The Queen of England waited beside Court No. 1. Her shapely hands were folded in her lap, her pale eyes looked politely down at the green square of turf whereon the person she awaited would shortly appear. "Shortly," officials assured her, bending anxiously over the back of the Royal Box; "á l´instant," said agitated Jean Borotra, hurrying up to explain. The Queen waited, the crowd waited, the green square of turf waited but Suzanne Lenglen did not come.
An hour later, when her match with Mrs. O. J. Dewhurst, a second-rank English player, had...
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