What would Mrs. Astor do?
Subtitle: the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age
By: Cecelia Tichi
Publisher: Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781479826858
Subjects: Rich people; Etiquette; Wealth; Social life and customs; Biography; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The splendors of the Gilded Age; title: Mrs. Astor speaks; title: Millionaires' Row; title: Fifth Avenue mansions; title: Decoration of houses; title: Servants and their duties; title: Convenience or contraption; title: Electric light; title: Elevators; title: Telephone; title: Competitive consumption; title: Ladies mile; title: Gentlemen's emporia; title: Tea rooms and luncheons; title: Best dressed; title: The hat makes the man; title: The walking stick : the essential gentleman's accessory; title: Plume trade, or, decorating with nature; title: Color harmony; title: For all occasions; title: Well behaved; title: Ward McAllister, autocrat of conduct; title: How to navigate a public encounter; title: Correspondence; title: Cards, visits, and calls; title: Parties and balls; title: Gilded Age "Cinderella"; title: Seen, but not heard; title: What they read; title: Dinner is served; title: The proper place setting; title: New York's elegant restaurants; title: Delmonico's; title: Sherry's; title: The lobster : from prison fare to haute cuisine; title: A black tie dinner on horseback; title: The grain and the grape; title: Mrs. Astor's ball; title: The social set; title: To see and be seen; title: Theater and opera; title: Stage door Johnny; title: Central Park; title: Club life; title: Newport; title: Slumming it : entertainment on the Lower East Side; title: The sporting life; title: Boating; title: Polo; title: Bathing; title: Tennis; title: Archery and croquet; title: Golf; title: Cycling; title: Getting there; title: Horse power; title: Motor cars; title: Private rail cars; title: Steamships; title: Yachts; title: Money talks; title: Gospels of wealth; title: Wall Street; title: Top drawer schools; title: Dollar princesses; title: Newspaper wars; title: The whiff of scandal; title: Divorce and Mrs. Astor; title: Inexcusable; title: Deadly triangle : Nesbit, White, Thaw; title: On the scene : boldface names in New York; title: Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917); title: Nellie Bly (1864-1922); title: Jack London (1876-1916); title: Lillian Russell (1860-1922); title: Buffalo Bill (1846-1917); title: Front-page girls; title: Muckrakers; title: Funerals.