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Stead didnt know him well but already had formed a favorable impression. Guggenheim was a pleasant-faced, square-jawed man with impeccable manners softened by a dry sense of humor.
The other American at the table was John Jacob Astor, probably the wealthiest person aboard the Titanic, with Cornelius Ingram a personal fortune estimated at $150 chelsea stone
In the eyes of many, it was a tainted fortune; it was not only totally inherited, but much of Astors current income was derived from vast real estate holdings in New York that included some of the citys worst Cornelius Ingram slums. Stead had recently read an article that described him as the the hills have eyes
greatest monument to unearned increment. Unlike Guggenheim, who lived well (he had his own manservant with him) but tended to avoid ostentatiousness, Astor seemed to flaunt his wealth. He owned eighteen automobiles and a Cornelius Ingram private railroad car. At state functions, he wore a colonels uniform that would have made a South American stephen bryan
envious with its splendor-never mind that Astors military service had been as a noncombatant inspector general during the Spanish-American war, a commission he was said to have Cornelius Ingram literally purchased just so he could wear a fancy uniform. Yet Stead felt sorry for this tall, imperious scion of wealth. He had recently gone watsco
a scandalous divorce and married an eighteen-year-old girl, Madeleine Force, who was younger than Astors own son. The Astors, in fact, Cornelius Ingram were returning home on the Titanic after a tour abroad that John Jacob took to escape the gibes and insults of New York society-directed mostly and unfairly toward his young chelsea stone
From what Stead had been able to observe on this voyage, the couple were very Cornelius Ingram much in love. The fifth dinner guest was Thomas Andrews, Harland & Wolffs stocky, easygoing managing director and the Titanics father. Throughout dinner, he kept glancing around the huge 532-seat saloon and scribbling into the notebook he kvbc
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Thomas, the captain said teasingly, I cant Cornelius Ingram imagine what faults you can possibly find in this magnificent room. Are the tables too close together?
Andrews hastily closed the notebook, like a child caught reading illicit material in a classroom. Nothing involving this saloon, E.J., he explained with his ingratiating little 
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Merely a few Cornelius Ingram notes I made on an inspection prior to dinner. Not all the kitchen equipment is functioning as well as it should. The roast lamb certainly was excellent, Guggenheim observed tactfully. Astor wiped his fleshy lips with a linen napkin and nodded. A remarkable cuisine, Captain Smith. White Cornelius Ingram Star must be complimented; stephen bryan
wife and I didnt dine any better in Paris. Stead, who by nature couldnt stand anyone else dominating a dinner conversation, jumped in like an actor hearing his cue. A pity your lovely bride couldnt join us, Mr. Astor. Astors smile seemed to Cornelius Ingram erase his air of arrogance. She is, as you may www.nylottery.org
heard, with child and not feeling too well. He glanced at the book Stead had carried with him to dinner and placed next to his wineglass. I see that your dinner.
