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AMBASSADOR'S WIFE

... . LADY HALIFAX, C.I., wife of the British Ambassador to Washington Viscount Halifax, recently arrived in England tcith her husband. Lord Halifax has been Ambassador in Washington since 1941 in the King's Birthday Honours List in June this year he teas made an earl, and will take the title of Earl of Halifax. Lady Halifax is the younger daughter of the fourth Earl of Onslow, and sister of the ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 114 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

EVACUEES IN RESIDENCE IN A CATHEDRAL

... I The Very Rev. Henry Charles Robins, Dean of Salisbury and Mrs. Robins are entertaining evacuee guests in unusual quarters, the Chapter House and Cloister Garth -of Salisbury Cathedral. The Cathedral was consecrated ivith great ceremony in the presence of King Henry III. in 1258. The Deans visitors live and sleep in the vast octagonal Chapter House, famous for its slender and delicate ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 223 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ARMS AND THE MAN BY THE NEW OLD VIC COMPANY

... ARMS AND THE MAN BY THE NEW OLD VIC COMPANY. George Bernard SHAW'S 44 Arms and the Man is one of the three plays which the new Old Vic Com pany has arranged to present at its forth coming season at the New Theatre, due to open with 44 Peer Gynt on August 31. 44 Arms and the Man is to have its premiere on Tuesday, September 5. It was originally produced in 1894, and has been frequently revived ...

TWO-WIFE-POWER WIT: IS YOUR HONEYMOON REALLY NECESSARY?

... The unwanted wife, Mrs. Vining No. 1 (ENID STAMP-TAYLOR), does her best to vamp the staid bachelor solicitor (VERNON KELSO). Lawrence Vining (RALPH LYNN) entertains his two wives (ENID STAMP-TAYLOR and JUDITH ROGERS), and his solicitor (VERNON KELSO) to breakfast. Lawrence Vining makes love to his second bride (JUDITH ROGERS), though troubled by the fear that he may not be properly divorced ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 168 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PRETTY AND PRACTICAL

... PRETTY AI PRACTICAL The Glamour of pure silk satin, of long, full sleeves and delicate scalloping in peach, white and blue. From Fortnum and Mason. Baby Sleeves, an empire bodice and prettily-bound edges are combined with all the practical qualities of Celshung a Celanese fabric. From Swan and Edgar. Dull Crepe and shining satin, a draw-string neckline and a tiny waist emphasised by a crossway ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 129 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

KEEP GOING--WITH CYRIL FLETCHER AND PHYLLIS MONKMAN--DUE AT THE PALACE THIS WEEK

... KEEP GOING-- WITH CYRIL FLETCHER AND PHYLLIS MONKMAN-- DUE AT THE PALACE THIS WEEK. PHYLLIS MONKMAN as a Parisian Can-Can dancer in the gay and naughty nineties ROMA MILNE, ROBERTA HUBY and AVRIL ANGERS wear flowing negligees in Wallflowers Rainbow Corner BILLY TASKER, as an American G.I. looking at the picture of his girl back home. Right With the canary the aspidistra and the family groups ...

ROBINSON'S

... As easy to make as a cup of tea say. OLD HETHERS Since you cannot buy Robinson's Barley Water in bottles for the time being, you will do well to take Old Hethers' advice and make it for yourself from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley. The simple directions are on the tin; and if you cannot get hold of a lemon or an orange for flavouring, use the juice of stewed or tinned fruit honey or jam. Barley ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 82 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

HAVING A WAR OF HIS OWN!

... HAVING A WAR OF HIS OWN I LORD GREENWAY can have a war all of his own and enjoy it He owns one of the best collections of joy soldiers in the world a miniature army 6000 strong and our Life picture shows him with a few of them. His troops include Coldstream and Scots Greys 1 bands and detachments of Grenadiers Sussex, Warwickshire, Bengal Lancers, and some twenty other regiments. He is the ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 122 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

KODAK FILM

... is in the Factories helping to increase efficiency By photographing the path traced by a lamp fixed to a worker's wrist, a record is obtained of all movements made to complete a job. Such pictures often show how operations can be speeded and fatigue decreased. The i J t countless uses of photography in Industry :L^ic 1 to-day consume vast quantities of 'Kodak' I wM Film, lf you have difficulty ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 98 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Photographs 

HAREM HAIR-DO

... . How would you like to do your hair this way every morning? M.-G.-M.'s nete Technicolor, Kismet, presents MARLENE'S crowning glory looking like a coiffeur's dream of overtime'. Elaborately rolled and plaited and curled, the star plays Jarmila, harem dancer and Grand Vizier's favourite, emerging in one scene with her elegant legs thickly cased in gold and her hair gold-powdered-- Marlene on ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 97 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PICTORIAL RECORD OF PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF THE DAY

... . LADY TEDDER is on the battlements of the chhteau where the first Malcolm Club in Normandy is now installed. Pictures of the W.A.A.F. Gang Show given there are on another page. The COUNTESS OF CARLISLE, new Chief Commander of the W.A.C. (I.) is seen in her new Delhi H.Q. Her Indian staff officer JUNIOR COMMANDER D. KAPILA, wears an Indian version of y Service uniform. GEORGE FORMBY and his ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 198 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

ROSES FOR GENERAL MONTGOMERY

... IOSES FOR GENERAL MONTGOMERY. Three Utile French children of a local farm had a posy of roues ready waiting for General Montgomery when he came away from an Investiture held for officers and men of the Sixth Airborne Division in Normandy. As he thanked them for the flowers, the General gave them the ceremonious hand-shake for which they so solemnly and so obviously united. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 1944
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 64 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs