TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

they rose to the occasion. In many respects, however, a special salute belongs to Jackie. To her goes the credit for the therapy provided so ably by little Caroline. It was quite apparent how well Jackie had taught Caroline to love and respect her grandfather, for how else could a mere fouryear-old contribute so unselfishly, so eagerly, to Joe Kennedy's recovery? The golden opinion of Jackie gets further accreditation from the reflection of her own personal deeds during her father-in-law's illness. While Joe Kennedy's plight lay like thick cotton wool over the lives of the Kennedys, Jackie overcame her own discouragement and despair, camouflaging it with an inspiring smile and a hopeful voice. She helped give the "Old Chief" heart and ardor to live on. Jackie's sacrifices were many during this period. In late April, Joe Kennedy was flown to New York City for further treatment and rehabilitation training under the personal direction of Dr. Howard Rusk, at the Institute of Medicine and Rehabilitation of New York University. Jackie made several special trips up from Florida and Wash FIGHT MINUTE MARCH ington to visit her father-in-law. She took him out in his wheelchair into the fenced-in garden of his special quarters, known as Horizon House. From the outside, one could see Jackie and Joe Kennedy completely absorbed in their conversation— despite the fact that the President's father still was greatly hampered in his speech. "The way the 'Old Chief was stricken, virtually in front of Jackie's eyes, was one of the most severe shocks she's ever suffered," a White House source reported. "His illness is breaking her heart. She smiles, but inside she feels as empty as the Ambassador's own children do in their grief over this." But the weight on Jackie's heart — and Jack's and the rest of the Kennedy dynasty's — was lifted considerably on July 8th when the "Old Chief" was sent home from Bellevue to continue his convalescence at his home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. The "emperor" returns! Jack Kennedy himself picked up his father at the airport and drove him to Squaw Island, a neck of shoreline shaped roughly like a lobster's claw. This is not the Kennedy home but the residence of singer Morton Downey. The Kennedys had chosen to stay at Downey's place — he was on vacation in Europe — because they had become somewhat of a tourist attraction the previous summer at their own place in Hyannis Port. Downey's secluded "island" afforded the Kennedys the quiet and privacy they sought for the elder Kennedy's return. Jackie and the children were waiting when Papa Kennedy came home. He was smiling broadly and had a great command of his faculties: as the family greeted him. His stay in New York had worked wonders. He was now able to walk with the aid of a cane and spoke with considerable coherence. The elder statesman's return to Cape Cod marked the beginning of another phase of his convalescence — the advanced stage. Part of that rejuvenescence called for a regular schedule of swimming in the outdoor heated pool that was built for that express purpose at the family's home on the Cape, as well as expert therapy. On his return, the "Old Chief" was besieged with warm and endearing kisses from everyone, including Jackie, but most especially the grandchildren, Caroline and John Jr. It was a moment of supreme happiness for all the Kennedys, for at last Papa Joe had returned home from an ordeal few men survive so well. In the days, weeks, and months that followed, the patriarch of the Kennedy dynasty continued to make remarkable advances on the road to recovery. In midsummer, he was visited by Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston, who chatted with the elder Kennedy for about three hours. "I think," said Cardinal Cushing after the visit, "his progress is due to the prayers from children and others whom he has helped over the years." Indeed, the prayers had helped. The prayers of those whom Kennedy had helped — and the prayers of his own children, the prayers of Jackie and the other members of his family. On September 6th, Joseph Kennedy marked his 74th birthday with Jackie and the grandchildren at his side. Jack was in Washington, but on the weekend he, too, came home to take part in a formal celebration that marked not only his father's birthday, but his own ninth wedding anniversary. The observance was one of the more jubilant in recent Kennedy affairs, for there had not been much cause up to then to spill over with joy and thanksgiving. Now there was. No one knew better than Jackie how close her father-in-law had come to spending the rest of his life as an invalid. Now, he was on the road back to health. She might look at him and know -that there was still a long way to go; but she also knows that the worst of the heartbreak is past. Warmed by the love and affection of his family, Joe Kennedy is more like his old self as each day passes. As Jackie knows, the patriarch had written his own best prescription for health a long time ago. "You hear a lot today about togetherness," he once said. "Long before it became a slogan, I guess we had it." — Chrys Haranis How I Learned SHORTHAND in O Weeks SHORTHAND No Strange Symbols — No Machines by Jeannine Oster "A series of low-paying jobs convinced me I needed shorthand to increase my earning power. A friend recommendedSPEEDWRITING shorthand and I was delighted how quickly and easily I learned it. Now I have an important secretarial position with a re mmttk IP search firm at $1,300 more ■■ a year." 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