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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMENT
THE ODDEST SCIENCE . . . Deep divers sometimes run into muddy waters — Aldous Huxley 33
THIS MAN’S WORLD . . . Dining quantitatively and qualitatively in Texas — Paul Gallico 35
SPECIAL FEATURE
RIVER’S END . . . He had lost his river, and all streams the world up and down — Anthony C. West 39
ARTICLES
THE MAN WHO SNUBBED LINCOLN . . . Long after, Lincoln sat down on his pride — Ann Cutler 61
BLUE MOON GIRLS AND SILVER MARLIN . . . Gay Panama is famous for them both — Helen Lawrenson 66
HOCK SHOP BLUES . . . The times keep running away from the pawnbroker — Peter Maas 68
CROSS SECTION U.S.A.: CHEMICAL TOWN . . . Du Pont’s Wilmington, Delaware — Monroe Fry 73
WHAT YOUR WIFE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MINK . . . More than whether it’s natural or ranch — Juliet Bridgman 75
3 DIETS WITHOUT HUNGER . . . The best is the one that’ll do it for you — George W. Sweeney 78
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF NCR . . . The jingling song of the cash — Henry La Cossitt 81
HOW FAITHFUL ARE AMERICAN WIVES? . . . The facts often depend on the figures — John E. Gibson 82
HOW FAITHFUL ARE AMERICAN HUSBANDS? . . . And the figures sometimes lie — Paul E. Deutschman 86
A LOVE OF PARIS CAFÉS . . . A guidebook to sitting and sipping and seeing — John A. Biggs 90
THE KNIGHTLY BOAR . . . He knew how to hunt, but boars weren’t his meat — M. R. Werner 99
THE LIFE OF A TWO-DOLLAR BETTOR . . . Tomorrow there’ll be a better race — M. R. Werner 99
PERSONALITY
THE CURIOUS CASE OF THORNTON WILDER . . . A look at the record — Henry Morton Robinson 70
PICTORIAL
LADY OF THE LAKE . . . Janet Lake — Photography by William Read Woodfield 62
“I WONDER WHAT’S BECOME OF SALLY?” . . . View from the ninth rung — Photograph by Phil Stern 76
BERNARD F. GIMBEL: MERCHANT, CHIEF . . . And fashion authority — Photograph by Louis Renault 80
THE TIME OF THE INGENUE . . . Diana van der Vlis — Photography by Ronny Jaques 93
WEARABLES
FASHION MIDTERM-INOLOGY . . . Silken-touch jacket in glen plaid 84
SPRING SET . . . Burgess Meredith: new hat, classic coat 85
ESQUIRE’S DRESS GUIDE FOR SPRING AND SUMMER . . . From golf to formal wear 88
THE SILKEN TOUCH . . . These new fabrics give a luxurious look to spring suits 104
WHEN IN ROME . . . You’ll do well to focus on the Roman fashions for men 106
FASHION TO THE FOUR . . . Tie, shirt, shoes and hat 108
SUPPLEMENT
ESQUIRE’S MID-TERM FASHION REPORT . . . Winding up with our campus predictions 111
GIFTS
HEART . . . Spend $3 or $9300 to make her happy 100
HEFT . . . For the man in your life, and with the right spirits 101
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW . . . A few of the places you won’t want to miss when you get to France 21
SOUTHERN FRANCE: SKIN DIVERS IN PARADISE . . . Fun under water — Richard Joseph 96
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: “The Other Mr. West” 6
THE GENTLEMAN’S ADVISOR 12
THE SOUND AND THE FURY 16
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE 28
ESQUIRE ON RECORD 31
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS . . . beginning on 137
CREDITS:
Anita Ekberg, on the cover, appears in Columbia Pictures’ Zarak and The Most Wanted Woman, and R.K.O.’s Man in the Vault.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . 135