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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMENT
THIS MAN’S WORLD . . . Reality and make-believe, in Luna Park and Texas . . . Paul Gallico 21
GENIUS . . . How large is the part played by inspiration in the work of genius? . . . Aldous Huxley 24
REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CURTAINS FALL . . . Widening gulf: stage vs. studio . . . George Jean Nathan 27
FICTION
FLOWERS OF FRIENDSHIP . . . A rose is a rose is a rose, except in extract . . . Garson Kanin 31
THE TOKOLOSH’S BALL PEN . . . Only a master psychologist could use it . . . Ronald Byron 34
A MAN NAMED MR. JONES . . . He had the small part of the world by the tail . . . Louis Paul 59
ARTICLES
BLIND SAM LANGFORD . . . He’d have been a fighter if he hadn’t followed orders . . . Gerald Kersh 29
HOW TO LIVE ON $50,000 A YEAR . . . …For honest troubles . . . Caroline Bird 38
HI-FI, WIDE AND HANDSOME . . . It can be a hobby or a relaxation . . . Paul McCobb 43
MARINO MARINI: HIS WORK AND HIS HOME . . . Modern without modishness . . . John Wheelock Freeman 47
THE JUNGLE EGG MYSTERY . . . Gift for his final breakfast . . . William La Varre 50
NIGHT COURT NIGHTS . . . A thousand and one variations on a plea . . . Leo Dillon Murtagh 62
STREAMER FLIES FROM NATURE’S PATTERNS . . . For every situation . . . Lew Oatman 65
THE TWENTY GREATEST PITCHERS OF ALL TIME . . . Greatness test . . . Max Carey and Jack Kofoed 69
GIVE IT A WHIRL . . . Added starters, or try your own daily double . . . Lillian Schaaf 102
PERSONALITY
IN SEARCH OF SHELLEY WINTERS . . . She found herself on Broadway . . . Robert W. Marks 54
PICTORIAL
RITA GAM: BUTTONS AND BOAS . . . And an enticing air . . . Photograph by Erwin Blumenfeld 28
ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR . . . Hildegarde Neff . . . Painting by Mike Ludlow 39
TOLL ROADS OF THE UNITED STATES . . . Maine to Texas . . . Rendering by George Giusti 41
MARINO MARINI: HIS WORK AND HIS HOME . . . Photograph by Alexander Georges 46
IN SEARCH OF SHELLEY WINTERS . . . Nature vs. Art . . . Photography by Martin Munkacsi 54
STREAMER FLIES FROM NATURE’S PATTERNS . . . Close to bait . . . Photography by Herbert Ericksson 65
GERMAN SHORTHAIRED POINTER: CH. BELLE OF CLAPBOARD RIDGE . . . Photograph by Carl Perutz 95
WEARABLES
HAT-HUDDLE . . . Topside protection, tried and not found wanting, from the northern sun . . . 53
LINE-UP: PANEL STRIPES . . . They make you look broader on the horizontal, taller on the vertical . . . 60
SNEAK PREVIEW: SELECTED SHORTS . . . Dressed for a side trip on the way to the sea . . . 100
TAKE A BREATHER . . . The answer to what to wear when it’s ninety and you’re a third of that . . . 105
JEWELRY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE . . . Investments for the well-planned man . . . 106
SUPPLEMENT
EVERYTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN . . . Esquire’s twenty-four-page handbook for summer living and recreation . . . 71
NO CEILING TO THE FUN . . . A terrace party’s tops in fun, guests and informality . . . 72
ROLL YOUR OWN . . . Find a place away from the sun, light your charcoal and have fun . . . 76
WEATHER OR NO . . . For the man with green thumb and bullfold . . . 78
RECIPES . . . Good food and drinks to match (the drinks are made up for you on pages 32–33) . . . 82
SPORTING CHANCE . . . If you can’t run the four-minute mile, these are your feats . . . 86
ON THE MOVE . . . Just one thought to take with you: competition is for pros . . . 88
PICNICS PREFERRED . . . If the food is good, the service is great, and you don’t have to tip . . . 90
YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU . . . With these, Eden’s your home for the day . . . 91
SHIPSHAPE FOR SAILORS . . . You don’t have to wait until your ship comes in . . . 92
POTABLES
GOOD SPIRITS IN THE MAKING . . . For their recipes, see pages 84–85 . . . 32
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW . . . Around the world: from home to Europe and Asia and home again . . . 12
INDIA: TIMELESS AND TIMELY . . . It’s great enough to be all things to all people . . . Richard Joseph 96
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: A RANDOM TOUR . . . 8
Editorial: HYPERBOLE AND HOOKS . . . 10
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE . . . 14
ESQUIRE ON RECORD . . . 16
THE SOUND AND THE FURY . . . 19
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS . . . beginning on 131
CREDITS: Cover photography by Dan Wynn. The illustration on the gatefold Toll Road Map comes from the Argosy Gallery of New York. Everything New Under the Sun, pages 71 through 94, was illustrated by Bill Charmatz and photographed by Peter Dimitri.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . 127