Everybody Was So Young (73 page)

WITH
ADA
AS COUPLE: as Paris neighbors of Murphys, [>], [>]; Murphy friends introduced to, [>], [>], [>]; at Antibes, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Hemingway in Paris, [>]; return to U.S., [>], [>], [>]; in Massachusetts for summer, [>]; and GCM’s confessional letter, [>]; visit from, [>]; in U.S., [>]; at Hook Pond Cottage, [>]; Christmas holiday with, [>]; Mediterranean tour with, [>]; twentieth wedding anniversary of, [>]; with Murphys in New York, [>]; Washington life of, [>], [>];
GCM
to on wish for old age, [>]; at
GCM
funeral, [>]–[>]; on
SWM
letters, [>]

MacLeish, Ishbel, [>]

MacLeish, Kenneth (“Ken”), [>]

MacLeish, Mary, (“Mimi”), [>], [>], [>]

MacLeish, Peter, [>]

MacLeish, William (formerly Peter), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

Marne, Aunt (sister of Frank Wiborg), [>], [>], [>]

Mann, Thomas, [>]

Manners, Lady Diana, [>], [>]

Mannes, David, [>], [>]

Mannes, Marya, [>]

Marbury, Elizabeth, [>]

Mark Cross company: and Patrick Murphy, [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Fred Murphy, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];
GCM
works at, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; and razor in
GCM
painting, [>]–[>], [>];
GCM
as head of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] (see also under Murphy, Gerald Cleary)

Martin, Father William, [>]

Marx, Harpo, [>]

Mason, Jane, [>], [>]

Massine, Léonide, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Matisse, Henri, [>]

Mayo clinic:
GCM
with Fred at, [>]–[>]; Hemingway at, [>]

Mellon, Mrs. Paul, [>]

Mencken, H. L. [>]

Mendl, Sir Charles, [>], [>]

Merrill, Keith, [>]

Merritt, William, [>]

Metropolis (Lang film), [>]

Meyer, Marcelle, [>], [>], [>], [>]

Miles, Nelson, [>], [>]

Milhaud, Darius, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

Milhaud, Madame Darius, [>]

Miller, Arthur, [>]

Miró, Joan, [>], [>]

Miss Spence’s School,
SWM
at, [>]–[>]

Mistigris (pet monkey), [>], [>], [>]

Mistinguett, [>]

Mitchell, Ledyard, [>]–[>], [>]

Mitchell, Sara Sherman, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Mizener, Arthur, [>]

Modernism: and Murphy friends, [>]; and Paris of 1920s, [>]; of Murphys, [>]; of Within the Quota, [>]; in GCM’s Watch, [>]

Monnier, Adrienne, [>]

Montana-Vermala health resort: Murphys at, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Antibes as contrast to, [>]

Morgan, Anne, [>], [>]

Morgan, J. Pierpont, Jr., [>]

Morgan, Mrs. J. Pierpont, [>]

Mosley, Oswald, [>]

Moveable Feast, A, (Hemingway), [>]–[>]

Murphy, Anna Ryan (mother of
GCM
), [>], [>]; and move to New York, [>]; depressions of, [>], [>]; and GCM’s school, [>], [>]; and GCM’s apparent scarlet fever, [>]; and
GCM
at Yale, [>]; and Esther on sea trip, [>]; as chaperon, [>]; and Fred’s illnesses [>], [>], [>]; and GCM’s engagement, [>]; and Honoria’s birth, [>]; and
GCM
in army, [>]; on Patrick’s illness, [>]; and husband’s estate, [>]; death of, [>]; and Catholicism, [>]

Murphy, Baoth Wiborg (son; later Baoth Wiborg): birth of, [>]; on voyage to Europe, [>]; in Easter egg hunt, [>]; and Vladimir’s stories, [>]; guitar for, [>], [>]; name legally changed, [>]; in California, [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; on return to France, [>]; and Hemingway offer of hospitality, [>]; at health resort, [>], [>]; on trip to U.S., [>]; in German boarding school, [>], [>], [>]; on vacation, [>]; and Weatherbird cruises, [>], [>]; removed from German boarding school, [>]; in Colorado school, [>]; Christmas holiday with MacLeishes, [>]; at Harvey School, [>]; at St. George’s prep school, [>]; illness and death of, [>]–[>]; annuity in honor of, [>]; memories of, [>], [>]; in GCM’s dreams, [>]; and SWM’s day-care work, [>]–[>]; and Murphys’ grandsons, [>]; avoidance of discussion on, [>]

Murphy, Esther (sister of GCM; later Esther Strachey), [>], [>]–[>]; childhood illness of, [>]; European trip of, [>]; at the Dunes, [>]; and racy novels, [>]; and mother’s depressions, [>]; and Fred’s illness, [>]; poetry of, [>]; and Fitzgeralds, [>]–[>]; in Paris, [>]; at Antibes, [>]; marriage of, [>]; and father’s estate, [>]; and MacLeish-Nabokov ballet, [>]; on Patrick’s tuberculosis, [>]; divorce and remarriage of, [>]–[>], [>]; Mark Cross loans from, [>]; death of, [>]–[>]

Murphy, Frederic Timothy (brother of
GCM
), [>], [>]; at Hotchkiss, [>], [>]; lyricist for Maidstone Club musical, [>], [>]; and Sara, [>], [>], [>], [>]; at Mark Cross, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; formal relationship with
GCM
, [>]; health problems of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and
GCM
in Skull and Bones, [>]; and father, [>]–[>]; and Gerald’s engagement, [>]; at wedding, [>]; in
WWI
, [>], [>], [>]; and GCM’s try for overseas service, [>]; and birth of Baoth, [>];
GCM
cash infusion from, [>]; marriage of, [>]; death of, [>]–[>], [>]

Murphy, Gerald Cleary (
GCM
): birth of, [>]; and Boston, [>]–[>]; and father, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] (see also under Murphy, Patrick Francis); boyhood of, [>]; at school, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and Wiborg family, [>]; and Yale, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; as Skull and Bones member, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; working at Mark Cross, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; on horseback expedition with Frank Wiborg, [>]; income of (1915), [>]; and Fred’s illness, [>]–[>], [>]; as sailor, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>] (see also Honoria; Picaflor; Weatherbird); and Léger film, [>]; as coexecutor of Frank Wiborg estate, [>]; self-examination of, [>]–[>]; multiple-exposure portrait of, [>]; hike to monastery, [>]–[>]; Jungian analysis of, [>]–[>]; as Zelda Fitzgerald visitor, [>]; and father’s estate, [>]; sinus operation of, [>]–[>]; separated from
SWM
at Saranac, [>], [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; and The Spanish Earth, [>]; and political activism, [>]–[>]; surrogate sons for, [>]; speeding offenses committed by, [>]; on grand jury, [>]; classes at New School, [>]–[>]; throat abscess, [>]; as cook, [>]; and food poisoning incident at Hellman’s, [>]; and contribution to Hellman and Hammett, [>]; Beatles’ importance recognized by, [>]; cancer of, [>]; and feeling of age, [>]; final illness of, [>]–[>], [>]; death of, [>]; funeral of, [>]–[>]

PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS
OF: “defect,” [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; feeling of difference, [>], [>], [>]; orotund speech, [>], [>]; depressions (“Black Services”), [>], [>], [>]; emotional restraint, [>]; artistic bent, [>]; inattention and loss of direction, [>]; and patriarchal disapproval, [>]; upper-class accent, [>]; voracious reader, [>]; clothes, [>], [>]; contrasted with Hemingway, [>]; hatred of pigeons, [>]; and sexual ambiguity, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; liking for wordplay, [>]; love of gadgets, [>]; liking for Gerard Manley Hopkins, [>]–[>]; penchant for nicknames, [>]–[>]

ATTITUDES
AND
VIEWS
OF: life’s “invented part” as meaningful, [>], [>], [>]; vs. Catholic Church, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; as outsider, [>]; indifference toward work and society, [>], [>], [>]; on effect of Paris, [>]–[>]; Pamplona reactions, [>], [>]; sees work as drug, [>]; hatred of opening nights, [>]

AS
MARK
CROSS
HEAD
, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; attitude toward, [>]; lease negotiations, [>]; and commuting to Lake Saranac, [>]; and Léger, [>]; buying trip, [>]; art squeezed out, [>]; hope of leaving, [>]; window displays on
WWII
, [>]–[>]; and hope of war service, [>]; retirement, [>]

FRIENDSHIPS
OF: MacLeish, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also under MacLeish, Archibald); Léger, [>]–[>], [>], [>] (see also Léger, Fernand); Fitzgerald, [>]–[>], [>]; Hemingway, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Woollcott, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (see also Woollcott, Alexander); Jarvis, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

PAINTINGS
OF: Turbines, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Pressure (Pression) (Engine Room/Pression) [>], [>], [>]; Crystaux, [>], Taxi, [>]; Boatdeck, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Razor, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Watch, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Villa America signboard, [>], [>]; Roulement à Billes (Ball Bearing), [>], [>], [>], [>]; Laboratoire, [>], [>], [>], [>]; Doves, [>], [>], [>]; Bibliothèque, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Cocktail, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Portrait, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Wasp and Pear, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

AS
PAINTER
, [>]–[>]; and activities at Antibes, [>]; view of avant-garde art as stimulus, [>]–[>]; study with Goncharova, [>]–[>]; work for Diaghilev, [>]–[>], [>]; studio found, [>]–[>]; first paintings, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; at 1923 Salon des Independents, [>]–[>]; as “centrifugalist,” [>]; and Bal des Artistes Russes booth, [>]–[>], [>]; work on Les Noces sets, [>]; iconographic paintings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and 1926 Salon des Independents, [>]; in New York, [>], [>]; 1927 accomplishments, [>]–[>]; and number five, [>]–[>], [>]; and Vidor film proposal, [>]; first one-man exhibition, [>], [>], [>]; and formalism, [>]; termination, [>]; vs. Zelda Fitzgerald’s style, [>]; abortive attempt to resume, [>]; and sensory deprivation in apartments, [>], [>]; public’s ignorance of, [>]; retrieval of paintings, [>]; renewed interest in, [>]–[>]; and Corcoran Gallery offer, [>]; and
MOMA
, [>]–[>], [>]

AND
PERFORMING
ARTS: ballet commission from de Mare (Within the Quota), [>], [>], [>]–[>]; on sex theme for play, [>]; ballet dismissed, [>]; “ballet of metiers,” [>]; film project, [>]; plans for Dos Passos plays, [>]; Union Pacific (MacLeish-Nabokov ballet), [>]–[>]; ballet libretto (Ghost Town), [>]–[>], [>]

Murphy, Gerald and Sara. See Murphys

Murphy, Honoria Adeline (later Honoria Donnelly) (daughter): birth of, [>], [>]; baptism of, [>];
SWM
and
GCM
as young parents with, [>], [>]; and visits of family friends, [>]; and wartime meetings of
GCM
and
SWM
, [>], [>]; and Mary McLeod Bethune, [>]; voyage to Europe (1921), [>]; and “Dow-dow,” [>]; and Fred Murphy in hospital, [>]; and life in Villa America, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and grandfather, [>]; and treasure hunt, [>]; in California, [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; return to France, [>]; and tuberculosis threat, [>], [>], [>]; and “Harry’s Bar,” [>]; to Cannes, [>]; ski lessons for, [>]; in ride to Paris, [>]; to New York, [>]; Paris tutor for, [>]–[>]; in school at Cannes, [>]; leaving Villa America, [>]; outdoors with Hemingway, [>]; in boarding school, [>]; Christmas holiday with MacLeishes, [>]; sailing, [>]; shopping and dinner dancing, [>]; and news of Patrick’s relapse, [>]; with Baoth in hospital, [>]; need not to overlook, [>]; at Saranac Lake, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Camp Adeline, [>], [>]; aquaplaning, [>]; and Patrick’s death, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; acting ambitions of, [>]–[>], [>]; trip to Key West, [>]; and Platt, [>]; at Ghost Town premiere, [>]; marriage to John Shelton, [>]; and
SWM
at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]

AS
HONORIA
DONNELLY: marriage to William Donnelly, [>]; children born to, [>]–[>], [>]; parents’ advice to on knowledge of couples, [>]; Hemingway’s affection for, [>];
SWM
to on farewell dinner, [>]; furniture given to, [>]; in McLean house, [>]; at GCM’s deathbed, [>]; at
MOMA
retrospective, [>];
SWM
lives with, [>]; at SWM’s deathbed, [>]

RECOLLECTIONS
OF: on Patrick Murphy, [>]; on SWM’s daredevil streak, [>]; on parents’ life plan, [>]; on GCM’s hike to monastery, [>]–[>]; on Ramgut, [>]; on SWM’s makeup ritual, [>]; and Hellman on Parker’s accusation, [>]; on Linda Porter, [>]

Murphy, Honoria Roberts (great-grandmother of
GCM
), [>]

Murphy, Noel (wife of Frederic; formerly Noel Haskins), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

Murphy, Patrick Francis (father of
GCM
), [>], [>]–[>]; and Esther, [>]–[>]; and Fred at Mark Cross, [>], [>]; and Fred’s illness, [>]; and Adeline Wiborg’s smuggling indictment, [>]; and birth of Baoth, [>]; on voyage to Europe, [>]; as luncheon guest in Paris, [>]; and Fred after
WWI
, [>]–[>]; Esther’s dowry from, [>]; report to on Patrick II, [>]; and Villa America, [>]; death of, [>]–[>]

AND
GCM: physical toughness demanded, [>]; and
GCM
at school, [>]; vs. Esther, [>]; and
GCM
at Yale, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; absence, [>]; and GCM’s engagement, [>], [>]; on GCM’s character, [>]–[>]; and W. 11th St. home, [>], [>], [>]; and
GCM
at work, [>], [>]–[>]; and
GCM
in army, [>]; disapproval as driving force, [>]; and GCM’s walking on hands, [>]; possessions of in
GCM
paintings, [>]

Murphy, Patrick Francis II (son): birth of, [>]; and Vladimir’s stories, [>]; in California, [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; on return to France, [>]; stricken by tuberculosis, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; improvement of, [>], [>]; at Bad Aussee, [>]; and Scottie Fitzgerald bathwater scene, [>]; return to Switzerland, [>]; left in Paris, [>]; at Villa America, [>]–[>]; to Canada, [>]; misses outdoor vacation, [>]; Christmas holiday with MacLeishes, [>]; and Harvey School, [>], [>]; on Weatherbird cruise, [>]; relapse of, [>]–[>], [>]; in Doctors’ Hospital, [>]; and Baoth’s death, [>]; attention paid to, [>]–[>]; at Saranac Lake, [>]–[>], [>]; and Leger, [>]; and Camp Adeline, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; in decline, [>]; diary of, [>]; death of, [>]; memorial service for, [>]; memories of, [>], [>]; financial effect of care for, [>]; in GCM’s dreams, [>]; and SWM’s day-care work, [>]–[>]; and Murphys’ grandsons, [>]; avoidance of discussion on, [>]

Murphy, Sara Sherman Wiborg (
SWM
): pearls of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Tender Is the Night, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; family background of, [>]–[>]; birth of, [>]; and stock market, [>]; Mary Hoyt Wiborg bailed out by, [>]; and ballet project, [>]; unhappiness and bereavement of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; intends to run Paris soldiers’ canteen, [>]; at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]–[>]; memory failure, [>]; final years of, [>]–[>]; death of, [>]