of the year's rallies. The weather, admittedly, was out rageous, but the right rally spirit prevailed nevertheless, and I'm sure that if the organisers had tried the experiment of taking entries for next year's rally at reduced rates on the Saturday night, they would have re -enlisted this year's com petitors almost en ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 926 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Photographs 

VINS BLANCS d'ALSACE

... VINS BLANCS d ALSACE VINS BLANCS JALSACE Jtr DIFFERENT ^/distinctive ^/-TRY THEM Colour a lovely light gold tempting prelude io their distinctive bouquet and your complete enjoy ment I Try these charming dry white wines for a most agreeable change. (FRANCE) 4 LABELS idj/# Riesling Traminer Gent/7 Sylvaner ALv8 ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 49 | Page: Page 42 | Tags: Photographs 

MISS SKETCH KEEPS A DIARY

... tf . Her GRACE the DUCHESS OF PORTLAND with guests. LORD MORVEN CAVENDISH-BENTINCK and LADY ELPHINSTONE. The Founding of Welbeck Abbey a general vieiv of the pageant. The MARQUESS and MARCHIONESS OF TITCHFIELD. LADY ANNE (left) and LADY MARGARET CAVENDISH-BENTINCK. LORD MORVEN CAVENDISH-BENTINCK and LADY MARGARET CAVENDISH-BENTINCK in their costumes for the pageant. I MISS SKETCH'S DIARy. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1282 | Page: Page 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEXT MAN IN: OUR SIXTY-SECOND FIRST-PRIZE WINNER.--A.P.C

... NEXT MAN IN: OUR SIXTY-SECOND FIRST- PRIZE WINNER-- A.P.C. This characteristically English scene has been awarded the sixty-second first prize in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. It was taken by Mr. H. B. Harrison, with a Vauxhall Minicam camera. Film: Selo. Exposure: l-50th second at f. 12. 5. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 47 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE AIR-MINDED EMPEROR OF ANNAM ON HOLIDAY AT CANNES

... . ANNAMITE SERVANTS laying the table for lunch in the Emperor of Annam's chateau near Cannes. V/Mik The EMPRESS OF ANNAM with the three-year-old CROWN PRINCE BAO LONG and her two- year-old daughter PHUONG MAI, outside their chateau. ■J F ormerly M ariette Nguyen Hoanhao, of a middle-class Cochin China P family The EMPRESS OF ANNAM. PHUONG MAI (Perfume of the Cherry Blossom), the elder daughter ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 279 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD

... 1I^jS2mnv hbRS TiB^SS\llvlTRS BY APPOINTMENT TO TUB LAfK KING GEOROB V. TABLE SILYERWAKE The Goldsmiths Silversmiths Company have long been associated with the very finest creations of the silversmith's art. Particularly are they proud of their tea and coffee services. You will find, in the Company's showrooms at 112 Regent Street, as wide a choice of exquisitely designed silverware as ...

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Published: Wednesday 02 August 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 54 | Page: Page 56 | Tags: Photographs