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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMENT
REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CURTAINS FALL . . . Treading the cerebral stage . . . George Jean Nathan 47
BACK NUMBERS . . . This is not the only Age of Anxiety . . . Aldous Huxley 49
THIS MAN’S WORLD . . . In which he’s again asking you . . . Paul Gallico 50
FICTION
THE TWO MADELEINES . . . The third big upset of the day . . . Hillel Bernstein 55
POSSESSED . . . Hilda got absolute passions about things . . . Robert Lowry 61
AVERY SHOOTS A RABBIT . . . Women like to be in on the kill . . . H. Allen Smith 71
CUSTOM OF ESPAÑA . . . Their departure, as their arrival, rated a salute . . . T. K. Brown III 74
PERSONALITY
HAGERTY: VOICE FOR THE PRESIDENT . . . Eisenhower’s press secretary . . . Richard Gehman 53
ARTICLES
BUDAPEST REVISITED . . . Optimism of a kind is still its way of life . . . Joseph Wechsberg 58
CROSS SECTION U.S.A.: INSURANCE TOWN . . . Hartford sells peace of mind . . . Monroe Fry 62
THE WINNING FEELING . . . With it, you’re almost sure to set the course on fire . . . Cary Middlecoff 67
PUB FISHING IN ENGLAND . . . It’s cheaper and more accessible than in the U.S. . . . John S. Walsh 84
HAMBURG NIGHT LIFE . . . Three-ring circus, with phones on every table . . . John I. B. McCulloch 88
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . . . Rocky Marciano, his manager and friends . . . Gerald Kersh 92
PICTORIAL
YVETTE GUILBERT: SHADOW OF LAUTREC . . . Chansonnette . . . Photograph by Erwin Blumenfeld 51
GUDMUNDUR EINARSSON . . . The artist in his Iceland studio . . . Photograph by Louis Renault 56
ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR . . . Denise Darcel . . . Painting by Mike Ludlow 63
ESQUIRE’S EVENTS OF FASHION . . . Tournament at St. Andrews . . . Painting by Leslie Saalburg 65
NATURE VS. ART . . . Complicated Katharine Hepburn . . . Photograph by Martin Munkacsi 78
MM . . . Marilyn Monroe: Her twinkling is matchless . . . Photograph by Eve Arnold 99
WEARABLES
H₂O GO . . . Style that doesn’t have to come in out of the rain . . . 69
NEW PERSPECTIVE: DISTANT TONES . . . Hexagonal accompaniment to the new suits . . . 72
CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK . . . Four-power concentration on natural lines . . . 82
GOOD SHOW . . . Safari, junior style, for the dashing trophies of small-size fashion . . . 87
RETURN TO HANOVER . . . Undergraduate junket with washable wardrobe . . . 106
(For list of stores displaying fashions in this issue, see page 156)
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW . . . Springtime is a colorful introduction to the storied Arab countries . . . 19
THE ANCIENT LAND: THE NEW SPIRIT . . . The paths of the past are the highways of today . . . Richard Joseph 80
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: FICTION TRUER THAN FACT . . . 6
Editorial: NO SHIBBOLETH REQUIRED . . . 8
THE SOUND AND THE FURY . . . 10
BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE . . . 36
ESQUIRE ON RECORD . . . 39
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE . . . 42
ESQUIRE’S FASHION FINDS . . . O. E. Schoeffler 44
BRIEF
PRINCE OF GASTRONOMES . . . Stanley Karnow 33
POETRY
THEIR EYES HAVE SEEN . . . Jesse Stuart 48
GIFTS
ESQUIRE’S GIFT GALLERY . . . 105
ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE
WORLD-AROUND FASHIONS . . . 156
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS . . . beginning on 163
CREDITS: Cover photography by Ben Somoroff; photography on pages 72 and 73 by Pinney-Beecher; the engravings by Bettmann Archive.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . 162