Contents

Foreword

PART ONE

Little Eva vs. Philadelphia

1. “A Sense of Personal Theatre”

2. Philadelphia, Meet Mrs. Cromwell

3. The Ring-Mistress

4. More Stately Mansions

PART TWO

New York Belle Among the Brahmins

5. “A Terrible Cut-up”

6. A Patroness Is Born

7. Flings

8. The Palazzo

PART THREE

Jewish Princess of the Old South

9. J.R.’s Money

10. J.R.’s Daughter—R.A.U.

11. “The Example We Set”

PART FOUR

The Queen of Gomorrah

12. 1000 Lake Shore Drive

13. Mrs. McCormick Departs

14. Mrs. McCormick Returns

PART FIVE

The Loneliest Millionairess

15. “Guppy”

16. A Litany of Good Works

17. The Tsarina and the Lady

PART SIX

A Woman of Mystery

18. Secrets and Scandals

19. Mrs. Huntington

20. Pompadour and Medici

21. The Grands Messieurs

PART SEVEN

“Walk Erect, Young Woman!”

22. Ingenue

23. Rules and Regulations

24. Leading Lady

PART EIGHT

First Lady

25. “A Hard Woman to Say ‘No’ To”

26. Bayou Bend

27. “I’m Doing What I Want to Do”

Afterword: “A Vanishing Breed”

Image Gallery

Bibliography

Index