(Coward was remarking upon the fact that Ferber was wearing a tailored suit)
James McNeill Whistler Vs. Oscar Wilde
(After Whistler had made a particularly witty observation)
Robert Benchley Vs. A Man In Uniform
Abraham Lincoln Vs. Stephen Douglas
(After Douglas called him “two-faced” during a debate)
Abraham Lincoln Vs. A Foreign Diplomat
(After the diplomat found Lincoln polishing his boots in his office)
Dorothy Parker Vs. New Yorker Editor Harold Ross
(Parker had been on her honeymoon, when Harold Ross interrupted her to ask why she was late with a book review)
