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Accessory Transit Company, 22-23, 26-27
Adams, Henry, 12
Albert, king of Belgium, 310
Alexandra, czarina of Russia, 302
Alfonso, king of Spain, 302, 310
Allen, Ethelinda Vanderbilt, 13, 58-59
Allen, Fred, 226
Alva (yachts), 141-143, 147, 248, 411
American Art Galleries, 281, 291 American Commonwealth, The (Bryce), 70
American Museum of Natural History, 180
America’s Cup, 280, 411
Anthony, Susan B., 258
Assembly Balls, 203
Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn (“the Mrs. Astor”), 143, 170, 268, 304, 390
Alva and, 101-106, 114, 116, 118, 119, 123, 246
appearance of, 98-99, 116, 168, 246-248, 312
illness and death of, 247-248, 302
jewelry of, 116, 231, 246-247
McAllister and, 96-98, 100-101, 104-106, 114, 118, 228-229
Monday nights of, 97, 102-103
motherhood of, 96, 99, 104-105
personality of, 105
social prominence of, 90, 96-106, 112, 226-229, 232-234, 239, 246-248, 253, 299
Astor, Carrie, see Wilson, Carrie Astor Astor, John Jacob, 24, 96, 98, 102, 206
Astor, John Jacob, III, 76, 207, 251, 310
Astor, Mary Dahlgren Paul, 247
Astor, Vincent, 397
Astor, William Backhouse, Jr., 96, 97, 99, 141
Astor, William Waldorf, 247, 300, 396
Astor family, 51, 96, 108, 163, 206, 247, 251
Atlanta, 141
Attiring the Bride (Lefebvre), 134
Augerville-la-Rivière, 287-288
automobiles, 251, 405, 406
Azar (servant), 252, 259, 260, 289, 293
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Bailey’s Beach, 232, 239, 244, 245
Bal Blanc, 161-162
Balfour, Arthur James, Lord, 310
Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, 271
Alva and, 125, 126-128, 146-148, 150-154, 157-161, 168, 170, 174-175, 188, 248, 251, 284, 286-290, 293-294
appearance of, 127, 151, 162, 171, 173
arranged marriage of, 148, 156-160, 163-174, 188, 217, 250, 286, 290
childhood of, 111, 116-117, 124-128, 142-143, 281
coming-out party of, 150-151
death of, 415
dowry of, 156, 173, 285
inferiority complex of, 127-128
inheritance of, 281, 415
jewelry of, 170
Marlborough and, 148, 151, 154-157, 159-164, 168, 169, 172-175, 215, 248, 285-286, 289
personality of, 127-128
proposals received by, 151, 153, 163
second marriage of, 287, 290
supervision and punishment of, 127-128, 152, 153, 157-158, 160, 188
Willie and, 125, 150, 152
, 160, 170-171, 173, 174, 285, 286
women’s rights work of, 286-287
Balsan, Louis-Jacques, 287
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 56, 136
Barberini Palace, 401, 408
Bar Harbor, Maine, 270, 277, 278
Baring, Cecil, 207
Barnes, Charlotte, 196
Barnes, Jim, 195, 196, 197, 199
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,” 249
Baumgarten, William, 132
Bayside Farm, 91-92, 143
Beacon Towers, 252-253, 287, 291
Beadle, Chauncey, 276
Beaulieu, 300-302, 303, 304, 305, 310, 412, 414
Beech Creek Railway Company, 173, 180
Beechwood, 143, 351
Beesley (servant), 362-363, 370
Belcourt Castle, 248-249, 250, 251, 252-253, 255, 287, 412, 413
Bellona, 8, 9, 10
Bellona Hall, 9, 10, 13
Belmont, Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, x, 84-90, 100-123, 232, 234, 237, 240, 268, 413
Alice and, 177, 181-184, 185-186
ambition of, 128, 131, 141, 157
appearance of, 86, 87, 112-113, 129, 162, 168, 288, 293
childhood of, 85-86, 127, 144-145
combative and domineering nature of, 85-86, 87, 105, 123, 126, 127-128, 144, 160, 174, 253
Consuelo and, 125, 126-128, 146-148, 150-154, 156-175, 188, 248, 250-251, 284, 286-290, 293-294
Consuelo on, 126-128, 129, 141, 146, 150, 159, 174, 254
criticism of, 176-177, 257
estate of, 292, 293-294, 295
extravagance of, 89, 121, 129, 141-142, 143-146
fancy dress ball of, 102-123, 134, 206, 269, 284, 302, 409
feigned heart attack of, 159-160, 161, 213
first marriage of, 84-85, 140, 150, 249
funeral of, 294-295
illness and death of, 292-293
innovations of, 88, 150, 249-250, 251, 255, 289
jewelry of, 113, 141, 162, 170, 291
last will and testament of, 292, 295
marital difficulties and divorce of, 146-147, 149-150, 152, 161, 164, 248, 249, 250, 255, 288-289
marriage as viewed by, 254-256, 260, 286
Mrs. Astor and, 101-106, 114, 116, 118, 119, 123, 246
press accounts of, 85, 120-121, 141-142, 161
second marriage of, 250-252
social ostracism of, 88, 100, 101-102, 105, 149-150, 161, 258, 288-289
social position sought by, 88-90, 101-106, 121, 128