The macron is represented as a short horizontal line placed directly over the vowel that should be pronounced with a long sound. For example, in a dictionary the word ate would be displayed with a macron above the a and the word evil would be displayed with a macron above the e.
Bon AppÃ©tit: Food & Dining in Gilded Age Mansions. Featuring 19th century dining tastes and trends, in addition to behind-the-scenes activities of domestic servants in a Gilded Age mansion.
The Politics of the Gilded Age. Overview: The Gilded Age is a term used to describe the period between the 1870s to c. 1900. Gilded is to overlay with a thin layer of gold, to coat with gold color; to make. something appear brighter and more attractive than it actually is. Mark Twain along with another writer Charles Dudley Warner are credited with. coining the term (From the book, The Gilded Age â they criticized the last decades. of the 19 th Century as a time of extravagance and outrageous political behavior. The name is fitting because at this time there is a faÃ§ade of wealth & prosperity that. masked the corruption and decay of American political life.