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What would Mrs. Astor do? : the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age
Title
What would Mrs. Astor do? : the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age / Cecelia Tichi.
ISBN
9781479826858
1479826855
Publication
New York, NY : Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
x, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Summary
"Cecilia Tichi invites us on a beautifully illustrated tour of the Gilded Age, transporting readers to New York at its most fashionable. A colorful tapestry of fun facts and true tales, What Would Mrs. Astor Do? presents a vivid portrait of this remarkable time of social metamorphosis, starring Caroline Astor, the ultimate gatekeeper"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 28, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300).
Contents
The splendors of the Gilded Age
Mrs. Astor speaks
Millionaires' Row
Fifth Avenue mansions
Decoration of houses
Servants and their duties
Convenience or contraption
Electric light
Elevators
Telephone
Competitive consumption
Ladies mile
Gentlemen's emporia
Tea rooms and luncheons
Best dressed
The hat makes the man
The walking stick : the essential gentleman's accessory
Plume trade, or, decorating with nature
Color harmony
For all occasions
Well behaved
Ward McAllister, autocrat of conduct
How to navigate a public encounter
Correspondence
Cards, visits, and calls
Parties and balls
Gilded Age "Cinderella"
Seen, but not heard
What they read
Dinner is served
The proper place setting
New York's elegant restaurants
Delmonico's
Sherry's
The lobster : from prison fare to haute cuisine
A black tie dinner on horseback
The grain and the grape
Mrs. Astor's ball
The social set
To see and be seen
Theater and opera
Stage door Johnny
Central Park
Club life
Newport
Slumming it : entertainment on the Lower East Side
The sporting life
Boating
Polo
Bathing
Tennis
Archery and croquet
Golf
Cycling
Getting there
Horse power
Motor cars
Private rail cars
Steamships
Yachts
Money talks
Gospels of wealth
Wall Street
Top drawer schools
Dollar princesses
Newspaper wars
The whiff of scandal
Divorce and Mrs. Astor
Inexcusable
Deadly triangle : Nesbit, White, Thaw
On the scene : boldface names in New York
Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917)
Nellie Bly (1864-1922)
Jack London (1876-1916)
Lillian Russell (1860-1922)
Buffalo Bill (1846-1917)
Front-page girls
Muckrakers
Funerals.
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