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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
The White Man Cometh. Natives of the South Seas are infatuated with American ways, and tribal chants bear the marks of Tin Pan Alley. — Sidney Carroll — 27
Gamecocks Don’t Surrender. Feathered gladiators fought to victory or death in the Twenty-fifth International Tournament at Orlando. — Edward Jerome Vogeler — 30
Babe Ruth’s Greatest Moment. The umpire had just called two strikes on Ruth when the batter-actor made his most dramatic gesture. — Jack Miley — 34
A Picture of Oscar Wilde. Sketching the writer’s background in Dublin and Oxford, recounting his triumph and his tragedies. — Oliver St. John Gogarty — 40
How to Play Check Pinochle. Rules for bidding, melding, and scoring in this four-handed game which rivals contract bridge in popularity. — Albert A. Ostrow — 44
The Order of the Crackpots. People in public life innocently amuse the members of this fraternity who like their humor hearty. — George Zarafonetis — 51
Some Crime Does Pay. Blackmail dupes seldom realize how vulnerable their tormentors would be to counterattack. — Simon J. Callinan & Alan Hynd — 54
Key Men in Harlem Piano. Recalling some of the spots on San Juan Hill where James P. Johnson and other oldtimers used to play. — Charles Edward Smith — 56
The Britannica Collection of Art. Sponsored by the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 121 American paintings will be shown throughout the land. — Harry Salpeter — 68
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: The Sound and the Fury. What we hear from the boys. — 10
Contributors: Backstage with Esquire. It’s a living. — 22
Opinion: This Man’s World. Nuts to our feathered friends. — Paul Gallico — 46
The Lively Arts: The Most Popular Man in the World. Tribute to FDR. — Gilbert Seldes — 61
Education: Esquire’s Ready-to-Speak Spanish III. To order lunch in Mexico. — Frank Henius — 64
Books: What the Young Joe Should Write. A forecast of war novels. — Sinclair Lewis — 67
Potables: A Prelude to Tall Drinks. The correct mixing of highballs. — Lawton Mackall — 93
Theatre: First Nights & Passing Judgments. Annual awards for last season. — George Jean Nathan — 94
Jazz: The Rhythm Section. What is it, improvisation. — Paul Eduard Miller & Leonard Feather — 96
Anecdotes: Going the Rounds with Esquire. Ain’t it the truth. — Iles Brody — 100
Edibles: Man the Kitchenette. On acquiring a taste for specialty meats. — O. E. Schoeffler — 105
Wearables: Budget for Mutt. Say you have 200 dollars. — Gilbert Seldes — 112
Discs: Esquire on the Record. Jupiter Symphony and That Old Feeling. — 112
FICTION
The Undefeated Radetski. Forty-five years ago he had learned to wrestle from a man who promised to make him “big, rich and famous”. — Gerald Kersh — 28
Fury Over the Himalayas. There was a chance the plane might get through the storm if the oxygen and the engines did not fail. — James Wakefield Burke — 32
The Predatory Bus Boy. More like a bird than a man, he swooped down on the Hollywood customers with incredible speed and timing. — John Forbes — 39
Revolt from a Niche. The corporal knew the lieutenant couldn’t be much older than he was, but those gold bars made all the difference. — Michael Gerson — 42
The Brave Deserve the Lovely. As Carol said, a Navy chief has to decide—either she gets herself talked about, or she doesn’t. — Paul Kunasz — 52
The Tarpon Were in Love. No fisherman regrets hooking into a huge tarpon, but landing him with light tackle is not a lead-pipe cinch. — Hart Stilwell — 58
Koronit Sang for the Japanese. The Japs seemed deliberately to probe his ancient wound; he had never fired a torpedo at a ship. — Georges Surdez — 62
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Babe Ruth’s Greatest Moment. Painted especially for Esquire by Douglass Crockwell — 35
The Varga Girl. Shocking Suggestion. Verse by Phil Stack; Painting by Varga — 37
Broadway for the Boys. Give Me a Thrill. Color photograph by Hurrell — 50
The Esquire Canteen. Laughing Room Only. Color photograph by Anton Bruehl — 59
American Beauties, Eastern Style. Billie Kelly. Color photograph by Hurrell — 60
A Group of Six Paintings. Courtesy of Encyclopaedia Britannica — 69
Esquire’s Art Institute. Melancholy Interlude. Painting by Francis Criss — 70
Summer Seasoning: 1945. A portfolio of cartoons. by D. McKay — 72
Summer Week End. A Diversion in the Sun. by Leslie Saalburg — 85
Start of the Long Way Home. The Douglas R-5-D. Painting by Alexander Leydenfrost — 86
Esquiregraph No. 10. Alfred Hitchcock. Photocollage by Ravit-Palazzo — 91
SPORTS
Baseball’s Traveling Salesman. “Happy” Chandler has just what the game needs. — Earl Ruby — 77
Can They Come Back? Citing Bob Feller as a case in point. — Ralph Cannon — 78
Why I’m Coaching the Kids. Esquire’s All-American Boys’ Baseball Game. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. — Joe Hendrickson — 80
Pro Football War. National League vs. All-America Conference. — Craig Wood — 82
Byron Nelson, Lone Star. No other golfer can match his accuracy. — Hart Stilwell — 83
Take a Fling with Light Tackle. Never fight a fish with the reel handle. — George Viswell — 84
BRIEFS
How to Help the War Effort. Uncle Sam clamps down on eyebrow therapy. — Parke Cummings — 43
Box-Office Natural in Six Steps. Building a scenario on Padg’s Arithmetic. — Tracy Perkins — 55
Definitive Life of Jane Roswell. Writer for a women’s magazine tells all. — Benny Jones — 63
Then Gently Slide the Bolt. Sleep came to him only after certain racing dreams. — James Fortescue — 71
TRENDS IN DRESS
Clothes and Accessories sketched by Goodman, Fenton, Murley, Fellows and Runnette, beginning on 92