Havemeyer), and Harriet Lauder Greenway (the daughter of George Lauder, a partner in Carnegie Steel). Rockefeller (their father co-founded Standard Oil), Louisine Havemeyer (the widow of “Sugar King” Henry O. Converse (founding president of Bankers Trust), Jeremiah Milbank (of the Borden Condensed Milk fortune), Herbert and Louisa Satterlee (she was the eldest daughter of J. Once settled in Greenwich (having moved from the backwater of Kenosha, Wisconsin), Simmons found himself surrounded by other leading industrialists and their heirs. Simmons had made his fortune by revolutionizing “the nighttime furniture of the nation,” as his New York Times obituary phrased it put simply, the Simmons Company developed the country’s first mass-produced mattresses. Like other titans of the era, Simmons and his wife, Frances, proceeded to build a manor house in Greenwich that would rival the palazzi and châteaux and stately homes of Europe. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has complained.”ī 1) invited 2) went 3) arrived 4) walkedIn the 1920s, Greenwich, Connecticut, was known as “the richest town per capita in the world,” and Zalmon Gilbert Simmons was one of the richest men in town. In fact, they were still there at midnight when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. ” A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at 8.30. “You’re telling our guests that they must go home at 8.30.” So Mrs Harris just wrote, “Party: 6.30 p.m. “Don’t invite too many.” Mrs Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband E_ that she was writing, “Party: 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.” “That isn’t very polite is it?” he said. “A big party will be the easiest, won’t it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.” D_ Mrs Harris said, ”Yes, I’ll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.” “How many will that be?” Mr Harris asked. Then Mrs Harris C_ to her husband, “We’ve been to a lot of other people’s houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn’t we?” “Yes, certainly,” answered her husband.
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They did not have A_ friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often B_ to dinner or to parties at other people’s houses. Mr Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his job, and he and his wife moved to another town.
#WHEN YOU HEAR ITS A BIG RICH TOWN TV#
Back home in Sweden we don’t have any TV advertisements at all!” They’re very funny or very clever, or both. British television’s brilliant! But the “programmes” which I’ve enjoyed most are the advertisements. A Swedish girl said, “I’ve watched a lot of television since I arrived two weeks ago. They just take them out of the dirty, soapy water and leave them to dry!”Į. After British people have washed the dishes, they never rinse them. I’ve noticed one very strange thing here.
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A Danish girl who works as an au pair in Liverpool said, “I came to Britain a month ago. So why do you still use miles,Or pints and pounds instead of kilometres, litres and kilos? And why do you still drive on the wrong side of the road?”ĭ. A German student at a language school in Oxford said, “I thought Britain was a modern European country - you’ve been in the EEC for years now. They’re jobs which I’ve never seen Japanese men do. British men do jobs like cooking, washing up and ironing. I’ve noticed one big difference between British and Japanese families. A Japanese student from Tokyo said, “I’ve been in Britain since April and have been living with a British family. I’ve been here for over a week and I still haven’t seen any fog!”ī.
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An Italian boy, who is in Britain for the first time, talked about the weather, “I can’t understand it.