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SUITS AND THEIR SWEATERS

... SUITS AND THEIR f SWEATERS WOMEN who are doing civilian war work find I that a tailored suit makes a very practical uniform. The I model on the right is made by Aquascutum, 100, Regent Street, in grey Harris tweed, but they will copy it in various materials and colours. The high-buttoned jacket shows the new longer I line, without exaggeration, and the skirt is designed for action. OpHIS year ...

Published: Wednesday 22 January 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 274 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LONDON CHILDREN IN AUSTRALIAN WONDERLAND

... . 44 Is it real?'* Young seavac.uees from London meet one of Australia's koalas, or Teddy Bears, in the Healesville sanctuary, and find it difficult to believe in. Did you really have to wear them Patricia and Elsie Pallis give a demonstration of gas-mask drill to their cousins, Doreen Jacobs and Anita Pallis. 44 And Melbourne *s here Elsie and Patricia Pallis have a lesson in the geography of ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 221 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE N.H. MEETING AT CHELTENHAM

... . LADY ALEXANDRA METCALFE, daughter of the late Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, CAPTAIN M. WARDELL and MISS PEGGY HAMILTON. MRS. LOVEDAY left in a fur coat and cap) with the DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. LADY HELENA HILTON GREEN and MAJOR MITCHELL in consultation as the numbers go up. The HON. SHEILA DIGBY, daughter of I.or d and Lady Digby, with MR. Y. FITZHERBERT. MR. INNES and the HON. MRS. INNES. She ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 168 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO--

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THE OFFICER ON THE RIGHT for being the first Burmese to get a commission in the Fighter Command's Burma Squadron, R.A.F. Squadron-Leader Stanford Tuck, its leader kneeling left centre shot down his 27th German plane last week. MR. HAROLD JUDD for using the Ministry of Supply as a place of entertainment for H amp stead' s dust-women. LADY MAUREEN STANLEY and MISS EVELYN ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 462 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SECOND AMERICAN-BORN WOMAN M.P

... MRS. BEATRICE RATHBONE, who has succeeded her husband, Flight Lieutenant John Rathbone killed in action as Conservative Member for Bodmin, is the second American-born woman to enter the House of Commons. She is the fourteenth ivonjan Member in the present Parliament, and will be introduced by the Chief Whip and Mr. A. C. Bossom, an old friend of the Rathbone family, who has many ties with the ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 134 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A WIDE FIELD OF WARTIME SUBJECTS

... . r LADY MARY BERRY, FLIGHT LIEUT, the HON. LANGTON and MRS. ILIFFE and LIEUT. MICHAEL RENSHAW (I. to r.) at the wedding of Lord Hunlly and the Hon. Pamela Berry. CORPORAL HAROLD SIMS, M.M., decorated at a recent Investiture is the first American serving with the British to win an award in this war. He received his M.M. for gallantry at Dunkirk. LORD KEMSLEY. father of Lord Huntly's bride, ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 177 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE ART OF MISUSING EGGS!: NINA LEEN LOOTS THE LARDER

... THE ART OF MISUSING EGGS L NINA LEEN LOOTS THE LARDER. I A scene of pity and terror: six eggs, praying, doomed and forlorn, watch their comrade frying. I An unfortunate love-affair she is set on a pinnacle, and he has fallen down. Of unsound mind? An egg his hair standing on end, views a comrade who has committed felo de sc. A little hoy and girl are at play with their boat in a spacious pan ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 235 | Page: Page 18, 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ON DUTY FOR REFUGEES OF ENGLAND AND AIR-RAID RELIEF

... . APPLICANTS FOR HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT, WITH (at back, 1. to r.) the. HON. MRS. JACK CRAWSHAY, MISS DOROTHY DICKSON, and LADY ELEANOR SMITH. The HON. MRS. JACK CRAWSIIAY (left), CHAIRMAN OF REFUGEES OF ENGLAND, will! LADY ELEANOR SMITH AMONG THE DUSTBINS WHICH WAIT FOR DISTRIBUTION. rHOTOGRAPHS B' 1L BEATON. Refugees of England London, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Mrs. Jack Ctawshay, ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 205 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

AFTER THE RAID

... . Wife of the Minister of Agriculture MRS. ROBERT HUDSON is one of those who devote their services in the tragic areas where homes are bombed and belongings lost. This scene in the East End is typical of many other depots where hundreds of articles of clothing and other comforts and necessities are distributed to homeless people Mrs. Robert Hudson, who is a member of the Women's Voluntary ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 80 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CONRAD'S VICTORY AS A SCREEN THRILLER

... . 44 VICTORY, the screen play by John L. Balderston, based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, is the new Paramount picture due at the Plaza on March 28. The hero, Heyst, is a philosopher who lives on the island of Sanburan, proud of his detachment from all human emotion. He disdains to clear his name when his partner absconds with the last funds of the bankrupt business, and when the Makanoff ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 344 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

GINGER ROGERS IN HER OSCAR-WINNING PICTURE, KITTY FOYLE

... GINGER ROGERS IN HER OSCAR WINNING PICTURE, KITTY FOYLE. GINGER ROGERS as Kitty Foyle, American 44 white-collar or business girl, whose moving story is told in the new film 44 first-person-singular technique. Kitty now the wife of Wyn, receives a cool welcome from Mrs. Strafford (GLADYS COOPER). After her marriage has crashed, Kitty resumes her successful career in the New York beauty ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 231 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BURBERRYS LTD

... BURBERRYS BURBERRYS UNIFORM by BURBERRYS There is a definable expression of comfort and smartness in all Burberry tailored designs for the women's auxiliary forces. They indicate a con sistency of craftsmanship, individuality of touch, a sense of weather security allied to durability. Grams Prices and full particulars BURBERRY7, LESQUARE, LONDON. on request. Please quote Phone WHItehall 3343. ...

Published: Wednesday 26 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 65 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs