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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMENT
VARIATIONS ON A MUSICAL THEME . . . With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim — Aldous Huxley 43
REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CURTAINS FALL . . . Improving the drama, in three acts — George Jean Nathan 45
THIS MAN’S WORLD . . . That’s his handkerchief he threw in the ring — Paul Gallico 46
ARTICLES
LULLABY OF BROADWAY . . . A ten-cent passport to the sixty-second-street beat — Monroe Fry 48
PRIMER FOR PLAYGIRLS . . . How not to be an also-ran too soon — Igor Cassini 50
ELEGANCE ENTRENCHED . . . The impeccable, imperturbable, immutable Plaza — George Frazier 78
THE MARKED-CARDS INDUSTRY . . . Petty larceny, courtesy of the deck — Howard Booth 84
THE GADGETIEST SPORT . . . The A,B,C,D and M of duck hunting — Hermann B. Deutsch 87
PERSONALITY
INGRID ALWAYS . . . Mrs. Roberto Rossellini: four children and love — Leonard Lyons 82
ESQUIRE’S HOLIDAY READER
THE USES OF LOVE . . . The heart could not stand the strain — Thomas Bruce Morgan 100
EYES . . . Sometimes it’s a case of the blind leading the unseeing — Harv Jacobs 104
CRAZY HYMIE AND THE NICKEL . . . He showed them—showed them all — Leonard Bishop 108
THE PYTHON AND THE PAWPAW . . . She also had her music and painting — Peter Tompkins 110
FICTION
THE CHINESE DOG . . . Love wasn’t quite enough — Alberto Moravia 55
THE CHRIST OF TULANE MOUNTAIN . . . Nothing’s too much to do for a Friend — Leo Dillon Murtagh 56
THE GIFT OF MR. RUBIUS . . . Helicopter wings for Santa’s sleigh? — Meyer Levin 64
A BARTENDER NAMED HERCULES . . . New Year’s Eve at the St. John Bar — Kells Elvins 73
SUPPLEMENT
ESQUIRE’S GIRL PORTFOLIO . . . They’re lovelier by the dozen — Paintings by George Petty 57
PICTORIAL
HENRI MATISSE: SCULPTOR . . . With one of his bronzes — Photography by Erwin Blumenfeld 52
EXECUTIVE SUITE: JET UP AND GO . . . VIP-size jet — Sketches by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky 74
WEARABLES
SKI POLL . . . Strictly O.K. for wear at Cortina d’Ampezzo or on your local slide 70
MINOR FORMALITY . . . A young man toasts his first dinner jacket with a Mendes-France cocktail 88
FORMAL BOOKING . . . Urban fireside elegance keeps its formality even on the way to the cooler 92
OUTERWEAR FLAIR . . . Several ways to brighten the chill, grey outdoor scene 96
GAMES AND GADGETS
FUN AND GAMES . . . Including an underwater camera for collecting the Cypress Gardens type of mermaid 80
GADGETS FOR THE DUCK HUNTER . . . Gifts for the man who doesn’t have everything 86
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW . . . Here’s an island paradise that’s yours for two days or two years: Nassau 27
ELEUTHERA: PARADISE FOUND . . . Easy to reach, difficult to leave — Richard Joseph 94
GIFTS
ESQUIRE’S LAST-MINUTE SHOPPER . . . beginning on 19
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE 38
ESQUIRE’S FASHION FINDS — O. E. Schoeffler 40
POTABLES
FRENCH “75” 67
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: MILLION-DOLLAR COVER 6
Editorial: DOG DAYS 8
THE SOUND AND THE FURY 10
ESQUIRE ON RECORD 22
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS . . . beginning on 158
PHOTOGRAPHY . . . 148
BOOKS . . . 150
CREDITS:
The watches on the cover are part of the Timex Collection of the U.S. Time Corporation. The glass on page 67 is from Baccarat & Porthault. Photograph on page 95 is by the Bahamas Development Board. The Goldwyn Girls, on pages 92 and 93, were photographed through the courtesy of Sam Goldwyn, in whose movie, Guys and Dolls, they appear.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . 154