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During a 1:30 a.m. strategy meeting in his hotel suite, hulking, hard-running James P. Mitchell, 60, New Jersey's Republican gubernatorial candidate, crashed to the bathroom floor, broke his left leg in two places. Facing three weeks of hospitalization and the rest of his campaign on crutches, Mitchell turned the accident into a good break, collected sympathy along with signatures on the cast, and prepared to run as hard as ever via tape recordings and telephone hookups...
Mistresses & Madonnas. Twice daily after she arrived in Paris, Alexandre went to Jackie's apartments on the Quai d'Orsay, brushing and shaping her hair in a huge silvery, mother-of-pearl bathroom. For a formal reception at the Elysee Palace, Alexandre, declaring himself inspired by pictures of Gothic Madonnas, thickened Jackie's bangs and "dressed her cheeks" with two sweeping waves. Anticipating complaints that the style hid too much of Jackie's face, Alexandre said: "A beautiful face needs foliage around it." For a ball next night at Versailles, Alexandre moved on from the Madonnas...
Most luxurious refinement of the fortress bedroom-especially in sunny climates-is the garden bathroom, which has one glass wall. For some degree of privacy, the garden or patio outside is surrounded by a wall or hedge, is usually accessible only through the bathroom. Thus, while shaving or showering, the occupant can sunbathe, sing with the birds and watch the grass grow. Says one dismayed Los Angeles matron: "Using a bathroom like that is like being caught out in the middle of a prairie...
...analysis-conscious California, leading couch mechanics have denied that this smacks of exhibitionism, believe that it merely reflects a desire to glamorize basic functions. "The ancient Romans used to find the damnedest ways of getting pleasure," says one psychiatrist. "A good plumbing system was one of them; the garden bathroom shows this same urge...
Architect William Beckett agrees. "My clients put fantastic emphasis on their bathrooms," he says. "They know it's the most expensive room in the house, and they want to show their friends where their money went." For Cinemactor Charlton (BenHur) Heston, Beckett designed a bathroom with a huge sunken Roman tub, dressing rooms, steam room, and a small outdoor gymnasium. Other Beckett bathrooms have magazine racks, telephones, sun lamps over the sink and reading lamps over the toilet. For Jules Stein, chairman of the huge M.C.A. talent agency, Beckett provided his master touch: a special rack for toothbrushes...