VANITY FAIR

Contents for December, 1935

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWN INSHI ELD, EDITOR • HELEN BROWN NORDEN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR • M. F. AGHA, ART DIRECTOR COPYRIGHT, I935, BY THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

ARTICLES

EXTRA! EXTRA! THE ALL-TIME HIGHS IN WORLD NEWS STORIES .... 13

WHAT IT COSTS TO BE AN AMBASSADOR'S LADY—by Jefferson Chase . . 17

SANTA CLAUS FOR PRESIDENT—by Corey Ford.13

DEMOCRACY IN PURPLE: GEORGE V—by George Seddon .20

THE SKI'S THE LIMIT—by Thomas W. Phipps.23

THE MONTE CARLO BALLET RUSSE—by Cecil Beaton.26

THE BYWATERS CASE—by Edmund Pearson.23

FLYING-FIELD—by Paul Gallico.35

LONG ODDS ON THE GRIDIRON—by A. C. M. Azoy.36

THE THEATRE—by George Jean Nathan.38

THE SO-CALLED REGISTER—by Jack Cluett.43

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER—by John Kobler.44

PRAISE AND PREJUDICE—by George Dangerfield.49

HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE—by Helen Brown Norden.50

A GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS GIVING.52

SHORT STORIES

ROOM-SERVICE—by Heywood Broun.24

HOMECOMING—by Robert M. Coates.31

VIRTUE PRESERVED, OR THE VISIT OF GREAT-UNCLE MARTIN—by Allan Seager 46

PHOTOGRAPHS

BIRDS IN FLIGHT—by Bernatzik.16

JEAN MUIR—by Steichen.21

HELEN VINSON—by Steichen.30

GRAND OPERA IN HOLLYWOOD.34

MICHAEL BARTLETT—by Nelson.37

NINA MAE McKINNEY—by Nelson.41

HALL OF FAME.42

BEN HECHT AND CHARLES MacARTHUR—by Nelson.45

SIX BRAINS IN SEARCH OF A SPONSOR.46

KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD—by Steichen.48

COVER DESIGN—SANTA CLAUS, THE HITCH-HIKER—by Garretto AT THE OPENING OF THE OPERA—Mother and Daughter—by Vertes . .12

CAN YOU TELL A PHONY?—by William Gropper....15

THE RELICS OF ROYAL BENIN....19

DON MANUEL OSORIO—by Goya.25

IMPOSSIBLE INTERVIEW—Edna May Oliver vs. Katharine Cornell —by Covarrubias...29

THE LEGEND OF THE OUEEN OF SHEBA—by Belachou....32

CHANGE OF HEART—by Garretto....39

ART AND CARICATURE