ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD, MC OBE (1879-1976)

FAUN AND GOATS KINGS AND QUEENS OF LONDON MANNERS AND MODES FOR THE YOUNG 
WHY NOT A JUVENILE DERBY ON THE BROAD WALK?
POOH AND PIGLET MEET MR PUNCH OBLONG AUTOGRAPH ALBUM MICHAEL
THE SIGN: V FOR VICTORY THE GREAT PROTECTOR
'FIELD-MARSHALL GOERING HAS CONFISCATED ALL PROPERTY IN POLAND IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD IT' THE GREAT SHEIK
HARRISON'S FARM LADY VISITOR: SO THE OTHER CHILDREN HAVE HAD MEASLES. WHAT HAVE YOU HAD, MICHAEL?
MICHAEL (PROUDLY): QUALANTINE WE WERE RATHER PLEASED WITH OUR COMBINED EFFORTS
INDIGNANT LADY
'ORACE, I'D AVE YER KNOW THIS IS THE UPPER CIRCLE, NOT THE GALLERY – BANANAS IF YER LIKE, BUT ORANGES – NO.' LIZZIE ARRIVED IN A FOUR WHEELER SNEAKING AS CLOSE AS I DARED
STRANDED TRAVELLER (MILES FROM ANYWHERE). 'EXCUSE ME, BUT MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FORDS?'
PASSING MOTORIST. 'AWFULLY SORRY. I'M AFRAID I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FORD; EXCEPT, OF COURSE, TWO FRIGHTFULLY FUNNY STORIES.' A LITTLE BAYONET PRACTICE KEEPS ONE FIT HINTS FOR MR LANSBURY. AN 'ALL WELCOME' POLO CLUB
GENIAL VENTRILOQUIST-CONJURER. 'NOW IS THERE ANY SPECIAL TRICK YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO, CHILDREN?'
LITTLE WILLIE. 'OH, PLEASE COULD YOU MAKE A WHITE RABBIT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, WITHOUT MOVING YOUR LIPS, AND PRETEND IT CAME FROM AUNTIE'S?' JAMES PRESSED SOME FERNS FOR GREAT-AUNT GEORGINA SOMETHING FOR UNCLE WHAT'S-HIS-NAME
BEGINNER'S LUCK I IN MY SUNDAY KNICKERBOCKERS SHE IN HER PINK AND SPANGLES A MECHANISED POINT-TO-POINT
ARCADIA AND BETHLEHEM TO BRIGHTEN THE MODERN PICTURE-SHOW, COULD NOT PEOPLE BE PERSUADED TO POSE IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN PORTRAITS? SMALL SON OF ARTIST (MAKING THE MOST OF PARENTS' TEMPORARY ABSENCE): STILL-LIFE STUDY OF MINE OF ENGINE AND GUARD'S VAN. JUST A POT-BOILER, YOU KNOW.
THE GENERAL MAKES A WOOL MAT FOR HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW THE STORY OF ROBERT AND THE TELEPHONE:
WITH THUMPING HEART POOR ROBERT FLED
BACK TO HIS SAFE AND FRIENDLY BED AGE AND YOUTH
SMALL BOY
EMILY EMBROIDERED A SMOKING-CAP FOR THE MAJOR AUNT (NOT A RUGBY EXPERT, INDICATING FULL BACK):
SIX MONTHS LATER WE STUDENTS PRODUCED ANOTHER THEATRICAL VENTURE OF QUITE A DIFFERENT KIND
BATSMAN AND UMPIRE MILDRED WORKED SLIPPERS FOR THE CURATE ELDERLY NOVICE: LET ME SEE-THIS IS THE NINTH. YES-A VERY THICKY ZIG ZAG ONE. IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A GATE-LEGGED HOLE.
YOUNG NOVICE: DON'T YOU MEAN DOG'S-EARED?
WE PRACTICALLY DID AS WE LIKED, SPENDING MUCH TIME IN UNAUTHORIZED AND RISKY EXPERIMENTS WHILE HARRY BOLDLY SENT A PAIR OF GLOVES TO VIOLET SHE RECEIVED UPON HER CHEEKS SALUTES
THE TATTERSALL MALE VOICE CHOIR
PUNTER WITH MUSICAL TASTES SEIZES HIS CHANCE OF DOING A LITTLE CONDUCTING A JOLLY HOUSEHOLD THOUGH RATHER NOISY
SMALL BOY (TOYING WITH DULL BLANC-MANGE): SETTLED DOWN TO AN EXCHANGE OF HIGHLY COLOURED BADINAGE CHAOTIC AND ARTHURIAN
HE TOOK MY ARM AND WE CHARGED FROM ROOM TO ROOM SEIZING HER BAG, BRIONY LEAPT ASHORE A JUMPER FOR BROTHER JOHN
VERY YOUNG PLUTOCRAT (LEFT IN THE CAR WHILE HIS PARENTS PAY A CALL). 'THE PENNY BAZAAR, JOHN.' RIDING IS SO POPULAR THAT IT WILL SOON BE A PROBLEM FINDING SUFFICIENT MOUNTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOTOR-PRAM AT KENSINGTON
CHRISTENING CUP DAY AY THE ROUND POND TRACK
UNCLE: 'AH! ROBERT, I SEE YOU COLLECT CIGARETTE CARDS.'
ROBERT: 'YES, UNCLE, I DO, BUT FROM PURELY AESTHETIC INTERESTS.' AUNT JULIA 'WELL ROBERT AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN UPSTAIRS AND PLAY?'
BOBBY (WHO HAS BEEN LUNCHING OUT, AND FARED DAINTILY BUT INADEQUATELY) 'PLEASE I'D LIKE TO GO HOME TO MY DINNER!' THE GREAT FLOWER SHOW; OR, GARDENERS' GRIEF.
MR DUFF COOPER. 'I WISH I COULD GET MINE TO LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE FOREIGN EXHIBITS.'
THE SUPER-PATRIOT. LORD ROTHERMERE (TO THE BRITISH LION) 
'GO AWAY AND HIDE! YOU MUST SEE THAT YOU ARE ONLY ANNOYING THIS KIND GENTLEMAN' LONDON LANDSCAPE
RIGID DERRICKS RANKING
ON THE SKY-FALL'S PURPLE CANOPY... DISPENSED HOSPITALITY THAT EVENING TO A GLASSY-EYED STIFF-KNEED CIRCLE
THE ROOM WAS VERY STILL AS I APPROACHED THE BUREAU SET OF TEA-THINGS IN THE TOY-SHOP WINDOW AND MADE CAPTURE OF HIM
THEN HE WAS CALLED UPON FOR TRICKS JUGGLING ETC I IN MY SUNDAY KNICKERBOCKERS SHE IN HER PINK AND SPANGLES DIG MY GARDEN RIGHT OVER FROM END TO END
TURNED UPON AND SAVAGELY MALTREATED HIM BUT I LINGERED A MOMENT - IN THE STILL FROSTY AIR A GOOD BOY FOR ONCE
DER FUHRER: 'FANCY! THIS IS THE FIRST ROW I HAVEN'T BEEN IN FOR YEARS'
IF IT'S THE BEST YOU HAVE AT THE PRICE, I'LL TAKE IT THE COUNCILLOR HAD TO DANCE WITH IT GRASSES, TWIGS, AND CONES WE FOUND -
FIRES THEY'LL MAKE TO PLAY AROUND
RECTORY VISIT
THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT PROBLEMS OF ETIQUETTE FOR ANIMALS
THE REAPER SAID IT WAS NOT HIS DAUGHTER  

ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD, MC OBE (1879-1976)

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