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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
SAILING IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY — Thomas R. Carskadon — 30
THE JUICE OF LIFE — Richard F. Baum — 56
THERE WAS A MAN — Herb Graffis — 62
HAPPINESS IS A HAT — Stanley Walker — 64
WEARY GRAY WOLF — Joseph E. Shaner — 70
MARYLAND MELODY — John Richard Young — 78
HAIR-TRIGGERS AND HOT HEADS — O. E. Schoeffler — 86
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — Jules Levine — 93
THE STURGEON KING — David G. Wittels — 94
YO YO HO AND A CUP OF COFFEE — Herman Styler — 102
LOVE IN THE LAST ROW
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 6
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 16
Movies: STRATFORD ON ARKANSAS — Jack Moffitt — 43
The Lively Arts: MUSICIAN, SPARE THAT TUNE! — Gilbert Seldes — 83
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 84
Potables: WHAT’S YOUR POTABLES I. Q.? — Lewin W. Wicks, Jr. — 118
Wearables: VACATION PACKING — O. E. Schoeffler — 125
FICTION
WITHOUT IDENTITY — Robert Key — 28
HAPPY HANGOVER — Ernest Lehman — 49
SOME TALK OF VIRTUE — James Francis Dwyer — 50
AND NOW DELILAH — Neil Paterson — 61
THE FLYING HEAD — Tao Kim Hai — 68
HELLO, SAROYAN BILL — David Yellin — 73
A GUN FOR ATLUK — Allan R. Bosworth — 89
SATURDAY NIGHT — Robert Switzer — 114
SEMI-FICTION
THE EMPEROR’S SMILE — Joseph Wechsberg — 27
SERIAL
WIN, PLACE AND SHOW — Walter Steigleman — 37
PERSONALITIES
THE DILIGENT DUKE OF ELLINGTON — Harry Hess — 90
PICTORIAL FEATURES
COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by D. McKay — 31
SAILING IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY — Pictorial Interpretations by J. Frederick Smith — 33
NOTES FOR A LETTER — Color photograph by Edward Rinker — 38
ETHEL SMITH: SPEED QUEEN OF THE KEYBOARD — Painting by Lial — 39
CHAMPION JANSEN OF BRAE TARN — Color photograph by Jon Abbot — 47
AMERICAN BEAUTY: ARLENE DAHL — Color photograph by Wm. Stone — 48
COMIC WITH FEET: RAY BOLGER — Color photographs by M. E. Browning — 56
HANDS OF A PIONEER — 57
HOME ON THE RANGE — OR IN THE AIR — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 58
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, NO. 3 — Color photograph by Wilfrid Newton — 65
CLEOPATRA: VIVIEN LEIGH — Color photograph by Edward Rinker — 66
BROADWAY LUMINARY: WALTER HUSTON — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 68
OVER THE WAVES IN A LUDERS L-16 — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 69
COOK’S TOUR: NESTOR — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 84
A GIMLET IS A BORE—NOT SO THE GIMLET — Color photograph by Philip Wilcox — 85
THE EGG-AND-I-AT-MIDNIGHT — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 87
PARIS IN THE SUMMER — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 88
POOLING OF ASSETS
SPORTS
HUNTERS, INC. — Jack Tooker — 52
BEWARE THAT BASEBALL! — Renzo Dee Bowers — 67
SINGLE SHOTS AND CONSEQUENCES — Tommy Armour — 74
THE ESQUIRE POLL ON SPECTATOR SPORTS — Jim Crossett — 76
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN — Louis Sidran — 101
BOXER’S TRAGEDY — Edward Francis Woods — 120
BRIEFS
A PARTING SHOT — Royce Diener — 46
THE TATTLER’S TEARS — Kern L. Perc — 55
A LESSON IN MATH — I. William Allen — 80
TWENTY WAYS TO KEEP COOL — 96
THE ROOSTER BET — Edward Jerome Vogeler — 113
CREDITS
Illustrations on pages 37, 44, 46, 52, 61, 62 and 73 through courtesy Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Runnette, Fenton, Fellows and Murley, beginning on — 98