Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwellwas an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 May 1883
CityKeokuk, IA
CountryUnited States of America
dinner goodness serve
Serve the dinner backward, do anything-but for goodness sake, do something weird.
party genius good-party
Nothing spoils a good party like a genius.
laughter laughing firsts
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
enemy sauce dishes
I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
marriage wedding husband
Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband.
competition intellectual may
Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.
party oil cocktails
The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil
party fighting fire
Fight fire with fire. If you must have bores, always put them together or at the same table ... bores have an effervescent chemical reaction on one another at a party. They invariably have a marvelous time trading banalities in the absence of competition. Clichés roll trippingly off the tongue like sparkling epigrams and trite observations acquire depth sinking into receptive minds.
fire people church
Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.
party food cooking
Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.
cocktails culinary invention
Cocktails are society's most enduring invention!
hate dont-hate dislike
I don't hate anyone. I dislike. But my dislike is the equivalent of anyone else's hate.
party giving humanity
Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.
kindness simple fancy
Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.