When Ward McAllister Sauced Chicago, Part 1

Appetizer: New York’s social dictator “The real Chicago, which works and hustles and brags about the Fair, cares nothing about McAllister or what he says.” —The New York World, April 16, 1893 He has been called “New York society’s panjandrum of lavish entertaining,” “a greater official than the mayor, a custodian of the ultra-fashionables,” a “flamboyant and outspoken figure,” the “foremost consultant in pleasure” and a “master of punctilio and snobbery.” Others named him “the Autocrat of Gotham’s 400,” [...]

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Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair, Part II

March is Women’s History Month and a fitting time to reflect on women’s valuable contributions to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Reprinted here is Part 2 of “Woman’s Part at the World’s Fair” from the May 1893 issue of The Review of Reviews. “The Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary” was written by Ellen M. Henrotin, Vice-President of the Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary. Part 1 was posted earlier this month, and Parts 3 will follow [...]

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