VANITY FAIR

Contents for December, 1934

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWN INSHIELD, EDITOR • HELEN BROWN NORDEN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR . M. F. AGHA, ART DIRECTOR COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

ARTICLES

PALACE POLITICS UNDER THE NEW DEAL—by Jefferson Chase. 17

THE NEW KING OF JUGOSLAVIA—by John Gunther. 24

MEMOIRS OF AN EX-FLAPPER—by Tess Slesinger. 26

HE IS CALLED JAFSIE—by Morris Markey. 31

SEAN O'CASEY—IRISH PATRIOT—by Joseph Alsop, Jr. 35

ROCKEFELLER CENTER JUSTIFIES ITSELF—by David Cort. 38

HAWAIIAN MEDLEY—by Joseph C. Granger. 42

THE THEATRE—by George Jean Nathan. 45

THE SCREEN—by Helen Brown Norden. 50

THE FORGOTTEN FAN—by Corey Ford. 53

TOWIE, THE NEW FORM OF CONTRACT BRIDGE—by William J. Huske . . 55

I MAKE AN ATHLETIC GOD—by Tommy Armour. 58

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WINES?—by Elizabeth D. Hart ... 60

SHORT STORIES

SLOW TRAIN TO BRUSSELS—by Allan Seager. 22

ROUE—by W. Thornton Martin. 28

THEY MARRIED A SINGER—by Georgia Bell Cuyler. 41

MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT—by Richard Sherman. 49

PHOTOGRAPHS

THE ADVANCE OF COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. 20

LIBBY HOLMAN—by Nelson. 23

WERNER JANSSEN—by Steichen. 25

JOHN F. ("JAFSIE") CONDON—by Steichen. 30

PARADE OF THE OLD-TIMERS—colour photograph by Bruehl-Bourges ... 32

HALL OF FAME. 34

"TEN CENTS A DANCE"—by Remie Lohse. 36

TALLULAH BANKHEAD—by Steichen. 39

INA CLAIRE—by Nelson. 44

WILD GOOSE CHASE—by Vadas Erno. 48

CAROLE LOMBARD—by Hoyningen-Huene. 52

1934—A PICNIC FOR THE BRITISH. 54

YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT SPECIAL. 56

ART AND CARICATURE

ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD—caricsture by Covarrubias. 16

AT THE OPERA BALL—by Toulouse-Lautrec. 29

IMPOSSIBLE INTERVIEW—Sally Rand vs. Martha Graham—by Covarrubias . 40

THE EATERS' GUIDE—by William Steig. 47