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 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