TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tichi,Cecelia
TI  - What would Mrs. Astor do?: the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age 
SN  - 9781479827367
AV  - F128 .W438 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Washington Mews Books, an imprint of New York University Press
KW  - Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn,
KW  - Rich people
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Biography
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Etiquette
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
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