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UNLINED TAILORED SUITS. SIMPLE KNITTED ACCESSORIES

... . WOMEN IN WARTIME. t of thought is N. ;oat, and soW The smt abo herweight the figure ^a 0ut m gladioU-p* t(* dded and is earned out g lining ma oi delaine. Or this increases have desired naturally Thc ssss eating m,edJU' rc wellrepresented the^ (jesif,n xsr?4s £S2w& being worked in tested quality fcjaJiErsr- ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 60 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

MARTHA AND MARY

... . THE THEATRE SISTER: by Dr. Julian Smith. INDOLENCE by P. H. Oelman. FIRSTBORN by G. L. Hawkins. WASTE NOT by Lancelot Vining. These delightful camera studies from the London Salon of Photography illustrate feminine energy and passivity the Martha and Mary types, in fact. The purposeful and efficient theatre sister may be contrasted with the lovely lazy girl and it 's obvious that the ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 97 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROYAL COMING-OF-AGE, WEDDINGS PEOPLE IN THE LIGHTER AND ENGAGEMENTS AND WAR-WORKERS: BRIGHTER SIDE OF WARTIME NEWS

... ROYAL COMING-OF-AGE, WEDDINGS PEOPLE IN THE LIGHTER ANC ENGAGEMENTS AND WAR-WORKERS: BRIGHTER SIDE OF WARTIME NEWS. KING PETER II. of Yugoslavia arriving at St. Paul's with his mother QUEEN MARIE, for the service to celebrate his coming-of-age. CAPTAIN GEORGE A PICKERING, R.A., marriei MISS MAUREEN SARGENT only daughter of Engineer- Captain J- J. Sargent R.N. (Ret.), at Church Stretton. Left ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 337 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN IN WARTIME COATS OF FUR FABRIC WOOL BOUCLE AND TWEED

... GREAT are the improvements that have been made in fur fabrics so much so that in the distance it is extremely difficult to distinguish them from their prototype fur. Gorringes in the Buckingham Palace Road have assembled in their salons a most interesting collection. The model portrayed, a reproduction of Indian lamb, is attractively shaded, and available in grey as well as brown. Then there ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 271 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO

... - Alexis SMITH, a young Hollywood actress, makes a charming faery picture in her wild beast skins and full blown roses in her hair. SAPPER MALKIN for being a champion tree feller, by jigger- THIS WAAF --for being the R.A.F.'s safety- first mannequin. THE W.A.A.F. holds mannequin parades in order to ensure that the parachutes are absolutely correctly packed so that the rip-cord will open at ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 401 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE SMILEYS AT ASHCOMBE

... . JOHN PHILIP SMILEY pumping water at his Uncle CeciVs house, Ashcombe. LADY SMILEY, formerly Miss Nancy Beaton, and her son, outside the Wiltshire home of her brother, Mr. Cecil Beaton. Another summer sunshine study of LADY SMILEY and her son JOHN in the garden of Ashcombe. Shelling broad-beans for lunch JOHN SMILEY makes himself useful. PHOTOGRAPHS BY CECIL BEATON. y ^ADY SMILEY is the wife ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 121 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SHAKESPEARE IN THE SOVIET MANNER: FINE PRODUCTIONS AND A BALLET

... . The balcony scene in the Prokofiev ballet production of ROMEO AND JULIET at the Kirov Theatre Leningrad. Theseus and Hippolyta in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM as produced at the Central Theatre of the Red Army Moscow. TT has always been part of the policy of Soviet Russia to give full and generous encouragement to the Arts. The ballet, music and the theatre flourish under the modern regime. ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 382 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

TOUGH GUYS OF THE ARMY ! THE PARATROOP BOYS

... TOUGH GUYS OF THE ARMY! THE PARATROOP BOYS. THESE are the first pictures of British parachute troops with their special equip ment. They are picked men, chosen for their quickness of brain, daring character and athletic prowess. Their train ing is rigorous and highly specialised, and the kit they wear is carefully devised for their dangerous job. Their crash helmets are of unusual design, ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 123 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BRITISH STATESMEN OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

... 44 HPHE YOUNG MR. J- PITT, new Twenti eth Century production, directed by Carol Reed, presents the England of George III. during the great struggle against Napoleon, when young William Pitt was at the helm and succeeded in steering the country to victory. Robert Donat plays Pitt and other great figures of the time, Charles James Fox, Wil-. liam Wilberforce, cham pion of liberty, who stood for ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 516 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

JOHN HAIG & CO. LTD

... r0^ iErsiSa^UB I H H ■MB-- HMMjgti NO FINEF I WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE V| ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 25 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Photographs 

MOSS BROS & CO. LTD

... MOSS BROS MOSS BROS GREAT COATS for the W.R.HS. There's already an R in the month and that means a nip in the air! That is the reason for showing you this unusually elegant W.R.N.S. officer's Greatcoat, which nevertheless con forms strictly to pattern. Moss J Bros, make it to I measure for you in the shortest L possible time 5 and make equally distinguished greatcoats and uniforms for offi ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 157 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Photographs 

EUCLID'S GIRL FRIEND

... . Some people might think that Euclid hardly deserved so fascinating a girl friend but the arrangement in curves and angles is undoubtedly an equation of beauty The camera study on view at the thirty-second annual exhibition of the London Salon of Photography at the R.S.P.W. Galleries in Conduit Street, is by Donald S. Herbert. ...

Published: Wednesday 24 September 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 57 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs