VANITY FAIR

Contents for DECEMBER, 1924

Frank CROWNINSHIELD—Editor

HEYWORTH CAMPBELL—Art Director

In and About the Theatre Louis Wolheim, in "What Price Glory"—Photograph 38

The House of the Second Chance—By Alexander Woollcott 41

Anna Pavlowa as the Heroine of "Don Quixote" 45

Maria Jeritza: To be Heard in a New Rôle 48

People Who Have Proved that Type Makes Right in the Theatre 50

George Arliss—Our Favourite Machiavelli—Photograph 53

Caricatures of Well Known Actors—By Alfred J. Frueh 57

Ina Claire, in "Grounds for Divorce"—Photograph 58

The Thirtieth Mrs. Tanqueray—By Alezander Woollcott 62

Let Us Thank Our Starts—for Better Movies 74

The Neglected Genius of the Movies—By Edward Wagenknecht 120

The World of Art

The Ballet Dancer Behind the Scenes—Photograph by Francis Bruguiere. 43

The Exhibited Drawings of a Great French Sculptor— Aristide Maillol. 66

A Posthumous Bust of Joseph Conrad—By Jacob Epstein 73

The World of Ideas

Thompson's Panorama, the Woolworth Building, and Do It Now—By Gilbert Scldes. 39

Light and Heavyweight Music—By Ernest Newman . . 44

The Advantages of Being a Witty Englishman—By Vivian Shaw. 49

Mordkin Returns—By Oliver M. Sayler. 59

Cross Words and Their Consequences—By George S. Chappell. 69

By Their Speech Ye Shall Know Them—By Aldous Huxley 72

Poetry and Verse

Sonnet—By Helen Choate. 41

Second Marriage—By Eyre Waylander. 72

Literary Hers d'Oeuvres

Broadway's Charming Little Supper Clubs—By Dr. T. Thorndyke Westerly. 42

The Portrait—By Colette. 47

The Soul-Story of Gladys Vanderdecker—By the Society Editor of Vanity Fair. 52

Busy, Blase Broadway—By Samuel Hoffenstein ... 54

It's Hard to be Bad II hen You're Good—By Julian Thompson. 56

Always be Kind to a Woman—By Dominic B. Wyndham Lewis 64

Satirical Sketches

The Road to a Man's Heart is a Sentimental Journey— By Joseph B. Platt. 40

Just a Girl Who Tries to Please—Fish. 46

Sketches of Negro Types—By Miguel Covarrubias . . 60

The Worst Kinds of Chair-Warmers—By George Luks 65

Do You Gamble, and If So, How?—By Sto .... 71

Miscellaneous

The Hall of Fame. 55

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barton—Photograph . ... 63

The Golfer's Golden Silences—By Bernard Darwin . 67

W. Somerset Maugham—Master of Literary Trades . 68

Original Bids of Two—By R. F. Foster. 70

For the Well Dressed Man. 75

The Automobile Salon Dictates, As Usual, Coming Motor Styles—By George W. Sutton, Jr. 76

Vanity Fair Makes Its Annual Selection of Christmas Gifts for Men. 78

Women of the World—Out of Doors. 80

Christmas Gifts Suitable for Men to Give to Women 82

European Motoring 84

A Shelf of Recent Books. 124

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