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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
A CAN OF BEER, A PIZZA-PIE, AND THOU … In New York’s Greenwich Village — Helen Lawrenson — 47
A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE SIESTA … You can always sleep at home — William Hazlett Upson — 54
PHILADELPHIA: MAIN-LINE ELEGANCE … Famous for its firsts and lasts — George W. Wickersham — 63
FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF HI-FI … With their own ideas about records — Julian Broome — 67
THE ENGLISHMAN AND HIS PORT … A share in vintage time in the Douro — Alec Waugh — 71
ETERNALLY YOURS … From noon to dawn in the world’s most magnificent city — Robert Ruark — 75
MYTH OF MADISON AVENUE … The life and gimmicks of a p.r. counselor — Marya Mannes — 77
PERSONALITY
RED MEANS GO … Kenneth Norvo, who’s like to found himself — Richard Gehman — 82
THIS MAN’S WORLD
LORDS OF THE JUGGERNAUT … A short course in the humanities of driving — Paul Gallico — 58
FICTION
VERY BLUE EYES AND PALE BLUE SNOW … It was the longest guessing game on record — Robert S. Dietz — 51
A BEDTIME STORY … Mario needed so much to sleep — James McNeill Whistler II — 56
THE ELEPHANT RIDE … Would the dying beast lead him to fortune? — Garnett Radcliffe — 85
THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY … Here was a chance to even an old score — Walter S. Tevis — 97
COMMAND PERFORMANCE … It was nothing, really nothing — Ken Kolb — 106
PICTORIAL
ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR … Jane Russell — Photography by Ernst Beadle — 59
ESQUIRE’S AVENUES OF FASHION … Chestnut Street, Philadelphia — Water color by W. David Shaw — 61
LE CORBUSIER: MODERN AFTER 30 YEARS … Lakeside retreat — Photography by Wendy Hilty — 64
AUTOMOTIVE FASHIONS: THE BUICK SKYLARK … Limited edition — Water color by Leslie Saalburg — 73
WEARABLES
DARK LIGHTENING: PHILADELPHIA STORY … Fall scene: Independence Square — 69
THE PLUSH TOUCH … A cross section of outstanding ideas for sportswear — 80
(For stores which carry these wearables, see page 118)HEAD MAN … New textures, new bindings, new bands, and new small shape — 104
MAN-MADE FIBERS: A SAMPLE … Warm, light and washable clothes for the outdoors — 105
SUPPLEMENT
NORTHERN STAR … Sweden’s Anita Ekberg in twenty-one poses — Photography by André de Dienes — 87
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW … You can make it round the world on a down payment — 30
ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP … Memories—and photographs to tack them down — Richard Joseph — 99
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: THE HAPPY SOPHISTICATE — 6
Editorial: CAMS ACROSS THE SEA — 8
Backstage with Esquire — 12
The Sound and the Fury — 14
Dining In/Out with Esquire — 39
Esquire on Record — 40
Esquire’s Fashion Finds — O. E. Schoeffler — 44
BRIEFS
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT! — Parke Cummings — 23
OFFBEAT CHARACTERS — E. B. Marder — 24
TOWER OF ENTERPRISE — Stanley Karnow — 108
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS — beginning on 145
ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE
THE PLUSH TOUCH — 118
CREDITS:
Cover photograph by Otto Maya; figurines by Beverly Wiener. Jane Russell, Esquire’s Lady Fair, is currently appearing in United Artists’ Gentlemen Marry Brunettes.
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX — 144






