Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World (50 page)

17
“of all the brothers”
Unger and Unger,
The Guggenheims
, p. 64.

18
“Papa, you must have”
Ibid., p. 228.

19
“one of the handsomest” New York Times
, October 25, 1894. 102
“the Googs”
Davis,
The Guggenheims
, p. 218.

20
“well-known in Brussels”
Belgian newspaper
Nieuws
, cited in Hustak,
Titanic: The Canadian Story
, p. 39.

21
“crossed [a] thick ice-field”
and
“another ice-field”
“Marconigrams Sent and Received by Captain Smith,” ET.

22
“They are out of our way”
Boxhall testimony, U.S. inquiry, TIP.

CHAPTER 8: SHIPBOARD COTERIES

  1
“I took a Turkish bath this morning”
Spedden diary,
Titanic Commutator
, p. 48.

  2
“something of the grandeur”
Foster,
Titanic Reader
, p. 33.

  3
“blade douche”
Beveridge,
Titanic: Ship Magnificent
, p. 421.

  4
“We will beat the
Olympic” Elizabeth Lines, Limitation of Liability Hearings, October 27, 1913, TIP.

  5
“There will be no attempt” New York Times
, June 23, 1911, in Chirnside and Halpern, “
Olympic
and
Titanic:
Maiden Voyage Mysteries,” ET.

  6
“one of those groups”
Lord,
Night Lives On
, p. 41.

  7
“with a leaning”
Luhan, in Kowsky,
Buffalo Architecture
, p. 136.

  8
“ ‘Let us wander’ ”
Candee, “Sealed Orders.”

  9
“As her bow”
Candee, in Bigham, “Life’s Décor,” ET.

10
“a member of the city’s most exclusive smart set”
Ibid.

11
“dressing like the matron”
Ibid.

12
“one for myself and the other”
Lord,
Night Lives On
, p. 41.

13
“We are here to amuse you”
Ibid.

14
“two famous men passed”
Young, in OBT, p. 428.

15
“the fancy French poultry,” “the cooks before,”
and
“It is such good luck”
Ibid.

16
“The
Titanic
was a good boat” Toronto Telegram
, April 19, 1912.

17
“to be unseizable”
Woods,
Molson Saga
, p. 211.

18
“a very pretty girl,” “vivacious good-looking niece,”
and
“two attractive sisters”
Sloper,
Life and Times
, p. 394.

19
“You are in danger”
Ibid., pp. 396–97.

20
“When are you going”
and
“You have forgotten”
Ibid., p. 396.

21
“How little did I know”
Gracie, ST, p. 125.

22
“the speed of the boat”
Williams,
“CQD.”

CHAPTER 9: DESIGNING WOMAN

  1
“One morning”
Etherington-Smith and Pilcher,
The “It” Girls
, p. 39.

  2
“crotchety, cranky invalid”
Ibid., p. 11.

  3
“white-corded silk dress”
Ibid., p. 18.

  4
“the two pretty red-headed girls”
Ibid., p. 18.

  5
“It was in black velvet”
Ibid., p. 24.

  6
“I decided that there was”
Ibid., p. 25.

  7
“In those days”
and
“I loosed upon”
Ibid., p. 73.

  8
“Half the women flocked to see them”
Ibid., p. 56.

  9
“the
crème de la crème” Glyn,
Romantic Adventure
, in Fowler,
The Way She Looks Tonight
, p. 72.

10
“the oddest creature I had ever seen”
Etherington-Smith and Pilcher,
The “It” Girls
, p. 39.

11
“masterpieces of”
Ibid., p. 88.

12
“keeping the illusion,” “on this parade,”
and
“all hung with”
Ibid., p. 76.

13
“I shall never forget”
Duff Gordon,
Discretions
, p. 73.

14
“gallery of exquisite creations” Washington Times
, May 22, 1904, in Bigham,
Lucile
, p. 38.

15
“There was never”
Duff Gordon,
Discretions
, p. 73.

16
“If you are going to”
Etherington-Smith and Pilcher,
The “It” Girls
, p. 85.

17
“most extraordinarily dull”
and
“deadly
, deadly
dull”
Ibid., p. 86.

18
“I’m sure we can”
Ibid., p. 112.

19
“The one thing that counts”
Ibid., p. 127.

20
“Ours was a new playhouse”
Avery Strakosch, ed., “Fashions for the Famous: Dressmaking Days with Lady Duff Gordon,” Bigham,
Lucile
, p. 76.

21
“The dramatic performance”
Bigham,
Lucile
, p. 40.

22
“We are so accustomed”
Bigham,
Lucile
, p. 61.

23
“As business called me over”
Duff Gordon,
Discretions
, p. 161.

24
“The designer was”
Bigham, “Saved from the Titanic,” ET.

25
“Everything aboard”
and
“pretty little cabin”
Duff Gordon,
Discretions
, p. 164.

26
“One can only”
Etherington-Smith and Pilcher,
The “It” Girls
, p. 86.

27
“regularly surrounded by”
Ibid., p. 164.

28
“a sexual ambiguity”
Bigham,
Lucile
, p. 87.

29
“smart to the last degree”
Ibid., p. 54.

30
“the hum of voices”
and
“disaster swift”
Duff Gordon,
Discretions
, p. 162.

CHAPTER 10: A CALM SUNDAY

  1
“Time like an ever rolling stream”
From the sixth verse of “O God Our Help in Ages Past” by Isaac Watts, 1719.

  2
“quite one-half”
Brown, in OBT, p. 218.

  3
“bergs, growlers”
“Marconigrams Sent.…,” ET.

  4
“At my funeral”
Abbott,
Letters of Archie Butt
, p. 81.

  5
“as if I were in a summer palace”
Gracie, in ST, p. 119.

  6
“the Greek steamer”
“Marconigrams Sent …,” ET.

  7
“thought he was a minister,” “my boy,” “one big party,”
and
“a spirit of”
Harris, “Her Husband Went Down.”

  8
“couldn’t do,” “Mr. Freshy,” “I knew I couldn’t,”
and
“childlike and lovable”
Bigham and Jasper, “Broadway Dame.”

  9
“Life was all play”
Ibid.

10
“If anything happens”
Geller,
Titanic: Women and Children
, p. 50.

11
“Harry lost $430,000”
Bigham and Jasper, “Broadway Dame.”

12
“beat him with,” “toys in,” “flirting with,” “Man is,” “One of the women,”
and
“They have just”
Candee, “Sealed Orders.”

13
“two large icebergs”
“Marconigrams Sent.…,” ET.

14
“I hope you are comfortable”
and dialogue, Emily Ryerson Limitation of Liability Hearings, TIP.

15
“a wide blood-red band”
Rosenbaum 1934 memoir, Charles Pellegrino website.

16
“took a header”
and following quotes Harris, “Her Husband Went Down.”

17
“how fondly”
Futrelle, in OBT, p. 288.

18
“shining in pale”
and
“glittering frock”
Candee, “Sealed Orders.”

19
“I want everything dark”
Lynch,
Titanic: An Illustrated History
, p. 77. 147
“In the elegantly”
Futrelle, in OBT, p. 287.

CHAPTER 11: THE LAST EVENING