PRINCESS MARY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 February 1922, Page 5

PRINCESS MARY

DETAILS OF TROUSSEAU

HY . CABLE—PK_SS ASSOCIATION—CoryaiGHX LONDON, Feb. 11.

The details of Princess Mary's trousseau are arousing great interest among British womenfolk. Many pictures and long descriptions of the dresses and ; hats have been published. The keynote . is sterling commonsense, the selection j being due lo Queen Mary's recollection, as the Duke and Duchess of Teck I were.by no means rich. I Queen Victoria insisted on providing j her trousseau upon royal lines, and the I result was magnificent, but hopelessly i unpractical. Queen Alexandra once said her own trousseau was so wonder < : ful that the first thing she did when she reached London was to buy some clothes to wear. Princess Mary's purchases are all British. The coats and skirts are of simple style, all the ; dresses being of ankle length. They ' include a number of jumpers, which j are a favourite garment of the Prin- , cess. These were made by officers' j families industries. The Queen at the wedding will wea» ; a gold lace gown, with a Russian ' toque of opalescent sequins, draped with gold lace. j Wedding presents are pouring in. , Harrow boys sent a Chippendale mirror . and a pair of old dressing tables. Fifty thousand V.A.D.'s cf the Empire have given a diamond tiara. The : Queen is giving the bride an illumin- ' ated copy of the marriage service, based on old manuscript. Two hundred , and fifteen thousand girl guides and ' "Brownies" sent a silver cheese tray, ' and the citizens of Edinburgh sent a ' brooch which belonged to Mary Queen ' of Scots. I