BRAGGARTS in GOVERNMENT- (Second in a series).

The lovely Letitia Baldrige was queen of the table at the 50th reunion of JFK's inauguration. I think it's rather sweet that the old White House crew get together to schmooze a bit about the past. What has me utterly confounded is this last paragraph from today's piece.

What is this? Filth and dirt? What had Ike and Mamie been doing there for two whole terms? And what is this wrath Letitia speaks of? WRATH? I poked around on the internet to see if I could come up with any insights, but haven't as yet. People, what do you think?

And by the way, not sure what etiquette says regarding snapping photos whilst ones elbows are on the table, but we'll just turn a blind eye today.

JANUARY 20, 1961

This is page 142 from the latest Vanity Fair. I was drawn to the automobile in this photo. At first I thought it was a Chrysler product, but no, it's a Lincoln. And then I thought, hey, Lincolns weren't this round for most of the 50s, what year is this? The closest I can figure is maybe it's a '50.  And then this makes me wonder....January, 1961 and the new President is being taxied around in a eleven year old car? Is that the way we did things back then? I mean, the Caddy behind them is old too, but probably a '55 or '56.