"NEVER HEARD OF LABOR DAY"

"Never heard of Labor Day" There is a story about heiress Florence Vanderbilt Twombly who had a magnificent 100 room Gilded Age mansion called Florham at Madison, New Jersey. Most weekends Mrs. Twombly gave large weekend parties with many guests. One weekend, which included the Labor Day holiday weekend, the guests were surprised to be roused by the butler on Monday and encouraged to pack their bags. The guests told the Butler he must be mistaken, since this was Labor Day and they were expecting to enjoy another day at the palatial estate. The butler went to speak to Mrs. Twombly and told her about this. He returned to the guests and told them Mrs. Twombly said she had NEVER heard of Labor Day! If you enjoyed this story, please ask to join my group on facebook, Mansions of the Gilded Age, which was recently mentioned in the September 2013 issue of Architectural Digest, page 42. Under the column AD HEARS, " Mansions of the Gilded Age is one of the liveliest design groups on Facebook, with members celebrating (and denigrating lavish examples of late-19th century and early-20th century domestic architecture"