TENNIS SHORTS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 88, 9 April 1934, Page 7

TENNIS SHORTS

RECENT CONTROVERSY CONSERVATIVE WOMEN The Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria has lifted the ban forbidding the wearing of shorts by men and women players, says a Melbourne writer. So far, however, only one woman has been seen in shorts —at the recent championships for women at Kooyong, Melbourne. A leading woman player says that “at heart our girls are conservative. They will not be rushed into making a sudden change. Anything that makes for greater freedom of action in sport is to be welcomed. All that is needed is a little courage.” But surely aestheticism as well as courage is involved. There is nothing more indelicate in shorts than in an all-in-one bathing suit. What, however, more horrid than a fat woman in such a garment —or more beautiful than a slim girl? To watch a woman in shorts on a public tennis court, surrounded by a mixed audience, would be a sorry sight if the wearer of them had not a slight figure and one perfectly proportioned. Some modern girls possess it, but the majority do not. Therefore it seems wise for women as a whole not to adopt the new costume. As an example of how one should look in it, there is no better exponent than the famous German actress, Miss Elizabeth Bergner, now playing the part of “Gemma” in “Escape Mo Never.” She plays a whole scene dressed in the shortest of shorts, and . a little white shirt.