"We brought nothing into this world," intoned a soft, rich voice in a Manhattan drawing room one day last week, "and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
Dr. Roelif Hasbrouck Brooks of swank St. Thomas' Church stood by a bronze casket blanketed with irises, orchids and lilies of the valley. In the casket lay all that 89 years of life had left of Mrs. Vanderbilt, dowager of her family, who died last fortnight (TIME, April...
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