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AND SO TO BED IN SILHOUETTE: A BEDTIME STORY IN BLACK AND WHITE

... . Here 'a a charming bedtime story in black and white It depicts in silhouette the process of going to bed as carried out by Miss 1940, and makes a most decorative and charming strip-tease act of this nightly routine. A graceful yawn and stretch time to think of bed. Bend down and breathe out.1* Off with the skirt. Exercises over. Hair-brushing and a last glance in the mirror. The slip poes is ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 117 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE UBIQUITOUS WINSTON: THE FIRST LORD'S SPECIAL CLOUD-DISPELLER DISCOVERING A HEINKEL BOMBER HIDDEN IN A CLOUD

... . Mr. W. Heath Robinson has this week revealed yet another device invented by Mr. Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty to defeat Nazi f rightfulness. This typically Heath-Robinsonian affair is hardly more far-fetched than some of the actions and achievements which the German propaganda Press has attributed to this distinguished statesman. DRAWN HY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 73 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE HOME FRONT

... . I DON'T SAY THE LIFE GUARDS, BUT THERE MUST BE SOME CORPS THAT WOULD 'AVE YER. DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 23 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

CONVOY CONFABULATIONS

... . I 've got three men on board with influenza I 've got two without DRAWN IV J. K. nROOME. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 21 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

WHEN I WAS LAST A-FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. RODS have been in action on our salmon rivers, and good num bers of fish have been killed. Colonel T. G. Tay lor, D.S.O., was easily top rod up to March I. Fishing the North Wark water on Tweed, he caught thirteen fish up to 13 1b. on Feb. 26, and twelve fish up to 13 1b. the following day. Other anglers on lweed had good one-day catches. Captain A. Fletcher had ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1085 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Illustrations 

They also serve ..

... They also serve Let us now revise a famous line They also serve who only smile and wait. For a ready smile in a difficult hour is like a glowing hearth upon a bitter day it warms all who come within its radiance. But for all of us there come moments when the fire of courage burns low, the smile is difficult to raise. Then should you reflect that this island race (so often in dire trouble), ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 125 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 25 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 383 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE BRISTLEWOODS SEE IT THROUGH

... . MR. BRISTLHWOOD (sotto voce) Could I have another crumpet? MRS. BRISTLHWOOD Heavens, man You don't have to whisper that DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 28 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

WHO'S WHO IN WALT DISNEY'S PINOCCHIO: A CONSTELLATION OF NEW STARS JOIN THE GALLERY OF MICKEY MOUSE'S COMRADES

... WHO'S WHO IN WALT DISNEY'S PINOCCHIO: A CONSTELLAJO OF NEW STARS JOIN THE GALLERY OF MICKEY MOUSE'S COMRADES. FIGARO, the enchanting black-and-white kitten. THE BLUE FAIRY, who endows Pinocchio with life. JIMINY CRICKET, empowered by the Blue Fairy to act as Pinocchio' s conscience. CLEO, the fascinating ultra- feminine goldfish. GEPPETTO, the old wood-carver who creates Pinocchio. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 280 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 641 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations