Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-11

Washington will chalk up A
lot of firsts in the next few
weeks.
For the first time in history
an embassy tour for out-of-
town visitors only has been ar
ranged and will take place the
10th and Goth. /. For the first
time in history the Begun
Aga Khan will pay us visit.
The first performance of
the brand new Opera Society
of Washington will take place
on the 31st. The Washing
ton Board of Trade will enter
tain the Old Vic Company stars
for the first time on the goth
And for all l know the
Inaugural Concert on the night
of the Goth will be the first
time that Ethel Norman has
sung with a symphony orches-
ira. :. It's getting so you don't
know what will happen next.
MRS. RANDOLPH BUR-
CESS, niece of j. p. Morgan.
is the one who arranged for
the embassy tour. which is
definitely a real coup. For
years this writer has bemoaned
the fact that about the only
people who see the inside of
a foreign embassy are Wash
ingtonians who don't need to
be sold on internationalism.
Two or three years ago
yours truly even plugged a
plan for having two or three
embassies open one day a week,
rotating throughout the year.
This, SO the people from the
iSolationist belt could develop
a kinship for them TURNER'S.
The embassies have been miss
ing a great opportunity to
sell" their countries to a
croSs-Section Of America.
But for the inaugural week
end some have agreed to do it.
Cards of admittance are for
out-of-townerS only, are free
Of charge and are obtainable
from national committeewom-
en- or Senators and Represent
atives. On Saturday be-
tween 2::30 and $50 the lucky
ticket-holders will be able to
visit the embassies Of Britain.
Japan. Brazil, Norway, Wet
Nam. Venezuela and Turkey;
on Sunday, during the same
hours. the embassies of Italy,
Spain, Mexico, Cuba and even
one behind the Iron Curtain,
Poland.
The embassy tour committee
hopes the ambassadors and
ambaSSadresses will be present
to greet the visitors. /
repeat. this is a terrific coup,
and it offers visitors something
that only Washington can
offer. :. Undoubtedly more
women than men will take ad-
vantage Of it. But come to
think of it. this entire inau-
gural is geared to women.
What with the big tea and
fashion show on the 18th and
big reception on the 18th for
women only. it's obvious that
the G. o. P. suspects on which
side its bread is buttered.
THE BEGUN AGA KHAN,
statuesque (she's 6-foot-2 in
her pumps wife of the leader
of the Ismaili sect. was greeted
in New York by an old friend
Nine. Amin, the chic wife
of the Iranian Ambassador.
went up to Manhattan to meet
the Begun upon her arrival
from Europe. She will also en-
terrain for her when she comes
to Washington. The beau
teous Begun, once a dress
maker in Lyons, France, told
New York reporters that she
has to have her clothes made
because Of her height, that
Balmain is her favorite de-
signer, that she's an avid COL
lector Of American records and
likes jazz and rock n roll.
ROMANCE is FLUTTER-
ING in Edgar Morris life. The
Los Angeles Express writes,
Isn't 1t nice that Mrs. Delbert
Slater has found romance with
Edgar Morris of Washington"
Sure is. The good
looking Mrs. Slater arrives here
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