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WIFE OF A DESCENDANT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA VICTOR

... . LADY HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM is the beautiful young wife of Lord Hotcard of Effingham elder son and heir of the Earl of Effingham and a descendant of the famous Admiral, Lord Hoicard of Effingham commander-in-chief of the British Fleet tchich destroyed the Spanish Armada in 15SS. She teas MUe. Maria Malvin Gertler, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferenz Gertler of Budapest. Her marriage took ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 112 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WHEN I WAS LAST A-FISHING

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. HOW many fishery boards are there in England and Wales? Answering this question nine people out of ten could only make a guess. That they would under estimate the number I feel sure, and they would be surprised to learn that there are over fifty fishery boards, each having under its juris diction one or more rivers. Generally speaking, the jurisdiction extends to ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 888 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs 

BREWED & BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD & CO., LTD

... BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTD., BREWED BOTTLED BY WHITBREAD CO., LTD., LONDON, E.C.I. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER IN the AAess, in Hotels, Restaurants and Bars no less than in the Home the call is for Whitbread s superb Pale Ale. Brewed from Britisfi fiops and barley appetising, refreshing, stimu= lating VC^hitbread's superb Pale Ale is more popular than ever. WHITB READ'S PALE ALE ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 64 | Page: Page 37 | Tags: Photographs 

RUGGER BALL FOR THE RED CROSS

... RUGGER BALL FOR THE RED CROSS. This group at one of the side-shows includes MRS. ALEXANDER (second from left), LIEUT. MASSEY. LIEUT. HARE, and MISS B. LEARY. MR. J. REICHWALD, the Rosslyn Park centre with LIEUT. F. I. D. PRIEST and MR. S. A. EVANS, both members of his side. MR. F. E. PEALL, the Cambridge running Blue MISS BYRON, MISS CHRISTIE, j; MISS HARRISON, MR. P. F. COOPER, a member of ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NOTABLE ENGAGEMENTS AND MARRIAGES

... . The marriage of MAJOR HARRY RIPLEY MACKESON, elder son of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Muckeson to MISS ALETHEA TALBOT, daughter of the late Commander R. G. Talbot, and of the late Airs. Talbot, of Maxpoffle, St. Boswells took place at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester attended the ceremony. MISS ANNE F. J. STOPFORD, daughter of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Arthur Stopford, ...

SHAKESPEARE À LA LUNT: LYNN AND ALFRED IN THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

... SHAKESPEARE A LA LUNT: LYNN AND ALFRED IN THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. ALFRED LUNT and LYNN FONTANNE revived their production of Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW for a week at the Alvin Theatre, New York, in aid of the Finnish Relief Fund. Here Petruchio (ALFRED LUNT) and Baptista (SYDNEY GREENSTREET) are struggling with the recalcitrant Katherine (LYNN FONTANNE). The Lunts' production of ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 145 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COUNTRY CLASSICS

... THIS grand all-purpose coat, in a multi-coloured check that can be worn over everything, costs 7 J guineas at Moss Bros., King Street, Covent Garden. Loose fitting, swinging from the shoulders, it makes an attractive and practical basis for travelling and country wardrobes. MANY strangers now come to London on leave, but if you give your friends this cigarette-case from Deny and Toms, ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 256 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Thoughts on things generally

... I Mft /Jun^d jfenehaHw I U/uw(fJd!> of i f/twp jfemkallw In a world upset by so many upsettling people, it may seem selfish to think of lovely things to wear but, bless your heart, it's human! Even in these changed days it's nice to know that the utter loveliness, the sheer silken feel of Bear Brand stockings can still be enjoyed. And (redeeming thought), they really are the most economical ...

MOTOR DICTA

... . By H. E. SYMONS. OUR export trade in motor-cars is steadily increasing, notwith standing the fact that we are in a world at war. Among British manufac turers whose products are much in demand overseas are Humber, Ltd., who are being urged by the Govern ment to do everything they possibly can to con tinue exporting cars, as this is regarded as of great national importance. The result is that ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 984 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER TO FINLAND AND HIS WIFE

... . MR. GORDON G. M. VEREKER, M.C., former Counsellor at the British Embassy i Moscow has been appointed British Minister to Finland. It will be remembered that in December last he was captured by the Germans and held for a time under military arrest. He will be fifty-one this year. He entered the Diplomatic after the last war, throughout which he served with the Grenadier Guards, and has held ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 137 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WAITRESSES, CHAPERONS AND DANCE PARTNERS FOR CANADIANS HOW THE NEW BEAVER CLUB WELCOMES OVERSEAS MEN ON LEAVE

... WAITRESSES, CHAPERONS AND DANCE PARTNERS FOR CANADIANS: V-\ HOW THE NEW BEAVER CLUB WELCOMES OVERSEAS MEN ON LEAVE. The new BRAVER CLUB, for Canadian soldiers on leave, in what was formerly the H.Q. of the L.C.C. in Spring Gardens, Trafalgar Square, was Vl9' e T.M. the King and Queen last week. It has just been opened and was founded on the suggestion of Mr. Vinecnt Masscy, High Commissioner ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 332 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE FOOD OF LOVE

... . A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. THE sudden appearance in wartime, when music itself has to struggle for life, of a new mu sical magazine, and a tolerably high brow one at that, is a phenomenon sufficiently striking to deserve such tribute as publicity can give it. Com pared with some Continental countries which are fundamentally not more musical than ours, we are not liberally provided ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1206 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs