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

JUNE - - 1919

In and About the Theatre

Elsie Ferguson—Photograph ------26

Sem Benelli: Author of "The Jest"—By Norval Richardson - ------ 30

Blanche Bates—Photograph ------34

Mrs. Fiske,—Still An Idol of Our Stage—By James L. Ford - ------36

Constance Binney—Photograph -----39

Stars That Shine on the New Season—Photographs -------------40

The New Plays—By Dorothy Parker - - - - 41

Frances White—Photograph ------44

When You Come to the End of a Perfect Night— Photographs - ------ 46

Josephine MacLean, as "Pandora"—Photograph - 51

The Rage for Pajama Ladies on Our Stage— Photographs - ------ 52

The Ostermoor School of Drama—By Heywood Broun 53

One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts—Photographs -------------60

In the World of Art

The Uhlan Raid—A Lithograph by Spenser Pryse 28

The Fanciulla d'Anzio—By Eugenie Strong - - 31

Louine—Portrait by Malcolm Parcell - - - - 56

The Art of Dujam Penic—By Frederick James Gregg - ------- 61

Modern Thoughts on Timely Topics

A New Menace to Education—By John Jay Chapman ------------27

The Weariness of Life—By Papini - - - - - 28

The Balance of Power in the Drawing Room— By Charles F. Tucker - ---- 29

Our Bluff at French Culture—By Oliver Wakefield 33

Poison and Honeycomb—By Arthur Symons - - 38

All Seriousness Aside

Moving in the Best Movie Society—Sketches by Sto 32

The Open Season for Strikes—Sketches by Fish 42

Good Souls—By Dorothy Parker - - - - - 47

The Super Novelists—By P. G. Wodehouse - - 49

Have You Tried These New Memory Courses— By Robert C. Benchley - ---- 50

The Night Life of a Great City—Sketches by Dorothy Ferriss ----------54

A Dip Into Prohibition—By George S. Chappell 55

Our Esteemed Contemporaries—By Brighton Perry 57

Opening of the Sea Bathing Season—Sketches by August Henkel ----------62

The World Outdoors

The New Crop of Tennis Youngsters—By J. Parmly Paret - --- - --64

Spring Tonics for Golfers—By Grantland Rice - 65

The English Setter Club's Successful Trial—By Reginald McIntosh Cleveland -----66

Low Grade Fuel Troubles Motorists—By Coker F. Clarkson - ------ 67

Miscellaneous

The Weatheruane Points Squth—Poem by Amy Lowell - ------- 33

George Meredith as a Publisher's Reader—By B. W. Matz - ------ 35

Out of Office Hour:—Photographs - - - - - 37

Puzzlers in Etiquette - -----45

We Nominate jor the Hall of Fame—Photographs 48

Lean Days in Russian Letters—By Oliver M. Sayler - ------- 58

The Little Jest—Story by G. P. - - - - - - 59

Our Auction Bridge Refuse—By R. F. Foster - - 63

For the Well Dressed Man—By Robert Lloyd Trevor - ------- 68

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