CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1914

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 1

THE GENIUS OF CREATION New sculpture by DaRliel. Chester French Frontispiece 30

WHAT IS YOUR. IMPRESSION OF AMERICA? A critical article written for, Vanity Fair By Georg Brandes 31

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS A page of Kings and a President With eight portraits 33

THE GODS OF HENRY CLEWS, JR. Including a few not commonly worshipped Shown in photographs 34

THE DISABILITIES OF ENGLISH WOMEN Causes of the discontent leading to militancy By Frederick James Gregg 35

THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH Who has returned to England to help in the war From a photograph 36

OUR BUSY AMBASSADOR AT LONDON And his bust in bronze by Jo Davidson Photographed from the original 37

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MISS KELLERMAN Carried out at the behest of the movie man With a snapshot by Edith Mortimer 37

PALL FASHIONS IN THE BALKANS A dozen odd costumes worn in the war zone From collected photographs 38

DULCINEA; A FEW OF HER PLATITUDES Have you a little Dulcinea in your home? Invented by Franklin P. Adams 39

KARSAVINA, BELLE OF THE BALLET RUSSE As she appeared, in London, in Schéhérazade A camera portrait 40

WHISPERS FROM THE WINGS So loud that all may overhear them By Acton Davies 41

THE GODDESS OF CHARITY AND HER STARS The stage plays her familiar role of Lady Bountiful A few posed snapshots 42

THE KNUTS O' LONDON Defined, described, in fact, immortalized By P. G. Wodehouse, 43

EVENING NEWS: IN THE SUBWAY A painted comédie de moeurs By Luis Mora 44

AFTERNOON ADVENTURES AT MY CLUB. The spiritual outlook of Mr. Doomer By Stephen Leacock 45

SUMMER RAIN IN MADISON SQUARE A glimpse of the Flatiron, in New York Photographed by Paul L. Anderson 46

WHY YOUNG MEN GO WRONG Or, "How one woman wrecked a life" By John Chapman Hilder 47

A NEW WEEKLY PAPER FOR NEW YORK And Herbert Croly, who will edit it With a photograph 47

EARTH, WATER, FIRE AND AIR The four elements as conceived by Paul Manship Photographed from plaster casts 48

BEFORE THEY ARE SHELVED Reviews of a septette of recent novels By `Henry Brinsley 49

IMPRESSIONS OF CONEY ISLAND A covey of. collars-and girls Seen and admired by Rabajoi 50

THE ENGLISH SENSE OF RUMOR AGAIN Four disproofs of a popular theory With sketches from the Tatter 51

THE KING OF INTERNATIONAL MOVIES Henri Krauss. in four of his important rôles Illustrated with photographs 52

A DUCAL STAGE MANAGER The late Duke of Saxe Meiningen By James L. Ford 53

MORE AND MORE RUSSIAN, BALLET A brief review of a London madness By Campbell Lee 54

THREE ACTRESSES OF. THE SEVENTIES Mary Anderson, Clara Morris and Kate Claxton A few memories, of J. L. F. 56

CARICATURES IN COLORED CLAY Portraits of people talked about By Helena Smith Dayton 57

STARS THAT WILL ILLUMINE The murky dramatic sky of the autumn Picture pages 58

THE IMPERFECT FEMINIST A few more epigrams that will deceive nObody By Frederick James Gregg 60

THE MAN IN THE RANKS A poem of Europe in time of war By L. Frank Tooker 60

THE COURTS OF EUROPE And a few of the dogs of war Roreign snapshots 61

A BACHELOR AT NEWPORT Leaves from a young man's diary. Portraits of Pauline, Peggy, et at 62

MOVING PICTURE TRICKS Some of the movie man's mysteries revealed By. Frederick Colburn Clarke 63

THE FIVE WORLD MASTERS OF LAWN TENNIS An analysis of their widely divergent styles of play By J. Parmly Paret 64

IT'S THE SAME OLD BASEBALL All popular myths to the contrary notwithstanding By Sidney Farrar 65

SOUTHAMPTON'S FIRST BIG DOG SHOW Some of the exhibitors and their exhibits Caught by the camera 66

DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS A word on the German sheep dog With photographs 67

FOUR WOMEN CHAMPIONS Stars of the links and the courts Snapshotted in action 68

THE NEW MOTORS FOR 1915 Described and illustrated With: photographs 69

SHOPPING FOR THE WELL-DRESSED MAN New wrinkles in masculine, attire With photographs 70

THE WELL-DRESSED MAN IN LONDON The dress suits the English wear With a few recent models 71

WOMEN'S HEROINES IN FICTION And three recent novels By Mary K. Ford 100

CARUSO: MASTER OF FOUR ARTS And a new bust of hiw by Cartaino Pietro A recent photograph 102

WHAT THEY WEAR IN VANITY FAIR

A Page of French Sketches-Picturing Smart Innovations 72

Paris Parag~aphs-Mainly About Crinoline Modes . . . 73

Tip on the Hats for Autumn-From Maison Lewis ... 75

Examples in Addition-Wide Skirts and Broad Hats .... 76

Labeled Inside and Out "Paquin"-A~Trio of Paris Gowns . 77

Pro and Con the New Silhouette-With the Pros in Majority 78

The Shops of Vanity Fair-Enter the Autumn Mode 70

Fashion Points in Every Direction-Millinery Modes 81

Waist-line or No Waist-line?—IllustratiOns from Paris 82

Diagraüis of the Mode-Vogue Patterns . 83

Some Fashionable Fundamentals-Vogue Patterns 84

Told in the Boudoir—Knick-knacks for the Dressing-Table 88

A Materialistic View of the Mode—About Autumn Fabrics 90