Kennedy, John F., Jr. (John-John), 290–291
Kennedy, Robert F., 207, 236
Kennedy, Mrs. Robert F. (Ethel), 200
Kennedy family, 10, 249, 288, 296, 297
Kent family, 223
Kent School, Connecticut, 46, 55–56; sports at, 84
Kept Man, 250–253
Kerr, John, 36
Key West, Florida, 244
Killiam, Dorothy, 14
Kinsolving, Reverend Arthur Lee, 225
Kirk, Admiral Alan G., (Ret.), 40
Kitty Foyle, 4
Knickerbocker, Cholly, 77, 294
Knickerbocker Club, New York, 118, 120
Knickerbocker Greys, New York, 35–41; competition for admission to, 37
Knowles, Gorham, 23
Kramer, Ben, Philadelphia publisher, 171–172
Kriendler family, New York, 39
Lacrosse, 87
Ladd, Alan, 260
Ladenburg, Adolphe, 117
Lake Forest, Illinois, 125, 140
Lake George, New York, 232, 237
Lake George Club, 237
Lake Placid, 233
Lake Placid Club, 233–238
Lake St. Clair, 140
Lambs Club, New York, 117
Lanahan, “Scottie” Fitzgerald, 200, 203
Lanin, Lester, 65, 200
Lapham, Howard, 267–268
Lapham family, San Francisco, 18
Larchmont, New York, 125
Las Madrinas Debutante Ball, Los Angeles, 73
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 200
Lawford, Peter, 200
Lawrence, Dudley, 137–138
Lawrence, William Van Duzer, 136–137, 138, 254
Lawrence family, Boston, 301
Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, New York, 138
Lawrence Properties, Inc., 137–138, 139
Lawrenceville School, 44, 77
Lazarus family, New York, 117
Leadership, social, 26–27, 258
League of Women Voters, Hartford, 189
Leas, Fernanda Wanamaker, 98
Lee family, Virginia, 207
LeRoy, Mervyn, 273
Lewis, Sinclair, 151
Lewis, Wilmarth, 91, 286, 299
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, 146
Life magazine, 74
Lindsay, John V., 54–55, 56, 196
Lineage, see Genealogy
Linen, James A., 50
Lippmann, Walter, 202
Liquor, 68, 213–214; Boston’s Sweet Martini, 17
Litchfield, Edward Hubbard, 239
Litchfield, Edward S., 238–240
Litchfield Park Corporation, Tupper Lake, New York, 238
Little Boar’s Head, New Hampshire, 226, 227
Livingston, Carl, 19
Livingstone, Seabourn, 144
Loewe, Frederick, 268–269
Logan, Mrs. John, see Guggenheim, Polly
Lombard, Carole, 273
Long Island, 8; North Shore, 13, 154, 224; South Shore, 224
Longstreth, T. Morris, 234
Longstreth family, Philadelphia, 159
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 99, 195, 201
Look, Maria Auchincloss, 288
Lord & Taylor, 168
Lorillard, Pierre, 221–222
Loring family, Boston, 301
Los Angeles, 25, 73; Pasadena-San Marino, 182
Los Angeles Country Club, 73
Lotos Club, New York, 117
Low, Will H., 137
Lowell family, Boston, 10, 46
Luce, Clare Boothe, 206
Luce, Henry R., 65, 121
Lucker, Harry H., 39–41
Ludwig, James, 19
Lyman, Mrs. Edmunds (Kay), 26–27
Lynch, Edmund C., 193, 249
“Lyndhurst,” Gould estate in Westchester, 128–129
Lyon, Mrs. J. Denniston, 13–14
Lytle, Mrs. R. Ridgely, 138
McAllister, Ward, 23
McAlpin family, New York, 238
MacArthur, General Douglas, 13
McCallum, Judge John Guthrie, 275
McCarthy, Senator Joseph, 192
McCloy, John J., 266
McIlhenny, Henry, 166
Mcllvain, Alan, Jr., 180–181
Mackay, Clarence H., 18
Mackay family, 18
McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 202
MacLeish, Archibald, 121
McManus, Mrs. Austin (Pearl), 275–276
McMillan family, Detroit, 142
MacMullan, Mrs. Edward J., 70–72, 77, 165, 178
McNaughton, Mrs. John, 156
McNeese State College, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 82
Madeira School, 7, 76
Madison, James, 285
Magnin family, San Francisco, 19
Main Line, Philadelphia, 158–181; and the Pennsylvania Railroad, 163–164, 169, 179; uniformity of attitudes in, 167–169; manner in, 169–173; folksiness in, 177; culture in, 179, See also Philadelphia
Main Line Chronicle, 171–172
Main Line Times, 171
Mainwaring family, 286
Maison Glass (food shop), 14
Manchester, Mass., 226
Marat, Jean Paul, 30
Mardi Gras Ball, New York Junior League, 110
Marie, Queen of Rumania, 29
Marin County, San Francisco, 25
Markoe (Marcou) family, Philadelphia, 28
Marksmanship, 85
Marquand, John P., his The Late George Apley, 301
Marriage, 89–97; and the debutante, 59–60, 78–79
Martha’s Vineyard, 224
Maryhill Museum, Washington (state), 29
Massachusetts Bay, 225–226
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 81
Maxwell, Elsa, 29, 214
May, Marjorie Merriweather Post Close Hutton Davies, 203, 204, 245
Mayfair House, Park Avenue, 96
Meadowbrook Polo Club, 40
Meigs, Ferris J., 231
Mein, William Wallace, 64
Mein family, San Francisco, 18
Mellon, Andrew, 46
Mellon family, 49
Memorial Church (Presbyterian), Grosse Pointe, 150
Mencken, H. L., 213
Merion, Pennsylvania, 160; Cricket Club, 164, 174, 175; Gold Club, 164, 174, 175
Merman, Ethel, 66
Merrick, George E., 253–256
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, 193
Merwin, General Samuel, 188–189
Mesta, Perle Skirvin, 198, 202, 204
Metamora, Michigan, 152
Metcalf family, San Francisco, 18
Metropolitan Club, New York, 120
Metropolitan Club, Washington, 118, 206
Miami, Florida, 244, 248, 253
Miami-Key West Railroad, 244
Middlesex School, Massachusetts, 46
Miller, Marian, 27
Miller, Mrs. Robert Watt, 27
Miller family, San Francisco, 18, 27
Mirkil, William, 160
Miss Hewitt’s School, 74
Miss Porter’s School, 76; and Auchincloss women, 299–300
Mistress, 9, 94, 118, 250
Mizner, Addison, 246–248
Moncrief, Monty, 277
Monroe, James, 285
Monteagle, Mrs. Kenneth (Lucile), 27
Monteagle, Mrs. Paige (Louise), 27
Monteagle family, San Francisco, 18
Moore, Gar, 268–269
Morgan, Frank, 273
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 45–46, 47, 48, 120, 134
Morgan family, New York, 35
Morris, John (Jean Maurice), 273, 274
Morris, Judge Luzon, 187
Morris, Newbold, 121
Morris, Samuel, Jr., 115
Morris family, Philadelphia, 9–10, 162
Morse family, San Francisco, 18
Mothers’ Milk Bank, Evanston, Illinois, 107–108
Mount Dese
rt Island, Maine, see Bar Harbor; Northeast Harbor
Mount Kisco, New York, 125
Mumford, Lewis, 136, 137
“Mumsy Group,” San Francisco, 23
Munn, Dorothy Spreckels, 20, 22, 28
Murphy, George, 192
My Fair Lady, 268, 269
Nahant, Mass., 226
Nantucket, 27
Narberth, Pennsylvania, 160, 163, 164, 165
Narragansett Bay, 14
National Social Directory, 82
National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of New York, 103
Negroes: in Junior League, 107; in Bronxville, 138; in Grosse Pointe, 149; in Main Line Philadelphia, 173–174, 176; in Washington, 207–208; in Palm Beach, 246
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 295
New Haven Railroad, 169–170
New Jersey Shore, 126
New York, 4, 10, 26; Infirmary, 60, 61; Junior League in, 100–102
New York State Conservation Department, Albany, 231
New York Times, 14, 98
New York University (N.Y.U.), 81
Newberry, Truman, 144
Newberry family, Detroit, 142
Newhall family, San Francisco, 18
Newly rich, 90
Newport, 8, 221; year-round residents of, 13
Nickels family, San Francisco, 18
Nina, Princess of Russia, 36
1925 F Street Club, Washington, D.C., 207
Nob Hill, San Francisco, 30, 116
Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, 223, 224, 226–27
Northeastern University, Boston, 82
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 82
Northwood School, 236
Notre Dame University, 81
Nugent, Patrick, 290
Nugent, Mrs. Patrick, see Johnson, Luci
Oakland, California, 25
Oakley, Violet, 137
Obolensky family, 36
O’Brien family, San Francisco, 18
Odium, Floyd, 259, 263–264
Old Guard, 107, 246; San Francisco, 17; Los Angeles, 73; New York, 74, 99, 218; Grosse Pointe, 143; Philadelphia, 167, 176, 180; Hartford, 184, 191; Palm Beach, 249; Palm Springs, 275
Old Oaks Country Club, Westchester, 135
Old Philadelphia Rabbit Club, 113, 114, 115; summer counterpart, 226
Old St. David’s Church (Episcopal), Radnor, Pennsylvania, 171
Oliver family, San Francisco, 18
Olsen, A. William, headmaster of Hotchkiss, 56
Olsen, Oscar L., 147, 151
Onassis, Aristotle, 306
Ong, Mrs. Eugene W., 60–61
Opera: in San Francisco, 20, 21; in Detroit, 146
Opera Fol de Rol, San Francisco, 21
Opera Guild, San Francisco, 21
“Ophir Farm,” Westchester, 128
Ormond Beach, Florida, 242
Overbrook, Pennsylvania, 160
Oyster Bay, Long Island, 16, 192
Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, 118
Pakradooni, Ann, 168
Palette Club, Palm Springs, 273
Palm Beach, Florida, 14, 125, 235, 242–244
Palm Springs, California, 258–277; real estate boom in, 262–263; climate in, 264–265; piano bars in, 266–267; Aerial Tramway, 266; Boys’ Club, 266; National Bank, 269
Palmer, Katherine, 65
Paoli, Pennsylvania, 160, 165
Paramount Pictures, 74
Parker, Alfred Browning, 254, 255
Party-planners, professional, see Social secretaries
Pasadena, California, 73
Paynter, William, 189
Peabody, Endicott, 47, 48, 56, 226, 301
Peabody, Mrs. Endicott, 48
Peabody family, 225, 301
Pebble Beach, California, 259
Peck & Peck, 7, 169
Pelham, New York, 125
Pell, Senator Claiborne, 54
Pell family, Westchester, 126
Peninsula, San Francisco, 25
Penllyn, Pennsylvania, 15, 163
Penn, Irving, 60
Penn, William, 162
Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, 165
Pennock, Liddon, 205
Pennsylvania: University of, 49, 80–81; Horticultural Society, 167
Pennsylvania Railroad, 163–164, 169, 179
Pepper, George Wharton, 227
Perlberg, William, 270
Philadelphia, 4–5, 10, 12–13, 17, 26, 72, 94; “coming out” in, 69; and the Junior League, 105; Main Line, 158–181; “Arty Set,” 165; Art Museum, 165–166, 179; Country Club, 174; Skating Club and Humane Society, 175; Symphony Orchestra, 179. See also West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Club, 113, 117
Philadelphia Inquirer, 166
Philadelphia Story, The, 4
Philadelphian, The (Powell), 4–5
Philanthropy, personal and public, 29. See also Charity Philips family, Westchester, 126
Piccadilly Dances, Philadelphia, 71
Pickford, Mary, 273
Piedmont, California, 25
Pillsbury family, Minneapolis, 58
Pine Room, Junior League Clubhouse, New York, 102, 110, 111
Piping Rock Club, 95, 194, 224
Place Pigalle, La, 74
Planned Parenthood Federation, Detroit, 147
Plant, Henry, 244–245
Platzer, Mrs. Wilfried, 208
Players Club, New York, 117
Plaza Hotel, 74, 197
Pocantico Hills, Rockefeller estates in, 127–128
Podesta Baldocchi, San Francisco, 20
Political Group, San Francisco, 23
Politics, 34, 180, 192–193; in conversation, 89
Polo, 25, 85; college teams, 84
Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, 241
Porcellian Club, Harvard, 80, 82
Port Chester, New York, 125
Portland, Oregon, 26
Portsmouth Priory School, Rhode Island, 47
Pot and Kettle Club, 226
Potter, Mildred Southwick, 270, 274
Potter family, 121
Pound Ridge, New York, 125
Powell, Richard, 4
Powell, Mrs. William (“Mousey”), 274
Prejudice, racial and religious: in Grosse Pointe, 149; in Philadelphia, 165, 173–175
Presley, Elvis, 66
Prides Crossing, Massachusetts, 226
Princeton University, 35, 43, 49, 50, 54; social acceptability of, 80–81
Procter, Patricia, 96–97
Procter, Mrs. Sanford, 96–97
Procter & Gamble, 96
Prohibition, 115, 213, 215
Prudential Center, Boston, 182
Publicity, 10; and Debutante of the Year, 73–78; and divorces among the rich, 93–94; and the Junior League, 103
Puerto Rico, 85
Putney School, Putney, Vermont, 51–52
Rabbit Club, Philadelphia, see Old Philadelphia Rabbit Club
Racquet Club, Palm Springs, 273
Racquet Club, Philadelphia, 113
Racquet sports, 83–84
Racquet and Tennis Club, New York, 120
Radnor, Pennsylvania, 160, 163, 164; Hunt Club, 174
Radnor Valley Country Club, 175
Radziwill, Princess Stanislaus (Caroline Lee Bouvier), 74, 284, 293–294, 298
Rainier, Prince of Monaco, 6
Rainsford, Mrs. W. S., 118
Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. David, 167
Read, Bayard W., 238
Read, William A., 238
Read family, New York, 35
Reagan, Ronald, 192
Redington, John, 18
Redington, Mrs. John (Diana Crocker), 18
Redington family, San Francisco, 18
Rehfuss, George W., 69–70
Reid, Whitelaw, 128
Reid family, New York, 35, 288
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 81
Resorts, 34; shore, 220–227; mountains, 228–240; in Florida, 241–257; in California, 258–277
Reynolds, Debbie, 260, 267
Ribicoff, Senator Abraham, 208
Riddle, Mrs. Theodate Pope, 50–51
Ridgeway family, Newport, 222
Ringling, John, 255, 257
Rittenhouse Square, 13
Rivalry, social, 22, 25
River Club, New York, 103
Robbins, Millie, 64
Roberts, Mrs. George, 15, 177
Roberts family, Philadelphia, 10, 94, 162
Rockefeller, David, 80
Rockefeller, John D., 127, 134, 241, 287n.
Rockefeller, John D., III, 41, 128n.
Rockefeller, Mrs. John D., 41
Rockefeller, Laurence, 36, 128n.
Rockefeller, Mary Todhunter Clark, 7
Rockefeller, Nelson A., 80, 128n., 172, 191
Rockefeller, Mrs. Nelson A. (“Happy”), 7, 172
Rockefeller, William, 287
Rockefeller, William A., 238
Rockefeller, Winthrop P., 36
Rockefeller, Mrs. Winthrop P. (“Bo-bo”), 36, 92
Rockefeller family, 9–10, 33, 35, 121, 130, 132, 217, 281, 288, 297; Pocantico Hills estates, 127; and politics, 196
Rogers, Ginger, 273
Roland, Gilbert, 273
Rolling Stones, 66
Roosevelt, Mrs. Archibald, 201
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 35, 54, 115, 188, 288
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 71
Roosevelt, Theodore, 99, 245
Roosevelt family, 10, 35, 74, 288, 297; and politics, 196, 202
“Rose Terrace,” Horace Dodge mansion, 144
Rosemont, Pennsylvania, 160
Round Hill, Jamaica, 76
Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, Florida, 246
Royal Poinciana Hotel, Palm Beach, 243
Rugby (sport), 84–85
Rugby School, England, 44, 52
Rugby Week, Bermuda, 84–85, 247
Rusk, Dean, 205
Russel family, Detroit, 150
Russell family, New York, 287
Rutgers University, 81
Rutherfurd, Lewis, 288, 290–291
Rutherfurd, Mrs. Lewis, see Auchincloss, Janet Jennings
Rutherfurd, Lucy, 288
Rutherfurd family, 225
Ryan, Ray, 277
Rye, New York, 125
“Safari Set,” Philadelphia, 167
Sailing, 85
St. Augustine, Florida, 241–242
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, New York, 36
St. Botolph’s Men’s Club, Boston, 117
St. Cecilia Society, Charleston, 72–73
St. Davids, Pennsylvania, 160
St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, 24
St. George’s School, Newport, 46, 47, 54
St James’s Club, London, 113
St. John, Seymour, 56
St. Mark’s School, 42, 45, 46, 49, 77
St. Paul’s Church (Roman Catholic), Grosse Pointe, 150