An Indian Debutante
The only debutante to bo presented at the second Court of the season by Lady Maud Hoaro was Miss Philomena Thumboo Chetty, states an exchange. She and her mother, who is the wife of the private secretary of the Maharajah, of Mysore, are also the first women to haveiieen presented from this Indian State.
Ordinary Court conventions of dress and cuHesy are, set aside for Indian women who are to- be presented to the King and Queen. Instead of the curtseyj they made a deep ibow from the hips, which was by a graceful gesture of obeisance with, toth hands spread wide apart. " , Saris took the place of Court dress and feathers, and the traditional colours for a young unmarried Indian girl, redgold and green, were worn by Miss Chetty. ■■ •
Before going back to India at the end of>the season, this Indian debutante is to give a violin recital at' the Grotian Hall, for since the age of fourteen when her playing, aroused the attention of the Maharajah, she has determined to make the violin her career —a pioneer resolution on the part of an. Indian girl of good family. "
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 19
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193An Indian Debutante Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 19
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