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DECEMBER 1919

Table of Contents

In and About the Theatre

Frances Alda—Photograph ------34

The First Hundred Plays Are the Hardest— By Dorothy Parker - - - - 37

Francesca Bertini—Photograph -----40

potable Figures in Noteworthy Successes— Photographs - -----42

Is There a Humorist in the House?—By Helen Wells.. - ---43

Stars Who Foretell a Successful Season—Photographs -------------48

Fane Cowl—Photograph - ----52

The Star Spangled Screen—Photographs - - - 54

Wilda Bennett—Photograph------58

Dolores—Photograph --------62

Disciples of the Rhythmic Muse—Photographs - 66 The Blood Lust on Broadway—By R. E. Sherwood 69

In the World of Art

The Recent Etchings of Lee-Hankey - - - - - 38

Ivan Mestrovic—Master Hero Maker—By Christian Brinton - -----44

Modern Thoughts on Timely Topics

Literary CloseUps: Joseph Conrad—By Hugh Walpole - ------39

Henry Ford's Place in History—By John Jay Chapman - ------51

Two Christmas Greetings—By Stephen Leacock 55

International Impressionism—By F. M. Colby 57

Hugh Walpole Returns to America - - - - 59

Artemus Ward and Vanity Fair—By Herbert Turner ------------63

The Ways of Our Modern Young—By Maurice Manners - ------ 65

The Hope of American English—By L. L. Jones 67

Literary Hors d Oeuvre

America Speeds the Panting Guest—Sketches by Gluyas Williams --------36

The Nation's Songs—By P. G. Wodehouse - 41

The Social Life of the Newt—By Robert C. Benchley - ------47

Our Own Gallery .of Art Lovers—Sketches by August Henkel - -----50

The Mysteries of the Poetry Recital—By Voltaire, Jr..53

On the Trail of a Wife—Sketches by Fish - - - 60

The Baby Vamp—Sketches by Ethel Plummer - 68

Victorious Youth and How to Compete with It— By George S. Chappell --------71

The World Outdoors

Are You Built to Play Golf?—By Grantland Rice 70

The Changing Style in Motor Cars—By Vanity Fair's Observer - ----- 72

A Few of the Salon Cars—Photographs - - - 73

The Airplane in our Daily Lives— By George W. Sutton, Jr. ----------86

Motoring in England—By Gerald Biss - - - - 88

The Inside Route to Florida—By Latimer Shaw 90

Miscellaneous

Lamps of Limehouse: II. The Unknown Perfume —By Thomas Burke - ----35

Out of Office Hours— Photographs - --- 46

The Older Mysteries—By Lord Dunsany - - - 49

"The Young Visiters"—Photographs - - - - 56

So This is "Fish"-----59

The Hall of Fame—Photographs - - - - - 64

For the Well Dressed Man - ----74

Vanity Fair's Christmas Gift Suggestions - - 78-84

Bonds: The New Medium of Speculation— By Merryle S. Rukeyser - ---92

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