Vanity Fair

19 West 44th Street, New York City

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

JANUARY-1918

Of American and Allied Interest

Brigadier Tom Bridges, Heavy Dragoon—By William Hurlburt Hull - -- ---28

Our Colleges in the War—By Frederick James Gregg - ------- 29

War Talk and Other Talk—By Oliver Wakefield 30

New Ways of Winning the War—By Robert C. Benchley - ------32

Isn't It Fun to Get Up a Benefit?—Sketches by Gordon Conway - ----- 56

The War and Music in America—By Pitts Sanborn 60

Knit and Win the War—Sketches by Ethel Plummer -------------- 76

In and About the Theatre

Caruso and a New Marvel in Moving Pictures - 31

Sir Johnson Forbes Robertson—photograph - - 33

Points On Broadway's Dramatic Compass—photographs ------------- 36

The Poor Old Drama—By P. G. Wodehouse - - 37

Lenore Ulric—photograph - ---- 38

Bad Days for Theatre Goers—By Leander Richardson ------------- 41

Every Move a Picture—photographs - - - - 42

The Outer Edges of Society—By Robert C. Benchley --------------43

Dancing Is the Pass-Word-in "Miss 1917"—photographs --------------46

Relieving Men for the Front—photographs - -47

Behind the Watteau Pictures -------51

Florence Reed—photograph - ----52

First Nights—By George Jean Nathan - - - -53

Jascha Heifetz—By William Bigelow Bruce - -55

Matrimony and the Movies—photographs - - -58

From Left to Right in the Movies—By Douglas Fairbanks - -------59

The World of Art

John D. Rockefeller—Portrait by John S. Sergeant 26

Steinlen's Etching of a War Scene Behind the French Lines - ------44

Pierrot's Vision—From an Etching by Kay Nielsen 45

The New Heart of Bohemia—Sketches by Hugh Ferriss - -------50

Sculpture at a New York Salon—photographs -54

All Seriousness Aside

The Opera is in Full Blast—Sketches by Fish - -34

The Proper Way to Use a Club—By George S. Chappell - -------39

In the Name of Art—By Louis Sherwin - - -44

The Art of Opening a Conversation—By Stephen Leacock --------------61

The World Outdoors

The One and Only IF ay to Excel at Golf-—By H. B. Martin - ------57

Winners on the Tan Bark and Bridle Bath—photographs ------------- 62

Concerning Terriers and Some Other Breeds—By Reginald McIntosh Cleveland -----63

Motor Models for the Coming Shows - - - - 64

Miscellaneous

What Will She Do With It?—By Arthur Saltonstall ---------------27

When Women Run Things—By L. L. Jones - - 40

We Nominate for the Hall of Fame - - - - - 48

The Genius of Charles Baudelaire—By Arthur Symons - -------49

For the Well-Dressed Man—By Robert Lloyd Trevor - ------- 68

What They Wear in Vanity Fair

For Active Service at the Southern Front - - - 70

Fashion Goes South - ----- 71

The New Year in Lingerie - ---- 72

The Costume of Evening -------74

The Shops of Vanity Fair - ---- 75

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