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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

SAILORS MAKE WONDERFUL HUSBANDS — Helen Lawrenson 70
PERFORMERS FOR PENNIES — John Golden 72
GENTLEMEN WORE GOWNS TO SHOW — Mel R. Sabre 84
EL BRUJO GRANDE — Joseph E. Shaner 88
FORTUNES IN SOUVENIR SWORDS — Wendell J. Furnas 94
IN ENGLAND NOW: THE SAVING INSTINCT — Douglas Clark 99
FOOTBALL FOR FEEDBACKS — Ernest Lehman 102
EIGHT BOOKS PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR — Richard Plant 105
OLD SCHOOL BALLYHOO — Herb Graffis 124
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler 126
BIG ANNIE TELLS ALL — Dell Chandler 129
HARLEM LOVE POTIONS — Dale Kramer 132

DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY 6
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE 50
Comment: WHAT IN THE WORLD — Jack Moffitt 63
Movies: PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS — A. J. Liebling 78
Books: WHO DID THEY LICK? — O. E. Schoeffler 82
Wearables: PROGRESS IN MEN’S FASHIONS — Lewin W. Wickes, Jr. 137
Potables: IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF POTABLES 153

FICTION

THE INDIAN WITH THE KNIFE — Eli Saxton 65
THE TWO-EYED TROUT — Oliver H. P. Garrett 75
THE SAD ROOM — Raymond E. Banks 81
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR — Sarah Gibbs 87
WHEN THE FLAMES CAST SHADOWS — Frank Brookhouser 100
TIME’S PETTY PACE — George R. Stewart 106
THE LITTLE BANTICA — Richard Austin McGregor 111
UNCLE STING WAS A HERO — W. Stanley Hoole 114
ABE’S REVOLVER — Harold Helfer 117
STRONG MEDICINE — Aleko Lilius 123

SEMI-FICTION

NEW YORK IS FULL OF GIRLS — Joseph Wechsberg 66

PERSONALITIES

A TALE OF HOFFMAN — Sidney Carroll 96

ESQUIRE GALLERY

PETULANCE — Painting by Joe De Mers 67
PREPARATION — Painting by Fritz Willis 68
NOCTURNE — Painting by J. Frederick Smith 85
REMINISCENCE — Painting by J. Frederick Smith 86
TRANSCONTINENTAL INTERLUDE — Painting by Peter Helck 92
CALCULATION — Painting by Al Moore 103
EXOTIQUE — Painting by Ward Brackett 104

PICTORIAL FEATURES

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Water color by B. Shermund
MODERN PROLIFIC—AT HOME WITH A PEN — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 76
YLLA: PHOTOGRAPHER-EXTRAORDINARY OF ANIMALS — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 77
SAINT INTO SIREN… JENNIFER JONES — Color photograph by Geoffrey Morris 79
STAGE DOOR ESQUIRE… State of the Union — Color photograph by William Stone 80
A CASS DALEY CLASSIC — Caricature by Jedla 94
WEAPONS OF INCIDENTAL BEAUTY — Color photograph by Ed Rinker 95
BY LAND OR BY SEA — Color photograph by William Snyder 112
CINDERELLA HORSE: STYMIE — Color photograph by William Stone 113
BROADWAY LUMINARY: ALFRED LUNT — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 115
ESQUIRE’S LOOK AND COOK: RECIPE NO. 2 — Sketches by Mina Gow 116
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, NO. 6… FRONT OFFICE DESK — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnofsky 122
FIRST IT WHISPERS, THEN IT CLOUTS — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 124
COOK’S TOUR: SABER KHOURI — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz 125
STROLLING IN WHITEHALL — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg 127
TRIANGLE AT THE STADIUM — Drawing by Robert Goodman 128

SPORTS

WHAT PRICE FOOTBALL? — Ed Frutig 69
THE MAD BUCK OF BEAR CREEK BURN — Frank C. Hibben 108
RHAPSODY IN BLUEGRASS — K. Hillyer 112
SAILOR IN COVERALLS — Coleman Meyer 118
ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON PRO FOOTBALL — Jim Crossett 131

BRIEFS

OUR HANDY POLITICAL GLOSSARY — Stanley Walker 90
THEY ALSO SERVE — James Simonds 120
A KIND OF ROBBERY — David Friedman 138
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER — George Richardson 145

CREDITS

ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 82, 88, 108 — courtesy Associated American Artists

TRENDS IN DRESS

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Fenton, Runnette, and Fellows — beginning on 142