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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

During the antediluvian era of August 2010 I posted to the list an
antedating for a joke ascribed to Dorothy Parker. The hoary electronic
message is attached to the bottom of this post.

Now a new article presenting additional research on this topic is
available for your perusal at the QuIn website. Feedback welcome.

"She Is Always Kind to Her Inferiors" "But Where Does She Find Them?"
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/04/18/inferior/

Garson

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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