CONTENTS FOR APRIL, 1915

VOLUME 4

NUMBER 2

FLORENCE WALTON

A New Photograph Posed for Vanity Fair, Frontispiece 24

THE WAR AND THE ROYAL FAMILIES

An Illustrated Analysis of Certain Relationships, by Ard Choille 25

YOUTH HOLDS THE CENTER OF THE STAGE

Some of Our Youngest Leading Women (Photographs) 28

WHAT THE NEW ART HAS DONE

And the Disturbing Influence of the Moderns, by Frederick James Gregg 30

THE RODIN BUST OF HARRIMAN

Now on View at the Metropolitan Museum (Illustrated) 31

MELANIE KURT

A New Photograph 32

S.O.S.—R.S.V.P.

Vanity Fair's Department of Deportment, Conducted by Charles Macomb Flandrau 33

THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYERS

Their Aims and Accomplishments, by James L. Ford 33

HELLO, LONDON!

A Spring Revue, by Campbell Lee and Fish 34

THE JOCKEY CLUB'S BREEDING BUREAU

And the Need for Horses in Europe, by F. K. Sturgis 36

ELEVEN LADIES AND A LION

The Stage Shown in Photographs 38

A GROUP OF INDIANS

Some Models by Dwight Franklin 40

TOM POWERS AND HIS ROVING EYE

Hitherto Unpublished Drawings of a Famous Cartoonist 41

SLAVES OF MUSIC—HEAVENLY MAID

The Musical Critics of New York (Photographs) 42

TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF MUSICAL COMEDIES

It's All a Gamble Anyway, by P. G. Wodehouse 43

A BUNDLE OF SNAPSHOTS

From the War Zone—a Page of Photographs 44

THE AMERICAN GIRL

A Critical Analysis, by "Bergerel" 45

THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE

From a Drawing by Sydney Joseph 46

ALL OF ONE WOMAN'S LIFE

As Reported in a Country Newspaper, by Harry Grant Dart and Frances Garside 47

A STORY BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

From a Recently Completed Lithograph, by Albert Sterner 48

THE DOOM OF THE HOME

And What About Children? and Rubber Plants? by Anne O'Hagan 49

THE ALL-NIGHT LIFE OF NEW YORK

As Sketched for Vanity Fair, by Carton Moorepark 50

MR. GEORGE'S THREE SISTERS

And Some Others. Book Reviews by Henry Brinsley 51

IN WASHINGTON SQUARE

Four Vie de Boheme Sketches, by Anthony Euwer 52

BRIEF STUDIES IN IDIOCY

The Reminiscences of Mr. Apricot, by Stephen Leacock 53

THE DON'T PAY AS YOU LEAVE CLUB

From Sketches Made in Belgium, by II. W. Van Loon 54

THE DECLINE OF THE SOUBRETTE

The Sudden Extinction of a Type, by Lcander Richardson 55

MANHATTAN AT NIGHT

A Photograph of Lower New York, by Karl Struss 56

THE HALL OF FAME

And the Month's Nominations For It (Photographs) 57

THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN WOODS

An Outdoor Photograph, by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards Hewitt 58

GOLF VERSUS BUSINESS

How the Latter Interfer es with the Former, by Grantland Rice 59

AT THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW

A Summary of the Prizes, and Surprises, at the Show 60

POSSIBILITIES IN MOTORBOATING

And a Few Types for the Devotee of the Chug-boat, By John Chapman Hilder 62

MOTOR CARS AND THE OPEN ROAD

New Cars and Improvements for Summer Touring 63

AMERICAN COLLEGE HOCKEY

With Slops at Certain College Towns, by Edward Harold Conway 64

SHOPPING FOR THE WELL-DRESSED MAN

A Disquisition on that Neglected Topic—Sports Clothes 65

WHAT THEY WEAR IN VANITY FAIR

A Thrice Told Tale—Fashion Frontis 66

The Parisienne Dons Braid and Buttons 67

Gossip of a Gothamite—Fashion Chatter 69

Measured and Made by Hand—Page of Blouses 70

The Shops of Vanity Fair—American Gowns 71

Outdoor and Indoor Frocks—Photographs 73

This Little Thing and That—Jewelry and Bags 74

Hats of Usual and Unusual Bent—Photographs 75

A Page of Vogue Patterns—Suits and Gowns 76

Fair Weather Umbrellas and Fashionable Veils 78

Told in the Boudoir—Perfumes and Powders 82

The Supersweater—Smart Sports Hats 84