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...Perle Mesta the call of duty sounded last week above the merry tinkle of cocktail glasses and the clatter of knives & forks. President Truman named his favorite partygiver and Washington's No. 1 hostess to be the first U.S. Minister to the tiny Grand Duchy of Luxembourg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: An Oyster for Perle | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Rumors that Washington Hostess Perle Mesta would be the next U.S. Ambassador to Denmark were getting a cool reception in some Copenhagen circles. "Nowadays in diplomacy," the conservative Berlingske Tidende delicately pointed out, "you do not ask questions about sex, but about qualifications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 13, 1949 | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

This week the Annex played hostess to Miss Tomo Tambe, head of the English Department at Kobe. Miss Tambe has been studying the organization and administration of American women's colleges as a guest of Wellesley College since September and will return to Kobe this summer to help reorganize the senior college under the new education plan set forth by the occupation authorities...

Author: By R. DEBORAH Labenow, | Title: 'Cliffe And Japan's Kobe College May Renew 'Sister' Relationship | 5/18/1949 | See Source »

Three new A.A. officials, named yesterday, are Barbara Beatley '50, intramurals head; Ann Worthington '52, publicity chairman; and Ellen Guild '52, hostess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 42 'Cliffedwellers Win A.A. Awards | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...Attended the annual party given in his honor by Washington Hostess Perle Mesta (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Who Shall Be Saved? | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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