Vanity Fair

19 West 44th Street, New York City

Condé Nast, President; Frank Crowninshield, Editor; Albert Lee, Managing Editor; Heywortb Campbell, Art Director; W. E. Beckerle, Treasurer

DECEMBER-1917

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE

GRACE George—Frontispiece 50

MUSICAL Comedy—Photographs. 52

FLORENCE Walton—Photograph 56

GRAND OPENING OF THE OPERA Season—Drawing by Fish 57

VERY PALPABLE HITS ALONG THE Rialto—Photographs 60

FRED STONE AND A FEW Others—By P. G. Wodehouse 61

JOHN BARRYMORE AS ST. Francis—Photograph 62

THE ANTIC Shop—By George Naret. 63

NORMA AND CONSTANCE Talmadge—Photograph 67

FIRST NIGHT Blighters—By Robert C. Benchley 70

ON WITH THE Dance—Photographs 71

FLORENCE Nash—Photograph 72

SCREEN STARS IN SECOND Childhood—Photographs 74

THE PORTRAYAL OF CHILD Roles—By Mary Pickford 75

TORTOLA Valencia—Photograph. 78

WRITING THE SHOW AT THE Century—By P. G. Wodehouse 79

INCREASING ACTIVITY OF OUR GREEK DANCERS 80 MARY GARDEN IN THE FILM OF Thais—Photograph 81

THE WORLD OF ART

BARNARD'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN 58

THE ARTHUR B. DAVIES EXHIBITION 59

IMPRISONED SPIRIT OF THE Pine—Camera Study by Anne Brigman 65

ALL SERIOUSNESS ASIDE

Do YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Late—By George S. Chappell 53

"THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BUT THEY'RE ON THEIR Way"—Cartoon by George Wright 54

THE FINE ART OF Introduction—By Stephen Leacock 55

COCKTAIL Camouflage—Sketches by Thelma Cudlipp 76

THE FACES ONE Sees—Verses by George S. Chappell, Decoration by Hogarth, Jr. 77

THE AUTOCRAT AT THE MODERN BREAKFAST TABLEBy Brighton Perry 81

THE WAR-TIME SACRIFICES OF OUR BEST FAMILIESSketches by E. M. Ashe 82

SLACKERS: A HATE Song—By Dorothy Parker 83

GIFTS THAT TAKE THE JOY OUT OF CHRISTMAS— Sketches by Dorothy Ferriss 90

THE WORLD OUTDOORS

THE SMALLEST BATTLESHIP Afloat—Photographs 73

DO YOUR PUPPY SHOPPING EARLY 84

AMERICA PRODUCES THE MOST COSTLY CHASSIS 86

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK CITY IN WAR-TIME—By Arthur Hepburn 51

WE NOMINATE FOR THE HALL OF FAME 64

MEMOIRS OF A BACHELOR—By George Jean Nathan 65

TAKING THINGS By AND LARGE—By Oliver Wakefield 66

THINKING IT THROUGH WITH MR. WELLS—By Frank Moore Colby 77

FOR OVER THERE—Drawing by Vernon Howe Bailey 83

FOR THE WELL DRESSED MAN—By Robert Lloyd Trevor 87

ANSWERS TO THE CALL OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS 88

THE SHOPS REVEAL THE FOUNDATIONS OF FASHION 89

CHRISTMAS IN VANITY FAIR

How TO BUY YOUR PRESENTS 92

GIFTS FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN 93

GIFTS WHOSE PLACE IS IN HOME 94

GIFTS THE HOSTESS WILL APPRECIATE 95

EVER-WELCOME GIFTS OF JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES 96

FROM HIM TO HER 97

GIFTS You MAY SELECT FOR HIM 98

FOR DEVOTEES OF LADY NICOTINE 99

FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE TN THE TRENCHES 100

GIFTS THAT FIT IN ARMY STOCKINGS 101

FOR THE CONNOISSEUR IN TOYS 102

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GIFTs 104

THE ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE ACCESSORIES 106

GIFTS THAT ARE WELCOME IN THE BOUDOIR 108

GIFTS DEAR TO THE FEMININE HEART 110

WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS 112

WISHING THE HOUSE A MERRY CHRISTMAS 114

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