Tennis Trousers.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)

Tennis Trousers.

Senorita de Alvarez, the popular Spanish lawn tennis player, has introduced a new form of tennis dress, says Ijthe Daily Mail.- She was the centre attraction on the courts to-day when she wore her creation for the fl. st time. It comprises trousers made of heavy, but •apple, white silk pique, oyer which is tied a wrap-over short tunic, which can fce worn or not as the player chooses. Eenorita de Alvarez says she first got the idea of this’dress and realised its advantages for tennis when the split skirts for evening wear were in vogue last winter. Petticoats?

At a Bond Street dress parade recently a large audience waxed enthusiastic over the charms of brilliantly - printed organdie evening dresses, states the Daily Telegraph. Masses of frills and ruches— quaint Victorian shades of blue, pink, green, and yellow all added to the picture note—yet these molds were most practical for danciirg, as they were mounted on shot taffetas, and sjiit«d the tall, slim modern girl to perfection. Here, too, was the revival of the petticoat in connection with attractive and smart day frocks. Beneath a black jersey of crepe de chine was a peeping underskirt of white cambric, with a series of tiny lace frills. Light lingerie touches' also appeared in Hie dainty under-slgeves, ‘ chemisette, and fichu collar. Duke’s Daughter.

Lady Mary Graham, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Montiose, ■who was married to Mr. John Bodcaw on on April 21, believed in entering matrimony fully prepared to grapple with its domestic problems, states the Daily Mail. Lady Mary, after the announcement of her engagement last June, began a course of training in domestic science at a London '‘housewives academy,” where no servants arc kept. She •nd her fellow-pupils were taught the routine of modern kitchen work, and were in turn allotted tasks as housemaids, till at the end of the course each girl was equipped for the perfect conduct of a home.