VANITY FAIR

Contents for NOVEMBER 1925

FRANK Crowninshield—Editor

In and About the Theatre

A Queen of the Opera: Frances Alda— Frontispiece. 46

Sex Plays and Noel Coward—By A. B. Walk ley. 47

Iris: Of the Family Tree—Photograph . . 49

Imported from England—By Donald Freeman 51

The Life Sentence: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne—Photograph. 55

"There She Biotas"—John Barrymore— Photograph. 63

Embellishing A Pattern Farce: Alice Brady— Photograph .69

An Enquiry Into Present Day Burlesque—By Herman J. Mankicwica. 76

Estelle Wintcood: The Lady of A Pirate's Heart—Photograph. 77

A New Star From The North: Greta Garbo— Photograph. 80

The World of Art

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wase—A Painting byGeorge Bellotas. 57

Mrs. Kerrigan—A Portrait by Ignacio Zuloaga 71

'The Bourdelle Exhibition—Sculpture ... 79

The W or Id of Ideas

The American Distaste for Opera—By Gilbert W. Gabriel. 68

A Nctv "Lysistrata"—By Olin Dotanes . . 78

Poetry and Verse

Nocturne—Par Jean Cocteau. 62

The Intruder—By Helen Choate. 65

Literary Hors d'Oeuvres

The Flooded Island—By Ferenc Molnar . . 48

Toothpaste and Tourmalines—By Pamela Poynter. 54

Talking of Monkeys—By Aldous Huxley . . 56

HEYWORTH Campbell—Art Director

An Estimate of "Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wase"— By Sherwood Anderson . 57

Without What?—By Jim Tally. 58

The People Versus Molineux—By Edmund Pearson. 61

The Murderer—By Colette. 62

Helen Whiffletree: American Poetess— By P. H. Dunkels, N. G. 64

Tex Rickard and the Rainbow's End—By Karl Green .70

A Dumbwaiter Version of "Siegfried"—By Milt Gross ...... ..... 74

An Early American Week-End—By George S. Chappell .81

Satirical Sketches

Some Dignitaries of the Popular Arts—By Massagucr. 50

Some Poignant "Personals"—By Fish . . 52

Everyman in Old Age: A Portrait—By Frans Maser eel ..60

Every Gesture Tells a Story—By Miguel Covarrubias. 66

Miscellaneous

Miss Helen Wills: Of Forest Hills and California—Photograph. 59

The Hall of Fame. 72

I Remember When—A Memoir. 73

Tennis—Sketches by Helen Wills ....75

Golf Is A Baby's Game—Photographs ... 82

The Lure of the Small Golf Links—By Bernard Darwin. 83

For The Well-Dressed Man. 84

Our London Letter on Men's Fashions . . 85

Last Call For Autumn—The Well-Dressed Woman. 86

Advance Glimpses From the 1925 Automobile Salon .88

The Growing Vogue of Duplicate Auction— By R. F. Foster. 90

European Motoring—By John Prioleau . . 92

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