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...reporter who met the boat train to Paris spotted Estes Kefauver. on his way to Switzerland, traveling with Perle Mesta, who was returning to her job as U.S. Minister to Luxembourg. Had they talked politics? "Oh, no," said Madame Minister, "I'm in the State Department. We don't talk politics...
...Perle Mesta, once famed for her Washington parties, wrote in This Week magazine: "After the three years I have served as Minister to Luxembourg, with world conditions as they are, I could never return to the party world of Washington . . . If I ever give Washington parties again, they will be different in purpose and spirit...
...lady diplomats were not howling oratorical successes. Mrs. Perle Mesta, party-giving U.S. envoy to Luxembourg, called her speech "Women as Partners." She began by saying: "This is one of the most exciting moments of my life," a line which might have been lifted straight from Call Me Madam, a musical comedy about her. Sample cliches from her address : "It is a great thing to be an American woman ... In America today women are a tremendous force." Mrs. Mesta wore a chic black dress and liberal strands of pearls and looked, withal, as though she had just come in from...
...Manhattan, asked whether she approved of a woman running for the presidency, Perle Mesta, U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, replied: "I know I wouldn't want a woman captain of a ship I was on." Her second thought: "Now isn't that a dreadful thing for a woman minister...
...edition of Who's Who included some newcomers. Among the entertainers: Jimmy Durante, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca, John Wayne, Mario Lanza. In government: Perle Mesta and Mike Di Salle. In fashions: Christian Dior and Jacques Path. In the Manhattan saloon set: Sherman (Stork Club) Billingsley...