Chapter 344 (1/2)
January 1, 1932.
Manhattan is very busy today. The streets are full of people every day.
There are celebrities with elegant manners and ordinary women in old clothes.
Men wear suits and shoes, but some of them are bright and some look like old things that grandfather pressed at the bottom of the box.
When passing by them, they could still smell a slight musty smell.
Every car going to the front is the same goal.
The Church of St. Thomas, the union of two ”old” families, will be held there.
On both sides of the church's gate, ribbons are used to draw a ”warning line.” people can observe the ceremony outside, send blessings and share joy.
”Did you hear that? Today Jonathan will be named his own ast v
”He took back the glory of Astor, which he deserved.”
”There are so many great people here today! Look, it's from the DuPont family. ”
”That's from the field family, a former retail giant.”
”Look, it's the Kuhn lob consortium, Kuhn and the lob family.”
”It's a symbol of the RAND family, Rockefeller's big shareholder, holding a lot of Westinghouse stock.”
”Oh, my God, that's the president of Citibank, Pa Pa --”
”the Lamont family, the major shareholder of Morgan, is here. Quick, take a picture.”
”It's J.C. Penney, the pharmaceutical retail giant in America. Oh, my God, it's going to be crowded.”
Every time a car stops, the people who come down from it are famous people in America.
The public may not be familiar with them, but any American citizen has ever heard of the industries they hold.
Caterpillar, the largest manufacturer of machinery and equipment in Europe and America.
The Humphrey family is the founder and one of the important members of the Cleveland consortium.
Railway King, elevator giant, daily chemical giant, agricultural machinery giant, financial giant, aviation giant.
The identity of the visitors involved all walks of life. Some reporters exclaimed, ”if a bomb falls from the sky at this moment, the economy of the United States will retrogress by 20 years in an instant.”
”Oh, God, look who is coming. Carnegie, it's Margaret Carnegie, get out of the way, assholes, get out of my way.”
previously, only excited journalists pushed forward like crazy The crowd also became agitated, people shouting ”Ma'am, XX salute you.”
Margaret Carnegie is the only daughter of Carnegie, the king of steel.
She left her daughter no huge wealth, but gave her endless spiritual wealth.
Carnegie founded 22 charities in North America, covering life, education, medical care and humanitarian undertakings.
He can be seen in every corner of life.
With the advent of the great depression, the Carnegie Foundation was fully operational, and a series of aid efforts in the United States were highly praised by citizens and the public media.
The point is, the family is too low-key.
Margaret Carnegie, who has never been seen in any newspaper since she got married in 1919.