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TABLES OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Barefoot Beauties of Thimantikos — Eugene Schrott — 57
Nosegay for Yesterday — W. A. S. Douglas — 61
The Laugh with Congress — Alexander Wiley — 64
Man Proposes — Jules Archer — 70
The Wrongest Guy in the World — Herb Graffis — 76
Charley One-Hit — Seabury Quinn — 97
Just Can’t See for Lookin’ — Ralph J. Gleason — 107
Campus Portrait: University of Texas — F. Alexander — 108
Uruguay — Switzerland of South America — Richard Joseph — 114
How’s Your Fashion Quotient? — O. E. Schoeffler — 126
Bullfight, U.S.A. — Rafe Gibbs — 134
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: The Sound and the Fury — 10
Contributors: Backstage with Esquire — 50
Comment: What in the World — A. J. Liebling — 68
Books: Metamorphoses of Huey — Jack Moffitt — 73
Movies: Every Man a Movie Hero! — O. E. Schoeffler — 133
Wearables: Fine Points in Men’s Fashions — Lewin W. Wickes, Jr. — 173
FICTION
The Strange Chest — Frank Veloz — 58
Mr. Nesbit’s Double Life — Jack M. Tucker — 62
No-Sided Professor — Martin Gardner — 67
This Mortal Coil — Leonard Stonehill — 90
Too Much Imagination — Louis Paul — 98
McGinnity’s Rock — George R. Stewart — 102
Fifty-Fifty Chance — George W. Morse — 119
PERSONALITY
Handy Man in the Air — William F. French — 74
ESQUIRE GALLERY
Preoccupation — Painting by Fritz Willis — 59
Admiration — Painting by Joe De Mers — 60
The Special 1947 Esquire Calendar — Paintings by J. Frederick Smith — 77
Soubrette — Painting by Tom Hall — 96
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Cover Illustration — Painting by Fred Ottenheimer
Annie Oakley of the Piano — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 67
January’s Children — Caricatures by Alan Jedla — 69
Seven Chinese Dolls at the China Doll — Color photograph by William Stone — 70
Four Jokers on the Air — Color photograph by Parker-Burns — 95
Their Etchings—For Your Wall — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 98
Stadium Stand-by’s — Sketches by Van Kaufman — 99
Cook’s Tour: George Mardikian — Painting by Fred Eng — 109
University of Texas…A Profile — Color photograph by Duane Travis — 110
Wings for Two — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 111
Mechanical Prophecies, No. 8…Workshop — Sketches by Mina Gow — 112
Esquire’s Blend and Bend, Recipe No. 2 — Sketches by Howard Baer — 116
Night-Club Audience — Color photographs by Ed Rinker — 121
Esquire’s Suggestions for Holiday Gifts — Decoration by Laszlo Matulay — 125
Color & Variety…California Sportswear — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 127
Hollywood Luminary: John Loder — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 128
SPORTS
Punch Drunk — Art Cohn — 89
The Lost Turkish Bow — Ed Dieckmann, Jr. — 95
Our Sporting Fathers — John Winters Fleming — 120
The Esquire Poll on Collegiate Basketball — Jim Crossett — 136
Truce with a Grizzly — Vance Hoyt — 165
BRIEFS
The Ghost of William Shea — Lawrence Cardwell — 92
Pete Was Too Soft — Art Semple — 101
New Year’s Eve in the Country — Roland Young — 104
So Quaint People — William Binstock — 110
Pedro’s Scheme — Norman Reissman — 113
There Shall Be Music — William Jacobson — 117
I’m a Little Man — Len Zinberg — 141
My Fair Lady — Ludwig R. Krahforst — 149
Bit of Americana — John Hawire — 157
State of the World — Robert Fontaine — 160
The Insomniacs — Edward J. Michelson — 174
CREDITS
Illustrations on pages 57, 62, 64, 74, 92, 102, 134 — courtesy Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
Clothing and Accessories by Fellows, Murley, and Runnette — beginning on 129