Evening star., 1952-02-29
By IsobeIIe Shelton

By IsobeIIe Shelton
To hear Mohammed Ali, the new
PakiStan Ambassador, tell 1t, his
wife has O disappearing ward
robe"
She's like women the world
over" he says, a merry twinkle in
his big brown eyes. "She may have
500 saris In her wardrobe, but
along comes some special party
and she hasn't thing to wear "
The occasion for the Ambas-
sador'S philosophical observations
on womankind was press con-
ference-tea party at the Embassy
this week. Women reporters had
been invited to meet the new AM
bassadress. Ambassador All showed
UP too. and proved q ready and
witty source Of information about
his petite wife.
His wife collects saris," the way
some women collect old tea cups
or rare silver. the Ambassador
said. Neither was willing TO say
just how many she now has, but
Madame All did point out that
they don't take up very much
ROOM" which eases the moving
problem for diplomat.
DaxzIina Jewels
Madame Ali is small Is feet. 3
inches. slender and quite shy.
with black hair and brown eyes.
For the interview she wore white
silk sari covered with coin sized
red dots, white silk blouse and a
dazzling array of genuine ruby and
pearl jewels. fashioned by native
PakiStan craftsmen.
Her long earrings looked like
miniature pagodas, with four
rings of rubies hanging one below
the other, separated by short
strands of pearls. Her bracelet |
was a double circlet OF square-cut
rubies. and tiny rubies dotted the
sunburst pin which secured her
sari at the waist. She also wore a
single necklace of pearls.
The Ambassador wore a light
brown suit and perky green plaid
bow tie.
The ,envoy's wife also collects
match book covers-a hobby she
started two years ago. on her first
visit to New York City. She has
over a thousand of them, neatly
pasted in albums.
II personally think the whole
collection a little dishonest" the
Ambassador interjected merrily.
Some of the covers are from
places she hasn't actually seen.
Every time go on a trip she
makes me promise to bring them
back-and not just one, but two
or three of each"
With true collectors instinct.
Madame Ali gets extras to trade
off for covers she doesn't have
Her fondest dream is to get one
Of the special covers made in
France honoring the first trans
Atlantic airplane fight by Col.
Charles Lindbergh.
Madame Ali also paints-in oils
and shares with her husband a
passion for photography. She used
to dabble in oils at home in
Pakistan, but didn't take any les
sons until year and a half ago
in Canada, where her husband
was Pakistan High Commissioner
for two years just preceding his /
present post. She plans to re-
sumo lessons here. Her pictures
are mainly landscapes. with oc-.
casional still lifes. I'm not good
enough for portraits" she adds
Brief Dreom Of Paris
His wife is the reason the Ais
are In Washington today, the AM
bassador says. "She has been dy-
ing to come to the United States.
for years" he explained. "A few
years ago my government offered
TO make me Ambassador to France
The was then Ambassador TO Bur.
MAJ So for one day 1 dream II
am III FfahBa-Patisl But the hext |,
day they said 1 could have Canada
instead, II | preferred And Canada
Is hear TO New YORK 30 we went
10 6ahadH@vla New York"
Madame All "pfaetleaiiy e0mz
ftluted" between ottawa and New [
YORK civ, driving The 466zedd
miles herself In one day he said
~ WAS A little hard on my pocket.
beck" he added FHefullyr
The Ambassadors also worked
In i've trlps 10 Washington duPH
ing their stay In Canada 40 she
already feels al home here She
has spent most OF the two weeks
since their arrival unpapking and
getting settled into the Embassy,
Soon she expects to start taking
pictures OF Capital scenes, to add
TO their already-fat collection,
They recently started making