VANITY FAIR

Contents for September, 1935

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

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

COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS, INC.

ARTICLES

THE CONGRESSIONAL COMIC STRIP—by Jay Franklin.......13

WIVES, ODALISQUES AND SSIGHES—by Mohammed Essad-Bey........16

YOU, TOO, CAN WIN $1,000,000—by John Riddell...........22

THE VENOMOUS DR. PALMER—by Edmund Pearson...........31

THE TIME AND THE PLACE—by Frank Fenton..........35

THE McKINLEYS OF CANTON—by John Kobler..........41

HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE—by Helen Brown Norden............42

MEAN MAN—by Paul Gallico...........45

OUR OWN TAX PLAN—by Corey Ford.............49

THE HATS OF THE GREAT...............52

SHOPS IN THE NEWS..................54

PRAISE AND PREJUDICE—by George Dangerfield..............56

SHORT STORIES

REFUGE AT EZE—by Robert Buckner................19

AN OSTRICH IN GRAND CENTRAL—by Richard Sherman................20

WHERE MINK MEETS MINK—by Heywood Broun............25

A JOURNEY HOME—by Allan Seager...........26

TINY LITTLE FINGERPRINTS—by George Davis............32

THE RAJAH'S PRISONER—by Gilbert Wright............37

FLYNN DIED AT FOUR—by Anthony Gittins...............46

HIT AND RUN—by A. H. Z. Carr............50

PHOTOGRAPHS

LORETTA YOUNG—photograph in color by Bruehl-Bourges..........12

PABLO PICASSO—by Rogi-Andrd................17

ABYSSINIA WAITS WITH DIGNITY.............18

SYLVIA SIDNEY—by Steichen.............21

JOAN BENNETT—by Steichen............24

HALL OF FAME..............27

CESAR ROMERO—by Nelson...............30

PAUL MUNI—by Anton Bruehl..............34

CONEY ISLAND—by Nelson ..................38

HOLLYWOOD STARS, AU NATUREL............43

JESSE OWENS—by Nelson...............44

BENITA HUME—by Nelson..................47

TOMMY HITCHCOCK—by Steichen...................51

ART AND CARICATURE

SUNDAY IN HARLEM—by Covarrubias.............27

IMPOSSIBLE INTERVIEW—FRANCES PERKINS vs. SHIRLEY TEMPLE —by Covarrubias...............33

ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT—by Cotton................36

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOWAGER—by Dehn...........40

THE THRILL IS GONE—by Benito..................48