Cocktail party is a party where cocktails are served. A party is a Social gathering for Celebration and Recreation. A cocktail is a style of Mixed drink. Originally a mixture of distilled spirits, Sugar, Water, and Bitters, the word has gradually Women may choose to wear what has become known as a cocktail dress. A cocktail dress or cocktail gown is a Woman 's Dress worn at cocktail parties, and semi-formal occasions

Although many believe the inventor of the cocktail party to be Alec Waugh of London, who in 1924 found a need for this pleasant interlude before a dinner party, an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press that ran in May 1917 credits Mrs. Alexander Raban Waugh ( Alec Waugh) ( 8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British Novelist, the elder brother of the The St Paul Pioneer Press is a Newspaper based in St Paul Minnesota, primarily serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area Julius S. Walsh Jr. of St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Walsh invited 50 guests to her house on a Sunday at high noon for a one hour affair. "The party scored an instant hit," the St. Paul Pioneer Press declared. And within a matter of weeks, cocktail parties became "a St. Louis institution". ^[1]

Alec Waugh noted that the first cocktail party in England was hosted by war artist Christopher Nevinson in 1924. Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, ( August 13 1889 &ndash October 7 1946) was an English painter

References

1. ^ Felten, Eric. "St. Louis - Party Central", The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, 2007-10-06, p. Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus  W4. Retrieved on 2007-10-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus  

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