Evening star., 1952-03-23

warm welcome to Baroness van
Boetzelaer van OoSterhout
when she comes with Queen
Juliana next week. Her many
friends in Washington regret
that her time is so completely
arranged that there will be no
chance Of entertaining her,
personally.
The Baroness is the wife of
the Netherlands Ambassador to
Paris who has served at the
Legation here and more re-
Gently at the Embassy on sew
eral tours Of duty. He viii not
be with her on this trip as she
viii hold the next tp highest
rank In the Netherlands Palace
circle. that of Dame du Palais.
Title Temporary
The duties of the Dame du
Palais are difficult to define but
she is required to be close to
the Queen whenever the latter
Is with others and In some
cases to protect Her Majesty
from questions. Baroness van
Boetzelaer holds this post only
for the duration Of the Queens
trip to this hemisphere and
when Her Majesty returns to
her homeland, the Baroness will
join the Ambassador in Paris.
The Ambassadors cousin, Baron
G. w. van Boetzelaer. is now
First Secretary of the Embassy
in Washington.
Baroness van Boetzelaer
served as lady in waiting to
Queen Wilhelmina, now the
Princess Wilhelmina, when she
made her official visit to WASH
ington in 1912. She Is the first
citizen Of the United States 70
hold such a post for any ruling
Queen. When she served as
lady in waiting to Queen vii.
helmina. Baron van Boetzelaer
was Minister here, having been
appointed to that post after his
country was invaded by the
Germans in 1910 while he was
visiting with the Baroness and
their two daughters, Margaret
and Susan, In Connecticut. The
Baron was counselor Of the
Queens Embassy in Berlin,
when the Baroness and the girls
came to visit her brother and
sister in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Litchfield at New
Canaan, Conn.
Vossor Graduate
The former Miss Ethel Litch-
field, now Baroness van Boetze-
laer is the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Litch-
field Of Pittsburgh, and was well
fitted for life in diplomatic cir
cles. She is a gifted linguist
as well as a cultivated musician.
A graduate Of Vassar College,
where she majored in literature.
she continued her study Of sing
ing In Paris where she met an
other student, the young Baron
William van Boetzelaer, then
studying to perfect his violin
playing.
Baron and Baroness van
Boetzelaer first came to Wash.
tngton when he was made sec
retary Of the legation under the
late DR.. >. Herman van Rotten.
then Minister. DR.. van Rotten
was the father of the present
Ambassador. In those early
years the Baron played violin
obligatos for the Baroness
songs and they frequently ar
ranged informal and sometimes
impromptu programs for the
entertainment Of their guests.
During the war years and those
Immediately following, they be-
came too busy with internation-
al affairs to keep up their
music.
Baroness van Boetzelaer was
very active in the Netherlands
Red Cross and Netherlands re-
lief work and endeared herself
to hundreds by her gracious and
tireless efforts.
Two other women are mem
bers OF the royal party coming
next week-the director of the
cabinet for her majesty, Miss
Marie Anne Tellegen, and
Jonkvrouwe Catherine e. B.
Roell. lady in waiting. Miss
Tellegen has held her present
post since the latter part of the
reign Of Queen Wilhelmina. who
made the appointment. The
duties Of the director of the
cabinet are to take charge and
be responsible for state papers
and to see that documents from
the ministers In the cabinet to
be signed by her majesty bear
that signature. The director
also Is the one to be seen in
case her majesty is unavail-
able.
Miss Tellegen is the daughter
OF a Mayor Of Amsterdam, the
most important Mayor in the
Netherlands, and her maternal
grandfather also held that post.
She was graduated from the
University Of Utrecht, from
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