Evening star., 1960-07-14
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Nominees Elegant Wife
Incredibly Independent
BY BETTY BEALE
Star Stan Writer

The next chatelaine of the
White House may well be the
most unorthodox First Lady
in our history.
An elegantly-bred socialite
who wouldn't dream of rails
ing her exquiSitely low
pitched voice, Jacqueline Bou-
vier Kennedy thinks nothing
of Strolling through the
streets of fashionable George
town clad in a loose-hanging
blouse, fitted Capri pants and
sandals.
The slender 30-year-old
beauty with dark chestnut
hair and gray-green eyes set
. far apart, would fit into no
previous pattern of presiden-
tial wives. She is described
by her intimates as an "in-
credibly independent little
spirit who is somebody in
her own right"
Two of a Kind
- Indeed, before she became
the bride of the promising
young Senator from MaSSa-
chuSetts, she told a friend
that Jack was such a vio-
lently independent person
and she was so independent,
their marriage would take a
lot of working out.
Obviously it has worked
out. The two have an easy
relationship in front OF
friends-the kind you would
expect of two bright. at
tractive people. They clearly
enjoy each others company.
The daughter of Mrs. Hugh
D. Auchincloss of Washing
ton and Newport and the
late John Lee Bouvier of
New York would, undoubted-
ly, bring the same intelligent
approach to the job of being
First Lady, should her huS-
band be swept into victory
next November. But she is
not apt to let it stifle the
real Jackie.
When her engagement to
Senator Kennedy was an
nounced the most frequent
comment heard was that
quiet little Jackie was going
to be smothered by the ubiq-
uitous and active Kennedy
clan.
3 RumOr False
But it didn't turn out that
way. Mrs. Kennedy is a
woman of strong will and she
quietly went her own sweet
way. If anything, the Wig
orous Kennedys deferred to
Jackie.
Recently someone told
+ her when you are First Lady
you won't be able to jump
/ into your car and rush down
to Orange County and fox
hunt"
Replied Jackie, in effect:
You couldn't be more wrong.
) That is one thing ! won't
give up" An excellent
equestrienne, she bought a
horse about a year ago and
keeps it in nearby Virginia
where she can ride to the
hounds with the Orange
County Hunt. ~
But she would have to give
up the kind of freedom of
. activity that saw her a few
weeks ago at the Loudon
Hunt sitting on the ground,
croSslegged in her tapered
pants, photographing her q
year-old daughter Caroline
and her little friends and
looking not a day over 10
years old.
If Mrs. Kennedy should
chafe under the restraints
imposed by the White House,
even more difficult to ad-
just to would be the sudden
projection into its fish bowl
living.
An Individualist
She's an individualist who
likes a few close friends and
hates crowds. She is any,
thing but an outgoing extro-
vert.
Her charm lies in her
extreme femininity, almost
shy manner coupled with a
brilliant mind and Sophisti-
Gated wit.
A widely read, well-edu-
Gated young woman, par
ticularly in the fields of lit
erature and art, she went to
fashionable Miss Porter's
School in Pennington, Conn,
then to Vassar College. She
also had a year at the Sor-
bonne in Paris. and she
could have remained in
Paris another. year, having
won Vogue's Prix de Paris
for excellence in design and
editorial ability, but she de-
cided she had been away
from home long enough. So
she came back to live with
her mother and stepfather
in their beautiful house,
Merrywood, in Mclean, Va,
on the Potomac. She fin
ished college at George
Washington University in
1851.
Took Up Photography
When she found out she
could get a job as the WASH
ington TimeS-Herald's in
quiring photographer if she
knew photography, she in
Stantly took it up and be-
came quite expert. And sur
prisingly enough, the socially
sheltered and seemingly shy
Jacqueline had no difficulty in
approaching complete Stran-
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