Vanity Fair

19 West 44th Street, New York City

Condi Nast, President; Frank Crowinshield, Editor; Albert Lee, Managing Editor; Heyworth Campbell, Art Director; W. E. Beckerle, Treasurer; Philippe Ortiz, European Director, 2 Rue Edouard VII, Paris

DECEMBER - 1918

Of American and Allied Interest

A Soldier of the Legion—By John Jay Chapman -23

Germans of Yesterday and Today—By Frank Moore Colby - ------25

War in Miniature—Photographs ------26

The Hohenzollerns in America—By Stephen Leacock --------------28

In Time of War—Poem by John Jay Chapman -37

Photography's Part in the War—By Capt. Henry A. Wilsdon, R.A.F. ----------51

In and About the Theatre

Frances Starr—Photograph -------22

Here are Ladies: Ladies of Talent, Ladies of Charm —Photographs - ------24

Bertha Kalich—Photograph --------29

Outstanding Figures in the Pageant of the Drama —Photographs - ------30

New York Opera Audiences—By Pitts Sanborn -32

Martha Hedman—Photograph ------33

Mary Nash—Photograph. - ----37

The New Plays—By Dorothy Parker - - - -39

Madge Kennedy—Photograph - - - - --42

The Growing Vogue of the Movies—Photographs 52

Four Points on the Dancing Compass—Photographs - - - -54

In the World of Art

MacPherson and McDonald—A Painting by Gari Melchers - -------25

The Seven Vanities of Vanity Fair—Photographs 41

The Three Fates—Photograph by Arnold Genthe 44

Head of a Child—Bust by Paul Manship - - -45

The Dance of the Winds—Drawn by Warren Davies 46

Portrait of Lady Eden—By John S. Sargent - -49

All Seriousness Aside

Winning the War—By Robert C. Benchley -31

How to Entertain Wounded Soldiers—Sketches by Fish - -------34

The Draft, and a Few of Those In It—By George S. Chappell - ------36

War News from Over Here—Sketches by Gordon Conway -------------38

The Prompter's Revenge—By Cami - - - - -43

What Has War Done to Your Character?— Sketches by Ethel Plummer -------50

Miscellaneous

Grapeshot and Shrapnel—By Oliver Wakefield -27

We Nominate for the Hall of Fame - - - - -40

Bidding at Auction Bridge—By R. F. Foster - -44

The Poetic Drama—By Charles F. Tucker - - -45

Gabriele D'Annunzio—By Arthur Symons - - -47

Breaking the Mile Record—By Henry A. Buck -53

Uncle Sam Orders $130,000,000 Worth of Motor Vehicles - -------55

For the Well Dressed Man—By Robert Lloyd Trevor - -------56

Do Your Christmas Shopping Noow

For the Male of the Species -------59

For Men in Camp and On the Seas - - - - -60

Gifts for the Eternal Feminine _- - - - -61

Indoor and Outdoor Gifts - ----62

Important Additions to the Winter Wardrobe - -63

Gifts Whose Place is in the Home - - - - -64

The Most Essential Features of a Merry Christmas ------65

Merry Pups jor Merry Christmas ------66

$300 a year

Volume 11 Number 4

35c a copy

Subscription $3.00 a year in the United States, Colonies and Mexico. $3.50 in Canada. $4.00 in Foreign Countries. Single copies 35 cents. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office, New York. Published by the Vanity Fair Pub. Co., Inc. Copyright 1918 by the Vanity Fair Pub. Co., Inc. Reg. U. S. Patent Office.