Gossip columnist and professional host Elsa Maxwell was the 20th century's premier party planner. She is credited with inventing the scavenger hunt and threw the most glamorous parties for the who’s who of high society and her many celebrity friends. The April in Paris Ball, launched in 1952 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, was a lavish annual event promoting Franco-American relations while raising funds for charity. The event attracted high society and celebrities who were charmed