Marilyn Quayle May Elect to Find Post-Campaign Job

Now that Marilyn Quayle has completed the daunting task of helping her husband, Dan, get elected vice president, she may have a new challenge facing her: looking for a job. Mrs. Quayle, 39, practiced law with her husband in Indiana during the first years of their marriage, but has not worked outside the home since shortly after their arrival in Washington in 1977. David Beckwith, a spokesman for Dan Quayle, said Mrs. Quayle may join the Washington job-hunting whirlwind after settling her family into their new home, the vice president’s mansion. “She might get a job,” Beckwith said. “She’s thinking about it.” Conflict-of-interest rules--which in Mrs. Quayle’s case would restrict her involvement in a broad range of areas under the purview of the executive branch--will strictly limit her job options, an aide said.

--Marilyn Quayle may want to consider investing in a new wardrobe for her job search. Fashion designer Richard Blackwell, in his just-released list of the 10 worst-dressed women of 1988, put Quayle in fifth place, between Madonna and Shirley Temple Black. Blackstone described Mrs. Quayle’s fashion sense as that of a “1940 unemployed librarian.” Topping Blackstone’s 29th annual list was the Duchess of York. “She looks terrible, like she should be making beds on the second floor of a motel,” Blackstone said. Others on the list: Imelda Marcos, Debra Winger, Lisa Marie Presley, Carrie Hamilton, Katie Wagner (the last three tied for seventh place), Jamie Lee Curtis, Jodie Foster and Roseanne Barr.

--The City of London, at the ripe old age of 800, is Britain’s oldest and richest mayoralty. In honor of the occasion, Lord Mayor Sir Christopher Collett opened a year of lavish celebrations by cutting a 1-ton, 7-foot-tall birthday cake with a ceremonial sword at London’s 550-year-old Guildhall. The lord mayor presides over Britain’s smallest local authority, a small--but very important--part of the greater London metropolitan area. The Corporation of the City of London covers the capital’s famous “square mile,” which, in addition to being the home of Britain’s international financial center, includes St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, where the crown jewels are kept.