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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
A DOG’S BEST FRIEND — Hubbell Robinson, Jr. — 37
THE COCHISES PROPELLED BY STEAM — A. D. Pitney — 40
THE CREAM OF THE PRACTICAL JEST — Alan Hynd — 45
THE ART OF OFFICE POLITICS — Tom Mahoney — 46
UNSENTIMENTAL JOURNEY — Chester Morrison — 51
EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH — Mitchell Dawson — 52
HER TURN TO TREAT — Herb Graffis — 57
PORTRAIT OF A TEXAN — Stanley Walker — 60
THE LOUISIANA AND THE BRAVO — Holding Carter — 69
YOUR BATH IS READY — Neil C. Wilson — 72
I GIVE YOU JACK PAAR — Sidney Carroll — 75
YOU CAN AFFORD TO FLY! — Grant Wilcox, Jr. — 82
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 92
THE BRAINS BEHIND THE BARS — George Fitzgerald — 106
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 6
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — Paul Gallico — 28
Opinion: THIS MAN’S WORLD — Gilbert Seldes — 70
The Lively Arts: NOTES AND QUERIES — George Jean Nathan — 78
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — Jack Moffitt — 87
Movies: CONCERNING PANIC AND PIXIES — Charles Edward Smith — 90
Jazz: NEW ORLEANS COMES TO NEW YORK — Lawton Mackall — 93
Potables: UTOPIA IN THE CELLAR — O. E. Schoeffler — 103
Wearables: BRITISH FASHIONS — 111
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — Gilbert Seldes — 112
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD — 118
FICTION
THE RUSSIAN CHARACTER — Alexis Tolstoï — 38
THE GOD OF THE WINGED WORM — Gerald Kersh — 48
TALE FOR RICH CHILDREN — Claude Aveline — 58
THE BLACK DUTY — Harry Glick — 64
THE WILD STALLION — Jack Tooker — 76
THE CASTILLO IS LIGHTED — P. Fent Ross — 81
A NOSE FOR FLAWS — Richard Howell Watkins — 88
THY WILL BE DONE — Gavin Gorman — 94
AUSTIN HONEY AND THE BUZZARDS — Paul Green — 99
PERSONALITIES
PAINTER WITH A PUNCH — Paul Gallico — 84
PICTORIAL FEATURES
WINTER RUN OF THE DE WITT CLINTON — Painting by Harper Goff — 41
THE VARGA GIRL — Painting by Varga — 43
A LITTLE LEARNING — Painting by J. Frederick Smith — 49
LUCILLE BREMER, ONE OF THE NEBULAE OF HOLLYWOOD — Color photograph by Clarence Bull — 52
OUT OF THE AIR CORPS BUT STILL IN THE AIR — Color photograph by Bradley Smith — 53
AMERICAN BEAUTY… NANCY VALENTINE — Color photograph by William Stone — 61
THE ROUNDUP… THE TEXAS RANCH GIRLS — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 62
THE PIRATES’ SURRENDER — Painting by Ken Riley — 68
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: PAUL GALLICO — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 70
NOT A WOODEN BUT A WOOD DUCK — Drawing by Charles Liede — 71
FLY IT YOURSELF—IN FIVE HOURS — Color photograph by Hurrell — 82
A STAR FROM THE EAST (NEW JERSEY) — by Mickey Walker — 83
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 86
HOLLYWOOD LUMINARY… BURGESS MEREDITH — Ravitz-Palazzo Photocollage — 91
ESQUIREGRAPH NO. 15… MICKEY ROONEY — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 92
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 94
A MAN AND HIS DESK AND THE FUTURE — Color photograph by D. Hoffman — 95
COOK’S TOUR: LUCIEN HEYRAUD — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 97
FOR MERRY SOULS — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 98
BUILD YOUR OWN — 101
THE THREE FUNDAMENTALS OF GOLF — 101
SPORTS
QUALITY OF A WINNER — Robert Royer — 54
THE MATCH MACABRE — Art Cohn — 66
THE BIG THREE OF GOOD GOLF — George Schneider — 100
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON BASKETBALL — James Crossett — 105
BRIEFS
NOT ENOUGH OSCARS — Warren Brown — 63
OLD CROW, AND I DO MEAN CROW — William Bridges — 96
CREDITS
ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 37, 51, 60, 66, 76, 88, 94 through courtesy of Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Ravitz, Runnette, Fellows, Fenton beginning on 120