Good old New York where you can never get a tennis court or a seat at a lecture at the Frick. Last night even John Russell and Rosamond Bernier, his wife, were turned away along with Ann Nitze and a long line of art lovers who wanted to hear an obscure person lecture on Roger Fry and the Divine Piero. The lecturer had reserved most of the seats in the tiny room for her friends.

Many years ago we attended the long lecture on Proust by Ms. Bernier at the Arts Club in Chicago where the Mies staircase was a popular celebrity.