... . By Marthe Troly Curtin. Author of PhrynetU and London and PhrynetU Married. TO begin with, thank you all, thank you very much for cards and letters and good wishes. I've just been lectured on my frivolity: oh, it does not worry me much, I am used to it-- being lectured, I mean: everybody who says he (sometimes she) cares for me proves it by giving me good advice! Sybil has just left me. She ...

... THE CLUBMAN CLUBLAND AND THE NEW YEAR IMPERIAL AND ROYAL BILLS OF HEALTH. Good Wishes to Clubland. Certainly, amongst all the good wishes that are being passed round at this time of the year, Clubland should not be left out, for Clubland in 1916 will pass through its most difficult year since clubs were invented. The younger the club and the younger its members are, the more of them are abroad ...

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... SPOKEN WITH BAITED BREATH THE ELDERLY Lady (improving the shining hour with Biblical discourse) I And what passage in the New Testament do you like best? The Victim Oh, that part where someone loafs and fishes. Drawn by Lawson Wood. ...

... . The SNOWED 'Up Pug: All right, Kaiser Bill; you wait till the Spring 1 Drawn ay Harry Rountrhb. ...

... DOPE^Bfadle^ D0PEBPAHLEfe JL, Ciuil, Military Naual ZfaUors Contractors fur Officers' Equipment to the War Office. TRENCH SPECIALITIES. THE winter Trench garments of the house of Pope and Bradley are designed by Dennis Bradley after consultation with senior officers of the Service, and every point of utility and durability has been studied, so that for active service the campaigner may be ...

... WVRING&\ GlLLOW/ Wring^ G I LLOW SPECIMEN BARGAINS I I IN WARING GILLOW'S I 1 WINTER SALE 1 H Now Proceeding I THIS SALE is an opportunity to acquire articles of unmistakable style and quality at extraordinarily low prices. Indeed, the prices are so low as to occasion a teeling of pleasant surprise even to the HI most hardened bargain-hunter. Visit our Galleries and vou will I realise how easy ...

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... f HE SKETCH, JANUARY 5, 1916 KIRCHNER ^NUMBER SPECIAL COLOURED PLATE J Kbgistbrkd as a Nhwspapkr for Transmission in thk Unitkd Kingdom, and to Canada and Nkwfoundland by Magazine Post. N.B.--This is a KIRCHNER NUMBER That is to say, it contains a Beautiful Picture in Colour by the Famous Artist, RAPHAEL KIRCHNER. 1 ...