VANITY FAIR

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWN IN SHI ELD, EDITOR . CLARE BOOTHE BROKAW, MANAGING EDITOR M. F. AGHA, ART DIRECTOR

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

CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1934

Cover design -Breaking in a continent— by Leon Carlin

THE WORLD OF IDEAS

Behind the American mob scenes—by Jay Franklin. 13

Memoirs of an editor—by 11. L. Mencken 16

The French ministerial merry-go-round—by Andre Maurois. 30

Heidelberg duels once more-by Karl K. Kitchen 36

The hardest prison in the world to manage—by Joseph Fulling Fishman and Vee Terrys Perlman. 38

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE

Katharine Hepburn—photograph by Steichen 23

George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott—photograph by Steichen. 26

Miriam Hopkins—photograph by Steichen 40

The Theatre -by George Jean Nathan 41

The younger set on Broadway—photographs by Nelson 43

CONCERNING THE CINEMA

The screen—by Helen Brown Norden 45

Lily Damita—photograph by Huene 47

THE WORLD OF ART

The circus dancer—by Georges Rouault 28

THE NOTION COUNTER

A Provincial Lady sees night life—by E. M. Delafield. 18

"Won't you be my Valentine?"—by Corey Ford 20

First flight—by Richard Sherman. 22

"It was certainly good stuff"—by Guy Donald Boothe. 24

A Valentine for Mr. Woollcott—by Dorothy Parker. 27

The Guldensuppe murder -by Edmund Pearson 29

Hollywood enters the non-fiction field—by John Riddell. 33

SATIRICAL SKETCHES

Frances Perkins—caricature by William Cotton 12

How to get rid of your gold—by Govarrubias 17

The Grand Duchess Marie paper doll—by Alajalov. 25

Giants on the earth in these days—caricatures by SchoukhaefT. 32

Small talk—by William Steig. 35

SPORTS AND GAMES

The Beard of the Prophet—by Paul Gallico 48

Four aces of Contract bridge—by David Burnstine. 50

MISCELLANEOUS

Father Coughlin—photograph by Nelson 21

Hall of Fame—photographs. 37

Ruth Slenczynski—photograph by Nelson 44

The well-dressed man. 52