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Whether Lady Bird will set new fashions for U.S. women remains a question. She is a perfect size ten (5 ft. 4 in., 114 Ibs.), wears various shades of orange, yellow, coral and melon because Lyndon likes bright hues. When she appears in something more subdued, he is apt to growl, "Don't wear those old 'muley' colors."
Pickled Okra & Oil Lamps. In some ways, Lady Bird's tastes are militantly homespun. Her favorite recipes are for turkey dressing, spinach souffle, double divinity and pickled okra. She likes to watch television, talk on the telephone, hunt deer, shoot doves, take home movies. She recalls with pride her childhood on an isolated Texas farm: "I used an oil lamp until I was nine years old, and I can remember what a big day it was when we finally got indoor plumbing."
Lady Bird, who turned 51 this week, views her role as First Lady of the U.S. with a homemaker's eye: "I will try to be balm, sustainer and sometimes critic for my husband. I will try to have my children look at this job with all the reverence it is due, to get from it the knowledge that their unique vantage point gives them, and to retain the lightheartedness to which every teen-ager is entitled. For my own self, my role must emerge in deeds, not words."
* A maitre d'hotel, two housekeepers, four butlers, six cooks, a valet, five doormen, five housemen, a head laundress, a pantry woman, eight maids, eight engineers, four carpenters, four electricians, three plumbers, two storekeepers, a painter, ten laborers and eleven gardeners.