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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
AIR CARRIERS FOR THE YANKS — Gus Larson — 39
THE GREAT DISASTER OF 1906 — Paul T. MacFarlane — 42
HOME ON A TROOPSHIP — Edward A. Herron — 47
TIME TO WAKE UP NOW — MacKinlay Kantor — 48
RESURRENCE IN MANILA — Sidney Carroll — 53
REPORT FROM DETROIT—1945 — Robert W. Marks — 59
A REPLY FOR THE MYSTIC SYSTEM — T. Norman Palmer — 71
DOUBLING OLD ADAM—SENSE? — Richard L. Frey — 72
SMART DOGS AND SOMETHING — Ray P. Holland — 74
SMALLTOWN ROBINSON CRUSOE — Rufo Daugherty — 84
ESQUIRE’S ART INSTITUTE III — Irving Tressler — 95
KROGER’S OWN SHORT GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE — Karl G. Pfeiffer — 102
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, GENTLEMEN — Robert Gardner — 113
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 34
Opinion: THIS MAN’S WORLD — Paul Gallico — 50
The Lively Arts: THE CASE FOR THE COMMERCIAL — Gilbert Seldes — 77
Books: THE NOVELS OF M. VOLTAIRE — Sinclair Lewis — 78
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 80
Edibles: MAN THE KITCHENETTE — Iles Brody — 88
Jazz: THE RHYTHM SECTION — Paul Eduard Miller and Leonard Feather — 90
Potables: CORN FILL THE CUP — Lawton Mackall — 92
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — 116
Wearables: ON PICKING PATTERNS — O. E. Schoeffler — 128
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD — Gilbert Seldes — 130
FICTION
THE DEVIL THAT TROUBLED THE CROSSROADS — Gerald Kersh — 40
THE SANDWICH HAS NO MAYONNAISE — J. D. Salinger — 54
THE SHINY RED TOP — Heath Thomas — 60
HIS KILLING — Norman Katkov — 68
SIX TORTILLAS — John Abney — 96
THE VISIT CAME IN STATEN ISLAND — Tom Ferris — 101
PERSONALITIES
THEY’RE JUST WILDER ’BOUT BILLY — Dean Jennings — 62
NIGHT BLOOMING ARTIST — Harry Salpeter — 83
PICTORIAL FEATURES
THE GREAT DISASTER OF 1906 — Especially painted for Esquire by Harper Goff — 43
THE VARGA GIRL — Man’s the Word — Verse by Phil Stack; Painting by Varga — 45
HOLLYWOOD NEBULA — JOANNE VAN DYKE — Color photograph by Henry Waxman — 55
TILDE AND LACOSTE — Painted especially for Esquire by Fletcher Martin — 52
AMERICAN BEAUTY — LASSIE NEWLAND — Color photograph by Hurrell — 63
CAROUSEL — Color photograph by Anton Bruehl — 64
TO LONDON FOR TEA — Color photograph by Hurrell — 72
A NEW VERSION OF THE MERMAID — MONICA BOYAR — Color photograph by Hurrell — 78
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — Color photographs by Brownings — 84
THE WILD TURKEY — Drawings by Charles Liddell — 85
ESQUIRE’S ART INSTITUTE III — ORDERLY RETREAT — Painting by Philip Evergood — 87
ESQUIREGRAPH NO. 11 — BILLY ROSE — Ravitz-Palazzo Photocollage — 93
THE ACTOR OF THE MONTH — RAY MILLAND — Setting by Jensen; Photograph by Hurrell — 94
COOK’S TOUR: RICHARD T. L. CLARK — Color photograph by Ravitz — 96
TALE OF A TRAVELLER — Color photograph by Hurrell — 97
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 98
MEADOW BROWN GOES TO TOWN — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 99
CANES COME BACK — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 100
TUNA-CRUISER FOR THE ROMANY ROAD — Designed by R. T. Watts and H. D’Agostino — 106
SPORTS
THE END OF A REIGN — John R. Tunis — 56
MR. DUCROT, RIGHT HALF? — Ralph Cannon — 65
GLAMOROUS JANES — Herb Graffis — 66
IN THIS CORNER—THE GHOST — George A. Barton — 86
THE SPORTSMAN’S WARDROBE OCTOBER — William J. Schlauch — 104
ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL SELECTS VARSITIES — Joe Hendrickson — 107
“ONE MINUTE TO PLAY” — Opie L. Shelton — 108
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES, by Goodman, Saalburg, Hurd, Murley, Fellows and Runnette beginning on — 99
CREDITS
ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 71 by Courtesy of Associated American Artists