The Jet Set

Excerpt from "International Nomads" by Lanfranco Rasponi, a sociological examination of a generation of people whose lives were dramatically altered by the advent of airplane travel. Rasponi posits that "...the International Nomads, sometimes called the Jet Set, are the postwar version of what was once known as Cafe Society and, earlier and more selectively, The 400." (Published in 1965)

And I quote....

Rudolph Schirmer, the lanky, handsome, and articulate Vice-President of the famous music publishing firm, uses Santa Barbara as his base, but is all over the place with his second wife, the petite and feminine Iris Flores, whose grandfather was President of Costa Rica. Schirmer's mother is Mrs. Charles Munroe, a leading American hostess.