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... On n'est jamais si heureux ni si malheureux qu'on s'imagine. De La Rochefoucauld. THE free translation of the famous Maxime Morale is Keep your hair on. It is only quoted because it is so true. There is no need to tell this nation to keep its hair on, for its courage is magnificent: there is not even a quivering eyelid to be seen. True bravery is that which carries on with full knowledge of ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1418 | Page: Page 32, 33 | Tags: Photographs 

GO GREYHOUND RACING AT WHITE CITY

... CO GREYHOUND RACING AT WHITE CITY Whether for the O.A. Cntchley Memorial Stakes, to be run on September 30th, the dramatic £3,300 White City at the close of the year s racing or the famous Greyhound Derby in June, training at the G.R.A. Northaw kennels proceeds at the same even tempo the whole year round. Through wooded parkland, over Hertfordshire grasslands the daily exercise takes nlace ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 84 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Barker

... Roy.V5-r° words which signify perfect coach work on the world's finest chassis The car illustrated is an outstanding example of -Rolls-Royce craftsmanship 1-iiiHiHJ -I 7T mi BARKER CO. (COACH BUILDERS) LTD., 66 SOUTH AUDLEY ST., LONDON, W.1 Grosvenor 2421 I |j ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 41 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Photographs 

The HIGHWAY: of fashions

... nil, im iv BY M.E.BROOKE KNITWEAR how different it is from a few years ago all monotony has been banished, and it is designed on flattering and slimming lines. A visit to Marshall and Snelgrove, Oxford Street, will convince the most sceptical of this fact. Neck lines are different. There are those with a neat turn-over collar; again, there is the straight, with open ings on the shoulders. A ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 234 | Page: Page 52 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Open-air BEAUTY

... THERE is news in the land of beauty. Gala, the Outdoor Girl's lipstick, now appears, in a fluted silver case, in a new colour called Ember, which is red with a dash of brown and blue in its base. It costs 2s. 3d., with refills for Is. 3d. Merely sixpence is the Olive Oil Corr.pl rxion Pack. It has a very beneficial effect on dry skins, for although it has astringent qualities it has sufficient ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 289 | Page: Page 56 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 131 | Page: Page 63 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

MAY ALL THINGS BE ORDERED AND SETTLED BY THEIR ENDEAVOURS

... I . Right MR. NEVILLE CHAM BERLAIN, tvho to-day bears as heavy a burden of respon sibility as has ever rested on the shoulders of a Prime Minister of this country realises the importance of getting fresh air and exercise daily. He and MRS. CHAM BERLAIN are walking round the lake in St. James's Park. SIR NEVILE HENDERSON, British Ambassador to Germany has had more than one crisis interview with ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 175 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - MISS VIVIAN M. GOODALL, of Sudbury, Suffolk, is a brilliant young horsewoman who has won many cups for show-ring jumping. She easily cleared the deck-chairs and their occupants. THE first stir les pointes sprint for ballerinas was staged by the members of Warner Brothers ON YOUR TOES film com pany. The spectators, as well as the competitors shown in our photograph, appear with Zorina in the ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 337 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NATIONAL SERVICE; CEREMONIAL; ROYAL VISIT

... . The FIVE CROXON SISTERS, all well-known horse women are training as ambulance-drivers for National Service. Here the eldest girl is demon strating how to start up the engine of the lorry used for practice. MRS. J. RAYMOND POTTER ivas formerly Miss Marguerite Douglas -J ones. She is the only daughter of Sir Crawford and Lady Douglas- Jones, and last week married Mr. J. Raymond Potter, younger ...

Published: Wednesday 06 September 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 200 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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