European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Tat. Sctt 1 to Fri. Joon Kennedy. Disarming. By Helen Thomas up staff writer thurst lady Jacqueline Kennedy list setting Strong Competition u Washington s Queen of Beauty and fashion from a member of her own family. Met Edward m. Ted Kennedy wife of the new Massachusetts senator and sister in Law of the president has won rave notices As one of the most Beautiful new Comers on the capital scene. A natural blonde with Green eyes and glittering smile Joan Kennedy has a re freshing unaffected manner that has charmed the oldsters on Capitol Hill and enchanted the around town. She also is learning fast that she is celebrity and that what she says is news. The 36-year-old wife of the youngest senator still is upset Over a Magazine interview which quoted her As saying Jackie talked me into trying a wig. She has three of them and wears them a lot especially for in an interview mrs. Kennedy denied vehemently making any reference to wigs worn by the president s wife. The first lady does t have any wigs she said. Her open frankness still disarms themore Hep in Washington who watch everything they say. I cd recently by Aupi reporter whether she was expecting her third child. She lured i Don t know for she knows now for sure. The blessed event will occur in August. In Boston. She is Happy. I Lovo children. As Manyas come she said Ted loves them too. So far. I m doing All her two youngsters Are Kara 3. Who looks amazingly like her famous Cousin Caroline Kennedy. A and Ted or. 18months, who now walks and makes a lot of �. She says her husband has a play ses Ion with the children every evening and loves to rough House with them. They love Joan Kennedy has a Way of wrinkling her nose in a charming manner when she s a slim Slie 12. Wears Jackie Type Bright coloured simple sheaths with a flair and has a few pieces of striking excitement of moving to washing ton is just beginning to Wear Down. Shehas settled temporarily in a rented three Story House in fashionable Georgetown but is looking for a bigger met Ted Kennedy five years ago at a Tea at Manhal Wiville College a Catholic school which his Mother Rose and his sister Jean also attended. They dated year and were married in 1958, she is the daughter of Harry we Gln Bennett a for Mer new York Public relations consultant she said life is a Little less hectic now that Ted has was the anxiety of not he explained. I no longer worry that he s going to s vary enthusiastic about being a mater she said. He loves it she he always ducked questions on whether be would like to see her husband the House except to my that what Nev Bel wanta. She does say however i Hope i la be Here in Washington for a Long by Gay Pauley up staff writer a s-by-12 Inch photograph of the presi Dent of the United states sits on a Small occasional table in a handsomely furnished duplex apartment on fifth Avenue in new York City. The photograph in Black and White i inscribed for Jean. Don t deny you did it is signed Jean Kennedy Smith youngest sister of the president explained that her brother s inscription refers to her role in the 1060campaign for the presidency. Jean is the quietest of the Kennedy the inscription is a joking exhortation to her never to admit that she did select John f. It s Jutt part of a family joke about the said mrs. Stephen e. Smith and the help i gave of actually she said she was t very Active in 1960 although she and her Sisters Eunice and Patricia pitched in on the Wisconsin and West Virginia primaries two key ones which were a powerful fac Tor in her brother s winning the demo cratic of two Small boys mrs. Smith May play Down her role in campaigning for the masculine members of the family. But her husband s role is a major behind the scenes. Smith a handsome personable 35-year-old new yorker currently is handling a new assignment from his White House relative. His Job reportedly to smooth Over splits in the democratic party especially in the key electoral vote states of Newyork. Michigan. Ohio and Pennsylvania where the democrats took a lacing in the1962 contests for governor. The Day this reporter called on , she was in the midst of arranging circus tickets for the older son Stephen,jr., or Steve and one of his friends. Stephen 5, is in St David a a private Catholic school for boys from Nursery through the eighth Grade. William who is2 ,4, was Home and letting everyone know it when mrs. Smith came Down the red carpeted stairs into the drawing room. He was protesting with healthy cries some maternal decision. Said his Mother he does t see Why he can t come Down and be interviewed Kennedy Smith won t Tell her age just say i m the youngest laughed. She attended schools in England when her father was ambassador to the court of St James a and was graduated in 1049 from Manhattan Lyle col leg of the sacred heart at Purchase she majored in English and and Smith were married in 1906, with Francis Cardinal Spellman of the archdiocese of new York officiating. Like the rest of the Kennedy she s athletics minded. And i Don t think Vaughn Meade sounds like the president at All she said. Brunette Blue eyed Jean is the smallest of the Kennedy Sisters with a height of d feet 7% to Pat s 5 feet 9 and Eunice s5 feet 8h. She weighs us pounds and gets a Beauty Salon to Streak her casual Short Bob into a Sun bleached effect. Or 1963 mrs. Jean Smith. Real campaigner. The stars and stripes mrs. Ethel Kennedy. Fast Pace. By Helen Thomas up staff writer t 1fe on the new Frontier just would t jul be the same without mrs. Robert of Kennedy. The exuberant Good looking blonde wife of the attorney general sets a fast Pace for other Kennedy women and. Their Selec Circle of friends. She fits the Mold for a Lgth or the female Side of the Are times in fact when it is difficult to Tell who has the most go Bob by or Ethel the Mother of seven children with an other baby on the Way the 35-year-old mrs. Kennedy manages to keep one step ahead of her heavy commitments to her family and the outside Little thing like pregnancy can hardly Stop Ethel As she i known to All official Washington. The Robert Kennedy gave an ice skating party a few weeks ago and the hostess was just about the first on the rink that evening and the last to accepts a Challenge in fact there is no stopping her. Last year she perform Dover a complicated series of 10 jumps at the horse show. The confessed later that she had not been in a show ring for a dozen makes no intellectual pretences. At a time when a higher Premium is being put on Ethel Kennedy remains devoted to show tunes plays with Happy endings and books that Don t depress. She is much More help politically than the first lady and carries her Toad willingly for the party. 3he went campaigning in1960 to help her brother in Law John f. Kennedy win the White House. She charmed a lot of voters with her. Natural has a wary Quick wit and flings about such words As marvelous and fantastic she Speaks French Well and is pushing her children to learn languages. Mrs. Kennedy is deeply religious. During the height of the Campaign in Remote places she would Roll out of bed at 6 30a.m. To go to mass before starting the Day s social Calm blog Washington people vie for invitations to her Home Hickory Hill at Mclean a. Almost As much As for White House was introduced to Robert Kennedy by Hli sister Jean her Roommate at Man Hattan Volle College while they were on a skiing party. They Are a close couple see to share Many interests and enjoy each oth Hickory Hill menage can stand another child. 3i t can it take another an Imal t Many who have tried to count the pets have Given up but among them is Donkey a horse five ponies Many dogs and cats and rabbits guppies. Cockatoos and Grasshoppers. The children have inherited their parents vitality. They also Are keenly aware of their political role. The Story is told that once while at Aspen. Colo., the so re sort. Kathleen implored her brother Joe who was cutting up in a store to remember his age manners and Boston accent when All else failed she used the ultimate deterrent Joe she commanded. Do be Rule to you Are losing votes like Page 13
