European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes ouse xon a centers of Washington s social attention the Nert four years will be the new first lady and her daughters Julie left and Patricia. By Isabelle Shelton Nana staff writer what will White House social life be like with Richard and Pat Nixon the question is particularly pre occupying washing Ion even As it Waits with the rest of the nation to see the policies and personalities that will be spot lighted in the Nixon administration. Official entertaining is Likely to be heavy the firs year or two it is believed because almost All world leaders no matter How recently they have been to Washington will want to come again to take the Mea sure of the new head of the american Power  in t nearly As gregarious As his Homespun backs lapping predecessor Lyndon Johnson but he has a natural desire and necessity to be respected by other world leaders Many of whom he knows View him warily. It would be surprising therefore if he did not try to improve that image by inviting them to Washington and laying out the red carpet of White House Hospital Ity. The Nixon Are gracious hosts and if they Don thave the Charisma of a Jack and Jacqueline Ken Nedy neither had almost any other . President or first lady. The Nixon have travelled considerably in foreign lands both during and since Nixon was vice president and Are comfortably at Home with world figures. After dinner entertainment always traditional after dinners for visiting chiefs of state is thought Likely to fall somewhere Between the eras of Dwight Eisen Hower and John f. Kennedy. It will almost certainly be several cuts above that provided by the Eisenhower who leaned heavily to Ward Lawrence Welk and Fred Waring. The Kennedy initiated a new Era of artistic excellence with such performers As cellist Pablo Casals the american Stratford players and the american Ballet theatre. That Standard has been maintained by the Johnsons although for some Peculiar reason they often Are not Given credit for it. There is a journalistic cult that likes to Pic Ture Lyndon Johnson m Little Short of u barbarian and to bolster that image they have perpetrated the myth that White House entertaining under Luj had degenerated into Barbecue suppers and Western style music. It might seem to fit with the Man s Texas draw land free Wheeling ranch style personality. The Only trouble is there s not a word of truth in it. State dinners during the Johnson administration have been dignified even elegant. Many think the food was better than that serve Dup by Jackie Kennedy s highly touted French chef. The after dinner entertainment rounded up by social Secretary Bess Abell has been of a Quality to match that provided by the Kennedy savvy  social Secretary fish Aldrige Eyen if a Texas favorite such As the Tijuana brass did sneak in once in a while. Only in one sense did the Quality slip and this fairly recently. The guest lists toward the end of the regime were not quite As Glossy As heretofore. There were less artistic and intellectual giants More pals from  this represented the undoubtedly growing 44. Estrangement Between lbs and the intellectual Community sparked by the War and fed somewhat by his personality or simply the president s natural desire to pay off old cronies with a White House bid before his term ended it is in Max Syible to say Pera Dpi it a a bit of both. A �.-. We a sir Tow in the Eftiha  maintain an Active social Proi decision to have both a social Secretary. In Dixons Planis lira. Nixon s fund $ press the new White House social Secretary is Luc Alexander Winchester a pint Steed Reddish blonde Southern charmer from the Kentucky Bluegrass country who held her own admirably the other Day in her first Washington press conference. The diminutive under five feet two and wearin size six dresses Young miss parried questions smoothly at what must have been her first press Confer Erice.  " " if she did t always answer the questions of the 20or so reporters a barrage that she admitted is founded her she managed to evade them prettily mrs. Winchester said she first met mrs. Nixon hot Spring at a breakfast Kentucky gov. Louie b Niue gave the morning of the Kentucky Derby and has seen her several times since then. But she has no idea what prompted mrs. Nixon to pick her for the Job arid was astonished when she got a Rhone Cal several Days earlier asking her to come to new York to talk about it. Asked what plans and innovations she had for while House entertaining she said firmly this is going to be mrs. Nixon s do. She will have the  with mrs. Gerry Van Der Heuvel mrs. Nixon so Tess Secretary she gives the first lady the beginning or a working staff that is Cool collected arid attractive very much in fact like Pat Nixon herself. The Nixon did t waste any time putting their new staff to work. First scheduled was a White House reception for 200 relatives after the inaugural Parade with Light refreshments. On tuesday there was a morning reception at the White House Lor 500 members of the new Nixon staff and another in the late afternoon for about 500 Friend sin town for the inaugural festivities. It was quite a Challenge for a Brand new social Secretary. Fortunately it was t quite As bad as1 it seems be cause the White House like Many government Agen cies runs smoothly from one administration to the next with the a Herip of Many permanent employees. Asked about that recently Whent looked As if  might not Tilia a social Secretary in time for inaugural Day the outgoing social Secretary mrs Bess Abell said things could tick along for a time without anyone in her Post. Each first lady of course wants to put her own stamp on entertaining noted mrs. Abell who by co incidence is also a kentuckian but until she is read to do that the Ushers butlers and aides will just keep on doing what they have been doing for me i Beautiful  the new Young social Secretary showed her Mettle at the press conference when someone noting her obvious Southern background asked Are you going to inject a note of Southern hospitality in the White  mean there in t one she asked disingenuously flashing that smile once  laughed. Gowns to inaugurate new toc Lal Era As Well As a new political administration were designed by Prucilla of Boston for Tricia and Julie