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What Would Mrs. Astor Do? The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age / Cecelia Tichi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tichi, Cecelia, 1942- Author.
- Series:
- Washington Mews ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn, 1830-1908.
- Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn.
- Etiquette--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Etiquette.
- Rich people--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Rich people.
- Wealth--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Wealth.
- Wealth--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York-History-19th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Washington Mews Books, [2018]
- 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" ...
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-2736-3
- OCLC:
- 1061860944
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