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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
SAFE AND SANE DRIVING … You must be wise, tolerant, cautious, courteous …… John Fitch 39
LONG ISLAND MOTOR TOUR, 1900 … When mechanical horses bowed to real …… H. V. Schieren 62
HOW TO BUY A CAR … Suggestions for the man who’s in the market …… Dick Reddy 64
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL BY CAR … Tourists accommodated—in luxury …… Booton Herndon 73
MOTORDOM’S MEETING HALL … The Detroit Athletic Club …… A. J. Cutting 75
10 CARS … The Museum of Modern Art’s “works of art” …… Raymond Loewy 76
THE PACKARD TWELVE … Glamor favorite of the mighty …… Tom Mahoney 78
HOMES ON WHEELS … Castles in the sky that come down to roam …… Iles Brody 80
BEAUTY AND THE BUST … Artificial chance for equality …… Victor Warren Quayle 85
SLEEPWALKERS IN THE NATIONAL OPEN … Are they letting money make the game tougher? …… Jack O’Brien 107
FICTION
THE MAN WHO WANTED A MARK IX … It was always worth waiting for …… Nicholas Monsarrat 41
THE LIMIT … She just couldn’t take any more bitterness …… Joyce Cary 43
ODE ET AMO … All he asked of any mademoiselle was affectionate disrespect …… Donald Heiney 46
7 MINUTES … There was but one chance and he took it …… Ken Kolb 48
THE LAST DEFENSE … It was then too late for justice …… James J. Simonds 50
THE PROPER TOUCH … He had to prove he was still the best …… Smith Harsell 83
PICTORIAL
WATKINS GLEN … Road racing in upstate New York …… Drawings by John Groth 44
ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR … Dorothy Dandridge …… Photography by Philippe Halsman 51
DONNA È MOBILE … Rossana Podestà and Mariolina Bovo …… Photography by Wendy Hilty 60
DOROTHY RICE … Fourteen views of the most-wanted model …… Photography by Peter Basch 87
WEARABLES
THE LIGHT SWITCH: MODERN DESIGN … Summer outfits …… Photography by Rouben Samberg 53
THE MAN OF THE MONTH … Alfred G. Vanderbilt …… Photography by Richard Litwin 55
CHANGE YOUR STRIPES … And add zest to sportswear …… Photography by Tosh Matsumoto 56
LATEST WRINKLES … Try the big, bold, booming hues in shirts, hat and cap …… 58
SIDE-KICK … A shoulder bag for the travelin’ man …… Photography by Richard Litwin 59
ESQUIRE ON MOTORING
SAFE AND SANE DRIVING … Suggestions for the man who drives for pleasure …… John Fitch 39
WATKINS GLEN … Views in the pit and on the course during a road race …… 44
LONG ISLAND MOTOR TOUR, 1900 … Ah, for those clamshell roads! …… H. V. Schieren 62
HOW TO BUY A CAR … The which, why, with and without, and the wherewithal …… Dick Reddy 64
THE CARS OF THE WORLD AT A GLANCE … Specifications and photos …… John Wheelock Freeman 65
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL BY CAR … Home was never like this …… Booton Herndon 73
MOTORDOM’S MEETING HALL … The Motor City’s Athletic Club …… A. J. Cutting 75
10 CARS … Selected from models readied for production in series …… Raymond Loewy 76
THE PACKARD TWELVE … Its glorious eighteen-year reign …… Tom Mahoney 78
HOMES ON WHEELS … Want to rent a trailer-apartment house? …… Iles Brody 80
DRIVING ETIQUETTE … To live longer, be considerate even to the inconsiderate …… 94
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW …… 22
SEE AMERICA BEST …… Richard Joseph 92
ETIQUETTE
DRIVING ETIQUETTE …… 94
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial: ESQUIRE IN BRITAIN …… 6
THE SOUND AND THE FURY …… 8
BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE …… 31
ESQUIRE ON RECORD …… 32
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE …… 34
FASHION FINDS …… O. E. Schoeffler 36
SHOPPING FINDS
TALKING SHOP …… 138
ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE
THE LIGHT SWITCH: MODERN DESIGN …… 135
CHANGE YOUR STRIPES …… 136
CREDITS: On the cover, the Esky figurine is by Beverly Weiner, the photograph by Dan Wynn; photographs on pages 92 and 93 by Fred Lyons-Rapho-Guillmette, Cartier-Bresson-Magnum, Robert R. Leahey, George Waters-Rapho-Guillmette.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX …… 136