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Tragic Mansions warning against social glitter
Rita de Alba d'Acosta Lydig warned Americans against fashionable wealth in a belated social critique. The article details her life, marriage to W. E. D. Stokes, divorce, and a period of loss amid New York society. It notes her plea that love and marriage not be driven by money and status, and recalls her five story Park Avenue home and circle of artists.
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Gene Cohn
New York
Rita de Alba d’Acosta Lydig
Manhattan
Yesteryear
Stanford White
Wes White
Zuloaga
Glory
Salon Glory
Rita d'Acuta Lydig
Phillip Lydig
Spain
London
Paris
Madrid
Lydig
W. E. D. Stokes
America
Stokes
Philip Lydig
Grant
Heloise
Abelarde
Park Avenue
Bernhardt
Rodin