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Two Moves in the Offing
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Jackie's Old Home May Soon Have New Tenants
By LEE WALSH
Ultor ot Th* Star
While 1600 Pennsylvania
avenue will have new ten
ants In January, the former
home of the new First Lady
also may have new occupants.
Merrywood, the 46-acre
McLean (Va.) estate of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchin
closs, which has now joined
a long list of Virginia houses
which were homes of either
Presidents or First Ladies,
has been in the hands of real
estate brokers for a year.
The house and its adjoin
ing acreage was put on the
market by Mr. Auchlncloss
long before the Democratic
convention which nominated
his stepson-in-law as its
presidential candidate.
Jackie’s Home
It was to Merrywood that
the Washington investment
banker brought Mrs. Auchin
closs as a bride in 1942, and
it was here that both Jacque
line and her sister, Lee Bou
vier (now Princess Radzi
will), grew up. Each of the
girls bad a bedroom on the
third -floor, as did their step
brother, Hugh D. Auchin
closs, jr„ now of New York.
The children were allowed
complete freedom in choosing
the colors for their rooms and
the chintzes for their cur
tains.
“They are all individuals,”
says one of her closest
friends. “That’s where she
has been a marvelous parent.
She always allowed them to
be themselves.”
The reason that the ram
bling. Georgian-type house,
together with its stables,
swimming pool and tennis
courts, is for sale is because
Mr. and Mrs. Auchincloss
would like “to take a smaller
house in town.” Their seven
children, including the new
First Lady, are either mar
ried or away at school and
only Mr. and Mr. Auchin
closs live there at present.
The numerous Kennedy
houses, from Palm Beach to
Hyannis Port, have been
written about, photographed
and discussed from coast to
coast. But only casual men
tion has been made of the
McLean estate where Jacque
line Bouvier Kennedy lived
from the time she was 12 un
til she was married to Presi
dent-elect Kennedy.
Listed a year ago at $850.-
000, it requires a large staff
to maintain.
Owned by Mr. Noyes
Mr. Auchincloss purchased
the estate from the late New
bold Noyes, associate editor
of The Star, and it was Mrs.
Noyes, now Mrs. Thomas A.
Stone of New York, who de
veloped the gardens of the
estate. The swimming pool
and tennis courts were also
added during their occupancy.
Mr. Auchincloss has made a
number of changes including
a new entrance and driveway.
Jackie Is Planning
Inaugural Gown
By FRANCES LEVVINE
Associated Press Writer
Mrs. John F. Kennedy an
nounced yesterday that her
inaugural gown will be made
by Bergdorf Goodman of
New York City from her own
suggestions and sketches.
The wife of the President
elect, who is known for her
interest in art and her abil
ity to sketch, said she has
sent suggestions to Bergdorf
Goodman on style, color and
material of the dress. She
also sent rough sketches of
her own.
The New York specialty
Book Launched
At Luncheon
A new book, “The Porce
lain Art of Edward Marshall
Boehm,” was the reason for
a luncheon given yesterday
by Julius Garfinckel and
Company at the Washington
Hotel roof.
Mr. Boehm is fast taking
his place among the world’s
most famous ceramists. Some
of his figurines have been se
lected by President and Mrs.
Eisenhower to be given as
special gifts to foreign dig
nitaries.
The luncheon yesterday
was in honor of Mrs. Helen
Boehm, wife of the artist;
Mr. Frederick Fell, publisher
of the book, and Mr. Frank
Casentino, the author.
The handsome new book is
making its first Washington
appearance at Garflnckels
where for the past two days
there has been a personal ap
pearance and autographing
session by Mrs. Boehm, Mr.
Fell and Mr. Cosentino.
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Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, mother of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, pauses at the
recent International Ball to chat with Mr. Henry C. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor (she is the cousin of Mr. Auchincloss) were down from New York
for the event.—Robert Striar Photo.
He also added a large circular
room to the right wing ot the
house.
On a pleasant autumn
afternoon last month, a week
before the elections, Mrs.
Auchincloss opened Merry
wood for a TV fund-raising
tea. It marked the first time
that the house had been open
for a political fund-raising
event, although it has been
opened a number of times for
charity events, among them
an annual pony ride for the
Children’s Hospital Hearing
and Speech School and
swimming parties for the
benefit of the American
Field Service.
It was also the first time
that Mrs. Auchincloss had
entertained for the benefit of
the Democratic Party, since
she and Mr. Auchincloss both
are—or were—Republicans,
and Mr. Auchincloss has, in
the past, been a contributor
to the Republican Party. He
was quoted recently as say-
store will submit designs to
Mrs. Kennedy In accordance
with her sketches. It was re
ported by Mrs. Gladys Uhl,
Mrs. Kennedy’s press spokes
man.
So far, though, Mrs. Ken
nedy had not received any
finished designs, though she
expects to decide on the final
model for her dress within a
week or 10 days.
Mi-s. Kennedy did not say
what color, style or material |
she had in mind.
In New York. Andrew
Goodman, president of Berg
dorf Goodman, declined to
comment at all on the order
from Mrs. Kennedy.
He did say, though, that
his firm has done business
with the Kennedy family “for
many years.”
There have been many in
quiries to Mrs. Kennedy for
information on the gown she
will wear at the Inaugural
Ball which will be the fash
ion highlight of the three
day inaugural ceremonies.
Her predecessor, Mrs. i
Dwight D. Eisenhower, wore
a Renoir pink peau de sole
gown embroidered with 22,000
pink rhinestones at her first
inaugural in 1953. It was de
signed by Nettie Rosenstein
of New York City. For her
second inaugural, she chose
a citron-yellow princess sil
houette dress of lace over net
and matching taffeta by the
same designer.
Both of Mrs. Eisenhower’s
inaugural gowns now are on
display in museums. The
Renoir pink is at the Smith
sonian Institution here and
the citron-yellow was sent to
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York not long ago.
ing jokingly to Leonard Hall,
Vice President Nixon’s cam
paign manager, who had
asked him for his regular
contribution, “You see, I
happen to be the step-father
in-law of one of the candi
dates for President, and his
name isn’t Nixon. I want to
live in harmony with Mrs.
Auchincloss and all the other
members of the family.” (Mr.
and Mrs. Auchincloss’ family
loyalty is in contrast to that
of the doughty Du Fonts who
voted Republican in spite of
the fact that their daughter,
Ethel, was married to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, jr., whose
father was running for Presi
dent.)
While slender, dark-haired,
dark-eyed Mrs. Auchincloss
has been a familiar figure to
society reporters who cover
the local social scene since
she married the Washington
banker and broker, she has
had little contact with the
relentless questioning, (much
of it of a personal nature)
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and the never-fading spot
light that accompanies any
family that moves into 1600
Pennsylvania avenue.
Spotlight
Her first taste of this spot
light, which searches into the
far corners and which really
never goes out once a man
and his family enter the
White House doors, came
probably when her daughter
married the rising young
Senator from Massachusetts.
Like the Du Pont-Roosevelt
wedding. It was covered ex
tensively in the press and
prior to her own wedding,
Jacqueline Bouvier had re
turned from England where
she had covered one of the
most publicized weddings of
all time for the old Wash
ington Times-Herald, that of
Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip.
Until recently when her
daughter became subject of
Nation-wide attention, Mrs.
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Merrywood, the 46-acre McLean, Va. estate of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss was the home
of Jacqueline Kennedy from the time she was 12
Auchincloss’ name had ap
peared in print only at the
times when those of members
of conservative society fam
ilies usually do—at family
weddings, christenings, de
buts and charity events.
What has been her reaction
to this spotlight? First of
all, pride in her daughter,
coupled with a natural con
cern of a mother that her
daughter will have some pri
vacy.
“I feel that she is very
concerned about Jackie.” says
a friend who has known the
future First Lady and her
mother since they first came
to Washington. “I know she
takes it very seriously—all of
this limelight. But there is
no cause for concern, as
Jackie, with her natural in
telligence, will be able to
handle it all beautifully. She
was born to big houses and
entertaining. She was born
a lady—she just knows in
stinctively.”
Mrs. Kennedy’s Role
During the campaign,
newspapers often carried ac
counts of the travels of Mrs.
Joseph P. Kennedy, mother
of the President-elect, who
took to political rovings like
a missile to outer space. As
the daughter of a former
Mayor of Bostoh, and as the
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mother of a t Senator and
presidential candidate, Mrs.
Kennedy was thoroughly
familiar with- politics.
It is a new life, however,
for Mrs. Auchincloss, to
whom Newport and Sou
thampton are more familiar
than the wards of Boston.
But gracious, soft-spoken
Janet Lee Auchincloss (her
family came originally from
Maryland, and they are re
lated to the Lees of Virginia)
recognizes that she will now
be very much in the news as
the mother of a First Lady
and the grandmother of
children in the White House.
Her phone at Merrywood
rings constantly. Often It is
answered by a butler or a
maid, but just as often by
Mrs. Auchincloss herself. She
answers all questions in her
low, soft voice. But friends
feel that she greatly dislikes
personal questions about her
daughter and that she feels
her daughter should be al
lowed the privacy of any
other young matron with a
growing family.
Yesterday, another of her
friends remarked “I feel sure
that Janet will have to hire
a secretary soon. I don’t
see how she can continue to
answer the thousands of
phone calls and letters that
she receives without one.”
until her marriage to President-elect John F. Ken
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