Elsa Maxwell

thumb| Elsa Maxwell (May 24, 1883 – November 1, 1963) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day. Quotes How to Do It (1957) Boston: Little, Brown and Co. What is a bore? Maxwell definition: a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. How do you spot one? Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you. Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking. Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church, or robbing a bank, but never to being bores. External links Category:Columnists from the United States Category:Women journalists from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:Journalists from New York City Category:1883 births Category:1963 deaths Category:Women born in the 1880s