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The Romantic Fur

... In The Arctic Circle, On The B.orders Of Tibet, In The Jungles Of Africa And India, And In Lost Corners Of Afghanistan Men Are Tracking Down Animals Big And Small So That Their Skins Shall Adorn The Bodies Of Women By Harry J. Greenwall A PAINTING I saw many years ago in the Royal Academy entitled Sables and Diamonds has always stayed in my memory, for in glistening paint with the May ...

Published: Saturday 01 October 1949
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1824 | Page: Page 22, 68, 70 | Tags: Photographs 

Fruit Puddings

... AUTUMN is not an easy time for making fruit pud dings. The summer fruits are all over and it is early to make inroads on fruits bottled for winter. Even as late as October however we can avoid monotony by combining our few fruits with other things. Quince is an excellent fruit for adding flavour to apples or pears. It is useful to have bottled quinces and quince jam by one in the winter. Quite ...

Published: Saturday 01 October 1949
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 766 | Page: Page 51, 64 | Tags: Photographs 

FIRST-NIGHTERS AT THE ALDWYCH FOR THE POWERFUL U.S. PLAY A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

... FIRST-NIGHTERS AT THE ALDYVYCH FOR THE POAVERFFL U.S. PLAY A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Mrs. Prince Littler, wife of the managing director of the Aldwych, talking to Gertrude, Countess of Dudley, famous as Gertie Millar of Edwardian days, who came up from her home in Surrey for the performance. The play is reviewed by Anthony Cookman on page 164 Mr. Hugh Kingston Hardy was escorting Mrs. Michael ...

Published: Wednesday 26 October 1949
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 121 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE LONDON IRISH

... By S. A. Patman THE story of the London Irish Rugby Club has been an eventful one, and since 1898, when the founder, Lord Russell of Kil lowen, kicked off in the first match played at Heme Hill, the club has passed through many vicissitudes before reaching its present eminence. The national character of the L.I. made a strong appeal, and among the many distin guished figures connected with the ...

Published: Wednesday 26 October 1949
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 453 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

Dalys

... u EMPRESS BY PRINGLE FROM u Washable moss crepe blouse. Sizes 12 lo 20 £6.7.9. Shades, Sugar beige, silver cloud, wheat, chocolale, blonde, capri blue, funis green, Capetown pink. Shade patterns on request. No approval and postage extra. /OF SCOTLAND iLY SONS LTD SAUCHIEHALL STREET GLASGOW C2 ...

Published: Wednesday 26 October 1949
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 47 | Page: Page 45 | Tags: Photographs 

FROM MUD CAPITAL TO PEKING

... T n 1264 the ancient capital of Yennan became the capital of Kublai Khan's Chinese Empire, and it was there that the fabulous Prince built a new city for himself. In 1368 the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty transferred his capital to Nanking. From 1421, however, Peking again became the capital, and so it remained until 1928, when the Nationalists, bent on a unifying mission, suc ceeded in ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 470 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE HUNT FOR THE ELUSIVE GIULIANO

... The 5,000 police, the troops and the Commandos who have been thrown into the battle against Salvatore Ciuliano are not only up against a determined killer who knows every inch of the country, but one whom the Sicilian people regard with awe mingled with affection. Many of them would shield this Robin Hood without hesitation, for Ciuliano makes lavish gifts to the poor, and sends money to the ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 511 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW SILHOUETTES IN THE AMERICAN SKY

... BwfBPWW ■■■■■■■■■il a EVERY FIELD AN AIRPORT IS THE MOTTO OF THE MAKERS OF THIS NEW LIGHT PLANE This scoop- wing plane, or paraplane, developed in the United States by the Lanier Aircraft Corporation, is built with gull-like wings which scoop in air to aid in steep descending and ascending. It is said that the paraplane can land or take off on any good-sized lawn. The designers also claim that ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 313 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

POLITICS DOMINATE THE FOREIGN SCENCE: A Survey of the Foreign News in Pictures

... TITO BUILDS THE UNITY OF BROTHERHOOD ROAD Operations in progress outside the village of Garchenf about halfway between Belgrade and Zagreb, on the new highway which is being built by voluntary labour between the first and second cities of Yugoslavia. It is called the Unity of Brotherhood Road because it will tie more closely the interests of the people of Serbia and Croatia. Most of the 250 ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1266 | Page: Page 14, 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

AFRICAN WIZARD

... For many hundreds of years the African chameleon has aroused discussion and amazement. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described and marvelled at the chameleon 2,300 years ago, and the marvel has grown no less with the passing centuries. The chameleon is a lizard, and as such feeds on insects. Although it occasionally gets to the ground, its true home is in the outer layers of shrubs and trees ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1203 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

JEEPS AND GUNS DROPPED BY PARATECHNICON

... YY/hat Lee and Jackson did at the Second Manassas by hard foot-slogging and Field-Marshal Alexander sought to do at Salerno, can now be achieved by the miracle of air transport support. The strategical conception of getting there first with the most men and equipment has been translated into tactical action by No. 38 Group of the Royal Air Force, whose recent display at Netheravon, Wilts, ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 619 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Swan & Edgar

... 9WA* t- THE FASHION HOUSE AT THE HUB OF THE WORLD jo fed Poplin waist jacket, double ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 62 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Photographs