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Grizzy Thompson Wins May Van Alen With Efficient Courtship
In Newport society, Griswold Thompson applies scientific management to winning May Van Alen. He studies past suitors, mirrors their mistakes, and uses frugality, simple outings, and steady work to win her heart. The tale frames efficiency as the key to securing the ten million dollar heiress.
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Miss van Alen
James J. van Alen
Mrs. Astor
America
Europe
Gibraltar
May van Alen
Mr. van Alen
Griswold Thompson
Philadelphia
Newport
New York
Maidh
van Alen
Adolf Ladenburg
Mr. Thompson
Grizzy
Thompson
Lehr
Bunny” Hawkes
Harry Lehr
Sherry’s
Delmonico’s
Harry Leir
Childs’s
Ralph Ranlett
Ranlett
Commodore Watera
Baltimore
Coney Island
Hudson
Francis Otis
Cushing Stetson
Stetson
Frankie Otis
Messrs. Otis
Duke of Manchester