The Right Places (41 page)

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

Shasta, Mount,
39

Shaw, Artie,
148

Shaw, Irwin,
86
,
87
,
90

Shearer, Norma (Mrs. Marti Arrouge),
117
,
119

Sheean, Vincent,
181

Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington,
190

Shields, Cornelius,
215

Shore, Dinah,
48

Short, Bobby,
146

Shriver, Sargent,
63

Sierre Madre Occidental, Mexico,
132

Simenon, Georges,
89

Simon, Mrs. Leo (“Aye” Annenberg),
202–203

Simpson, Wesley,
162

Simpson, Mrs. Wesley (Adele),
162

Sinatra, Frank,
203

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
153

Slater, Denniston L.,
220

Slater, Mrs. Denniston L. (Anne Kerr),
220
,
256

Smith, Stephen,
233

Smith College,
171

Smithsonian Institution,
221–222

social climbing,
4–5
,
253–260

Social Register
,
12
,
98
,
235
,
258

Sod, West Virginia,
58–59

Somerset Club, Boston,
229
,
230
,
235

Sommer, Elke,
48

Sosland, Mr. and Mrs. Morton,
19

Sothern, Ann,
117
,
120
,
121

Southampton, New York,
4

Southern Pacific Railroad,
30

Southern Pines, North Carolina,
73–83
,
97
; fox-hunting in,
74
,
75–77
,
97
; conservatism of,
81
; Negroes in,
83

Southern Trail
(Castro family yacht),
43
,
44

Southport, Connecticut,
96
,
97–98
,
99
,
101
,
104–106
; Southport Car,
106

“Spanglish,”
135

Spencer, Mrs. Kenneth,
10–11
,
21

Spencer Chemical Company,
11

Speyer, Jerry,
152

Spiegel, Clara,
127

Spock, Dr. Benjamin,
206

Stamford, Connecticut,
96

Standard Oil Company,
56
,
69
,
105

Staples High School, Westport,
107

Stapleton, Maureen,
192

Starr, Malcolm,
168

State Department,
63

“State teaspoon” promotion, Milwaukee
News
,
204

Steers, George,
217

Steinbeck, John,
149

Stephens, Olin,
223

Stevens, Jocelyn,
210

Stevens, John Cox,
216–217

Stevens, Risë,
176

Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy,
118

Stickelber, David,
17
,
19

Stockdale Country Club, California,
33

Stockton, California,
25

Stoddard, Arthur,
120

Straus, R. Peter,
233

Strawbridge, William,
223

Strong, Mrs. Marianne (“Mimi”),
192
,
255

“Sunnylands,” Annenbergs' California estate,
203

Sun Valley, Idaho,
113–128
; topography of,
114–115
; early development of,
115
; naming of,
116
; emotional appeal of,
116–118
; economics of,
118–120
; sale and new “image” of,
120–121
,
125
,
127
; divorce trade in,
122

Sun Valley (formerly Challenger) Inn,
125
,
126

Sun Valley Lodge,
117
,
118
,
126

Superstar, Viva,
181

Sutherland, Joan,
88
,
89

Sutter Buttes (“World's Smallest Mountain Range”), California,
38

Sutter's Mill, California,
27

Swanson, Gloria,
86

Swimming Hall of Fame, Fort Lauderdale,
50

Switzerland,
85–93
; service in,
84–86
; doctors in,
86–87
; government of,
87
; income taxes in,
87
,
89–91

Tallahassee, Florida,
228

Talmud, quoted,
207

Tarrytown, New York,
59

Tavern Club, Boston,
230

Taylor, Elizabeth (Mrs. Richard Burton),
90
,
91
,
92
,
136–137
,
141
,
205
; chili recipe of,
193–194

Taylor, Gary,
162
,
167
,
169
,
171–172

Taylor, Mrs. Gary.
See
Goodman, Mary Ann

Taylor, June,
43

Taylor, Maxwell,
63

Tevis family, California,
32–33

Thomas, Danny,
48

Thoroughbred Racing Association,
208

Thurber, James,
149

Tierney, Lawrence,
148

Time, Inc.,
104

Tin Whistle Club, Pinehurst,
80
,
81

Tishman, Robert,
151
,
152

Tishman Realty and Construction Company,
149
,
151–153
,
156

Tornabene, Mrs. Lyn,
249
,
250

Trail Creek Lodge, Sun Valley,
127

Trapp, Baroness Maria von, and
The Sound of Music
,
176

Triangle Publications, Inc.,
204

Trigère, Pauline,
194

Trissell, Julia,
167

Trouville, France,
247

Tuchman, Lester R.,
109–110

Tuchman, Mrs. Lester R. (Barbara W.),
109–110

Tufts, James W.,
78–79

Tufts family, Pinehurst,
78–79

Tufts University, gift to,
78

Tulum, Mexico,
141

Turf & Field Club,
236

Tuxedo Club,
234

TV Guide
,
204

TWA,
11

Udall, Stewart,
34

Ufland's,
162
,
163

Uhlmann, Mr. and Mrs. Paul,
19

Union Club, New York,
230
,
231
,
234

Union League Club, New York,
236

Union Pacific Railroad,
114
,
115
,
119–120

Unionville, Pennsylvania,
193

United States Department of the Interior,
34
; of State,
63

United States Embassy, London.
See
American Embassy

Universal Rating Rule (America's Cup),
219–220

University Club, New York,
233
,
234
,
236

Untermeyer, Louis,
178

Upper Brookville, Long Island,
236

Ustinov, Peter,
89

Val d'Isère, France,
3

Valiant
(yacht),
223

Valkyrie III
(yacht),
219

Vanderbilt, Gloria (Mrs. Wyatt Cooper),
188–190

Vanderbilt, Harold S.,
221

Vanderbilt family,
253

“Venice of America,” (Fort Lauderdale),
46

Vevey, Switzerland,
86
,
87
,
88
,
248

Victoria, Queen,
216

Viertel, Peter,
91
,
92

Viertel, Mrs. Peter.
See
Kerr, Deborah

Visalia, California,
27

Wakefield, Humphrey,
164

Wakeman, Mr. and Mrs. William,
3

Walker, Alan S.,
177

Walker, Robert,
182–183

Walpole, Horace, biographer of,
31

Warhol, Andy,
16
,
180–181
,
183

War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale,
52

Washington Monthly
,
64

Watson, Thomas J., Jr.,
104

Wayne, David,
100

Weatherly
(yacht),
221
,
223

Weber family, Stockton, California,
25

Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
,
190

Weeks, Edward,
178

Weidman, Jerome,
100

Weingarten, Mrs. Seth (Wallis Annenberg),
200

Weissmuller, Johnny,
50

Welles, Orson,
90

Wertheim, Maurice,
109

Wertheim & Company,
109

Wertheim family,
109–110

Westminster Kennel Club,
236

Weston, Connecticut,
96
,
100
,
103
,
107
,
109
; town meetings in,
101

Westport, Connecticut,
96
,
99–101
,
105
,
106
,
108

Westport Garden Club, Kansas City,
18

West Southern Pines, North Carolina,
83

West Virginia,
55–70

Westwood Village, Los Angeles,
120

Wherry, Senator (Kenneth S.),
22

White's (club), London,
237

“Whitey” (bookie),
161

Whitney, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
164

Whitney, Helen.
See
Gibson, Mrs. Harvey Dow

Who's Who
, Blanchette Rockefeller in,
62

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
181–182

William Holden (tax) Law,
90–91

Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Andy,
118
,
125

Williams, Van,
118

Williamsburg, Virginia,
61

Willkie, Wendell,
233

Wilmarth, Martin,
26

Windsor, Duke of,
168
,
191
,
256

Windsor, Duchess of,
164
,
191
,
244
,
256

Wirtz, Willard,
34

Wister, Bill,
63

Wolves Club, Pinehurst,
80
,
81

Women's Liberation Front,
156
,
171

Women's Wear Daily
,
118
,
124
,
192
,
256

Worcester Country Club,
227

World's Fair (Great Britain),
216

“World's Largest Oak” (California),
37

“World's Smallest Mountain Range” (California),
38

Worth, Lake, Florida,
215–216

Wyler, Mr. and Mrs. William,
118

yachting: in Fort Lauderdale,
43–44
,
46–47
,
49
,
53
; as sport of corporations,
5
; America's Cup,
215–224

Yale,
63
,
165
,
170
,
233
; School of Forestry,
162
,
171

Yelapa, Mexico,
137

You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
,
47

Young, Mrs. Robert R.,
256

Yucatán, Mexico,
141

Zihuatenejo, Mexico,
138–141

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