Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-19
| Golden Gorbed Queen
|Greets Another $500
BY BETTY BEALE

wealth nations waved al0fl
their colors In front Of the
British Embassy yesterday. Civ.
ing but q slight hint of the
elegant dolngs inside.
The line Of guests that went
into the front entrance. up the
red-carpeted stairway on thu
right, past the portraits Of Kinl
George " and Queen Mary. and
down the corridor TO the ball.
room, came upon such o CLAM.
orous scene as to GLADDEN. thu
heart Of q royalist.
In the marble and mirroret
ballroom. beneath two huge
crystal chandeliers and against
the dressy background Of hel
royal encourage and uniformed
aides. stood Elizabeth the
Queen and her consort.
She wore . golden dress and
there was gold In Prince Philips
uniform Of admiral Of the fleet
and there were golden tones in
the beautiful oriental rug or
the floor.
Street-Length Dress
But the guests eyes wert
drawn to the regal and poised
simplicity Of the young woman
who grows more lovely with
the years. Clad in q classic
shirtwaist styled. street-lengtt
dress Of gold lame. topped By
q crown shaped hat Of golt
satin. Elizabeth's radiance be-
lied her backbreaking schedule
Pearl earrings, q four-strant
pearl necklace and exquisite
white and yellow diamond clip
enhanced her costume. 1t wal
completed with black pumps
and black gloves--the gloves
In which she shook an est.
mated $500 hands between thu
hours Of 4:30 and 6:45 yester.
day.
The British had been ad'
vised In advance that an cas-,
speed Of handclasping wal
seven q minute. but she coulc
shake as many as IL. But al
the press reception Thursday
they found she was greeting
between rs and 80 q minute
Yesterday her pace was be-
tween II and Is but 800 people
at the party did not 60 through
the line. They were members
Of the Commonwealth embassy
stats.
Ambassadors Line Up
Foreign Ambassadors and
their wives were already lined
up In the ballroom in the order
of their precedence a little
after 4 O'Clock. The Queen and
Prince Philip entered the room
promptly at 4:30 accompanied
by Chief Of Protocol Wiley
Buchanan, who introduced the
chiefs Of mission, Both Mr.
Buchanan and British Ambas-
sador Sir Harold Caccia wore,
as promised. their gray morn
ing coats or ascot attire"
The beauteous Countess OF
EuSton in deep blue satin. and
Lady Rose Barring in toaSt-col-
ored crepe - ladies-in-waiting
to the Queen. took their places
behind the royal pair along
with Canada's Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker, British For
eign Minister Selwyn Lloyd and
others Of the encourage. Rank
ing Commonwealth Ambassa-
dor Sir Percy Spender Of Aus
tralia was also there.
1t looked as If almost all the
Ambassadors were present ex-
cept the Egyptian Ambassador
The latter is away but no rep
resentative Of his country came
The Egyptians do not have
diplomatic relations with the
British right now. But curiously
enough they do have them with
Canada. so in Ottawa the
Queen was not boycotted by
Cairo.
In deep black Nine. Morgen-
stierne, the first woman to 60
through the line, curtsied low
to the Queen. Led by her hus-
band, the dean Of the diplo-
matte corps. she had to wear
black because the court of Nor
way is in mourning for their
late King.
Next came Nicaraguan Am
bassador Sevilla Sacasa without
his wife. then Belgian Ambas-
sador and Baroness Silvercruys
she in brown and gold lame
with a mink hat.
All the ambassadresses Of
royal countries curtsied-Mme
Bohemian Of Sweden. Nine. van
Rotten Of The Netherlands,
Nine. lie Calais of Luxem-
bourg. But the lowest curtsy Of
all was performed by the Coun-
tess de Motrico Of Spain. who
was clad in q stunning dark red
gown and hat. She went all the
way down to the floor in q
graceful sweep.
Such other diplomatic wives
as those who have been posted
in London-Peru's Sonora de
Berckemeyer in dark red Bal
enciaga gown, and Italian AM
bassadress Signora Brosio-
also bent q knee. But the rest
did not.
Throughout the afternoon
husbands shook hands first and
no one paused unless delayed
by a word from the Queen or
Prince. 1t was the latter who
occasionally interjected con-
versation. He chatted with
Burmese Ambassador u Win.
who wore a gold-figured skirt,
black jacket and gold net cap.
He also talked with Brazilian
Ambassador and Nine. Peixoto.
The Prince doesn't like to be
silent nor has he been cowed by
a n IL y.