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Chloe
Author: Lyn Cote
Copyright: 2005
Copyright: 2005
Setting Year: 1917-1930
Setting Decade: 1920s
Main Themes: Family Life, Women's Lives
Excerpt: The house looked as if it had been decorated to imitate a nobleman’s home, with oak-paneled walls, plush maroon carpet, and a crystal chandelier sparkling overhead. Chloe walked the long, carpeted hall, going over in her mind what she’d heard about these informal dances held every Monday afternoon by the widow of a famous Missouri senator. Mrs. Henderson was a powerful, influential force in D.C. society and politics. A lot of deals were struck in this house during parties and dinners. Excerpt Page Number: 159-160
Address:
Florida Ave NW & 16th St NW 20009
Setting Year: 1917-1930
Setting Decade: 1920s
Main Themes: Family Life, Women's Lives
Excerpt: She stepped into the large, second-floor ballroom. A knot of men and women in afternoon dress milled around one end. In front of them a dainty white-haired woman sat on an imposing chair with her little feet on a step stool. She wore powder-blue bedroom slippers with pom-poms instead of shoes. The blue slippers went with the room’s floor-to-ceiling royal blue draperies, which were partially opened, revealing a wall of French doors and a balcony beyond them. Excerpt Page Number: 160
Address:
Florida Ave NW & 16th St NW 20009
Setting Year: 1917-1930
Setting Decade: 1920s
Main Themes: Family Life, Women's Lives
Excerpt: At the Washington Auditorium, the well-known orchestra played on and on. Chloe moved in time with a youngish tuxedo-clad senator from California. Nearby Drake danced with a well-padded matron, the wife of a Supreme Court judge. Chloe wore her signature color in evening wear – ebony. Her French gown was cut slim and beaded with black jet. For the occasion, Drake had given her long, art deco platinum-and-diamond earrings that dangled from her ears. Excerpt Page Number: 193
Address:
E St NW & 19th St NW 20052
Setting Year: 1917-1930
Setting Decade: 1920s
Main Themes: Family Life, Women's Lives
Excerpt: The waltz ended and the next dance – the Charleston – began. Drake claimed her and she accepted without demur. Overhead, the glittering chandeliers almost hypnotized her as she unconsciously went through the motions of the dance. Excerpt Page Number: 194
Address:
E St NW & 19th St NW 20052