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MAKING THE MOST OF WARTIME FOOD

... . By X. MARCEL BOULESTIN. OWING to circum stances over which, as the saying goes, they have no control, a great number of women now do their own cooking. Either they have had to dismiss their cook, or the cook preferred to be otherwise em ployed: anyhow, the result is the same. If they want a meal, and are not satisfied with whatever they can buy ready-made, they have to prepare it themselves ...

Published: Wednesday 29 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1108 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE WAR and the WAIFS

... f*?7TW^liM7TT^ I i I il a il I A] f*n7jTO^IP'7TT7M I 1 i f Al a i 1 1 THE WORK FOR THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO ONE TO HELP THEM MUST GO ON Children needing care and protection because of the war are daily joining OUR FAMILY OF 5,000 Please send a gift however small for our WAR EMERGENCY FUND so that the children may not suffer OLD TOWN HALL, KENNINGTON, S.E.11 Bankers Barclays, Ltd t ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 77 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 308 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

Eno's

... I Mr Can*t: 'I don't know I which way to turn!' I Mr Can: 'Why not turn I to The secret of coolness and calmness in times like these, is steady nerves. And you can't have steady nerves if you've poisons and impurities in your system If it was a good thing to take in peace time, how much more so in war time Give yourself the best possible start to the day by starting it with . Away go all the ...

Published: Saturday 04 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 141 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

Article

... Drawing by Rowland Hilder THE DORNIER DO 18 TANDEM MOTOR FLYING-BOAT (WITH BOTH TRACTOR AND PUSHER PROPELLERS), USED BY THE GERMANS FOR THEIR ATTACKS ON BRITISH NAVAL CONVOYS ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 28 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

BEATING OFF THE BOMBER DORNIER 18 AND DORNIER 26 FLYING-BOATS BEING DRIVEN OFF DURING AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY

... D D _ yinrn DORNIER18 AND DORNIER 26 FLYING-BOATS BEING DEATING OFF THE DOMBER DRIVEN OFF DURING AN ATTACK ON A CONVOY IT was widely claimed by the German press before the war that with the improvement of underwater craft and aircraft, the British Navy would be proved obsolete in the event of war. After a number of unsuccessful engagements with warships German aircraft were directed against a ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 11 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 950 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE ALLIED COMMANDERS DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE SIEGFRIED LINE

... Viscount Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in France, is here pictured by our artist, F. Matania, in company with General Gamelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in France. They are examining a photographic survey of the Western Front which has been constructed from enlarged prints made from the negatives obtained by the observers in the British and French reconnaissance ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 93 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE LOW COUNTRIES PREPARE

... h frijpggliigla^^ fltffrtoii 111811811^ 1=111 sfL'l^ ^?Oil^ttMrflHM9rLJALAlL3Mindln^^iyKww filTriMTriri iMniii tiiETlTil ifwiiltVMMM i w v r/* iMr'ifci HOLLAND PREPARES HER WATER DEFENCES Holland has had for some time a thought-out scheme of water defence which would cut off a large section of her most important territory from any possible invasion. This would make her a dangerous enemy and ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 222 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

HOW A BARRAGE BALLOON IS INFLATED, SENT ALOFT, AND PACKED UP FOR REMOVAL

... If the reader starts this drawing from the left hand top corner it will be possible to gather the method by which a barrage balloon is inflated, rides) aloft on its steel flying cable, is finally hauled down on to its bed and packed up irlto an extraordinarily small canvas valise. The balloons are made of two-ply rubber- proofed cotton, finished with aluminium powder to give maximum heat ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Guinness at Waterloo

... O O 44 When I was sufficiently recovered to take some nourishment I felt the most extraordi nary desire for a glass of Guinness. 44 Upon expressing my wish to the doctor j he told me I might take a small glass I thought I had never tasted anything so de lightful. I am confident that it contributed more than anything else to the renewal of my strength From the diary oi one oi Wellington s ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 225 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

INGRAM & ROYLE LTD

... INGRAM ROYLE LTD., essan M iffma 8-- i Property 01 MmA the French 'Mm Government W/M RHEUMATISM VICHY-CELESTINS is Nature's own antidote for warding off the pains and penalties of Rheumatism. Drink it regularly at meals, and at any other time. Obtainable everywhere. CAUTION. See that the label on the bottle bears the name ol' the Sole Wholesale Agents 0 Langor Whart, 45, Belvedere Road, London ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1939
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 72 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Illustrations