LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1908 Notes and addresses in front of Diary: Linley Sambourne, 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London, W. 5/s Reward if lost & returned to above address. 162319 A & N, Managing Director. W.Phaysey Athenaeum Secy. R.Tedder. Armour G.D. Etchelhampton House, Devizes. Bellini. Hanover Restaurant, Mill Street, W. Bonvoisin. 53 Rue Père Charron. Bingham 15 Kenbourne Rd, Sharrow. Churchward, Capt A.W. 30 Rue des Italiens. Miss Gordon Bennett T.J. Peacock, Fisher & Chevasse, 3 Field Court, Grays Inn, WC. Ayala, L de. The Chestnuts, Epsom Hill. Continental Hotel. A.Lotti, 399 Room. Boyson, Constance Marguerite. 14 Caroline Place, Claughton, Birkenhead. The Addresslet Co Lt, 24 Strand, WC. Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March & if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday Easter Day is the Sunday after. Hones Everyday Book 1826. Biancardi. 15 Strada Cristofero, Valetta, Malta. Dallmeyer, J.H Lt. 25 Newman St, W. Addresslet Co Lt. 34 Strand, WC. Blenheim Club. 28 King Street. Allenbach, Marie. Jan 14 08. Viviane. French Embassy, Madrid. Vivien Bourke. Felsden, Roydon, Essex. Brown. 2 Edwardes Place, High Road Kensington. Gotz, Ina. R.Gotz & Co, 215 Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford St, WC Electrician. Enlarger. J.W.Brettall. 18 Adam St, Adelphi, WC. Emmanuel, Walter L. 17 Holland Pk Avenue. Graves, C.L. 50 Iverna Gardens. Earls Ct Ex. Press, Henry J.Thompson. 1 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1908 Hartree, W. Havering, Tonbridge Wells. Horlick. Arlesbrook Farm, Esher. Hickman Sir A. Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, NB. Graphic, Tallis St, Victoria Embankment, EC. Herapath, Mervyn. 2 Heath Mansions, Putney Heath Lane, S.W. The Gaumont Compy. 5-6 Sherwood St, Piccadilly Circus, W. The Daily Graphic. Milford House, Milford Lane, Strand, WC. Masseur, Gillgood. M.Carnachan, 24 Beaumont St, W. Moon. Penyvoel House, Llanymynach, Mont. Lucas, E.V. 2 Gordon Place, Kens. Knightley. Rider Heaton & Wigram, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn, WC. Lumière. 89 Great Russell St, WC. Thos K.Grant. Moore & Co. 3 Stratford Road, Kens. Messel. 31 Throgmorton St, EC. Ostend. Hotel Continental. A.Duclerck, Proprietor. Lincoln Bennett & Co. 16 June 08. L.B.Soldi Esquire, manager. Macmillan & Co. St Martins Street, London WC. Lowe, J. 138 Wardour St, W. F.W.Stevenson. Photographic Association, 14-15 Conduit Street, New Bond Street. Telegrams Cameracum, London. Telephone 6061 Gerrard. Attendant. E.Beesley, 13 Robert Street, Bedford Row, WC. Nembhard. 27 Gilbert Street, Grosvenor Square, W. Photographer recommended by Miss Gladys Crozier: F.Smart, Chemist, High Street, Steyning. Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott. F.H.Townsend Esqr. 27 Warwick Gardens. 1 Turner Studios, Glebe Place, Chelsea. Soap, Courts Castile. 5½ lb bar 2/9 Ross St. J.G.Anderson, Secy. Sintram Freemantle & Co. Piccadilly Trendell, Sir Arthur. 18 Oakwood Court, W. Tuck, Raphael & Sons. Raphael House, Moorfields, EC. Workhouse: C.Francis Birchmaster. St Mary Abbots W-H, Marloes Road, Kensington W. Waterbury Watches, L.A.Parker, 15 Newgate Street, EC. 2 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1908 Wednesday January 1 Balcombe House. Up 8.0am. A good bath. Decided to shoot & left in motor for Nymans at 10.0am, Guthrie & Lennie & self. Rev Stephen Boyd, Captn Gibbes, Eric P. Saw Captn Loring, Mrs Messel etc. All went to farm along road. Self got 5 pheasants & 1 partridge. Lunch at Swiss Chalet when Guthrie & self left. Back by motor to Balcombe. Changed. Diabolo going on. Left all there & up to town by the 4.20pm. Upton took bags home. Bitterly cold wind. Called Blenheim & Athenaeum. Xmas boxes. To the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, C.G, L.B, H.W.L. Got cut of Sydney Buxton & Limerick Goose. Home by carriage taking F.H.T as far as Court Theatre. He gave me a drawing. On home. Bitterly cold. Fire in Bed Room. Bed 12.0am. Partridge at Monte Carlo. (Red ink: Shot at Nymans. Felt walking very much.) (Cuttings glued in: Death of Frank Bergne. Obituary of Frank Bergne.) Thursday January 2 Stafford Terrace. Up 8.10am & out. Bitterly cold. Sent Upton to P.O for hat & coat, could not get them. After at 12.0am photod Upton & a Postman he had got. Enlarged a Goose & page of Punch for Sir Percy Scott. Got all ready. Rest from 3.0 to ½ past 4.0. Tea. Out. Met R.H. Awful cold. Back & outlined the cartoon. Dressed & drove to dine with Spencer, Ada, Hylda & a Major & his wife at the Carlton. There to the strike of clock. A remarkably good dinner & wine. Lord Lonsdale & Haddon Chambers dining. Left 10.30. Letters at Athenaeum. Home. Fire in room. Looked over papers. Bed 11.30pm. (Red ink: Good dinner with Spencer at the Carlton.) Friday January 3 Stafford Terrace. Rather overslept. Down at 9.0 & out. Up Church St & round by Gordon Place. Missed Band. At work all day on drawing of Limerick Goose & the Postmaster General. Finished at 9.30 when dined. Roy with me. Intensely cold. Bed 12.0am after Morning Room. (Cutting glued in: The wife of Capt M.P.H.Oakes, of a daughter.) Saturday January 4 Stafford Terrace. My birthday. Up 8.0am & out. Round Cromwell Road. No Legs. Back. All the morning tidying up etc. At 1.0 a man came & photographed me at the back for the Tribune & after made 3 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1908 a beastly mess in my room with a flash light. Got off at 3.45 & caught the 4.30 train down to Balcombe. There to tea. Mr Bertram Stewart came up from station with me. Ellie Ritchie there. Dinner. Health drunk. After played Roulette. Won a few shillings. M played also. Bed 11.45pm. (Red ink: My birthday. Alone. Went down to Balcombe in afternoon.) (Cutting glued in: Many happy returns of the day to Mr Linley Sambourne.) Sunday January 5 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Fitzroy long time in the bath. Lovely sunny beautiful winters day. No wind. Took M for walk down to the lake. People skating. Back by 12.30pm. Signs of wind shifting. Lunch at 1.0. Felt tired. Livery & seedy. After at 2.0 we all went down to the lake for skating. Miss R, Mite, M, self, Mr Stewart, Linley, Fitzroy etc etc. My skates put on by Mitchell & started away all right. Not skated for some years. Ice in perfect condition. Black. Not skated on black ice since 1863 or 6? Kept on till 4.45 when back to M. Vince had been insolent to M. Wrote letters & diary. Dinner. After Roulette. Won 17/3d. Bed at 11 45 pm. (Red ink: Skated on lake 1st time on black ice since 1863.(Red ink: (Cuttings glued in: The wife of Arthur Ladenburg, of a daughter. Obituary of the Hon Mrs William Lowther. Tuesday 7 Jany 08.) Monday January 6 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Bath. Breakfast. Great change in the weather. All the frost gone & much warmer. Stewart left early. Wrote diary up. After Lennie went to town for old Nannie funeral. All morning at work on drawing for Admiral Sir Percy Scott. Re- production. Lunch. Took M for walk down to lake & thro upper road. Mite's carriage passed going to Lady Denman's. Back. Tea. Worked from 4.15 to 6.0pm. Got outline done. After squared prints of Sketch. Dinner 9.0pm. Lennie brought Captain Bigge & Lord Chichester to dinner in mess jackets. Champagne. Roulette after. Cough troublesome. Won 6/s about. Bed 12.0am. Talk of Jack Bennett. (Red ink: Frost all went. Began Adml Sir Percy Scott's replica. Lord Chichester & Captain Bigge dined.) Tuesday January 7 Balcombe House. Up 8.20. Bath. Down ¾ hr to soon. Breakfast 9.30am. Captain Bigge left by the early train, Lord Chichester at 10.30, Ellie Ritchie by the 12.10pm train. Worked all morning on drawing for Admiral Sir Percy Scott. Lunch at 3.15. Lennie & Mite left in the motor to go to Lord Zouche's. Took M for walk up the 4 LINLEY SAMBOURNE'S DIARY 1908 Red Road. Back at 4.15pm. Wrote letters & changed my drawing to the upper room. Tea. Oliver & pistol spring. Miss Crozier came. Letters & diary. Long letter to Henry Silver. Dinner, M, Miss Crozier & self. Quiet evening aftewards. Bed at 11.30pm after rest. Wednesday January 8 Balcombe House. Up 8.30. Miss Crozier & I breakfasted together. Worked all morning in upper bed room on Sir Percy Scott's re- production. Lunch. Shave etc & packed & off by the 4.20. Met a Mr Belloc M.P in the train. Talk about S(illeg). Upton met me & took bags. By bus to the Athenaeum & to the Punch Dinner. O.S, self, F.H.T, R.H, R.L, P.A, E.V.L, B.P (back from Monte Carlo) E.T.R, H.W.L, A.G. Pleasant dinner & got good subject of Veteran in Workhouse. Home by carriage & wrote letters at the Athenaeum. Roy in & up in bed. (Red ink: Worked on Sir Percy Scott's replica. Finished outline. Met Mr Belloc in train.) Thursday January 9 Stafford Terrace. Up late, 8.45. Overslept myself. Out & up Church St. After schemed subject of Gratitude & Veteran. Upton to Mays. A wire from Miss Huxley to say she could not come. Sent Marie for boy messenger to Miss Beckington who sat for 1st time. An old man came from the Workhouse just what I wanted. Got all done by 3.30pm. Wrote & on to work. Roy wired to say he would dine. We both dined together at 8.45 & bed at 12.0am after looking at papers.