PRINCESS HART
ABOUT HER TROUSSEAU. AUSTRALIAN ANB N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Feb. 10. The details of Princess Mary's trousseau are arousing great interest among British womenfolk. In the papers many pictures and long descriptions of her dresses and hats have been published. The keynote of the reports is their emphasis that sterling commonsense has directed the selection of the dresses, this being due to Queen Mary’s recollections. The papers recall that as the Duke and Duchess of Tock (her parents) were by no moans rich, Queen Victoria insisted on providing a trousseau upon Royal lines. The result was magnificent, but hopelessly unpractical. Queen Alexandra, it is remarked, once said that tier own trousseau was so wonderful that the first thing she did when she readied London was to buy some clothes to wear.
Princess Mary’s purchases are all British coats and skirts, and they arc of simple style. All the dresses are ankle length. They include a number of jumpers, which are a favourite garment of the Princess. These have been made by officers’ families’ industries.
The Queen, at the wedding, will wear a gold lace gown, with a Russian toque of opalescent sequins, draped with gold lace. The wedding presents are now pouring in. The Harrow Boys have sent a Chippendale horror and a pair of old dressing tables. Fifty thousand members of the Voluntary Aid Detachments of the Empire have given the Princess a diamond tiara.
The Queen is giving the bride an illuminated copy of the marriage service liised on an old manuscript.
Some 215,000 members of the Girl Guides and “Brownies” organisations have sent a silver cheese tray.
The citizens of Edinburgh have donated a brooch which belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots.
GIFT TO PRINCESS MARY. LONDON, Fob. 10. Lady Allen and twelve New Zealander ladies personally presented Princess Mary at the Palace on Friday with a box of New Zealand jade and a cheque for one hundred guineas to be devoted to some charity. The gilt is from New Zealanders resident in or visiting Great Britain. Princess Mary replied:—l tlmnk you with all my heart for the wonderful casket. Such a signal mark of selection and token of good wishes touches me most deeply. It will always be one of mv most treaturod possessions.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1922, Page 4
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