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...could, and whenever he could. His first opportunity came at a Eucharistic Congress in Munich in August 1960, when he bagged about 20. His next big chance came at a consistory which Pope John called in January 1961 to elevate four men to the purple. According to custom, all cardinals in Rome at the time pay a formal call on each of the new cardinals. Joseph Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis obligingly let Lees set up a temporary studio out front of his residence. This time, Photographer Lees got a record 27. Most were cordial; the only outright refusal came...
...sherry is drunk today as ten years ago. Housewives ignore cheap meat cuts in favor of chicken and roast beef; avocados and chow mein have become stock greengrocer or chain-store items. Moreover, the lower class, with more money to spend, has adopted what was once an upper-class custom: dining out. Women's magazines read mainly by the working class carry recipes for wiener schnitzel and French dressing, discuss the Scandinavian look in furniture, and French perfumes. One family in four has a refrigerator, compared to one in eight only a year ago. Status is measured in terms...
...Sophie Meldrim Shonnard, who would be wows in Auntie Mame, are so pleased to have Jackie's business that they flutter and worry that too much public notice will drive Mrs. Kennedy away. There is little chance of that; Chez Ninon has just what Mrs. Kennedy likes: custom-made copies of the best of Paris...
After the war, Fifth Avenue's Bonwit Teller invited them in to set up their own custom-order salon; with their family connections and friends in New York and Washington, Nona and Sophie found it easy to build a clientele. It was at Bonwit's in the early '50s that the wife of Senator Jack Kennedy began buying some of their clothes. Two years ago, they moved out to a new place of their own on Park Avenue. Jackie moved with them, and so did such customers as Mrs. William Paley, Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, Mrs. Charles...
Good Sport. To suit them, Nona and Sophie still go to Paris twice a year. On their last trip a few weeks ago, they bought "a little of each," says Sophie. "Some customers adore Lanvin. Others like Nina Ricci and Cardin, Givenchy and Balenciaga." After ordering the originals, the ladies buy fabrics, buttons and other necessary materials. Back at the workshop, their custom seamstresses make up duplicates, and Chez Ninon announces a showing. A private one is held for important customers, such as Jackie and Mrs. Dillon; Jackie herself gets the first look at new clothes, if she requests...