Religion: Tea Conference

A man who has looked on the bleak Himalayas and crossed the forbidden hills of Tibet honored Manhattan with his attention last week. "I was forcibly reminded of Mount Everest when I arrived," he declared. "This was when I saw the new Chrysler Building."

He was ruddy, stalwart Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, 66, of Westerham, Kent, native of India, veteran army officer and diplomatist, treaty-maker with Tibet (1904)*, committee head of the expedition to climb unconquered Mount Everest. In Manhattan he was guest of honor at a "Tea Conference" of The...

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