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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

MC’S WITH THE DT’S — Joseph E. Shaner — 66
THE RED SULTANA — Byron de Prorok — 85
ADVENTURE ON THE HIGH IRON — H. W. Stevens — 87
MAKING LOVE BALM PROOF — Herb Graffis — 94
IN ENGLAND NOW: HE’S STILL JOHN BULL — Douglas Clark — 99
FIRST OF THE CROONERS — W. A. S. Douglas — 102
MOTHER-IN-LAW TALKS BACK — Anonymous — 108
SIX-PACK BEZIQUE — Richard L. Frey — 112
THE GREAT CRASH — J. B. Rosenthal — 114
THE OLD HOMESTEAD — Robert Sylvester — 118
LET’S RODEO, COWBOY — Glenn E. Bunnell — 120
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 126

Departments

Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 58
Comment: WHAT IN THE WORLD… — Jack Moffitt — 81
Movies: THIS YEAR—IT’S The Yearling — Harry Hess — 129
Jazz: POSTGRADUATE STUFF — O. E. Schoeffler — 137
Wearables: MAKING MUCH OUT OF LITTLE — Lewin W. Wickes, Jr. — 149

Fiction

THE THREE SISTERS — Heltai Jenö — 65
THE TEMPO OF DEATH — Frank Velor — 70
THE ORDEAL OF HOMER BIGELOW — Robert Lewis Taylor — 82
A PLACE OF PROMISE — George W. Morse — 88
TRIUMPH OF A REALIST — Donald A. Allan — 90
DOCTOR AND JUDGE — Horace Hoffer — 101
THE HORSE ON THE ESCALATOR — Martin Gardner — 105
PENNSYLVANIANS NEVER SURRENDER — Tommy O’Shane — 111
LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION — Asher Gerecht — 123
A WALTZ IN LEATHER — James R. Hartman — 124
DEFENDER OF THE WEAK — John Scott Renwick — 132

Semi-fiction

THE GHOST OF IMPETI — Sidney Carroll — 69

Personalities

HARVARD’S HOOTON — Jack Stenbuck — 72

Serial

PROSPERITY BREAKS THE MARE’S BACK — Walter Steigelman — 75

Esquire Gallery

PROLOGUE — Painting by Fritz Willis — 67
REITERATION — Painting by Joe De Mers & Fritz Willis — 68
THE RED SULTANA — Portrait sequence by J. Frederick Smith — 85
CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD… Hollywood & Vine — Painting by Joe De Mers — 96
SPECULATION — Painting by Al Buell — 103
TRANSFORMATION — Painting by Thornton Utz — 104

Pictorial Features

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Water color by Eldon Dedini
GRAND OLD MAN O’ WAR — Color photograph by Tony Linck — 76
STAR OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE MOVES NORTH — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 77
AMERICAN BEAUTY… VIRGINIA MAYO — Color photograph by Hal McAlpin — 79
THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE… LOUIS CALHERN — Color photograph by William Stone — 80
A GROUCHO MARX CLASSIC — Caricatoon by Jedla — 94
LE JAZZ HOT AND LA MOUNE — Color photograph by William Stone — 95
SEEING THE WORLD AND VICE VERSA — Color photograph by Erik Miller — 112
CHESS PROBLEM: THE SINGLE ROOK BATTERY — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 113
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, No. 5… BACHELOR’S KITCHEN — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 115
ESQUIRE’S LOOK AND COOK… RECIPE No. 1 — Sketches by Mina Gow — 116
HOLLYWOOD LUMINARY… CARY GRANT — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 122
AFTERNOON LIFT FROM BEHIND THE BAR — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 124
COOK’S TOUR: RUBY FOO’S DANNY CHAN — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 125
AFTERNOON STROLL… LONDON — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 127
AT HOME ASHORE — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 128

Sports

LO, THE SORRY SCOUT! — George Wiswell — 84
BOSWELL OF BASEBALL — Milt Woodard — 93
SOCCER BIDS FOR THE BIG TIME — R. Magruder Dobie — 106
SAILFISH ON SEWING THREAD — Lewis Ossi — 117
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL — Jim Crossett — 131

Credits

Illustrations on pages 81 and 87 courtesy Associated American Artists

Trends in Dress

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Murley, Runnette, Fenton and Fellows — beginning on 146