" Clothes were important to him, and by the end of his life he had developed an aristocratic casual style that reflected his personal horror of vanity in men. This collided with his sharp sense of the importance of appearances. He didn't like to be caught looking in a mirror, and he felt that men shouldn't think too much about their hair or their clothes. They should, nevertheless, always look terrific... Sometimes his shirts were frayed, or his sweaters out at the elbow, or his shoes down at the heel, because men didn't bother about such things. But he would never have worn a soiled shirt or gone a day without shaving - THAT would have been sloppy."

Susan Cheever remembering her father John in 'Home before Dark', Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

Very good photos in the book too - JC in BDs, Shetlands, Khakis, Penny loafers, Field watch, etc.

Best pic shows JC sitting on the dining room floor in his upstate New York home playing Backgammon with Arthur Spear wearing a very Tradly rig with a very Tradly haircut. I'm sure that Shetland is a Shaggy Dog...

(Typed in haste so you'll just have to live with any typos).

M.