STYLES AT WIMBLEDON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 196, 20 August 1934, Page 2

STYLES AT WIMBLEDON

AMERICAN GIRLS ADOPT SHORTS Two American girls had the distinction at. Wimbledon of being the first Avomen to wear shorts on the centre court. Miss Palfrey Avon her match against Miss Round, who was wearing the perfect one-piece tennis dress, in what was really a test of endurance in close, thundery weather, and eercertainly she appeared to be much more at ease, in her shorts, wrote a London correspondent. These were so wide and pleated that but for the fact that they ended well above the knees they might almost, have been a very brief skirt. The skirt portion of the ’ garment was much looser than that of the average Wimbledon tennis frock. Miss Helen Jacobs, on the other hand, in her match against Miss Peggy Scriven, was wearing the white flannel tennis shorts of the schoolboy, except for the fact that they had a narrow black line down each side. These were worn with. a wide white belt, and a very close-fit-ting skirt like a man’s or cellular cotton. Significant of the keen interest in women’s sports clothes as well as in their play was the really large gathering, three-quarters of them women, who had come to see the first day's matches of the Wightman Cup. Usually this is not a very popular affair. Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Mario Louise were present. The rest after two sets of each match that is permitted in. this international affair was the occasion for the munching of much sugar by the women players. Borotra was the first to start this sugar fashion on the courts, and it is now more popular than iced water. ]