Evening star., 1948-02-26


Asia, has sent a diplomatic envoy
to this country, Commanding Gen.
Kaiser who gave his first party
last evening in the Burgundy Room
of Wardman Park Hotel. Nepal
has had diplomatic representation
for some time in its neighboring
country, Tibet, and in England. but
is country which has been aloot
from the rest of the world. It
maintains an army said to be COM
posed of the best fighters in the
world.
The Minister and his wife, RAM
Kaiser received their $50 or more
guests and were assisted by mem
bers Of the legation staff, the Coun-
selor, Mir Subba Pande, and the
Military Attache. Maj. Pardma
Bahadur Catri. These gentlemen
hold the same posts at the Nepal
Embassy in London, where the
Minister also is accredited as AM
bassador to the Court of st. James's.
Holding court of her own was Prin-
cess Tani, the three-year-old
daughter of the Minister and RAM
Kaiser. Her governess is distin-
guished by the gold ornament In
her left nostril. Little Tani speaks
only one phrase of English, THANK
you"
RAM Kaiser wore her native
dress yesterday. The costume is
similar to that OF India's ladies of
rank. On her forehead was the red
dot which denotes the married wo-
man in Nepal. This dot is not per-
manently applied but must be
added as the modern woman of
other countries applies her lipstick
The Minister now is the third
man in rank in his country. His
older brother, now second in line,
is expected to become the mahara-
jah soon, the ruler of the coun-
try. Another brother, Command
ing Gen. Bader, who now is
Minister of Commerce, was in this
country in 1916 and spent scme
time in Washington in conference
with officials. He and his aides
came to establish trade agreements
which were signed in Nepal in April
last year. The President sent Mr..
Joseph C. SatterthWaite of the
State Department on special mis-
sion to Nepal for the settling and
signing Of the agreements. Mr.. Sat-
terthwaite was among the guests at
the reception last evening and 9TH
ers included officials of the Com
merce department and of the State
Department with a number of the
diplomatic representatives here OF
Nepals neighboring countries.
+ The Minister and RAM Kaiser
with the members of the staff plan
to return shortly to London but will
be back in Washington for another
stay some time in November. There
is no shortage of wealth in their
homeland but American dollars are
scarce so no legation will be estsb-
lished at this time. After their re-
turn to England Mr.. Lee Franklin,
now semi-official adviser to the le-
cation, will act as their representa-
tive in Washington.
Dutch Embassy Fefe
Nine. van Kleffens, wife of the
Netherlands Ambassador, who is an
enthusiast on flowers and gardens,
was hostess yesterday afternoon at
tea entertaining the members, of
the lecture committee and the spon-
sors for the talks being given for
the benefit tof All Ha1lows' Guild.
The guild maintains the Bishops
Garden at the Washington Cathed-
raj of st. Peter and st. Paul and
the lectures--eightsirl all-are FOR
the benefit of the maintenance
fund.
The fourth lecture Of the series
was given yesterday morning in the
Guild Hall of St. Adams Church
when Miss Margaret Herbst, public
relations representative Of the As
ISOLATED Bulb Growers d Holland
spoke on bulbs. Miss Herbst was
among the guests at the tea and
greatly admired Nine. van Kleffens'
arrangement of tulips in the bowl
on the center table in the drawing
room. Other early spring blossoms
were on the piano, also arranged by
the hostess.
Mrs. Clinton P. Anderson heads
the names on the list of sponsors
and others in this group in addi-
ton to yesterdays hostess are Mrs.
John Nicholas Brown, Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. Dwight F. Davis,
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Howard
G. Davidson. Mrs. Angus Dun, Mrs.
Arthur A. Fowler, Mrs. Frederick P.
Lee, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs. Har-