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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Tomorrow’s Ten Top Jobs. Foreign trade, prefabrication, wood chemistry and other fields will offer opportunities for returned servicemen. — Sigmund Sameth — 29
Model of a Modern Soviet General. Russia’s military leaders are all disciples of that brilliant eighteenth century soldier, Suvórov. — Paul W. Thompson — 34
The Great American Gamble. Interpreting Fletcher Martin’s painting, Out at Home, and glorying in our Yankee predisposition to take a chance. — Paul Gallico — 36
The Diary of a Dead Jap. Record of one of their medical officers shows that to the Nipponese, total war extends to murdering their own men. — Bruce Nelson — 44
GE-Nite of the Bottle. Layman watches the wizards of General Electric in order to reduce electronics to its least common denominator. — Harry O. Hoyt — 48
Education of a Night Fireman. Soldier describes his first twelve hours in the boiler room where they say wars are fought and won with coal. — Joseph Wechsberg — 57
Emir of a Meatless Oasis. Toots Shor’s keen zest for sports and kidding familiarity with the customers has created a large and loyal following. — Arthur Mann — 60
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: The Sound and the Fury. Debate over Arpaia. — 10
Contributors: Backstage with Esquire. The man behind the story. — 24
The Lively Arts: Evolution of the Night Club. Urging wittier shows in better taste. — Gilbert Seldes — 66
Theatre: First Nights & Passing Judgments. Of ladies who trod the boards. — George Jean Nathan — 76
Books: Esquire’s Five-Minute Shelf. Recalling the good words of Mark Twain. — Bennett Cerf — 80
Opinion: This Man’s World. The fearful aftermath of a couple of Dry Martinis. — Paul Gallico — 82
Jazz: The Rhythm Section. Berating the serious critics. — Paul Eduard Miller & Leonard Feather — 92
Camp Humor: Goldbricking with Esquire. Including the story of the bashful G.I. — Bruce Patterson — 96
Edibles: Man the Kitchenette. Consider that aggressive marine, the lobster. — Iles Brody — 98
Potables: Freedom of Taste. A fourteen-point covenant for better drinking. — Lawton Mackall — 103
Discs: Esquire on the Record. Recommending Blues by Basie. — Gilbert Seldes — 106
Wearables: Of Fashion Patter. Short short stories about the names of fabrics. — O. E. Schoeffler — 110
FICTION
The Widow Kelvey’s Curse. People knew her reputation as a witch, but what happened seemed strangely bizarre in that sunny place. — MacKinlay Kantor — 30
Elsa the Dancing Bear. The trappers and the bear cub lived happily, minding their own business, till the Wop came down the trail. — Stuart Cloete — 42
The Brothers of the Paddock. Louie was shunned and despised by all the small-time bettors until Parlay Joe related his strange dream. — Vincent Rimsitte — 46
Man Who Saved the Panama Canal. The pretty blonde was reputed to be a German spy, trained to work on Americans in Guayaquil. — David Davidson — 58
Remember the Emperor’s Cup. The lieutenant found out what the colonel meant in saying they’d need heavy duck loads at Tairamboco. — Frank X. Tolbert — 63
Brass at Fort Christian. The commandant lived so well at St. Thomas, his expense account to the Danish Crown demanded creative thought. — Hamilton Cochran — 78
PERSONALITIES
Carreño the Cubanist. All the island’s lush beauty shines in his canvases. — Harry Salpeter — 75
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Out at Home. Painted by Fletcher Martin. — 37
The Varga Girl. All-American Babe. Verse by Phil Stack; Painting by Varga. — 39
Broadway for the Boys. Helen Goes to Troy. — Photograph by Jon Abbot — 55
Stage Door Esquire. Patty Varfield, circus girl. — Photograph by Maxwell Coplan — 56
The Esquire Canteen. At the Diamond Horseshoe. — Photograph by Anton Bruehl — 61
American Beauties, Western Style. Vera Ralston. — Photograph by George Hurrell — 62
Among Hollywood’s Nebulae. Tyra Vaughn. — Photograph by Henry Waxman — 67
American Beauties, Eastern Style. Madeline Mason. — Photograph by William Ritter — 68
September Vineyards. Portfolio of cartoons. — Painted by Irving Roir — 71
A Group of Paintings. From the Perls Galleries. — Mario Carreño — 74
Introducing the General’s Jeep. The Piper Cub. — Painting by Alexander Leydenfrost — 84
Hollywood . . . Set to Music. Four chicks from Janie. — Photograph by Henry Waxman — 89
Championship Tennis at Forest Hills. The West Side Club. — Painting by Leslie Saalburg — 90
SPORTS
Golf Keeps Me Guessing. Former tennis star says your golf opponent is a ghost. — Ellsworth Vines — 32
Harridge Plays No Favorites. American League president backs umps, quashes rowdyism. — J. Ray Hunt — 41
Murder in Eighteen Holes. Rueful recollections of an elaborate practical joke. — Tommy Armour — 64
The Sporting Scene. Exploring the infinite future of air traffic in sports. — Herb Graffis — 91
The All-American Boys’ Ball Game. Sandlot discoveries of sports writers. — Herb Graffis & Ralph Cannon — 94
BRIEFS
1954 World Champ. Henry Armstrong’s promising prodigy is Keith Nuttall. — John Mooney — 108
TRENDS IN DRESS
Clothes and Accessories, Sketched by Goodman, Fellows, Murley and Brown — beginning on 83