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Hearing that always makes me want to see what Gussy looked like. I'm pretty sure she was quite fancy.
A coworker and I discovered that we both had a fascination with the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in NYC in 1911, wherein the stairwells were locked and about 150 young women working in the factory jumped to their deaths.
With dark humor, we decided we had been there in a past life and maybe we jumped holding hands, as some were described as having done, and we looked up the names of the victims and each of us took one. She was Gussie and I was Bessie. (Just looked again--there were actually four Gussies who died that day.)
We worked in One World Trade Center, and both of us were there on 9/11/01. This time, we got out.
A coworker and I discovered that we both had a fascination with the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in NYC in 1911, wherein the stairwells were locked and about 150 young women working in the factory jumped to their deaths.
My mother was born in 1912, and she grew up with a family legend that her Dad's best friend was a young attorney who represented the families of some of the victims in order to obtain justice and compensation. A few years ago, I decided to research that attorney--Max Steuer--and found to my great dismay that he actually represented the owners of that firetrap sweatshop!
Isn't it amazing how family legends can evolve into something that is so incredibly inaccurate?
My mother was born in 1912, and she grew up with a family legend that her Dad's best friend was a young attorney who represented the families of some of the victims in order to obtain justice and compensation. A few years ago, I decided to research that attorney--Max Steuer--and found to my great dismay that he actually represented the owners of that firetrap sweatshop!
Isn't it amazing how family legends can evolve into something that is so incredibly inaccurate?
Yes, wow. I guess it was much more noble-sounding the other way.
I think I recognize the name, possibly from this book:
I would expect that Steuer's name in that book.
When my mother died, on her bookcase I discovered a book that Steuer had written about his long legal career, but--somehow--he failed to mention his defense of the sweatshop owners. Only by digging through a lot of online resources did I find the real story, and I promptly threw his book away.
This is kind of old fashioned, but still descriptive. I used the word today to describe one of my old chairs. Do you know anyone who uses it?
Yes, decrepit is a good word for describing an inanimate object like a chair... I think over the years decrepit has gotten a bad rap bc it sounds kind of harsh if used to describe a person..
Frail is a kinder way to describe a decrepit person. ;-)
You post made me think of the word decrepitude. Decrepitude is a good word too.
I also like words that are a combination of three words. Such as wherewithal. Or ne'er-do-well.
A ne'er-do-well likely does not have the wherewithal to eat (and pay the bill) at a fancy restaurant. Even if he or she gets all gussied up. ;-)
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LOL 
As in the elementary school cafeteria line where the hungry bully pushed his/her way in front of you. 
