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by Birmingham, Stephen;


  Johnson, Lyndon B., 208, 246

  Johnson, Robert I., 18, 21

  Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Van, 92

  Johnson County, Kansas, 13

  Junior League, 19, 66, 258

  Jupiter Island Club, Hobe Sound, 233

  Jurden, Jerry, 21

  Kansas City, Missouri, 5, 9–22; bluff at, 9–10; skyline of, 10; “image” of, 10, 11, 21, 25; rivalry of, with St. Louis, 10–12; parks of, 12–14; the arts in, 12, 14, 16–19, 22; Mission Hills area of, 13; Country Club Plaza of, 13, 14; Seville “sister city” of, 13; Jewel Ball, 17, 19; clubs in, 18, 19; Jewish families in, 19; Junior League in, 19; Mayor Davis of, quoted, 22

  Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design, 14, 19

  “Kansas-City-by-the-sea,” Fort Lauderdale known as, 44

  Kansas City Club, 21

  Kansas City Country Club, 18, 19

  Kansas City Lyric Opera, 22

  Kansas City Museum of History and Science, 18, 21

  Kansas City Performing Arts Foundation, 16, 17, 22

  Kansas City Philharmonic, 16, 17, 22

  Kansas City Royals (baseball team), 21

  Kansas City Star, 12

  Kansas, University of (gift to), 21

  Kauffman, Ewing Marion, 20–21

  Kelsen, Venner, 242–243, 250

  Kemper, Crosby, Jr., 15

  Kemper, Mrs. Crosby, Jr., 16–17, 19

  Kemper, James M., 15

  Kemper, R. Crosby, Sr., 15, 17

  Kemper, Mrs. R. Crosby, Sr., 17

  Kemper, William T., 15

  Kemper, Mrs. William T. (Charlotte Crosby), 15

  Kemper family, 14–15, 17, 22

  Kennedy, Edward M., 35, 68

  Kennedy, Mrs. Edward M. (Joan), 68

  Kennedy, Jacqueline. See Onassis, Mrs. Aristotle

  Kennedy, John F., 64, 68, 89, 90, 208

  Kennedy, Joseph P., 198

  Kennedy, Robert F., 58, 64, 66, 68, 118, 122, 124, 125, 233

  Kennedy, Mrs. Robert F. (Ethel), 118, 122, 124

  Kennedy family, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125, 205, 233

  Kern County Land Company, California, 33

  Kerr, Deborah (Mrs. Peter Viertel), 89, 91, 92

  Kessler, George, 12

  Ketchum, Idaho, 114–115, 127

  Khan, Sadruddin Aga, 89

  Kheel, Theodore W., 236

  Kimbrough, Emily, 178, 180

  Kissinger, Henry, 199

  Kiwanis Club of Westport, Connecticut, 97

  Knapp Commission, 148, 154

  Knickerbocker Club, New York, 229, 230, 234

  Kounovsky’s (physical culture institute), New York, 239

  Kreiser, Heinrich Alfred. See Miller, Henry

  Kroh, George, 21, 22

  La Caravelle (restaurant), New York, 257

  La Clinique Générale, “La Prairie,” 86–87

  La Côte Basque (restaurant), New York, 257

  Lafayette (restaurant), New York, 258

  La Grenouille (restaurant), New York, 257

  Lake Placid Club, 233

  Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B., 215–216

  La Montaigne, Ray, 63–64, 70

  Landmarks Commission, New York, 149, 167

  Lane, Jack, 115

  Lane, Pete, 123, 125

  La Paz, Mexico, 132, 133, 135

  La Playa de Santiago, Mexico, 138

  “La Prairie.” See La Clinique Générale

  La Roche, Chester J., 105

  Las Cruces, Mexico, 132, 133–134

  Las Hadas, Mexico, 138

  Las Muertas (beach), Mexico, 137

  Lassen, Lake (California), 36

  Laszlo, Dr. Erno, 164, 243–244, 250

  Laverock (cutter), 217

  Lavezzo, Daniel H., 150–156

  Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 122, 192

  Lawrence, Gertrude, 88

  Lea, Mrs. Albert, 16

  Leary, Dr. Timothy, 183

  Lebow Advertising Company, 6

  Le Club International, Fort Lauderdale, 43, 47–48

  lecture “Forum,” Southern Pines, 81–82

  lecture industry, 175–184; as “big business,” 175–176; demand for, 177–178; competition in, 179; unscrupulous practices in, 179–180; hazards of, 181–183

  Leek, Sybil, 183

  Lehman, Orin, 236

  Leigh, Janet, 118

  Leigh, W. Colston, 178, 183–184

  Lenci, Gordon, 21

  Le Pavilion (restaurant), New York, 191, 257

  Levin, Stuart, 191

  Levitt, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron, 19

  Lewis, Mrs. Tillie, 25

  Lewis, Wilmarth S., 31

  Lichtenstein, Roy, 16

  Lincoln County, West Virginia, 59

  Lindbergh, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A., 231

  Lindsay, John, 148

  Linen, James A., 104

  Linkletter, Art, 118

  Links Club, New York, 234, 235, 236

  Lipton, Thomas, 221

  Livonia (yacht), 218

  Locke, California, 38

  Lockhart, Robert, 230

  Lockport, New York, 162–163

  Lodi, California, 25

  London, 197–211, 237; American Embassy in, 197–200, 206, 208, 209

  London Evening Standard, 209, 210

  London Sunday Express, 200

  London Times, 237

  Long Island: North Shore of, 44; Sound, 96

  Loren, Sophia, 89

  Los Angeles: water supply of, 31; beauty treatments in, 242, 248

  Los Gatos, Mexico, 139

  Lost Week End, The, 150

  Luce, Charles, 236

  Lunt, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred, 88

  Lux, Charles, 30

  Lyons, Leonard, 255

  MacMullan, Mrs. Edward, 113

  Madeleine (yacht), 219

  Main Line, Philadelphia, 203

  Maine Chance, 248

  Malloy, Harry, 162, 167, 169–170

  Malloy, Mrs. Harry (Vivien Goodman), 166

  Mancini, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 118

  Mandel, Mr. and Mrs. Leon, 168

  Mann, Frederick, 208

  Manzanillo, Mexico, 138

  Marbella, Spain, 92

  Marion Laboratories, Inc., 20–21

  Mark (bouncer at P. J. Clarke’s), 155

  Marshall, General George, 81

  Martin, Mary, 88

  Martin Marietta Company, 189

  Marx, Groucho, 48, 229

  Mason, James, 86, 88, 89, 92

  Matchabelli, Prince, 164

  Maugham, W. Somerset, 86, 201

  Maurer, Mrs. William (Yolanda), 52

  Maurois, André, 12

  May, Marjorie Merriweather Post Close Hutton Davies, 242. See also Post, Mrs. Merriweather

  Mayan Indians, 141

  Mazatlán, Mexico, 134–135

  McAllister, Ward, 234

  McCahill, Francis, 53

  McCahill, Mrs. Francis (Mary), 52–53

  McClatchy, C. K., 39–40

  McClatchy, Eleanor, 39

  McClatchy Enterprises, 39

  McClatchy family, California, 26, 39

  McCloskey, Matthew, 208

  McConnell, James, 183

  McCullogh, Robert, 223

  McGreevy, Thomas, 16, 18

  McGreevy, Mrs. Thomas (Molly), 16, 17, 18

  McNamara, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S., 118

  McNulty, John, 149

  Meadow Brook Club, 236

  Mein, Mrs. William Wallace, Jr., 30, 33

  Mellon family, 118

  Mercurio’s Market, Fairfield, 100

  Merritt Parkway, 104

  Mesta, Mrs. Perle, and Call Me Madam, 190

  Metropolitan Club, Washington, 229, 233, 234, 235, 236

  Metropolitan Opera, 52

  Mexico, 5, 131–143

  Miami Beach, 48, 115

  Miami Herald, 52

  Michael’s Pub, 153

  Michigan, University of, 166

  Milland,
Ray, 118

  Miller, Ann, 48

  Miller, Hap, 117, 124

  Miller, Henry, 29–33

  Miller-Lux heirs. See Miller, Henry

  Mill River Club, Long Island, 236

  Milwaukee News, 204

  Mismaloya, Mexico, 136

  Mission Hills, Kansas City, 13

  Mission Hunt, Kansas City, 21

  Mississippi River, 9

  Missouri Pacific Railroad, 15

  Missouri River, 9

  Mitchell’s Esso Station, 59, 69

  Modesto, California, 25, 26, 36, 39

  Mont Blanc, Switzerland, 89

  Montecatini, Italy, 247

  Montgomery County, Maryland, 95

  Montreux, Switzerland, 88

  Moore, Arch, 58

  Moore County Hunt, North Carolina, 76

  Moore, Dan Tyler, 175

  Moore, Henry, 98

  Moore, Marcia, 183

  Morgan, Charley, Jr., 223

  Morgan, J. Pierpont, 221, 234

  Morgantown, West Virginia, 64

  Morgenthau family, 110

  Morissey, Paul, 181

  Morning Telegraph, 204, 208

  Morton, Thomas, 77

  Mosbacher, Emil (“Bus”), 221

  Moss, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ozell, 76

  Mountain Artisans, 66

  “Mrs. Oppenheim Syndrome,” 181–182

  Mundt, Karl, 198

  Munson, Charles Sherwood, 105

  Murphy, Mrs. James (Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller), 122

  Museum of Natural History, Mexico City, 203

  Nabokov, Vladimir, 89

  Nader, Ralph, 167

  Namath, Joe, 43, 48

  National Association of State Racing Commissioners, 208

  National Club Association, 229, 235, 236

  National Golf Links, 236

  Neal, Patricia, 192

  Negroes: in Fort Lauderdale, 51, 83; in Southern Pines, 83; in Fairfield County, 98, 102; in clubs, 233, 236

  Neiman-Marcus, 160, 167

  Nelson, William Rockhill, 12

  Nelson (William Rockhill) Gallery of Art, Kansas City, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22

  New Canaan, Connecticut, 96, 101, 106

  New Haven branch, Penn Central Railroad, 104, 106

  Newman, Paul, 148

  Newport, Rhode Island, 215, 220, 222, 258

  New School for Social Research, 236

  New York, New York, 145–173, 188, 191

  New York Board of Trade, 236

  New York Daily News, 154

  New York magazine, 10

  New York Stock Exchange, 104

  New York Times, 154, 176, 208, 209

  New York Yacht Club, 216, 218, 219, 221, 236

  New Yorker Club, 236

  New Yorker magazine, 100, 148, 171

  Niarchos, Mrs. Stavros (Charlotte Ford), 122

  Nichols, J. C., 13, 14, 15

  Nichols, Miller, 14, 17

  Nickel, George, 33

  Niehans, Dr. Paul, 86, 248

  Night of the Iguana, 136

  Niven, Mr. and Mrs. David, 88, 89, 92

  Nixon, Richard M., 197, 199, 208

  Norbert’s (beauty salon), 250

  North Carolina, 73–83

  Norwalk, Connecticut, 96

  Oakes, John B., 208

  Oakwood Country Club, Kansas City, 19

  Oaxaca City, Mexico, 140

  Oberon, Merle, 88, 142

  Obolensky, Serge, 259

  O’Brian, Hugh, 48

  Ocean Manor, Fort Lauderdale, 48

  Oceano Hotel, Mexico, 136

  Ogilvy, David, 234, 236

  O’Hara, John, 227, 229, 232; novels of, 5

  Old Oaks Country Club, Westchester County, 233

  Old Guard: of California, 27; of Alpine Set, 85, 92; of skiing, 119; of yachting, 215; of Society, 259

  Olivier, Lawrence, 92

  Onassis, Aristotle, 17, 56, 148, 154, 259

  Onassis, Mrs. Aristotle (Jacqueline Kennedy), 17, 77, 118, 122–123, 124, 125, 141, 142, 148, 154, 239, 240, 259

  Osler, William, quoted, 207

  Owens-Corning Fiberglas, 15

  Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, 27, 229

  Pacifica Radio, 170

  Packer, Frank Newson (“Big Daddy”), 222–223

  Page family, Pinehurst, 78

  Palm Beach, Florida, 3, 4, 44, 48, 216, 242, 256

  Palm Beach News, 3

  Palmer, Lilli, 89

  Palmilla (hotel), Mexico, 133

  Palm Springs, California, 203

  Paris (beauty treatments in), 248

  Paris Review, 154

  Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, 47, 52

  Parrish, Mrs. Henry (“Sister”), 66

  Parson, Mrs. Donald, 83

  Patou, Jean, 166

  Payson, Susan (Fine, Mrs. William), 161

  Peace Corps, 63

  Peddie School, 207

  Pendergast Cement Company, 14

  Pendergast, Thomas J. (“Big Tom”), 14, 15, 16, 22

  Penn Central Railroad, 104

  Pennsylvania, University of, 207

  Pepperidge Farm, 100

  Percudani, Fred, 148

  Percy, Charles H., 56

  Percy, Sharon. See Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. IV

  Percy, Valerie, 65

  Petatlán, Mexico, 142

  Peters, Charlie, 64, 68

  Philadelphia, 187, 189, 192; Main Line of, 203

  Philadelphia Art Museum, 207

  Philadelphia Club, 230

  Philadelphia Daily News, 205

  Philadelphia Inquirer, 204, 205, 207

  Phillips Petroleum Company, 49

  Pictorial Life, 52

  Pier 66, Fort Lauderdale, 49–50

  Pierre, Hotel, New York, 202–203

  Pierrepont family, 118

  Pillsbury, Joan (Mrs. Jeffery Dupree), 190

  Pinehurst, North Carolina, 73–83; golf in, 75, 78–80; development of, 78–79; origin of name of, 79; discrimination in, based on “state of health,” 79; clubs in, 80–81; conservatism of, 81

  Pinehurst County Club, 75, 78, 79, 80

  Piping Rock Club, 236

  Playa del Calvario, Mexico, 142

  Playboy magazine, 83

  Plaza Hotel, New York, 191

  Plimpton, George, 154, 176

  Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 55–57, 60

  Pocantico Hills, New York, 59

  Point of Americas, Fort Lauderdale, 46

  Polo Club, Kansas City, 21

  Pope Pius XII, 86

  Port Everglades, Florida, 46, 50

  Portrait of Jennie, 150

  Post, Mrs. Merriweather, 122. See also May, Marjorie Merriweather

  Power, Tyrone, 117

  Program Corporation of America, 177

  Puerto Angel, Mexico, 140

  Puerto Escondido, Mexico, 140

  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 136–138, 141

  Pulaski, Eddie, 245–246, 250

  Queen Elizabeth (ocean liner), 50

  Queen magazine, 209

  Rabbit Club, Philadelphia, 230

  Racing Form, 153, 204

  Racquet Club, Philadelphia, 229

  Racquet & Tennis Club, New York, 236

  Rauschenberg, Robert, 16

  Reagan, Ronald, 26–27

  Reagan, Mrs. Ronald (Nancy), 26–27, 32

  Red Bluff, California, 39

  Redding, California, 25, 39

  Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verner, 98, 101

  Reid, John, 230

  Revlon (cosmetics for men), 245

  Rio Vista, California, 26

  River Club, Kansas City, 18

  River Club, New York, 236

  Rivington’s Royal Gazette, 229

  Robinson, C. Ray, 33

  Rockefeller, “Bobo,” 157

  Rockefeller, David, 57, 61

  Rockefeller, John D., 60, 70

  Rockefeller, John D. III (“John D. Three”), 57–58, 60, 61,
62

  Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. III (Blanchette Ferry Hooker), 59, 62

  Rockefeller, John D. IV (“Jay”), 56–70; West Virginia gubernatorial candidate, 56–59, 61, 65, 67–69; ambitions and education of, 62, 63; in Peace Corps, 63; in State Dept., 63; “image” of, 67, 69–70

  Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. IV (Sharon Percy), 56–60, 65–67, 68–70

  Rockefeller, John D. V (“Jamie”), 69

  Rockefeller, Laurance, 57, 61

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 57, 61, 234

  Rockefeller, Mrs. Nelson, 122

  Rockefeller, Mrs. William, 122

  Rockefeller, Winthrop, 57, 61

  Rockefeller Center, 152

  Rockefeller family: as property-holders, 59–60; philanthropy of, 60–61; “conspiracy theory” concerning, 61–62; Greenwich branch of, 104

  Rodgers, Richard, 96, 99, 105

  Rodgers, Mrs. Richard (Dorothy), 96, 99, 105

  Rodin’s Eve, 203

  Rodríguez, Abelardo, 132–133

  Rogers, “Pappy,” 119, 120

  Rolle, Switzerland, 92

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 178

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 205, 233

  Roscoff, Brittany, 247

  Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Julius, 206

  Rosenstiel, Lewis S., 102

  Rosenstiel Foundation, 102

  Rosita Hotel, Mexico, 136

  Roszak, Theodore, 198

  Rothschild, Baron Edmond de, 89

  Round Hill Club, Greenwich, 98

  Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 218

  Ruark, Robert, 149

  Rudkin, Margaret, 100

  Ruggoff, Donald, 227

  Rumania, 248

  Rumanian ambassador in London, 211

  Rye, New York, 106, 168

  Saarinen, Eero, 197, 198

  Sachs, Gunther, 89

  Sacramento, California, 25, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37, 39; Operations Control Center in, 31

  Sacramento River, 28, 29, 39

  St. Andrews Golf Club, Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York, 230

  St. James’s (club), London, 237

  St. James’s, Court of, 199, 206, 209

  St. Louis, Missouri, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19

  St. Paul’s School, 5

  St. Petersburg, Florida, 223

  Saltonstall family, Boston, 80

  San Francisco Bay, 28

  San Joaquin River, 28

  San Joaquin Valley, 30

  San José del Cabo, Mexico, 133

  Sandy Hook, Connecticut, 220

  Sappho (yacht), 218

  Sardi, Vincent, 152

  Sassoon’s, Vidal, 250

  Saville (club), London, 237

  Sawtooth Range, Sun Valley, 114

  Schaefer, Rudy, 221–222

  Schaffgotsch, Count Felix, 114–115

  Schell, Maximilian, 89

  Schenley Industries, 102

  Schrafft’s, 253

  Schulz, Charles, 118

  Schuyler, George, 221

  Scranton, Pennsylvania, 181–182

  Sea Bright, New Jersey, 220

  Seligman, Henriette (Mrs. Jesse), 253

  Seventeen magazine, 204

  Seville, Spain. See Kansas City

  Shasta Dam, California, 31, 39

 

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