Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.

Among her clients were Anne Vanderbilt Anne Morgan the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Elizabeth Milbank Anderson (philanthropist) and Adelaide and Henry Clay Frick [12]. "

De Wolfe appeared with The Amateur Comedy Club in New York City as Lady Clara Seymour in "A Cup of Tea" (April 1886) and as Maude Ashley in "Sunshine" a one act comedy by Fred W. He demoliElsie de Wolfed the building and hired Thomas Hastings to build a new home for him and his family.

Elsie de Wolfe also known as Lady Mendl (December 20 1865? – July 12 1950) was an American actress interior decorator nominal author of the influential 1913 book The House in Good Taste and a prominent figure in New York Paris and London society. According to The New Yorker "Interior Design as a profession was invented by Elsie de Wolfe.