Vanity Fair

DECEMBER, 1923

Frank Crowninshield—Editor

Heyworth Campbell—Art Director

In and About the Theater

John Barrymore in His Greatest Role—Photograph 36

Grace Moore, of the Music Box—Photograph. 41

Winter Interludes Instinct with Grace and Rhythm— Photographs. 42

The Joys and Sorrows of New York Premieres—By Haywood Broun. 43

Four I mpersonators of Zaza—Photographs 48

Eugene O'Neill—Photograph. 51

Ruth Draper: An All-in-One Theatrical Company— Photograph. 56

Eleonora Duse, the Chief Dramatic Figure of Our Day—By Franz von Lenbach.61

Twin Hits in the Season's New Plays—Photographs 62

Gilda Gray: "Priestess of Night's High Mysteries"— Photograph. 71

The Grand Guignol—By Charles Baskcrville,Jr. 72

An African Legend in Choreography—By Gilbert Seldcs. 73

The World of Art

The Art of Augustus John—By Clive Bell 49

A Group of Conventionalized Bronze Statues by Georg Kolbe—Photographs. 52

The World of Ideas

Royalty and a Caricature—By Aldous Huxley 44

The Passing of a Great Tradition—By Philip Guedalla. 47

The Menace to Pugilism—By W. O. McGcehan 55

Thomas Hardy: the Youngest of the Georgians—By Philip Gucdalla. 60

Poetry and Verse

The Curse—By Edna St. Vincent Millay 40

Four Modernist Sonnets—By E. E. Cummings 60

Today in History—By Stephen Leacock 67

The Suicidal Soliloquy of Celeste—By George S. Chappell. 68

White Ashes—By Gladys Oaks. 50

The New Spoon River—By Edgar Lee Masters 74

0 Lady, If You Wept—By Juliet Branham 116

Literary Hors d'Oeuvres

Christmas in Hotels—By G. K. Cheste-lon 37

On the Approach of Middle Age—By W.Somerset Mdugham. 40

Down on the Farm—By Thomas Burke. 50

A Preliminary Skirmish—By Franz Molnar 57

A Short Course in Chemistry—By George S. Chappell 63

The Passing of the Thanatopsis—By Alexander Woollcott. 64

The Supreme of the Supreme—By Rupert Hughes 68

How to Write an Article for Vanity Fair—By One Who Is Anonymous. 70

Satirical Sketches

Ballet Forecast for the Coming Season—By Georges BRAUN. 30

Napoleons Who Dominate the Present Fracas in Europe—By Nicholas Remisoff. 45

A n International Episode—By George Belcher 46

The Ribaldries of the Radio—By August Henkel 58

Souvenirs of Our Recent European Trip—By Sto 65

Why Do People Go to Cabarets?—By Henry Raleigh 66

When Is a Lemon Not a Lemon?—By Fish 69

Miscellaneous

Proposed Laws to Govern Mali Jong, Part II—By R. F. Foster. 54

Young Champions—Photographs. 54

The Hall of Fame—Photographs. 75

Taking Out No-Trumpers—By R. F. Foster 76

Charles Blair Macdonald—By Bernard Darwin 77

Here Comes 1924—By George W. Sutton, Jr. 78

A Vanity Fair Car—By Vanity Fair's Observer 80

For the Well Dressed Man. 81

Vanity Fair's Guide to Rcady-to-Wear Clothes 82

Christmas Gifts for Men. 83

Gifts for Men to Give to Women. 86

The Books of Christmas Time—By Burton Rascoe 130