Vanderbilts Romance and Ruin Across Generations
A century of high society intrigue follows the Vanderbilt clan from early unions and elopements to costly divorces and lavish wealth. Grace Wilson and Grace Vanderbilt stumble into romance with rivals, while Consuelo and other sisters face public scrutiny. The piece highlights lavish estates, marriages to chauffeurs and earls, colossal fortunes, and the tangled ripple of scandal through New York and Newport society.
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Junies -Batalle
Heira
Vudderbitt
Vanderbilt
Dbé
Cornellus
Jaye
Hissor Rad
Nlm
Corne
Miss Wilson
Yong
Biéters
Ogden Goele
Michiel Herbert
Mies
Grace War Sifigié
Faye
Prince of Wales
Edward
Grace
Wilgen Gomes
R.T. Wilson
Vanderuth
Cornelius
Alfred
Loys
Alfred Gwyne Vanderblit
Elete French
New York
Quiet Berlin praised as model for noise suppression
Mrs. Rice of New York, president of the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noises, found Berlin a quiet city with German railways using a boatmans whistle to start trains. She notes fewer accidents in Germany, contrasts Paris and London horn noise, and urges adoption of the quiet system in the United States. Hotels post signs asking guests to keep quiet.
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Berlin
Notgeleus
Germany
Tanner
Rice
New York
Society For the
Belgium
France
United States
Paris
Europe
Theater Ambulant to End Present Form in United States
Parlo One of the era's notable theatrical ventures, the Theater Ambulant led by M. Gemler will liquidate its current mode of transport and move to rail shipment. Receipts average about $600 a day, yet heavy scenery and gear proved impractical on roads causing delays and hazards. The company will tour by train, with vans hauled aboard, after liquidation plans. Food shortages also disrupted performances in several towns.
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Parlo
Gener
Gemler
Mquida
Ton
Gemier
Hlannger
Comedie Francaise
M. Gemler
Sebback
Hungary's 1911 maize crop seen 20 percent below 1910
Hungary's value crop for 1911, per Adalbert Serenyi, head of Hungarian oil industry and agriculture, is projected to be about twenty percent lower than the 1910 harvest.
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Hungary
Budapest
Adalbert Serenyi
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