“[On the socialites in New York in the Nineties who devoted themselves to politics, charities, and other volunteer work:] I never knew but one woman who devoted her life exclusively to the social game. She ended her days arranging dinner parties with paper dolls, a breakdown pitiful to watch.” GamesSocialPartyWatchesNew YorkPaperCharityDinnerDevotedVolunteerDollsBreakdownOne WomanDinner PartyPitifulArrangingSocialitesVolunteer Work Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“I have a very hyper-sensitive sister, and when she saw in the papers the next day that I had proclaimed myself the daughter of an immigrant, she didn't like it at all, and was with difficulty deterred from writing to the press that my father might be an immigrant, but not hers.” WritingMightNextFatherSawsPaperDaughterDifficultyPressesSensitiveImmigrantsNext DayPapersHyper Author:Margaret Case Harriman