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...built, residents support five separate clubs, including the Meadows, which boasts 30 grass tennis courts. Some of the houses and some of the courts have gone to seed, but Southampton still sets the most grueling social pace in the nation. On a good night, as many as seven cocktail parties run simultaneously, and $2,000 buffets for 100 people, usually catered by Mrs. William Randolph-Hearst's former butler, are more a rule than an exception. Complains Paris Match's New York Correspondent Stéphane Groueff: "The problem
...swimming pools, a 36-hole golf course, ski slopes, riding and hiking trails, it has an ice palace, a stadium, a 2,400-seat theater where such stars as Helen Traubel and Maurice Chevalier entertain nightly, and even a zoo. It also has a variety of dining rooms and cocktail lounges, including an authentic 18th century English pub that was imported piecemeal and reassembled. Originally laid out near the turn of the century by a German count who envisioned it as an American Monte Carlo, the Broadmoor was finally completed in 1918 and given its unique flavor by the late...
...mostly to the Lake Tahoe area, where the water is even colder, but the surrounding scenery is more spectacular and the swimming pools are heated. Besides, how do you see your friends during the summer unless you go to Lake Tahoe? The lake is great for sailing, and the cocktail-party circuit is intense. After the healthy activities of the day, the energetic Lake Tahoeist can take off after dinner for the gambling casinos across the state line in Nevada, where any visitor can get a quick piece of the action. Most successful caterer to these mixed interests is River...
...more liberal system. In addition to the rapid growth of in-flight entertainment and the prevalence of "gourmet" meals on longer flights, the lines are going out of their way to make the cabin more like home. Western provides portable typewriters and dictating machines and a new, disposable plastic cocktail glass that permits eight extra minutes of drinking time on short flights. Continental has a flight director aboard who will radio ahead for hotel reservations. National gives out "bow-wow boxes" for those who want to bring part of their gourmet meal home to their dogs...
...years of planning and a reported $250,000 have gone into making sure that the 520 alumni, 490 wives, and 985 children of the Class of 1940 are happy for the five days they spend in Cambridge. From the first cocktail party on Sunday to the last cocktail party on Thursday, the alumni don't have a free minute to wonder what happiness...