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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

HIGH TIME IN HUNGARY — Arnold Gingrich 39
THIS CASBAH: A WITCH’S BREW — Bert Blech 42
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A W-O-M-A-N — Peter Bowman 43
THE WATER’S NOT SO COLD—ONCE YOU GET IN — Chester Morrison 47
A ROD AND STAFF FOR JULES — W. A. S. Douglas 59
WATCH OUT FOR WIRE TAPPING — Herb Graffis 65
THE MONGOL HOARD — Sidney Carroll 72
HOW TO MAKE A MOVIE ON NOTHING — Irving Wallace 78
SIRENS UNDER SAIL — Ira Henry Freeman 92
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler 95

DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY 6
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE 30
Movies: PHILADELPHIA PEPPER PLOT — Jack Moffitt 50
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan 96
Jazz: HOW MANY ZEDS IN JAZZ — Vick Knight 104
The Lively Arts: THE ACCENT OF TRUTH — Gilbert Seldes 107
Potables: THE BLEND TREND IN WHISKEYS — Lawton Mackall 108
Wearables: YIPPEE, RANCH CLOTHES — O. E. Schoeffler 114
Games: CONTRACT GIN RUMMY — Howard Addleston 116

FICTION

THE CASE OF CAPTAIN THOMPSON — Joseph Emerson Newton 40
AS TRUE AS I’M STANDING HERE — Robert Fontaine 48
THE LAST RIDE OF DON PORFIRIO — George Slocombe 66
THE LOST NUMBERS — Heath Thomas 71
GOD’S CLOSE FRIEND — Laszlo Dormandi 77
A SWIM AT SUNSET — Homer R. Levinson 80
NO END TO ANYTHING — Robert Switzer 84
THE YEARLING BUCK — E. Ralph Rundell 90

SEMI-FICTION

THE CAT IN THE CROW’S NEST — Joseph E. Shaner 60

SERIAL

MONEY MAKES THE MARE GO — Walter Steigleman 53

PERSONALITIES

GERTRUDE, ALAS, ALAS — Elliot Paul 62

PICTORIAL FEATURES

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by Howard Baer 43
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A W-O-M-A-N — Paintings by J. Frederick Smith 46
STAGE DOOR ESQUIRE… SHOW BOAT — Color photograph by Stone-Bauman Greene 54
MITZI SOLOMON… A SCULPTOR NOT A SCULPTRESS — Color photograph by Ed Rinker 55
CHAMPION THAT’S THAT OF DELWIN — Painting by Lial 57
BY THE ROCKETS’ RED GLARE — Color photograph by Tom Kelley 63
AMERICAN BEAUTY… JANE RUSSELL — Color photograph by Ed Rinker 64
MAURICE EVANS’ (AND SHAKESPEARE’S) HAMLET — Color photograph by Phil Stern 72
SIDELIGHTING SIDNEY CARROLL — Caricature by Alan Jedla 73
PEOPLE WE READ TOO MUCH ABOUT — Painting by Harper Goff 74
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC — Color photographs by M. E. Browning 84
THE BUSH AND THE BRUSH OF WALDO PEIRCE 85
LUM IN THE SADDLE — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnofsky 86
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, NO. 2 88
HOLLYWOOD LUMINARY… JOSEPH COTTEN — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 96
SILVAIRE WINGS FOR SKY-RIDING — Color photograph by Tom Cone 97
CURRY À LA CARTE AT THE PIERRE GRILL — Color photograph by Ed Rinker 98
WITH RESPECT TO FATHERS — Kodachromes by Arnold Glantz 100
TALLY-HO, VIEW HALLOO — Painting by Leslie Saalburg 103

SPORTS

FOXY NED’S ORIOLES — Tommy O’Shane 68
THE FIGHTING MUSKIE OF BOULDER — Bert Claflin 89
THE ESQUIRE POLL ON FAVORITE SPORTS 101
YOUR SHORT SHOTS — Johnny Revolta 102
COBB COMES BACK — Jim Crossett 113

BRIEFS

WATCHES HAVE TWO FACES — Irwin Steig 83

CREDITS

ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 42, 48, 60, 77, 84, 89 AND 90 — courtesy Associated American Artists

TRENDS IN DRESS

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Glantz, Runnette, Fenton and Fellows beginning on page 122