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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
NEW YORK TO PARIS ON WHEELS — John Leathers — 48
REMEMBERING THE LOST YESTERDAYS — Chester Morrison — 56
ECHOES OF BEALE STREET — George W. Lee — 61
EVE PEGGED THE CEILING AT LOVE — Robert E. Harlow — 68
CONS ARE LITTLE GENTS — Theodore Gladstone — 74
THE LUDICROUS LUFTWAFFE — Kent Sagedorff — 80
I’LL TAKE THE CITY — J. Andrew White — 91
THE LUCK OF ROBERT CASEY — Alan Hynd — 95
PAUL BUNYAN ON SAIPAN — Julian Lee Rayford — 98
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 104
ON CARING FOR RECORDS — Leslie Smith — 119
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 40
Movies: THE POSTMAN RINGS FOUR TIMES — Jack Moffitt — 64
The Lively Arts: ACTOR FOR A NIGHT — Gilbert Seldes — 107
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 108
Potables: BLUEPRINT FOR A COCKTAIL PARTY — Lawton Mackall — 111
Games: APARTMENT HOUSE TICKTACKTOE — John Langton Welsh — 114
Wearables: THE LONG WEEK-END — O. E. Schoeffler — 122
FICTION
JUST FIFTEEN MINUTES MORE, PLEASE — Leland Stowe — 45
THE HIGH ROAD — Ernest Lehman — 55
I LOVE THE GIRL IN THE GOLDFISH BOWL — Leonard Silk — 58
GENERAL SAITO’S LAST ORDER — Merle Follin — 62
THE BUTTERFLY KITE — Douglas R. Angus — 67
GULLS IN THE MOUNTAINS — Joseph E. Shaner — 73
A MISSION FOR EDDIE — Maynard Kinsker — 79
MAN IN SPACE — Nigel Balchin — 82
THE TRUTH SHALL PREVAIL — Heath Thomas — 86
ONIONS BRING TEARS — Philip Reynolds — 93
A LESSON IN THE MANLY ART — Mel Matson — 96
MONKEY HUNT IN COCHINCHINA — Tao Kim Hai — 101
THEY WERE SO HAPPY — Bernard Clemens — 151
PERSONALITIES
SPOKESMAN FOR AMERICAN ART: GEORGE BELLOWS — 70
PICTORIAL FEATURES
COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by B. Shermund
NEW YORK TO PARIS, 1908 — Painting by Peter Helck — 49
DIAMOND JIM BRADY… A REMINISCENCE — Portrayed by J. Frederick Smith — 51
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: CHESTER MORRISON — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 56
LINDA CHRISTIAN, ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S NEBULAE — Color photograph by Eric Carpenter — 57
CHINESE BOY MEETS CHINESE GIRL — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 68
CHAMPION ERIC THE RED — Painting by Lial Hoppen — 69
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — by George Bellows — 71
STAGE DOOR ESQUIRE… THE DAY BEFORE SPRING — Color photograph by Ed Rinker — 77
AMERICAN BEAUTY… RITA HAYWORTH — Color photograph by Bob Coburn — 78
DANNY DANIELS—DRUMMER BOY — Color photograph by Ed Rinker — 86
PEOPLE WE READ TOO MUCH ABOUT — Caricature by Alan Jedla — 87
“MECHANICAL PROPHECIES” NO. 1 — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 89
HOLLYWOOD LUMINARY: JAMES STEWART — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 90
HURD HATFIELD IN A NON-OBJECTIVE MOMENT — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 102
CRUISING AT 185 M.P.H. IN THE ROCKET 185 — Color photograph by Johnson — 103
QUADEMUS IGITUR… — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 105
“BON VOYAGE, MATES” — Drawing by J. C. N. Fenton — 106
SPORTS
THE INDIANAPOLIS “500” — Paul W. Kearney — 46
TROUT TACKLE FOR BASS — Harry Botsford — 76
GOLFERS NAMED JOE — Tommy Armour — 85
VACATION NORTH — Edwin J. Becker — 102
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON FISHING — Herb Graffis — 112
BRIEFS
ARIZONA EPISODE — Donald Barr Chidsey — 127
FATHER WAS AN AUTHOR — W. Stanley Hoole — 135
LITTLE MAN — J. Edgar Grove — 138
WAS IT CORNAVACKIA? — Jud Terry, Jr. — 143
CHEATING THE WHEEL — Karin Armitage — 146
CREDITS
Illustrations on pages 67, 80, 91, 102 and 112 — courtesy of Associated American Artists
Illustration on page 70 — courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Glantz, Runnette, Fellows and Murley, beginning on page 124