When she met the humor columnist Art Buchwald, he suggested a co-partnership with his wife in writing a book about etiquette.
She went on to teach etiquette and manners to children, including Richard M. Nixon's daughters, and Dwight D. Eisenhower's granddaughter and President Johnson's son.
[1] She went to class equipped with a complete place setting that included china, 10 pieces of silverware, five different sizes of crystal glasses, and "a silver salt cellar with accompanying shell-shaped spoon".
These classes were called White Gloves (for girls) and Blue Blazers (for boys); they usually ran in cooperation with department stores.
[4] In 2018 her video Table Manners for Kids: Tots to Teens was featured on the internet show Best of the Worst hosted by RedLetterMedia.