Declining Without Thanks, Vol. 25, Issue 33

Karen Morley is faced with her husband’s mistress, Jean Harlow, at a formal dinner in Dinner at Eight. Dear Etiquetteer: I witnessed an individual announce to an event director, a promoter for one of the bar groups in town, that he cannot attend an event because of the price point. For context, these two people didn’t know each other already, and the event director was volunteering his time as a…