VANITY FAIR

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

FRANK CROWN INSHIELD, EDITOR • CLARE BOOTHE BROKAW, ADVISORY EDITOR M. F. ASHA, ART DIRECTOR

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

CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1934

THE WORLD OF IDEAS

Roosevelt's revolution by charm—by Heywood Broun..........17

Ambassadors at Washington—by Jay Franklin........ 18

Divorce by mail—by Hampton Sidney Smith, Jr. and Marshall Hail............26

Absinthe—by Andre Salmon...........32

The murder of Mr. Elwell—by Edmund Pearson..... 36

The Hollanders—by Maddy Vegtel.............49

Singing the Blues—by Harold Stansbury ....... 54

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE

Mary Pickford—photograph by Steichen . . ...25

Backstage at the Follies—photographs by Remie Lohse .........38

The Theatre—by George Jean Nathan ....41

International heartbreakers—photographs . . ...43

Carol Stone—photograph by Steichen ....47

CONCERNING THE CINEMA

Evening party in Hollywood—by Paul Gallico... 34

Marlene Dietrich—photograph by Steichen ..... 44

The screen—by Helen Brown Norden ....... 45

THE WORLD OF ART

The Absinthe Drinker—painting by Picasso ..... 33

A sculptural challenge to youth—photographs by Pierre Matisse.......52

THE NOTION COUNTER

Misfortune—by John Riddell.........22

George—by Nancy Hale..........24

Miss Conroy and her sister—by Charles O'Neill......... 28

Life of a mail-order male..........30

SATIRICAL SKETCHES

James Joyce—caricature by William Cotton..... 16

Vanity Fair's own paper dolls—No. 5—Ernest Hemingway—by Alajálov............29

Our own cigarette pictures—sketches by M. Sommerfeld...........35

Olympians of the musical sphere—caricatures by Garretto..........37

Primo Camera—caricature by Schoukhaeff...... 40

SPORTS AND GAMES

Professional tennis—by Robert Scott McFee...... 53

MISCELLANEOUS

The first year..........20

The President—Franklin D. Roosevelt—photograph by Steichen..........21

Name me five—a questionnaire..........31

The Lewises—photograph by Steichen....... 48

The Hall of Fame—photographs............51

For the well-dressed man—photographs ....... 56