VANITY FAIR

Contents for November, 1934

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWNINSHIELD, EDITOR . HELEN BROWN NORDEN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR • M. F. ASHA, ART DIRECTOR

COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

ARTICLES

WHY NOT AN AMERICAN MONARCHY?—by H. L. Mencken. 21

IN DEFENSE OF LIBERALISM—by Walter Lippmann. 24

THE LOW-DOWN ON THE SHOW-DOWN—by Jay Franklin. 26

HABSBURG'S OTTO—by John Gunther. 30

PUERTO RICO IN THE SUN—by Jefferson Chase. 34

PORTRAIT OF A BIRD-OF-ALL-WORK—by Paul Gallico. 43

THE NEW GAME OF TOWIE—by William J. Huske. 47

THE THEATRE—by George Jean Nathan. 49

THE SCREEN—by Helen Brown Norden. 53

THE CASE FOR PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL—by John R. Tunis. 56

SOVIET RUSSIA CELEBRATES ITS I7TH BIRTHDAY—by George E. Sokolsky . . 58

MURDER IN GREENWICH VILLAGE—by Edmund Pearson. 61

NEW ORLEANS IS A WICKED CITY—by Marquis W. Childs. 62

SHORT STORIES

COMMAND PERFORMANCE—by Allan Seager. 29

YOU'RE ALL ALONE. AREN'T YOU?—by Leane Zugsmith. 32

I WILL SPEAK THY SPEECH. LOVE; THINK THY THOUGHT—by Richard Sherman 38

MOVIE OFFER—by Geoffrey Kerr. 41

I CANNOT TELL A LIE—by George Weller. 44

PHOTOGRAPHS

JAMES J. DOOLING—by Steichen. 25

THE HARVESTER—by Schall. 28

EVA LE GALLIENNE—by Steichen. 31

OUR ROGUISH GALLERY. 39

TOM MOONEY—by Dorothea Lange. 42

FRED AND CAROL STONE—by Steichen. 45

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, BABY DEAR?. 46

LILLIAN GISH—by Steichen. 48

VIOLA KEATS—by Beaton. 49

GRETA MAREN—by Nelson. 50

HALL OF FAME. 51

CARY GRANT—by Hoyningen-Huen6. 52

INGENUE. 1934 . 55

LOU LITTLE—by Nelson . . . 57

FRED PERRY—by Anton Bruehl 60

WELL-DRESSED MAN . . . . 64

ART AND CARICATURE

HERBERT HOOVER—by Cotton. 20

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN WAITING—by William Gropper. 23

SHIRLEY TEMPLE—by Covarrubias. 33

NEW YORK—CHAMELEON CITY—by George Grosz. 36

THE AMAZON—by Courbet. 40