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WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW

... . THE graph of crisis week has been a switchback, alter nating between peaks of hope and valleys of doubt. London's moods have been now grave, now gay, according to each breeze of rumour from horses'-- and other-- mouths. But, underlying it all, there has been a constant calmness of temperature, very different from the gale which swept us off our feet last September. There has been no ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1325 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Photographs 

LA PAROISSE ENGLOUTIE!

... LA PAROISSE ENGLOUTIE Everyone knows Debussy's beautiful composition, La Cathedralc Engloutie, based on the legend of the cathedral under the sea. Here is a whole Parrish very nearly under the sea in the person of HELEN PARRISH, the Universal star who was recently seen in Three Smart Girls Grow Up. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXANDER PAAL. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 54 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HOODED WOMEN

... HOOD&D BURBERRY A CLEAR bright green duvetyn finished cloth is used for this classically simple top-coat, with its mitred waist that so clearly suggests the corseted influence that has swept through the winter collections, its skirt gored to give the new back fullness, and its straight wide sleeves. It buttons to the waist, and in move ment parts to show the suit over which it is worn. And ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 121 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SHIVER AND SMILE.--A.P.C

... SHIVER AND SMILE.-- A.P.C. THE SHOWER by Mr. John Cole. Taken with a Rolleiflex camera. Film Kodak. Exposure l-50th second at f.8. SUN-KISSED BLONDE by Mr. W. G. Buckle. Taken with a Rolleicord camera. Film Agfa. Exposure l-25th second at f.5.6. SMILING YOUTH by Mr. Albert Ogden. Taken with a Quarter-plate Reflex camera. Film: Kodak. Exposure: l-25th second at f.5.6. BRUNETTE; by Dr. Omar ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 124 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LAWN TENNIS GIRL FOR THE LAND

... . MISS ROSEMARY THOMAS, the eighteen-year-old lawn tennis star who won the Women's Singles Cup at the New Maiden Lawn Tennis Tournament in 1938 and defended her title last week, has decided to join the Land Army in order to do her bit in preparation for a National Emergency. These dramatic photographs of her at work learning to drive a tractor, wield a hay-fork, handle a pig and balance a ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 93 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE SKETCH DIARY OF FASHION

... fm Skctcu Diarx r ITasiidn EDITED BY OLIVE CALEY-SMITH PHOTOGRAPHED above is the bar gain of the year. A natural-coloured camel-hair and wool coat, its hood lined with a brilliant tartan. Its casual air is a complete triumph, for all the fullness is swept to the front, and the belt is knotted at the waist. If you happen to prefer your country coat in any of the new bright shades, you can ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 211 | Page: Page 37 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Haig

... M 1L Jf wl 11 W f m M ^jl^l I K 9 B B B^iP v-> I NO FINER WHISKY _jf-- JW 30ES INTO ANY BOTTLE ^^111 n^ ask for HiXirgr IB llu J ■^■MMyByy f m^JrtdJjSKm ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 38 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Photographs 

ESSO ETHYL

... Ktsso Ess o Ethyl has done much to make possible the amazing performance of the small car of to-day - THE PETROL THAT STOPS MUFFLED PINKING LOOK FOR THE OVAL GLOBE VOUR GUARANTEE OF QUALITY and this is an amazing little car said the School of Motoring Instructor Horse-power basis of taxation in high performance engines. British Great Britain makes for small small cars lead all over the ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 98 | Page: Page 49 | Tags: Photographs 

MEDIUM OR MILD

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Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 3 | Page: Page 43 | Tags: Photographs 

WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE CRISIS: THE QUEEN RETURNS

... WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE CRISIS THE QUEEN RETURNS. 3 HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, like any other devoted wife naturally tvished to be by her husband's side throughout the grave and anxious days of last week. She left Balmoral for London on Monday night August 28, and joined the King, who has been at Buckingham Palace since August 24, having left Balmoral on Wednesday evening, August 23. Princess ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 107 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PATIENCE: OUR SIXTY-SEVENTH FIRST- PRIZE WINNER.--A.P.C

... PATIENCE: OUR SIXTY-SEVENTH FIRST- PRIZE WINNER.-- A.P.C. This amusing study of patient, concentrated anglers, seated on a jetty waiting hopefully for a bite, has been awarded the sixty-seventh first prize in our C I AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. It was taken with a Voigtlander I Superb camera. Film Selo. Exposure 1-1 00th second at f.5.6. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 54 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SKILLED AND BUSY HANDS.-- A.P.C

... Left GRANNY WINDING BOBBINS by Dr. P. H. Lulham. Taken with a Kodak camera. Film Selo. Expo sure l-50th second at f.8. /✓hu 'UOfo Right AND NOW LET US SEE i by Walter MacEwen. T aken with a Rolleicord camera. Film Kodak. Exposure l-25th second at f.8. THE BENCH by Captain J. V. Tree. Taken with a Reflex Korelle camera. Film Agfa. Exposure l-25th second at f.2.8. RE-TREAD by Mr. Ernest A. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 137 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs