London, Mar, 3.
Queen Elizabeth is taking a' personal pleasure in the welcome which London will give to the French President and his wife at the end of the month, for Mme Lebrun will be the first woman to be entertained Their Majesties on a State visit. She ud the Queen should find several rests in common. Mme Lebrun is fond of England; she possesses ple tastes and loves music as docs Queen Elizabeth.
The Princesses, too, are making preparations for' the forth-coming sit and are learning speeches. te icliver in French to Mme Lebrun. They will thank her and the people of France for the dolls which were given them after their parents* visit to Paris Jast year.
Princess Elizabeth has made up most of her speech herself. She Is quite able to carry ona sustained conversation in French. For the past two years she and her sister have had a French tutor and each day they Set aside some time when not displayed by the seven Americans who have arrived in this country to compete in the English squash cham= pionships, and to defend the Wolfe-Noel Cup. Whereas, in 1936, the American team came over with' very short shorts, in 1939 some of them not wearing shorts at all, but skirts, And those who still favour shorts have had them cut definitely Tong One member of the team wears divided skirt of shark skin and Miss Eleanora Sears, the leader, has a white drill circular skirt with buttons down either side, She wears a white crochet cap when she is on the court. Anne Page of Philadelphia, America's squash champion, hay white velvet corduroy shorts and a fine wool shirt with long sleeves yoke at the back and a be: to allow her freedom with The entire team have waisted cream cashmere cardigans, with red, white and blue borders and the stars and stripes on the left breast pocket. word of English must be spoken, guages, of course, are an impor.
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