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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMMENT

BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED … It will be ruled by brains and buttocks, not fists — Aldous Huxley 31
THIS MAN’S WORLD … Love is not always a many-splendored thing — Paul Gallico 34
REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CURTAINS FALL … Side shows too were better then — George Jean Nathan 39

FICTION

ROXY VALENTINE … She moved right into her memories, body and soul — Bob Patterson 40
THE SECOND LIFE … His father wrecked this life, as he had others — Patrick E. Kennon 46
FIRST PATROL … The sergeant promised the skirmish would be one for the records — J. Bryan III 55
THE EYES OF THE CAT … When her eyes opened, he saw the green fields — Walter Macken 62
THIEVES AND RASCALS … Sometimes nothing’s more unbelievable than the truth — Mavis Gallant 82

ARTICLES

FROM BOY TO BUFF … The equipment changes; the aficionado never — Dick Reddy 43
THERE IS A ROYAL COACHMAN … The First Family of Flydom — Preston J. Jennings 49
DOUBLE, STUBBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE … Blades who undermined the beard — Robert W. Sampson 57
PLAYNE JAYNE? … Jayne Mansfield: has she an intellectual wiggle? — Robert W. Marks 64
CROSS SECTION U.S.A.: CAMERA TOWN … Satisfied Rochester, New York — Monroe Fry 69
HOW TO GET ALONG WITH A WIFE … Pass up logistics; keep an understanding heart — Jo Chamberlin 80

PERSONALITY

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A V.P. … Goddard Lieberson of Columbia Records — Martin Mayer 50

PICTORIAL

ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR … Arlene Dahl — Photograph by Philippe Halsman 51
ESQUIRE’S EVENTS OF FASHION … Bermuda Yacht Race — Drawing by Juliette Kida Renault 53
PLAYNE JAYNE? … Will success spoil? — Photograph by Wil Blanche 64
OFF-STAGE GRACE NOTES … Between the acts — Drawings by George Shellhase 72
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG … U. S. Grand Victor Champion — Photograph by Carl Perutz 87
ESQUIRE’S CLASSIC DRINK NO. 8 … Rum and Tonic — Photograph by Ben Somoroff 95

WEARABLES

SHORT INTEREST … Good view from the walk—plus comfort and entree 44
24 HOURS WITH 24 OUNCES … Less-than-pleasing news for hotel valets 60
TWO VIEWS OF THE NEW LUSTER … In a lightweight jacket and a sports shirt 70
… AND SO TO BED … The newest in late-evening wear 98
PONY TALE … The brass ring is there; he doesn’t even have to catch it 102

SUPPLEMENT

ESQUIRE’S FATHER’S DAY FAVORITES … Easy shopping for that Sunday in June — beginning on 20
ESQUIRE’S GIFT GALLERY … From a leather bar set to an aquarium humidor 75
TOP MAN FOR ’56 … Bring home the best for Father’s Day 76
(For stores displaying this apparel, see page 124)

TRAVEL

VACATION NOW … Make your European visit this year an all-Iberian itinerary 12
LAND OF NO TOURISTS … YET … Portugal: high times, low prices — Richard Joseph 88

DEPARTMENTS

Publisher’s Page: PICTURE OF YOU 6
Editorial: PAPA WAS WRONG 8
THE SOUND AND THE FURY 16
ESQUIRE ON RECORD 27
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE 28
ESQUIRE’S FASHION FINDS — O. E. Schoeffler 36

TALKING SHOP

SHOPPING FINDS — beginning on 128

ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE

BRING HOME THE BEST FOR FATHER — 124

CREDITS: Cover photography by Dan Wynn; cover girl’s shirt is from Robert Leader. Arlene Dahl, who appears on the gatefold this month, is in Columbia’s forthcoming Portrait in Smoke. Arlene Dahl lingerie manufactured by A. M. Saab.

ADVERTISERS’ INDEX — 124