Quote: Kind to her inferiors. And where does she find them? (antedating Dorothy Parker 1941 January 4)

[Garson O'Toole]

The Yale Book of Quotations currently lists a 1955 citation for the
witticism delivered by Dorothy Parker in the anecdote below:

Cite: 1941 January 4, The New Yorker, "Profiles: The Candor Kid - Part
1", Page 22, New York. (The New Yorker archive)

At a dinner in Hollywood last year, at which Dorothy Parker was
present, Miss Boothe's name was mentioned, and a woman friend of hers
at the table found herself in the familiar, bristling position of
defence. She spoke at length of Miss Boothe's generosity, of the way
she often helped less gifted people with money and with letters of
introduction to her own influential acquaintances, and she ended, not
too happily, by declaring, "Clare Boothe is always kind to her
inferiors." Mrs. Parker looked up wanly. "And where," she inquired,
"does she find them?"

Garson

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