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CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON ... BY ARTIST AND CAMERA No. 10. THE PICCADILLY--THE ... AND THE SPECTATORS

... I CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON EWED BY ARTIST AND CAMERA: I No. 10. THE PICCADILLY-- THE >W AND THE SPECTATORS. I LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in one of their numbers. Lifting-piano art Hank the Mule (FRED WOODWARD) in his famous art. i Left LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in the Rumba. rananH i mr LES DIX JEUNES FILLES in the finale. Two of LES JEUNE5 FILLES in the Rnmha. A lovely study of JOAN BOOKER in her ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BLACK-OUT AND BOTTLE-PARTY SPY HUNT OF CONTRABAND

... CONTRABAND, due at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on Easter Monday, March 25, is the first British film to be started, completed and shown in the present war. It is a thrilling contemporary spy story. A night club where a banjo is played is an important clue, and turns out to be the Mouse Trap Club, where these charming musicians perform. Captain Andersen, the hero, hears music and dancing ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 245 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MRS. MARK PILKINGTON BY HER OWN FIRESIDE

... . MRS. MARK PILKINGTON smiles as she sits by her own fireside a rare treat for she has little time to herself. After some months as a Red Cross nurse on a hospital train she is being transferred to a military hospital. Her husband. Conservative candidate for East Woolwich, is serving in the Household Cavalry and their Cheyne Walk house, built by Adam in 1760 is to be let for a while. Mrs. ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

POWERSCOURT-- A PARADISE IN THE ISLE OF UNREST

... . Potcerscourt Castle Enniskerry Co. JT ickloic, is the seat of I iscount Potcerscourt, one of the most popular personalities in Ireland and is one of the loveliest places imaginable. Its natural beauties have been augmented by the taste and knowledge of the present owner, who is an expert on gardening and forestry, and is responsible for much of the lay-out of his estate and grounds. The ...

Published: Wednesday 20 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 160 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROYAL RED CROSS GALA, ENGAGEMENTS AND A WEDDING

... THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING and QUEEN attended the gala matinte at the Palace Theatre in aid of the Lord Mayor's Red Cross and St. John Fund, and joined in the singing of 44 Good-bye, Sally, led by Mr. Arthur Riscoe. The EARL OF CROMER, chairman of the organisations which benefited by the. matinte, is between the King and Queen in our photograph. The marriage of the HON. CECILY BERRY to Mr. ...

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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 

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... 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 

LE VERTIGE

... V LE YERTIGE v LE YERTIGE O YyjTYfcw l!u/ /yyyyyy man. IV /jEN may be apostles of cold reason in their dealings with men. With women their senses take command. That is why the wise woman chooses her perlume with such care, and wears it always. She knows that perfume speaks a language no logic can or need explain. She knows that while lovely frocks, stylish hair and perfect make-up can make ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 197 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTOR DICTA

... . 8y H. I, SYMONS. IF I were asked what I considered the out standing qualities of the 12-h.p. Vauxhall, I should reply: lightness of control, lively acceleration and economical running, The last-mentioned charac teristic, so important in these days of fuel restric tions, is allied with a pleasant willingness to run on almost any kind of petrol. Even on Fool spirit the engine does not show any ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 981 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

Debenham & Freebody

... Debenbam FreeboJv Debenbam FreeboJv Model Gowns, First Floor. ajX FOR SPRING DAYS Af Ensemble in a dull crepe, simple bodice, C^s skirt with graduated box pleats, and little coat lined with various attractive printed crepes. In black and navy, and a few colours obtainable. Sizes 40, 42, 44, 46. Q 1 Size 48, I guinea extra 8ns- We have six carefully studied sieves in this department Sizes 40 42 ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 90 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs