VANITY FAIR

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWN INSHIELD, EDITOR • CLARE BOOTHE BROKAW, MANAGING EDITOR M. F. AGHA, ART DIRECTOR

COPYRIGHT, 193 3, BY THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1933

Cover design—The tangle in Europe by Garretto

THE WORLD OF IDEAS

Our royal family—by Jefferson Chase .... 17

Chancellor Dollfuss: flyweight champion of Europe—by John Gunther.23

The sad case of the humorous magazinesby Alexander King.26

The Rector of "Stewkey" by Edmund Pearson 31

The pulse of revolution—by Rosie Griifenherg 50

The death of a puppet—by Rollin Kirby . . . 56

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE

Harriet Doctor—photograph in color by Steichen 40 The Theatre-—by George Jean Nathan ... 41

CONCERNING THE CINEMA

Jeanette MacDonald—photograph by Steichen . 18

The screen—by Pare Lorentz.49

Virginia Cherrill—photograph by Steichen . . 49

THE WORLD OF ART

Spirit of the dead, watching by Paul Gauguin 33

THE NOTION COUNTER

Three monologues on Repeal by a diverse-minded trio . • 23

Come off the Vide standard—by Robert J. Teatman and Walter C. Sellers.28

Now there is peace—by Richard Sherman . . 32

Dance, little ladies, dance—photographs . . . 35

A code for Christmas—by Corey Ford .... 39

Dark horse days-photographs.43

SPORTS AND GAMES

Primo Camera—photograph by Steichen ... 44

Notes on old Snaggle Tooth—by Paul Gallico . 45

Luck at Contract Bridge—by a nationally known expert.54

SATIRICAL SKETCHES

Hugh S. Johnson—caricature by Cotton ... 16

Private lives of the great—no. 3—Mrs. Emily Price Post—caricature by Covarrubias ... 29

Manhattan lunch counters—by George Grosz . 36

Conversations in the home—by William Steig . 38

MISCELLANEOUS

Daniel C. Roper—photograph by Nelson ... 20

Senator Pat Harrison—photograph by Steichen 21

Before the lute was rifted—photographs ... 22

Rexford Tugwell—photograph by Nelson ... 24

Henry Morgenthau, Jr.—photograph by Nelson . 25

Hall of Fame—photographs.30

The music in the air—photographs.4

Demagogues: life-size—photographs . . . . 51

Gifts for Christmas—photographs by Martin Bruehl.52