Word: luxembourgers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that wealthy Perle Mesta was moving to Luxembourg to be the U.S. minister, something was missing in the capital's social life. Who would take her place as the No. 1 partygiver? Sweltering Washington, where bureaucrats are grateful for a drink or a dinner in the July heat, was anxious for an answer...
...Luxembourg. 4. Switzerland...
...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...
Although social life ordinarily is pretty dull in Luxembourg, there was nothing to stop Perle from throwing some of her big parties there (to entertain, she will have to add considerable of her own money to the $15,000 or $20,000 salary of a Minister). Since Mrs. Mesta is a widow, protocol officers were spared one problem: when it comes to table-setting, there is no place to put a Minister's husband...
Veterans of the Luxembourg post calculated that the job of running U.S. diplomatic affairs there would leave her about 23 hours of. free time each...