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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Muscle-Man in Memoriam
Rival editors cursed Frank Carson’s “unorthodox ethics” when he scooped them on all the big stories.
William H. Hendrix — 23
The Prodigal Marquis
He spent the Gould millions like the proverbial drunken sailor, and did it in the name of art and beauty.
Sidney Carroll — 27
Home Defense Streamlined
England’s Home Guard cuts fancy trimmings, learns to lie low under dive bombers, to barricade tanks and shoot.
Compton Pakenham — 32
Hearts and Flowers
Farmers drove miles to ogle over Little Eva, Willie Carlisle, and other tent-show favorites.
North Bigbee — 42
A Good Cigar Is a Smoke
Three major points to remember when you choose your cigars, and how to preserve and smoke them properly.
Al Bensohn — 46
Make Mine with Water
Declaring there’s a boat for every purse, that yachting knows neither sex nor age, is the finest of family sports.
Critchell Rimington — 58
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: The Sound and the Fury
As our readers see us. — 10
Contributors: Backstage with Esquire
Interviews with authors. — 16
The Lively Arts: Songs for Times of Jeopardy
A brand new mood in popular music.
Gilbert Seldes — 65
Music: Roulades and Cadenzas
Those incompetent fakers who teach.
Carleton Smith — 75
Theatre: First Nights & Passing Judgments
Brilliant sentiment by Shaw.
George Jean Nathan — 78
Records: Esquire on the Record
The serious business of Boogie Woogie.
Carleton Smith — 85
Books: Esquire’s Five-Minute Shelf
On the humor of the Nineties.
William Lyon Phelps — 86
Edibles: Man the Kitchenette
What Father didn’t know about cooking.
Iles Brody — 89
Potables: A Shower for Father
Father’s Day is no time for stinging.
Lawton Mackall — 90
Wearables: Stopgaps for Father’s Day
If his wardrobe lacks, as whose doesn’t?
Fashion Staff — 99
FICTION
Dad’s Day at State
He didn’t sock the drunken fool, for it would be Jim the papers would talk about if his Dad got into a fight.
E. L. Gray — 24
On the Bench
“A man don’t know how lucky he is,” said Jonathan, “to be with his friends and see them every day.”
Louis Zara — 30
Three Hours Between Planes
After twenty years, he still remembered her as ten years old, cherished the thought of that sleigh ride.
F. Scott Fitzgerald — 41
Unhappy Promotion Day
Poppa had a fine flair for dramatic suspense, all of which added zest to both his presents and his penalties.
Charles Samuels — 51
The First Born Son
Martin had hoped that when he was too old to plow the land he loved, his son would be proud to do it.
Ernest Buckler — 54
Within the Arena
Pontius Pilate took every precaution to guard Lazarus and his Arabian steeds from harm before the race.
Manuel Komroff — 63
Old Men’s Plans
The wagon train captain feared two dangers: an Apache ambush; his ward’s growing infatuation for Beaver Jack.
Oliver La Farge — 66
Daughter of Danny the Red
The Spaniel pups looked as alike as two peas, but Uncle Ned said no man could fail to pick Danny’s girl.
Roderick Lull — 70
PERSONALITIES
She’s Wet All Over
Lupinos have been acting for five hundred years and Ida’s succession of errant ladies is the screen’s most distinguished.
Donald Hough — 73
Stella: Art’s Poetic Gladiator
An elementary Southern Italian, he paints pictures of tropical violence, of crude and simple power.
Harry Salpeter — 92
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Cover Design
Esky, the Daddy of them all.
Modeled by L. S. Soderstrom
Petty Girl
… just bet your shirt.
Painting by George Petty — 49
Boxer
He knows when to bite.
Color photograph by Henry Waxman — 71
Ida Lupino
Confidentially, she’s a lady. — 72
Check List for Father’s Day Gifts — 80
Due Dads of Every Type
Color photography by Leon de Vos — 81
Varga Girl
Curves are trumps.
Verse by Phil Stack; Painting by Varga — 83
Bar Accessories and Supplies
Photograph by Leon de Vos — 91
A Group of Paintings
Courtesy of Associated American Artists
by Joseph Stella — 93
Jay Farceur
Grand Champion Belgian.
Painting by Wesley Dennis — 94
Minding Dad’s Business
Photograph by Leon de Vos — 98
SATIRE
Don’t Eat Your Old Man
History, according to Freud, of those primitive and forthright days when every young Oedipus was unconfined.
Robert W. Marks — 29
Since Father Was a Pup
Haranguing the Old Man on the nonsense, provincialism, infantilism, hypocrisy and general stuffiness of his era.
Mark Ashley — 39
The Wizard of Wump
Hector Migglespot admitted that he exercised his strange power for transforming people whenever he felt blue.
Wilmon Menard — 44
A Corporal Under Protest
Next to being run over by a tank, Smoot guessed the worst thing that could happen was being made a corporal.
Louis Paul — 52
SPORTS
The Isolation of Track and Field
American athletes surpass all others in this sport, restricted almost entirely to our schools and colleges.
Curt Riess — 34
How to Improve Your Putting
Any golfer can reduce his score by mastering the proper grip, stance and stroke on the practice green.
Mark G. Harris — 56
They Do or Die for Dykes
The Chicago White Sox actually won their games off the field, thanks to their psychologist-manager, Dykes.
Edward Prell — 68
Bygone Big Shots
Since records show a marked improvement in athletic ability, why do fans insist former champs are better?
Hart Stilwell — 76
TRENDS IN DRESS
New Clothes and Accessories, as sketched by Pachner, Fellows and Hughes — beginning on page 47