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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES — Joseph Wechsberg — 42
THE WILD WESTERNER — Sidney Carroll — 59
OLD DENDABLE — Charles B. Roth — 66
VOODOO, SHANGO AND THE BLACK ARTS — Bert Hicks — 71
HORATIO ALGER, JR. — Franklin P. Adams — 80
THE GREEKS HAVE A TASTE FOR IT — Paul Wilder — 89
WHEN ART WAS LONG — A. C. M. Azoy — 96
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 98
FAREWELL, FAIR ONE — Herb Graffis — 102
THE MATCH KING — J. B. Rosenthal — 105
POST-MORTEM RIDDLES — Paul W. Kearney — 117

DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 30
Comment: WHAT IN THE WORLD — 39
Movies: HERE MAN LOOKS AT HEROINES — Jack Moffitt — 48
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 95
Wearables: FROM KHAKI TO CAMPUS — O. E. Schoeffler — 113
Potables: WHAT’S YOUR POTABLES I.Q.? — Lewin W. Wickes, Jr. — 114

FICTION

THE RUINED WALL — Gerald Kersh — 41
THE SALON OF M. ARISTIDE — Louis Simpson — 46
NO PETTY THIEF — Jesse Stuart — 57
THE BEST FIREMAN IN NEW YORK — David Friedman — 65
SAM SEA GULL’S LAST FLIGHT — Joseph E. Shaner — 72
SHANGHAI-IRLA — George W. Morse — 77
THE DEVIL HAS A CERTAIN HAND — Gordon Fletcher — 78
A BREAK FOR CHARLIE — Curtis Billings — 84
NOW AND AT THE HOUR — Peter Gray — 90
A PARTY FOR GRODNIK — Henry Gort — 106

SERIAL

PLAY TWO FOR ME — Walter Steigelman — 51

PERSONALITIES

DUET FOR BARITONE AND BRASS — Cameron Shipp — 92

POETRY

THE HIGHWAYMAN — Alfred Noyes — 61

ESQUIRE GALLERY

EXPECTATION — Fritz Willis — 43
INTERLUDE — Joe DeMers — 44
THE HIGHWAYMAN — Portrait sequence by J. Frederick Smith — 61
PROMISE — Euclid Shook — 75
INDECISION — Fredric Varady — 76

PICTORIAL FEATURES

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by J. Frederick Smith
STAGE DOOR ESQUIRE… PYGMALION — Color photograph by William Stone — 49
AMERICAN BEAUTY… JOLLYNN JAYMES — Color photograph by Jon Abbot — 50
TWO PUBLISHERS—IN BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES — Color photograph by Ed Rinker — 52
CINDERELLA HORSE: BUZFUZZ — Color photograph by William Stone — 53
A CENTURY OF COLTS — Color photograph by Ed Rinker — 66
JOSEF MARAIS AND MIRANDA—AFRIKAANS FOLK SONGS — Painting by Harper Goff — 68
EDDIE FOY AT THE BURNING OF THE IROQUOIS THEATRE — Painting by Lial — 84
CHAMPION JANET OF ARAGON — Color photograph by Sherwood Mark — 85
A PEACETIME BABY WITH WINGS — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 86
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, NO. 4 — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 88
ACTOR OF THE MONTH… RAYMOND MASSEY — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 96
COOK’S TOUR: CARLOS VERCESI — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 97
EL PRESIDENTE, CHOICE OF ALL PARTIES — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 99
TWEED AND COVERT CAMPUS CASUALS — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 100
SEPTEMBER IN PARIS — —

SPORTS

THE GREAT GRIPPO — Paul D. Green — 74
THE KNIFE AND FORK LEAGUE — Ernie Harwell — 83
DUDE GUIDE’S LAMENT — Russell Annabel — 101
THE ESQUIRE POLL ON SPORTS PERSONALITIES — Jim Crossett — 108

BRIEFS

IN ENGLAND NOW: PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT? — Douglas Clark — 45
TO MY WIFE, ELIZABETH — Cameron Hawley — 115

CREDITS

ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 57, 59, 78 AND 89 — courtesy Associated American Artists

TRENDS IN DRESS

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Murley, Fellows, Runnette and Fenton — beginning on 122