Complete contents of this issue—April 1931

THE WORLD OF IDEAS

The Great Wickersham Mystery—By Walter Lippmann . 41

Twilight of the Economic Gods—By Jay Franklin . . . . 44

Defending the "Witch Burners"—By Edmund Pearson . . 49

The Future of Racketeering—By Alva Johnston. 50

Discord Among the Harmonists—By Olin Downes . . . . 55

Manhattan Love—By Alec Waugh. 56

Red Bread—By Maurice Hindus. 66

Long Beach—By John Riddell. 76

Sardonic Sawdust—By Julian Jerome. 78

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE

Noel Coward—Photograph. 43

The Theatre—By George Jean Nathan. 46

Lyda Roberti—Photograph. 47

Off-Stage Noises—Photographs. 53

Lily Pons—Photograph. 54

Frances Williams—Photograph. 67

Edna Best and Herbert Marshall—Photograph. 77

CONCERNING THE CINEMA

Nancy Carroll—Photograph . . . . 51

Hollywooden Celebrities—Caricatures . 57

Miriam Hopkins—Photograph . . . 58

Ruth Chatterton—Photograph . . . 61

Tallulah Bankhead—Photograph . . 64

Rose Hobart—Photograph. 70

I Wonder Where My Babel Is Tonight—72

THE WORLD OF ART

Anna Pavlowa—By Savely Sorine 75

Circus Paintings—By Edy Legrand 78

LITERARY HORS D'OEUVRES

Two on the Aisle—By Clare Boothe Brokaw. 52

"How to Get Rich"—By Corey Ford. 59

My Public—By Margaret Case Morgan. 60

An Unemployed Gentleman—By Ferenc Molnar. 65

SATIRICAL SKETCHES

At the Crossroads—By George Belcher. 45

SPORTS AND GAMES

Some Typical Situations in Backgammon—By Georges Mabardi 62

This Party Game Craze—By Edward Longstreth. 71

A Few Tough Contract Hands—By R. J. Leibenderfer ... 73

A Further Word on Putting—By Robert T. Jones, Jr. . . . 74

"Wrasslin"—By Paul Gallico. 80

Jim Londos—Photograph. 81

MISCELLANEOUS

President Hoover—Caricature by Garretto.. 40

Beauties with Brains—Photographs. 48

The High-Hat Restaurants—By Charles G. Shaw .... 68

Hall of Fame. 69

The Well-Dressed Man. 82

London Letter. 84

Spring Comes Slowly Up This Way. 86