BUYING THE TROUSSEAU

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 7

BUYING THE TROUSSEAU

BELGIAN PRINCESS IN PARIS PARIS, Dec. 30. Princess Marie Jose, whose incognita has just been revealed, is busily buying her trousseau for her marriage with Prince Umberto. She likes short skirts, but has conformed to the new mode of trailing gowns for evening functions. The cleverest modistes have worked for weeks producing beautiful dresses,, including sports frocks, afternoon and evening gowns, and travelling costumes with-hats to match, ■ ' -

INTEREST IN ENGAGEMENT English people are very interested in the engagement of Princess Marie Joso of Belgium to the Crown Prince of Italy, for the. Belgian princess spent some years in England during the war (says a London correspondent). She was a pupil for a time at a" convent at Brentwood, in Essex; later she went to Florence, where she stayed two years, and when the war was over and the Belgian Royal Family were able to return, home she went to a high school in Brussels.- She had to work hard for all the examinations held at the school, too, for the Queen always said that she'did. not} want her daughter to have only a superficial education. Princess Marie Jose is an accomplished pianist. Her music master is Eugene ; Ysaye, the famous violinist, and she lias accompanied him on more than one occasion. Her favorite sport is swimming, but she also plays tennis and is a winter'sport enthusiast; she goes to Switzerland nearly every year. Although her engagement has only just been announced, her trousseau is already on the way to completion. Nearly all her lingerie is white, made of linen, georgette, and batiste, and:it is trimmed with beautiful embroideries and fine Brussels lace. A great deal of the work has.been done-by nuns, war widows and war orphans. Princess Marie Jose loves, white and grey dresses, and these figure largely .in her trousseau. Many of them, it is interesting to note, are cut with long sleeves, and the skirts are rather long ,too. A year ago Prince Humbert gave Princess Marie Jose a platinum bracelet ' set with sapphires, and she has worn this constantly ever since. Now she has added a magnificent betrothal ring to her store of jewellery. Prince Humbert has given her a ruby and diamond ring, which she wore for the first time on the occasion of the gala dinner given in honor of her engagement.