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by Birmingham, Stephen;


  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

  Prep school, Eastern, 26, 42–58; anti-Establishment, 51–52; “new look” in, 55–57

  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
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  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

 

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