"Several years after Madam married Onassis, she came to me one day with a list of things to go buy at Gimbels. Mr. Onassis's chauffeur, George, would take me ... he would drive me to Long Island to deliver everything. .... The list was long, full of bed linens, comforters, towels, & other household items. Mostly things to stay warm.

It took us a few hours to get to the address had been given. We pulled into an estate of some kind, with a big mansion set deep within an overgrown garden. I scooted through rotting arched trellises sagging with roses that must have been growing there for decades. ... The porch & weedy garden were alive with skinny feral cats. ... I could see an old woman peering through the chainlock. ...

'Just leave it on the porch' ...

We did. I ... saw another woman watching us from an upstairs window. ...

A week or so later, [we] were sent back with pajamas, bathrobes & groceries. ... We brought cat food this time too."

--Kathy McKeon, "Jackie's Girl"

Picture: Jackie's cousin Edith Bouvier Beale.

Here's the documentary about Jackie's aunt and cousin. (And, yes, Jackie had tried to help.) Sad story on so many levels.

https://www.youtube.com/wa...

They are enduring Characters. I'm sure they are delightful at a party. Thanks for sharing.