VANITY FAIR

Contents for

January, 1936

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

THE KALEIDOSCOPIC REVIEW OF MODERN LIFE

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

ARTICLES

THE SMART WOMAN OF JAPAN—by Upton Close. 12

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS—1936 .16

MAJOR RIDDELL'S AMATEUR HOUR—by John Riddell. 18

MURDER IN THE BELFRY—by Edmund Pearson. 22

FREEDOM FOR THE CHILD?—by George Seddon. 30

THOSE ROYAL VIRTUOSI—THE SWEDISH BERNADOTTESby John Mason Brown. 33

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD LADY—MRS. ROOSEVELT—by Jay Franklin 37

THE THEATRE—by George Jean Nathan. 45

BABES IN THE DRINK—by Paul Gallico. 49

HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE—by Helen Brown Norden. 51

THE DANCER AND THE QUEEN—by George Davis. 54

PRAISE AND PREJUDICE—by George Dangerfield. 56

SHORT STORIES

MRS. MALLEY AND THE ARTIST—by Dan Wickenden. 21

CHARITY BEGINS—by Allan Seager. 26

LA SERENATA—by William Standish Stone. 29

. . . AND BELLS ON MY TOES—by Thomas Beer. 40

PHOTOGRAPHS

JUNE KNIGHT—Color Photograph by Bruehl-Bourges. 12

LILY PONS—by Steichen. 17

PETER LORRE—by Nelson. 20

BEATRICE LILLIE—by Nelson. 23

ROSITA MONTENEGRO—by Schall. 26

MARLENE DIETRICH—Color Photograph by Bruehl-Bourges . . . 28

MAX REINHARDT—by Nelson. 32

HALL OF FAME. 35

FATHER DIVINE OF HARLEM . 39

MARY TAYLOR—by Nelson. 41

RUSSIA'S SPORTSWOMEN. 43

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE—by Steichen. 44

THE WHITE HOPES OF BROADWAY—by Nelson. 47

THE KOMPA SISTERS—by Remie Lohse. 48

CHARLES SPENCER CHAPLIN—by Steichen. 50

ART AND CARICATURE

COVER DESIGN—SKIING AT LAKE PLACID—by Deyneka

SELF-PORTRAIT—by Van Gogh. Photographed in color by Bourges 25

GOING TO THE OPERA—by Adolf Dehn. 31

IMPOSSIBLE INTERVIEW—George Arliss vs. Cardinal Richelieu, Duke of Wellington, and Disraeli—by Covarrubias .36

THE AMERICAN BALLET—by Dora Abrahams 53