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Bouquet Lenthéric

... Bouquet Lentheric Bouquet Lentueric Woman in war-time dares not forgo the niceties of life, for the will to win of those who serve lies often in the remembrance of her loveliness. The fragrance of her presence is not the least exquisite of her charms. Created especially for daytime wear by the great parfumeur, Lentheric, is Bouquet Lentheric, the echo of a perfume, a light and delicate ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 106 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

BRITISH SECRET WEAPONS TO SURPRISE THE BOCHE: THE BANANA-SKIN TANK-SKIDDER

... . W Heath Robinson's fertile imagination has been at work devising methods to surprise and defeat the German military machine. Here is a suggestion for a novel anti-tank device the BANANA-SKIN TANK-SKIDDER, which is seen operating on the enemy lines of communication. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 56 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

MAKING THE MOST OF WARTIME FOOD

... . By X. MARCEL BOULESTIN. EACH country has its own restric- tions according to each Government's views on the subject. It is, we know, a difficult problem, for what pleases one set of people does not please the other. If we take the case of meat, we find that in England the restric tions are concerned with quantities, while in France it is a question of days three days a week the sale of ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1097 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

MARTINI

... Martini Vermouth in a glass by itself Sip it slowly let your palate praise its inimitable bouquet and flavour. Martini Vermouth is a fine matured wine a wine blended with aromatic herbs of incalculable benefit to the stomach, liver, heart and kidneys herbs that help to keep you fit and slim. Why not enjoy it as a wine either at home or when dining out at the PARK LANE HOTEL Dorothy Hyson ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 162 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 955 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE LONDON ELECTROTYPE AGENCY, LTD

... , , 23-24 FETTER LANE LONDON, E.C.4 UNIQUE TAKE-TO-PIECES'' MODEL IN COLOUR OF Designed by G. H. DAVIS, special artist of The Illustrated London News. II. M.S. QUEEN MARY There are few things more intriguing and instructive than these movable deck models of R.M.S. QUEEN MARY. Deck by deck the ship's wonderful interior may be examined. Correct and to scale, all decks are numbered, and ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 109 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: CONTRASTS

... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. CONTRASTS. NOT for years has the English summer seemed so determined to make up to us for the winter of our discontent. It is almost impossible to believe, on cloudless days, that a few months ago our teeth were chattering and our pipes were bursting and our cabbages and cauliflowers were withering away before our eyes. To see the flowers in one's garden, which seem ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1054 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

MAKING THE MOST OF WARTIME FOOD

... . By X. MARCEL BOULESTIN. NOW we have ex amined the question of the better utilisation of rationed articles, and we have seen the im portance of fresh herbs for giving a different taste to more or less the same dishes; I have also explained to what advantage we can use the cheaper parts of beef, mutton or veal, and the value of spices. But there is one part of the kitchen which ought to be ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1050 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

NORTH BRITISH GOLF BALLS

... Not only British but 'NORTH BRITISH' SUPERCHARGED S.S. The choice of champions P I N H I High per formance at low cost Who can have watched our Airmen, or have read of their exploits, without deep pride in their mastery of the air These are the men who, when on leave, pursue a golf ball with as much determination as they pursue their quarry. And when that ball is a NORTH BRITISH S.S. ...

HOW THE GERMANS WAGE WAR

... Illustrated With a Series of Special Sphere Drawings and Diagrams BY their new technique of warfare the Germans have virtually abol ished the phrase behind the front, and certainly the point of view that thirty miles behind a strongly held line is a safe distance for rest camps, large supply depots and dumps for heavy stores, protected only against aero plane attack, is definitely killed. In ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1805 | Page: Page 17, 18, 19 | Tags: Illustrations 

WM. SANDERSON & SON LTD

... W M SANDERSON SON LTD. ScMdeAAcnti LUXURY BLEND SCOTCH WHISKY VAT 69 L I I II WM. SANDERSON SON LTD. ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 20 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Saturday 15 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 26 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations