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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMENT
A CASE OF VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE . . . Same old mistakes, same old consequences . . . Aldous Huxley 47
REFLECTIONS AFTER THE CURTAINS FALL . . . Great expectations but empty sound . . . George Jean Nathan 48
THIS MAN’S WORLD . . . America’s sweethearts are not his dish . . . Paul Gallico 50
PERSONALITY
SUSAN STRASBERG . . . A star is born . . . Helen Lawrenson 55
ARTICLES
THE HIGH COST OF LOVING . . . It’s the indirect taxation that hurts . . . Stuart Cloete 57
VIRILITY ON THE HALF SHELL . . . Oysters, with and without pearls . . . A. J. McClane 62
FOR BETTER OR WORSE . . . Everything’s fine, but not as expected . . . J. R. Carr 64
WASHINGTON, D.C.: EVERYBODY’S OTHER HOME TOWN . . . Crisis-on-the-Potomac . . . Peter Wyden 71
THREE SECRETS OF THE SALMON . . . The Atlantic salmon and its lure . . . Preston J. Jennings 72
THE ACQUISITIVE ITCH . . . Is it a need, an instinct, or a symbol? . . . Robert L. Heilbroner 90
ALL WOMEN ARE CHEATS . . . Beware the crafty huntress—but not too much . . . Clair Huffaker 95
HOW TO DRINK ON A DIET . . . Allow yourself 500 drinking calories a day . . . George Wiswell 97
PIANO NEWBORN . . . Phineas Newborn, Jr.: he’s something you gotta hear . . . Bruce Mitchell 108
FICTION
THE HUNGARIAN . . . Luck is sometimes in learning suddenly you have it . . . Robert Switzer 59
SUNDAY WITH THE GAVIOTAS . . . It was always an interesting day in Chile . . . Robert A. Knowlton 66
EL CAIMAN . . . Her song was like a wind moaning in the swampland . . . Hugh Foster 78
CRAZY QUARREL . . . They both loved each other the most . . . Gerald Kersh 85
PICTORIAL
PERRISSIMO! . . . Parlor games . . . Photography by Barrett Gallagher 60
ESQUIRE’S LADY FAIR . . . Colleen Miller . . . Photograph by Wil Blanche from Prange Pictures 67
ESQUIRE’S AVENUE OF FASHION . . . Washington, D.C. . . . Water color by Juliette Kida Renault 69
THE THREEPENNY OPERA . . . Moody mischief to music . . . Photography by Zachary Freyman 82
POLLY-POLLY . . . Polly-harmonious Bergen . . . Photography by Wil Blanche 86
ALISTAIR COOKE . . . Polished talk . . . Photography by Eve Arnold 99
THE HAND-OFF PLAY . . . Greetings without words . . . Sketches by Abner Dean 103
WEARABLES
RED COATS ARE COMING . . . A hand-blocked print for the easiest hanging on record . . . 44
LEATHER FORECAST: FAIR AND WARMER . . . From top to toe, it’s smooth, soft, comfortable and smart . . . 76
THE GRAB-IT HAT . . . The latest and snappiest dome covering in town . . . 80
THE LOOK OF THE IRISH . . . A touch of the Blarney adds considerable charm to fashion . . . 81
DB4 . . . The double-breasted fashion with the entirely new look . . . 100
(For stores featuring this fashion, see page 157)
TORQUE OF THE TOWN . . . Sports-car outfits, designed in Detroit . . . 102
WORLD BEATER . . . University fashions: this outfit is strictly upper class . . . 110
TRAVEL
VACATION NOW . . . In Bermuda—under the water, in the air, and rarely on land . . . 26
BERMUDA: THE EASY WAY . . . Subtropical weather, tropical welcome . . . Richard Joseph 104
POTABLES
ESQUIRE’S CLASSIC DRINK NO. 9: ROB ROY . . . Highland fling . . . Photograph by Ben Somoroff 107
GIFTS
ESQUIRE’S GIFT GALLERY . . . Aids to carefree voyages for man and man’s best friend . . . 93
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Page: ABOUT THE COVER . . . 6
Editorial: YOU CAN STOP RUNNING NOW . . . 8
THE SOUND AND THE FURY . . . 14
BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE . . . 23
DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE . . . 39
ESQUIRE ON RECORD . . . 40
THE SLIPPED DISC . . . 42
BRIEFS
I HAVEN’T A THING AGAINST . . . J. D. Ratcliff 154
MOVE OVER, ROGER . . . Parke Cummings 157
ESQUIRE’S BUYING GUIDE
DB4 . . . 157
TALKING SHOP
SHOPPING FINDS . . . beginning on 158
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX . . . 157