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NEVER MIND THE BLASTED WINDOWS! COME IN!

... NEVER MIND THE BLASTED WINDOWS! i COME IN! Many London shops can no longer display their goods in their windows Goering has seen to that but such a little thing can't put the Britisher out of business. This firm has boarded up the gap where the plate-glass used to be, and is using it as advertisement Shoes behind wire-netting gain extra glamour, and can be scrutinised as well as if they were ...

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... PROFESSOR A. M. LOW for making photographic records of all sorts of noises, including Hitler's voice and a dog's hark. MISS EDNA SQUIRE-BROWN, the Dove Dancer- for being bombed into matrimony. SIR ADRIAN BOULT for conducting 44 Tiger Rag in battle-dress. MISS PRUDENCE HYMAN, dancer for saving her toes from the debris of a bombed house, and 44 going to it again as soon as possible. PRESIDENT ...

ALL-IN FEMININE FISTICUFFS AND CLINCHES: MAUREEN O'HARA AND LUCILLE BALL IN THE BIG FIGHT OF DANCE, GIRL, DANCE!

... The fight between MAUREEN O'HARA and LUCILLE BALL is a sensation of 44 DANCE, GIRL. DANCE The combatants are being introduced by 44 REFEREE GEORGE MAGRILL, who says there must be no hitting in the clinches. A head-lock, with double twist and knee action, is being firmly applied by Maureen O'Hara. The battle is joined Maureen O'Hara warms up to fighting pitch with an arm-lock blocking Lucille ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 277 | Page: Page 22, 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

OF BUBBLES REPUTATION--ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM JAMES

... OF BUBBLES REPUTATION ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM JAMES. Everybody will remember the painting Bubbles, by Sir John Millais, for which, as a curly-headed child of five, his grandson now ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM JAMES was the sitter. The picture, which we show on the opposite page, was first exhibited at the Royal Academy, then bought by The Illustrated London News, and issued as a coloured plate in ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 153 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

INVESTMENTS FOR THE WINTER FURS AND SHELTER SUITS

... PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER CLARK SHOE designers have risen to the demands of a wartime winter, and their new types are all planned for extra warmth and extra walking. Country suedes have thick rubber soles and rubber mudguards, light to wear and completely waterproof. Ankle boots in calf or pig skin are lined with lambskin the turn over cuffs may be faced with the wool or stitched in a contrasting ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 347 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

Conversation on Beauty

... WRTTTEN by Nerina Shute, well-known playwright 4 Hollywood correspondent, illustrated by Anna Zinkeisen, famous painter of beautiful women. He: I give you a toast: To a She: (Smiling) What's your idea lovely lady who is also a charm- of a perfect wife ing woman. He: The perfect wife makes a She. (Smi ing) You seem very man feei more important than happy this evening have he j but less ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 240 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Photographs 

Debenbam & Freebody

... Debenbam Freebodv Debenbam Freebodv fidifod- n ver ski ft 0J edge? btn of at metal d>sc,Fwe.zes gNS. and several co,oUrS' ine, extra Larger size s First f'oor'i (Model Gowns irs LANgham 4444 WIGMORE STREET. LONDON, W.l (Debenhams. Ltd.) ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 38 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Photographs 

N.S.P.C.C. NATIONAL SOCIETY for the PROTECTION CARE of CHILDREN

... 2 ..p TRUSTEES OF the FUTURE I Children to-day citizens to-morrow. I Happy children happy citizens, that is I the law of life. The N.S.P.C.C. is I moulding the future of thousands of j to-morrow's citizens by saving them j NOW from ill-treatment and neglect. Will you do something for the citizens of the future by supporting the The N.S.P.C.C. greatly needs your help to maintain its great I ...

Published: Wednesday 20 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 114 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Photographs 

MOSS BROS & CO. LTD

... MOSS BROS CO ;xtd. COVENT GARDEN MOSS BROS &CO.'£rD. This A.T.S. Greatcoat conforms, of course, strictly to standard its distinction lies in its cut and tailoring-- bom well above standard, as our photograph shows. A welcome addition to your service outfit for cold days, Moss Bros, will make it for you in the shortest possible time. Complete Outfits and all accessories for all Services are ...

Published: Wednesday 20 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 119 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Photographs 

BRITISH HERO, 1940 MODEL

... BRITISH HERO, 1940 MODEL The civilian uho is bearing the brunt of the Battle of Britain and carrying on with his own business in the intervals of danger duty is the British Hero, 1940, according to a London Correspondent of the New York Times. FROM. THE PHOTOGRAPH MORALE BY RICHARD N. HA1LE, F.I.B.P., ON VIEW AT THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHERS' EXHIBITION, 49, GORDON SQUARE, W.C.I. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 66 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ON WITH THE DANCE: A CHAMPION; AN ACTOR; ENGAGEMENTS; THE RACES

... . MISS VELIA ROSEMARY (BETTY) REYNOLDS, daughter of Captain Rey nolds, V.C., M.C., and Mrs. Reynolds i of Leatherhead, is to marry Mr. Cyril Robert de Silva, son of the late Mr. R. A. de Silva, of Hove. ALICE MARBLE beat HELEN JACOBS 6 2, 6 3 in the final of the Women's National Singles Lawn Tennis Championship at Forest Hills, New York. MR. FREDERICK POND presented the trophy. CHARLES ...

Published: Wednesday 06 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 240 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs