Everybody Was So Young (74 page)

EARLY
LIFE
OF: childhood, [>]–[>]; on family trip to Europe, [>]–[>]; in New York, [>]; and mother, [>], [>]; at Miss Spence’s, [>]–[>]; on trip to France, [>]–[>]; in East Hampton, [>]–[>]; in East Hampton musical burlesque, [>]; coming-out party, [>]–[>]; presented at Buckingham Palace, [>]; as singer, [>], [>]; and East Hampton household, [>]–[>]; depression over life-situation, [>], [>], [>], [>]; trips to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, [>]; at 1912 Republican convention, [>]; in tableaux vivants, [>]; stress, [>]; trip to London and India, [>]–[>], [>]; on
WWI
outbreak, [>]

PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS
AND
ATTITUDES
OF: and germs around children, [>], [>], [>]; appearance, [>]–[>], [>]; and death of pet dog, [>]; daredevil streak, [>]; personal correctness, [>]; austere attitude about extramarital sex, [>], [>], [>]; health problems, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Mary McLeod Bethune’s work for racial justice, [>]–[>]; chaste sensuality, [>]; and driving, [>]; on bullfights, [>]–[>]; and eye-pencil-as-seam trick, [>]; and Hoytie’s “curse” against sons, [>], [>], [>]

PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
OF: Fitzgerald, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] (see also Fitzgerald, Scott); Picasso, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; MacLeish, [>]–[>] (see also MacLeish, Archibald); Hemingway, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also Hemingway, Ernest)

ART
INTERESTS
OF, [>], [>], [>]; enrollment in sculpture classes, [>]; painting classes, [>]; painting in Paris, [>]–[>]; costumes for Within the Quota, [>], [>] n

Murphys (Sara and Gerald), [>], [>], [>]; tragedy in lives of, [>]; on money management, [>], [>]; and
GCM
on heart as “instrument de précision,” [>], [>], [>]; and dancing the Charleston, [>]; luggage of, [>], [>]; and GCM’s self-examination, [>], [>]; and political activity, [>], [>]–[>]

NATURE
OF RELATIONSHIP: and SWM’s sensual nature, [>]; and
GCM
on “communicated affection,” [>], [>], [>]; working shoulder to shoulder, [>]; Fitzgerald on, [>], [>]; difficulties, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; lack of communication, [>], [>]

VIEWS
AND
OPINIONS
ON: of Scott Fitzgerald (Tender Is the Night), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; of MacLeish, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; of Stewart, [>]; of Dos Passos, [>]; of Pauline Pfeiffer, [>]; of Scott Fitzgerald (letter), [>]–[>], [>]; of Hemingway, [>], [>]–[>]; of Zelda Fitzgerald, [>]; and MacLeish’s J.B., [>]–[>]; and Tomkins profile, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

TASTES
AND
ATTITUDES
OF: modernism embraced, [>], [>]; in home decorating, [>]; and African American culture, [>]–[>]; vs. American culture, [>]–[>]; on responsibility, [>]–[>]; vs. southern California, [>]–[>]; and anti-Semitism, [>]; vs. U.S. society, [>]; sexual silence, [>]

FINANCIAL
GENEROSITY
OF: toward Hemingways, [>], [>], [>], [>]; toward Kamerny Theater, [>]; toward Myerses, [>], [>], [>]; toward Dos Passos, [>], [>], [>], [>]; toward Léger, [>], [>]; toward Stella Campbell, [>], [>]; toward Fitzgerald, [>], [>]; toward Powell, [>]; toward Hellman and Hammett, [>]; toward Esther Murphy, [>]

AND
FITZGERALDS
, [>]–[>]; Scott’s behavior at parties, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Scott attracted to
SWM
, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Zelda’s bizarre behavior, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Scott’s curiosity, [>], [>]–[>]; Scott’s attitudes toward
GCM
, [>]–[>]; Scott jealous of Hemingway, [>]; at Fitzgeralds’ return to France, [>]; and Zelda’s ballet, [>], [>]; Scott helps
GCM
get movie job, [>]; Scott’s remark on despair, [>]; and Velasquez talisman cross, [>], [>]; Scott as confidant in GCM’s self-analysis, [>], [>]; visit to Ramgut, [>]; Fitzgeralds as U.S. friends, [>]; SWM’s rebukes, [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
GCM
bemoans trade as drug, [>];
SWM
invites Scott to Saranac, [>];
GCM
letters to Scott, [>], [>], [>]; and Patrick’s death, [>]; and Sheilah Graham, [>]–[>]; Scott’s appeal and Murphys’ loan, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Zelda on, [>]; Hemingway on, [>]; SWM’s dismissal, [>]; Scott’s letters in Cheer Hall, [>]. See also Fitzgerald, Scott; Fitzgerald, Zelda

AND
HEMINGWAY
, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Hadley Hemingway, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; at Antibes, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; ski trip, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Pamplona trip, [>], [>]–[>]; and Murphys’ largesse, [>]; Hemingway’s nickname, [>]; letters to Murphys, [>], [>]–[>]; in Key West visits, [>]; dinner party for Hemingway, [>]; refusal of request for letters, [>]–[>]

AND
PICASSO
, [>], [>]; and GCM’s artistic awakening, [>], [>]; at Antibes, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and
SWM
, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; praise for
GCM
from, [>], [>]; diminished relationship, [>]; GCM’s tales of, [>]; SWM’s elegaic note, [>]

RELATIONSHIP
UP TO
TIME
OF MARRIAGE: meeting, [>], [>]; deepening friendship, [>]; letters, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; grounds of GCM’s interest, [>]–[>]; at Yale junior prom, [>]–[>], [>]–[>];
GCM
at the Dunes, [>]; during and after senior year at Yale, [>]–[>]; and SWM’s trip to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]; and SWM’s artwork, [>], [>]; going-away gift, [>]; and GCM’s need for conversation, [>]; and GCM’s prose poem, [>]; SWM’s realization of love, [>]; growing closeness, [>]–[>]; engagement, [>]; planning for family, [>]; families’ reaction to engagement, [>]–[>], [>]; and GCM’s depressions, [>]; and lease on first home, [>], [>]; wedding postponed, [>], [>]–[>]; SWM’s admiration, [>]; engagement announced, [>]; honeymoon plans, [>]; wedding, [>]–[>]

FIRST
YEARS
OF
MARRIAGE
(1916–1921): first home (W. 11th St.), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>] n; honeymoon, [>]; and sex, [>]; and
GCM
at work, [>]; wrenching separations, [>]; children wanted, [>]; scrapbooks on, [>]–[>], [>]; and Adeline Wiborg’s death, [>], [>]; birth of Honoria, [>], [>]; and
GCM
in army, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; with Honoria, [>], [>]; dreams of pastoral home, [>], [>], [>], [>]; idea of joint artistic work, [>]; birth of Baoth, [>]; living in Cambridge, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and property settlement from SWM’s father, [>], [>]; and
SWM
in East Hampton, [>]–[>], [>]; GCM’s tribute to SWM’s principles, [>]; summer in Connecticut, [>]–[>]; birth of Patrick, [>]; move to Europe, [>]–[>]

IN
PARIS
(1921–1924), [>]–[>]; stopoff in England, [>]; painting, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; vacation in Houlgate, [>]; first visit to Antibes, [>]; Versailles home, [>]; apartment on quai des Grands-Augustins, [>], [>], [>]; sale of New York house, [>]; Kamerny troupe feted and aided, [>]–[>]; friends and acquaintances, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and Stravinsky’s Les Noces, [>]–[>]; second summer in Antibes (1923), [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Picasso, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Venice visit, [>]; as Man Ray-photographed celebrities, [>]; as parent figures, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; St.-Cloud (Gounod) house rented, [>]–[>]; third summer in Antibes (1924), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; escape to Villa America, [>]; and MacLeishes, [>]–[>]

AT
VILLA
AMERICA
(
ANTIBES
) (1924–1928), [>]–[>]; purchase, [>]–[>]; renovations, [>]–[>]; daily activities, [>]–[>]; parties and cocktails, [>]–[>],friends, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; life’s “terrible possibilities” held at bay, [>]–[>]; GCM’s sailing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; winter adventure, [>]–[>]; and Hadley with John Hemingway, [>]–[>]; and Fitzgeralds, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; party for MacLeish’s arrival, [>]; in Pamplona for fiesta, [>]–[>]; New York sojourn, [>]–[>]; eastern Europe trip, [>]; and SWM’s burden, [>]; and new crowd, [>]; to Paris for farewells, [>]–[>]; treasure-hunting voyage, [>]–[>]; and proposed score for Hallelujah!, [>]–[>]; rented films shown, [>]

IN
CALIFORNIA
(1928–1929): journey, [>], [>]–[>]; Beverly Hills residence, [>]; distaste, [>]–[>]; and Hallelujah! production, [>]–[>]; staying on, [>]–[>]

RETURN
TO
EUROPE
(1929–1932): On shipboard, [>]; friends, [>]–[>];
GCM
convicted in bailiff incident, [>], [>]; Patrick’s tuberculosis and health resort, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; SWM’s birthday party, [>]; and Parker on “poor Gerald,” [>]; in Paris with Fitzgeralds, [>]–[>]; and death of SWM’s father, [>]; life at la Bruyère, [>], [>]–[>]; and “Harry’s Bar,” [>]–[>], [>]; Venice trip, [>]; weakened financial situation, [>]; changed social situation, [>]; retreat, [>]–[>]; and Weatherbird (schooner), [>], [>]; move to Ramgut (Bad Aussee), [>]–[>]; preparatory visit to U.S., [>]; Paris experiment, [>]–[>]; Patrick with family at Villa America, [>]–[>]; and friends in America, [>]; departure, [>]

IN U.S. (1932–1937): and Mary Hoyt Wiborg’s financial difficulties, [>]–[>]; finances tight, [>]–[>]; visitors, [>]; Montana vacation with Hemingway, [>]–[>]; residences, [>]; Christmas with MacLeishes, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>]; financial help to friends, [>]; ballet project, [>]–[>]; in Key West with Hemingway, [>]; and Zelda’s paintings, [>]–[>]; Beekman Place apartment, [>]; dinner party, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>]–[>]; Patrick’s recovery seen, [>]; financial battle with Mary Hoyt Wiborg, [>]; Patrick’s relapse, [>]–[>], [>];
GCM
as Mark Cross head, [>]–[>], [>]; death of Baoth, [>]–[>], [>]; with Patrick at Saranac, [>]–[>]; and Leger’s trip to U.S., [>]–[>]; and Sara’s loneliness after Baoth’s death, [>]; with Patrick at Saranac, [>]–[>], [>]; change of apartments, [>]; marital difficulties, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; with Patrick at Camp Adeline, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; death of Patrick, [>]

IN
LATE
’30S
AND
WAR
YEARS: penthouse apartment, [>]–[>]; and The Spanish Earth, [>]; to Europe and health resort, [>]–[>]; SWM’s fragility, [>]; friends, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; remodeled house (Swan Cove), [>], [>]–[>]; European summer, [>]–[>]; SWM’s trip to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; lack of communication, [>], [>]; diminished capital, [>]; Fitzgerald’s appeal for help and loan, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; with Pauline Hemingway, [>]–[>]; Fitzgerald’s death, [>]–[>]; war efforts, [>]; and Stella Campbell’s death, [>]; reduced finances, [>]; move to duplex, [>]–[>]; and Southern trip, [>]–[>]; Mary Hoyt Wiborg’s lawsuit, [>]–[>]; visiting MacLeishes in Washington, [>]–[>]; Honoria’s marriage, [>], [>];
SWM
at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]–[>]; and Dawn Powell, [>]–[>]

IN
POSTWAR
YEARS: death of friends and relatives, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Jarvis, [>]–[>]; and Dos Passos, [>], [>]; new house (Cheer Hall), [>]–[>], [>]; and anti-Communist hysteria, [>]–[>]; circle of friends, [>]–[>]; Villa America sold, [>]–[>]; grandchildren, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; rift with MacLeish, [>]; Tomkins New Yorker profile, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; retrospective dinner, [>]–[>]; Cheer Hall emptied, [>], [>]; house built (La Petite Hutte), [>]–[>]; and A Moveable Feast, [>]–[>]; GCM’s illness and death, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; SWM’s final years, [>]–[>]

Museum of Modern Art: GCM’s work in, [>], [>]; Léger exhibit planned for, [>]

Myers (Alice Lee and Richard):

AS COUPLE: and MacLeish, [>]; and Scottie Fitzgerald, [>]; valedictory visits from, [>]; Barrys’ cottage lent to, [>]; Murphy financial help to, [>]; at post-recital party, [>]; on Weatherbird cruise, [>]; in New York, [>]; at Winter Olympics, [>]; at Camp Adeline, [>], [>]; on SWM’s sadness, [>]; with Murphys in New York, [>]; car given to, [>]; in 1939 France, [>], [>]

ALICE
LEE: Fitzgerald confidence to, [>]; note of concern for Patrick, [>]; as Mark Cross buyer, [>], [>]; with Baoth in hospital, [>], [>]; packs Patricks belongings, [>]; on European trip, [>];
SWM
birthday with, [>]; retrieves GCM’s paintings, [>]

RICHARD: Ada MacLeish performs song of, [>]; unemployed, [>]; on GCM’s sinus operation, [>]–[>]; doggerel for
SWM
, [>]; death of, [>]

Myers, Fanny, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Nabokov, Nicholas, [>], [>]

Namara, Marguerite, [>]

Natanson, Misia. See Sert, Marie Godebska Natanson Edwards), [>], [>]–[>], [>]

Nemchinova, Vera, [>], [>]

New School for Social Research,
GCM
at, [>]–[>]

New York City: as Wiborg destination, [>]–[>], [>]; Murphys’ visit to, [>]–[>]; as postwar cultural center, [>]

Nijinska, Bronislava, [>], [>], [>]

Noces, Les (Stravinsky ballet), [>]–[>]; party for company of, [>]–[>]; and Within the Quota, [>]; and Murphys at concert, [>]

Nordquist, Olive, [>]

Nugent, Dan, [>]

Nyberg, Lillie, [>]

Ober, Harold, [>], [>]

O’Brien, Esmond, [>]

O’Hara, John, [>]–[>]

Oppenheim, E. Phillips, [>]

Ordóñez, Antonio, [>]

Orlando, Vittorio, [>]

Orloff, Vladimir, [>]; as GCM’s studio assistant, [>], [>]; at Villa America, [>]; sailing Picaflor, [>]; Honoria designed by, [>]; and treasure expedition, [>]; in ocean race, [>]; and California trip, [>], [>]; and Weatherbird, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; on Côte d’Azur as spoiled, [>]; and GCM’s paintings, [>], [>]

Ortiz de Zarate, Manuel, [>]

Osborne, Dorothy, [>]

Our Town (Wilder), [>]

Pamplona: Murphys urged to visit, [>], [>]; Hemingway and company at, [>], [>], [>]; Murphy-Hemingway visit to, [>], [>]–[>]; GCM’s reaction to, [>], [>]; Harpo Marx’s inquiry on, [>]; memories of, [>]

Paris: Murphys living in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (see also under Murphys); 1920s brilliance of, [>]–[>]; Mary Hoyt Wiborg in, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; costume parties in, [>]–[>]; Salon des Indépendents in, [>]–[>]; rush of Americans to, [>]

Parker, Dorothy, [>]; as
GCM
schoolmate, [>]; and Fitzgerald on Zelda, [>]; party given for, [>]; in California, [>]; at Antibes, [>], [>]; helping Murphys move to Switzerland, [>]–[>]; on Murphys’ efforts with Patrick, [>]; at Montana-Vermala, [>], [>], [>], [>]; on “poor Gerald,” [>]; in New York, [>]; return to Switzerland, [>]; on “Swiss Family Murphy,” [>]; dogs of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Fitzgerald, [>]; on GCM’s depression, [>]; at La Bruyère, [>]; with
SWM
to Cannes, [>]; return to U.S., [>]; as U.S. friend, [>]; at Hook Pond Cottage, [>]; and
GCM
on Hemingway, [>]; visits Paris, [>]; at dinner party, [>]; and wordplay, [>]; travel telegram from, [>]–[>]; on Bucks County farm, [>]; political commitment of, [>], [>]; love for Murphys, [>]; with Murphys in Paris, [>]; sends food to Hemingway in Spain, [>]; at The Little Foxes opening, [>]; at The Man Who Came to Dinner opening, [>]; predicts GCM’s interest in Hopkins, [>]; and Campbell’s enlistment, [>]; and anti-Communism, [>], [>]; and GCM’s death, [>]; in SWM’s hotel, [>]