The Right Places
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Index
“Absolution” (Fitzgerald), 5
Acapulco, Mexico, 131, 132, 138, 142
Acorn Club, Philadelphia, 231
Action for Appalachian Youth, 65
Adams, Kenneth S. (“Boots”), 49
Adenauer, Konrad, 86
Albee, Mrs. Reed, 256
Albert, Prince, 216
Aldrich, Winthrop, 234, 236
Aldrich, Mrs. Winthrop, 236
Alpine Set, 85–93
Alsop, Joseph, 234
Alswang, Ralph, 100
Altamont pass, California, 28
Ambrose Lightship, 220
America (yacht), 217; replica of, 221–222
America’s Cup, 215, 216, 217, 221
America’s Cup Race, 215, 216; origin of, 216–217; first victory in, 217; challengers in, 218–219; low point in history of, 219; formula restricting entries in, 219–220; cost of, 220–221; 1970 race, 222–223
American Embassy, London, 197–200, 206, 208
American Program Bureau Inc., Boston, 177, 180–181, 182
American Yacht Club, 228
Ames, Harriet (Annenberg), 205
Annenberg, “Aye” (Mrs. Leo Simon), 202–203
Annenberg, Max, 204
Annenberg, Moses L. (“Moe”), 203–204, 205
Annenberg, Mrs. Moses L., 204
Annenberg, Wallis (Mrs. Seth Weingarten), 200
Annenberg, Walter H., 197–211
Annenberg, Mrs. Walter H. (Leonore), 201–202, 203
Annenberg family, 202–206, 208, 210
Annenberg Library, 207
Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 207
Apawamis Club, Westchester County, 233
Appalachia, 55
Arcaro, Eddie, 43
Arden, Elizabeth, 240, 248, 250
Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York, 230
Armour family, 21
Arnaz, Desi, 134
Arpels, Mme. Louis, 239
Arrouge, Marti, 117
Ashbury, James, 218
Ashe, Arthur, 177–178
Astor, Mrs. John Jacob III, 230, 234
Austrian ambassador to U.S., wife of, 118
Baez, Joan, 146
Bahia Mar marina, Fort Lauderdale, 49
Baja California, Mexico, 132
Bakersfield, California, 5, 25, 27, 32–33
Baldy Mountain, Sun Valley, 115, 116, 121, 123, 125, 126, 127
Balsa Hotels, Mexico, 135
Bandine, Miss Liberty, 161
Barrens, Pinehurst, 78
Barstow School, Kansas City, 21
Baruch, Bernard, 86
Basso, Hamilton, 100
Bedford, Duke and Duchess of, 176–177
Bedford, Ruth, 105
Bedford family, 80
“Bee” chain of newspapers, California, 39
Behan, Brendan, 147
Bellamy, Ralph, 122
Bennett, Joan, 192
Bergdorf Goodman, 5, 159–173, 224; “Apartment” at, 160, 163–164, 169; origins of, 162; changes at, 163, 169, 172–173; move to present site, 163–164; “non-customers” at, 172
Bergdorf, Herman, 160
Bergen County, New Jersey, 95–96
Berlinger, Mr. and Mrs. George, 168
Bernstein, Leonard, 105, 118, 123
Bernstein, Mrs. Leonard, 105, 118
Bich, Baron Marcel, 222–223
Biddle family, 187
Bidwell, General John, 37
Bidwell Park, 37
Birch, John, Society, 47
Blass, Bill, 244
Bloomingdale’s, 171
Blough, Roger M., 234
Boat Basin, Seventy-ninth Street, New York, 192
Bohemian Club, San Francisco, 27
Bonwit Teller, 66, 161
Boodle’s (club), London, 237
Boone County, West Virginia, 68
Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. James, 76
Boys in the Band, The, 47
Bremer, Lucille (Sra. Abelardo Rodríguez), 132
Bridgeport, Connecticut, 96, 105
Broadway-Hale department store chain, 159, 167, 173
Bronfman, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, 165, 189–190
Brook Club, New York, 234
Brown, Holmes, 236
Brown, John Mason, 178
Brown, Skipper (Richard) of America, 217
Brown family, California, 26
Bruce, David K. E., 201–202, 209, 210, 234
Bruce, Mrs. David K. E., 201–202, 209, 210
Bryan, Joe, 82
Brynner, Yul, 90
Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley T., 190
Bucharest, Rumania, 248
Buchwald, Art, 176, 183
Bunker, Mrs. George, 189
Burton, Richard, 90, 136–137, 193, 205
Burton, Mrs. Richard. See Taylor, Elizabeth
Butler, Michael, 151, 152
Caen, Herb, 25
Cafritz, Gwen (Mrs. Morris), 256
California, Central Valley of. See Central Valley
California, Delta region of, 31, 37, 39
California, Gulf of, 132; ferry across, 135
Callas, Maria, 17
Cambria (schooner), 218
Cannon family, 82
Capote, Truman, 191
Carlisle, Kitty, 176
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 207
Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, 75, 79, 80
Carson, Johnny, 48
Carson, Mr. and Mrs. “Kit,” 48
Carswell, G. Harrold, 228
Cartier’s, 205
Castro, Bernard, 44, 47
Castro, Mrs. Bernard (Theresa), 43, 44, 47, 53
Central Valley of California, 25–40; agriculture of, 25–26, 31–32, 33–37, 38–39; “image” of, 27; “special language” of, 28; topography of, 28; weather in, 28, 29, 38–39; irrigation of, 29–32, 33–34, 36–37, 38; oil companies in, 32; labor problems and economy in, 34–36; politics of, 35; property values in, 36
Central Valley Project (irrigation), 31, 34
Century Club, New York, 234
Century Country Club, Westchester County, 233
Cerralvo, Mexico, 133
Challenger Inn, Sun Valley, 117, 125 See also Sun Valley Inn
Chapin, Roy, 234
Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 88, 89, 92
Charlestown, West Virginia, 66
Chasen’s (restaurant), Beverly Hills, 193
Chavez, Cesar, 35
Chennault, Mme. Claire, 176
Chevreux d’Antraigne, Mme. de, 88
Chicago American, 204
Chico, California, 25, 37
Chilton Club, Boston, 231
Choate, 165
City Island Harbor, New York, 222
Claiborne, Craig, 153–154
Clarke, Charlie, 150
Clarke, Patrick Joseph, 149, 156–157
Clarke (P. J.) family, 149–150
Clarke, Richard V., 236
Clarke’s, P. J. (bar), 5, 145–157; clientele of, 146–148, 150, 155–156; as New York landmark, 148–149; sale of, 150; zoning conflict in regard to, 52; food at, 153–154; dogs at, 156–157
clubs, 227–237; in Kansas City, 18, 19; drive for new members in, 228–229; rapid growth of, 229; women in, 230–231; tax status of, 232; racism and anti-Semitism in, 233–234; in London, 237
Cohan, George M., estate of, 204
Colbert, Claudette, 118
Colby, Anita, 164
Colony Club, New York, 230, 231, 236, 258
Columbia (yacht), 218
Colusa, California, 5, 25, 26, 37, 38
Conklin, Roger, 181
Connecticut Turnpike, 104
Consolidated Edison, 236
Cook, Peter, 26
Cooper, Gary, 90, 117, 124
Cooper, Mrs. Gary, 117
Cooper, Wyatt, 188–190
Cooper, Mrs. Wyatt (Gloria Vanderbilt), 188–190, 244
Coral Ridge Yacht Club, Fort Laude
rdale, 47, 51
Cornfeld, Bernard, 93
Corning, California, 39
Cortes, Doña Elena, 137–138
Cortés, Hernando, 132, 142
cosmetic surgery, 241–244
cosmetics, 239–240, 244–245; for men, 245, 246
Cosmopolitan Club, New York, 231
Costello, Tim, 149
Costello’s, Tim (bar), 147, 148
Countess of Dufferin (yacht), 218–219
Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst, 79–80
Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, 13, 14
Court of St. James’s, 199, 206, 209
Coward, Noel, 85, 88, 89, 92
Cowles, Gardner, 234
Cozumel (Island), Mexico, 141–142
Craven, Craig, 14
Crawford, Joan, 203, 249
Creek Club, 236
Crosby, Bing, 133, 134
Crosby, Charlotte (Mrs. William T. Kemper), 15
Crown Center, Kansas City, 18
Crowther, Bosley, 176
Crystal, David, 168
Curran, Jim, 115
Dallas, Texas, 21
Dalrymple, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, 92
Dalzell, Briggs, 223
Danbury, Connecticut, 96
Darien, Connecticut, 96, 101, 106, 108
Darrow, Whitney, Jr., 100
Daughters of the American Revolution, 236
Davis, Bette, 99, 108–109
Davis, Mayor (Ilus W.) of Kansas City, 22
Deauville, France, 247
Debs, Eugene, 206
Defender (yacht), 219
de Havilland, Olivia, 247
Delano, California, 35
Delray Beach, Florida, 46
De Vries, Peter, 100
Diamondhead Corporation, Pinehurst, 78
Dickerson, Nancy, 48
Dillon, C. Douglas, 234
Dior “gang,” 167
Disney, Walt, 19
Dixon, Jeane, 52
D’Ornanon, Count and Countess Hubert, 168
Draddy, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent, 167–168
Dropsie College, 209
Duchin, Eddie, 118
Duke, Doris, 244
Dullea, Keir, 192
Dumaine, Betty, 76
Dunes Club, Pinehurst, 80–81
Dunraven, Earl of, 219, 221
du Pont family, 193, 194
Dupree, Jeffery, 190
Durham, England, 210
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 190, 210
Elizabeth II, 179–180, 199–200, 201
El Morocco, New York, 259
Emmons County, West Virginia, 65
Engl, Sigi, 123–124, 126
Erie Canal, 219
Esso, 69
Fairfield, Connecticut, 96, 100, 101, 104
Fairfield County, Connecticut, 95–110, 249; topography of, 96; Jews in, 98–99, 103, 109; zoning in, 101–104, 109; Negroes in, 102, 109; taxes in, 103–104; commuting from, 104–107; youthful delinquency in, 107–108
Farber, Ann Goodman, 161
Farber, Herbert J., 236
Farmington, Connecticut, 31
Fay, Eddie, 148
Feller, Bob, 176
Ferrer, Mel, 90
Ferry Seed Company, 59
Fine, Mrs. William (Susan Payson), 161
Firestone, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, 81–82; head stable man of, 81
Firestone family, 204
Fish House, Philadelphia, 230
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 5, 260; characters of, 6
Flynn, Errol, in Robin Hood, 37
Folsom Dam, California, 32
Forceville, Countess de, 164
Ford, Charlotte (Mrs. Stavros Niarchos), 122
Ford, Henry, 234
Ford, Mrs. Henry, 122
Ford Foundation, 60
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 81
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 43–53, 215; conservatism of, 44, 47; land development in, 44–46; Easter vacation crowds in, 46, 47; ecological problems of, 46; yachting in, 46–47, 49; Younger Set in, 47; cruise business in, 50; Jews in, 50–51; Negroes in, 51, 83; the arts in, 51–53; “voice” of, 52; new attitude in, 53
Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts, 52–53
Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club, 47, 51
“Four Hundred,” 234
Four Seasons, New York, 191
Fox, Sonny, 101, 108
Foxcroft, 258
fox-hunting, 75–77, 258
Foy, Mrs. Thelma Chrysler, 164, 172
France (yacht), 222–223
Francis, Arlene, 148
Franciscan Club, San Francisco, 231
Franklin, Benjamin, 198
Frederick (dining-room captain at Sun Valley), 117
Fresno, California, 5, 25, 26, 33, 39
Freuchen, Peter, 183
Friede, Robert, 206
FTC (Federal Trade Commission), 159, 167, 173
Fulton, Richard, 182
Funston, G. Keith, 104
Gabel, Martin, 148
Gabor, Jolie, 240
Galanos, Jimmy, 167
Gallo family, Modesto, 26
Gardiner, Mrs. David Lion, 60
Gardner, Leonard, his Fat City, 25
“Gateway to the West,” 11
Gault Ocean Mile, Fort Lauderdale, 45
Geneva, Switzerland, 91, 92, 93
Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dow, 235–236
Giffen, Russell, 26
Giffen family, Fresno, 26
Giralda Tower of Seville, replica of, 13
Glennon, Jimmie, 150–151
Goldberg, Arthur, 236
Golden Gate, 28
Golden, Harry, 176
Goldwater, Barry, 176
golf: Pinehurst the capital of, 75; start of in America, 230; popularity of, 231–232; Links Club formed to promote, 235
Goodell, Charles E., 236
Goodman, Andrew, 159–161, 162, 164–169, 172–173
Goodman, Mrs. Andrew (Nena), 161, 165, 166, 167–168
Goodman, Edwin (the elder), 160, 163, 164, 165–166, 168–169
Goodman, Mrs. Edwin, 160
Goodman, Edwin (“Eddie”), 160, 162, 165, 167, 169–171, 172, 173
Goodman, Mary Ann (“Minky”) (Mrs. Gary Taylor), 161, 171–172, 173
Goodman, Pammy, 162
Goodman, Vivien (Mrs. Harry Malloy), 166
Goodman’s Store, Lockport, New York, 162
Gould family, 118
Graham, Mrs. Patrick, 16
Grand Central Canal, California, 38
Gray, Carl, 126
Graziano, Rocky, 146
Green, Will S., 38
Green Berets, 63
Greenbrier Hotel, 58, 64
Greenhouse (beauty “farm”), Texas, 240
Greenwich, Connecticut, 95, 96, 97–98, 99, 101–105, 106, 109–110, 151
Greenwich Academy, 104
Greenwich Country Day School, 104
Gregory, Dick, 176
Grenadier Restaurant, New York, 192
Gretel II (yacht), 222, 223
Grey Fox (horse), 76
Gridley, California, 35
Grimes, Tammy, 192
Grosvenor Square, London, 197
Gstaad, Switzerland, 123
Gurdin, Dr. Michael, 242
Hacienda Cabo San Lucas (hotel), Mexico, 133
Hailey, Idaho, 118, 126
Haines, William, 209, 210
Hall, Mr. Joyce C., 17–18
Hallmark (corporation), 18
Halsman, Philippe, 176
Halston (designer), 258
Hamlin, West Virginia, 69
Hammerstein, Mrs. Oscar (Dorothy), 88
Hampton, Hope, 150
Hankin, Leonard, 164, 168–170, 171, 172, 173
Hannagan, Steve, 115–116
Harkey, Mrs. William, 35
Harmonie Club, New York, 233
Harriman, Averell, 114–116, 117, 119, 122, 125, 234
Harriman, Mrs. Averell (Marie), 114
–116, 117, 119
Harriman, E. H., 114
Harvard, 63
Harvey, Fred, headquarters of, 21
Havoc, June, 100
Hayward, Susan, 43
Hazen, Mrs. Joseph, 202–203
Hearst, William Randolph, 203–204
Heckart, Eileen, 100
Hemingway, Ernest, 126–128, 149
Hemingway, Mrs. Ernest (Mary), 127–128
Henie, Sonja, 117
Hepburn, Audrey, 90, 92
Heritage (yacht), 223
Hilson, Mrs. Edwin I., 191
Hinman, George, 223
Hirschhorn, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 98
Hiss, Alger, 206
Hobe Sound, Florida, 98, 233
Hockaday, Irvine O., Jr., 21, 22
Hockaday, Mrs. Irvine O., Jr., 16
Hockaday, Mrs. Irvine O., Sr., 17
Hokinson, Helen, cartoon character of, 176
Holden, William, 88, 90, 91, 92
Holden, Mrs. William, 88, 91
Hollander, Xaviera, 148
Hollywood Beach, Florida, 51
Holm, Paul, 47–48
Holzer, Hans, 183
Hooker, Blanchette Ferry. See Rockefeller, Mrs. John D. III
Hooker Electrochemical Company, 59
Hope, Bob, 133
Hughes, Howard, rumor concerning, 56
Hughes, Jo, 164, 165, 168
Hurley’s (bar), 152
Huston, John, 148
Hutton, Barbara, 150, 200
IBM, 104
I. Magnin & Company, 27, 36
Infrason (beauty treatment), 248
Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. John, 187–188, 194
Inland Revenue, Her Majesty’s, 89
Internal Revenue Service, 222, 232
International Christian University (Tokyo), 63
International Platform Association, 175
International Silver Company, 204
Intracoastal Waterway, 44
Intrepid (yacht), 221, 223
Investors Overseas Services, Ltd., 93
Iran, Shah of, 124
ISC Industries, 21
Ischia, Italy, 247
Iselin, Oliver, 221
Isla Mujeres, Mexico, 141, 142
Isle of Wight, 217
Ives, Mrs. Ernest, 81
Janss, Edwin, 120
Janss, William C., 120–121, 122, 125
Janss Corporation, 120–121
Javits, Jacob K., 146, 236
Jessie (dog at P. J. Clarke’s), 157
Jewel Ball, Kansas City 17, 19
Jews: in St. Louis, 19; in Kansas City, 19; in Fort Lauderdale, 50–51; in clubs, 221, 227–228, 232–234, 236; fashionable in society, 257
Joe & Rose’s Restaurant, 152
Johansson, Ingemar, 89