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...term of Dwight D. Eisenhower. But perhaps the gayest party of all was held by a group of Democrats. Deciding that the opposition should not be allowed to have all the fun, Mrs. Frances Lanahan, daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald, was hostess at an "Anti-Inaugural Ball" in her Georgetown home. Of those present, none seemed to be having a better time than the radiant young wife of the junior Senator from Massachusetts. Dressed in a simple, Empire-waisted white satin gown, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy laughed and danced into the early morning...
...then, fresh from his senatorial triumph, Jack Kennedy returned to Washington, renewed his courtship with increased ardor. For six months Jack campaigned relentlessly for Jackie's vote, in and out of Georgetown dinner parties, Washington art theaters and movie houses (he even learned to tolerate Ingmar Bergman), at hunt breakfasts, up and down the Atlantic littoral from Palm Beach to Cape Cod. In June 1953, their engagement was announced. The Bouviers received the news with mixed reactions. Black Jack and his son-in-law-elect hit it off immediately. "They were very much alike," recalls Jackie. "We three...
...them minor, but all of the sort that can make a difference over long periods of time-were made by each. Jack learned to like cheese and fruit for dessert. Jackie boned up on American history (and got an 89 on her final examination in a special course at Georgetown University), learned golf and water skiing. She has cut her smoking down to five cigarettes a day in deference to his wishes, and like Jack, will drink a daiquiri or old-fashioned before dinner. Under his wife's urgent supervision, Jack became a fastidious dresser, even went...
During a quarter century of prowling and prophesying in and about Washington, Columnist Joseph Alsop, 50, has remained one of the capital's most conspicuously eligible bachelors. Off the job his interests have centered on architecture (he designed his own Georgetown house), his birds (parrots, finches, parakeets), cooking, good wines, antiques. In his office, problems are more mundane. Suddenly swamped with routine chores when a recent secretary quit and got married, Alsop was heard to grouse: "I never lose people except to marriage-but don't get the idea I disapprove of marriage." Last week, demonstrating his approval...
Signs of the Dollar. The expenses of Jack Kennedy's shadow government between election and inauguration will run about $210,000 for salaries, hotels, office space, supplies, phones and travel, including costs incurred by some Kennedy appointees on their revolving-door visits to Palm Beach or Georgetown. Other happy invitees have been paying their own way, and some regular Kennedy staffers are on Kennedy's senatorial payroll budget. The Democratic National Committee will have to pick up the check (as the Republican National Committee...