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PLAYBOY 


мао MECKELMANN 


Maren. эз тик cir month,” said Shepherd Mead's tips оп selecting м 
md аһы! fist wile-these need по dn 
‘Shakespeare on this 


than 
ed rather ко along. with Christopher 
Morley happy image. “April prepares 
her green Мк не word 


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mt be an Арий foot and loiter up 
front here—open, already 


DEAR PLAYBOY 


‘THE FIRST TWO DOZEN 
1 was very pleased to see all the pre 
vious Playmates together in one ss 
Though all dhe young ladies were wo 
dert charming: to mp mind two stood 
hove the others, 
for Marguerite. 


head and shoulders al 
How about am encon 


co FPO, San Francisco, Calif, 


Your January sue succesfully main- 
tind a brillant andando wet 
he collection of past Playmates was 
Obviously Не ment א‎ feature. 
Howe, as a comparatively recent ad- 
diet ol your magazine, „i, was die 
Sppointed” Exe Meyer, Madeline Саш 

Маце Page, La Monroe, et als do in. 
deed play havoc with any male's hormone 
balance, but 1 was dismayed to nd them 
lsc as past Playmates Beauties such 
as these Are encountered regularly on 
the pages of publications raging trom 

Hie Cat type magazines slanted toward 
he por panis trade to common 10c and 
23e бойт al cheesecake, 

1 would prefer to think of rtavno as 
taking pride in being America's reses, 
ost fut magazine. Obviously, photos 
S Bettie Page do bring our de bust 
fone, bur are they "reso" 2 much 

eler model ol the Barbara Cameron 
iner Prim variety. Any properly ap- 
preciative reader ої таво should 
have а good deal ol the voyeur in him. 
за L amame the editors do. Accordingly 
Teet that the boulevandier who finds a 
Playmate in a Ей shop в 
reat playboy than the m 
merchant who locks up a С 
in a directory and buys мине poses 

PIC Edward Lerner 
Fort Bragg МС. 


1 would like to take this opportunity 
to shout the merits of your. Playmates. 

hull ВИсен minuten since 
с Holiday Issue and I'm due 
er go at it. 


Dove Hunt 
Vineland, N. J. 


MISS JANUARY 

ay ama was мөн of 
praise, one of the most for 
מש‎ thingy 1 have ever had the 
[ие voy wy eyes om. (rhe ий 
favent returned to their sockets) But 
who the bell i she? Her name, dimen- 
sions and social security number are no- 
‘where to be mund in your magazine, 
How can a шап play with his Playmate 


EJ rooms marnor maoazme 


Miss January's пете is Lynne Turner; 
she’s а 20 year old model from Southern 
California; 38" 2/"37^ top to bottom, 


ODD COINCIDENCE DEPARTMENT 

Which maxim doc this illustrate — 

“great minds run on the same track” ог. 

"imitation s thesincerest formo! flattery?” 
Allen Glasser 

Brooklyn, New York 


TRE, FEARUARY, 1956 


Great! Whot does she de for en ence?” 
PLAYBOY, OCTOBER, 1955 


Fee es ме the encore” 


‘VIOLENT PLAYBOY 

Since 1 am an admirer of your maga- 
ine. 1 feel free to criticize it. 1 regard as 
unhealthy the overtones of physical vio- 
Hence Мей sprinkled through the 
January issue. Specifically, ludcd. 
bes ^ 

1. Threats to cook Candide in a pot. 


АНЕ SUPERIOR st, CHICAGO 


2. Nero's liquidation of unwanted 
relatives. 

3. Two Ance lovelies in [ull color 
being shoved in a lire, 

4. Story wherein a man from Mars 


coc lod eder to cat them, 

5. Рош радо ballad ви а lady who 

cooks her Войо before eating tem 
Wired Lew 
Hloomingion, ind: 


Figured we'd get all the violence out 
of the way in the first issue of the year, 
so we could get on to more leisurely play- 
boy pursuits. 


POETIC PRAISE 
You dever, clever, clever mew 
Of ribald wit and facile pen, 
Your humor his a subtlety 
Which truly, truly taketh me, 
And maketh me to want to dance, 
Cavort. co habit, and to prance 
And bc a sensual Jezebel 
Raising filty kinds of hell! 
(Mas! A woman over forty 
Only thinks herself cıvarty, 
And while she cuts a wicked caper— 
Oh me! She cuts it all on paper!) 


О Cole, you're king, you na 
Who maketh me to 1, 


Та sharpen up my ch and purr! 
White Yam mos sedatciy ih 
Reading ruavnoy at my iting! 


And as for Caldwell, Bloch and Gold 
Never were such stories told 


With sharper brilliance and ен 
To glad the feline heart of 
Their humor has a “Frenchy” Hair, 


Urban. cool and debon 
Yet certainly, it docs not lack 

"The meat that brings the Tom cat back 
And has him sniffimg at the door. 
Yowling that Ве wanteth more. 


1 hape it be not mortal sin 
Tp let OM Aan пі in 
he sacred portal of this page 
Adorned with wit, rou? nd 


То (ruda veri) be play 
Тейри уши make me ely mérry— 
Fic me Playmate n 

net me ир the pri 
К p the p 


LOVE, THE HEALER 
That sory, Love, the Healer, by Herb 
Gold in the January issue of my Lavorive 


PLAYBOY 


CREW CUT witha 
Continental 4 


your crew cut with the very best 
‘when you keep и neor with 


ale 


The best for eve cu, burrs, ob ops ond 
all short heir eun- 


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RECORD 


COFFEE? 


This compact 
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Mum Мызы с» 

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tuo eup al 


Sorry, we Сб. бл 
הדל‎ 


Merrit 


is very nice, and 
v» when Herb and 
E used to hunt “wimmen” together in 
Cleveland, Ohio, amd other strange 
places. When I found one, all 1 had was 
1 woman; but when Herb found one. he 
got himself a poem out of her. Ger him 
10 do the story of Black Lil, if you с 
Dr. Donald P. Shapiro 
Cleveland, Olio 


anatomical journal 
reminds me ol th 


S AND DOLLS 
ave been an ardent fan of мідувоу 
been available on 
my area, As far as Im 
was tops. Alter readi 
of Guys and Dolls 


for the past 12 
ind you that Fr 


an forgot 
надува and municiones will apec 
Sh me 

AS Tor Brando, you сап have him and 
һә voice "with so much warmth and o 
much ине” | have not yet seen Gupt 
tend Dolls bw 1 am positive that Brando 
Could never make Fran 
Sil competing on Major Mower Ama: 
ב‎ 


John Harman 
Virginia Beach, Va. 
As anyone who has send the November 
December After Hours knows, we're 
ardent fans of Frank Sinatra, too. We 
jest don't happen to think Guys and 
Dolls was his picture and we suggest you 
oit till you've seen it before deciding 
whether you agree with our review. 


SALESMAN 

especially enjoyed your Januar) 

ite tan d lie кек heer F 

Dent of a Salesman Cuce וו‎ cart 
м 


nd Lee Univ. 
Virginia 


1 finished reading your Jamas 
оп my way back to camp and 1 w 
to know that I alm 
laughing at the salesman 
Addison North. 1 started talking about 
it to з couple of salesmen in the clu 
and 1 showed them the magazine, which. 
fone of them bought for $2.00! 
PEC Donald F, Cı 
Battle Creek, Mich. 


COEDS ON PLAYMATES 
Alter repeatedly hearing of wavsov, 
tever about the actual content, our 
s aroused to 


ly (and wi 
chased the January ise 

Mier reading that issue. we were both 
dismayed and disgruntled 10 find that 


the innocent minds of our boyiriends 


d with such. wicked 
с the minds of all 
college men that have not already 
seriorated to such low depths will 
doubtedly do so now and и 
completing the ruin of all 
moral standards have, in spite of all 
‘other evil influences, remained h 
Beside that, how are we ever going 10 
get married when all of our secrets are 
revealed? How can we ever satisfy Ши 
when you tempt their virile minds a 
bodies with such voluptwousnesst What 
we mean to say is we дини think ifs fart 
"Two Unhappy Coeds 
niversity ol Michigan 
Ann Arbor, Michigan 


are bein 


The girls im our sorority [ed that 
ving altogether too much 
publicity to models and chorus girls. 10 
you took a look at our girls, you 
tome ol your Playmates oll to ihe Old 
Maid Home. 
Barbara Frank. 
Univ. of Southern С 
Los Angeles, Californ 
So send us some pictures 


WILL SHE ок WON'T SI 
Jules Anchers quas ad 
он Tahaning а womans sexual p 
ise reads a lile tou much like a 
magazine are. Archer, who apparently 
‘iets the art of sedition san elaborate 
iy game, gives the reader ho stati 
Ei Liens no empirical trance, 
thot his dubious methods will work. Arc 
we ш presume that Archer has observed 
Me тош of his ив in controlled 
Situations — and has therelore аненей 
cs reliability? Has it occured to him 
that his female рыша pigs answers may 
imply fac, even anti ка! indicanons 
оГ Ша willingness ло climb into ba 
n. in Keeping with the rest ul the 
Woman race, have never been mou for 
ч Tack Dypocriy 
1 would suggest 10 Archer that 
ber of methods of seduction i eq 
number of con 


parlor gam 
woman's seducibility is as valid а me 
as that suggested by the article's accom- 

ing illustration: picking petals from 


or Ellis would 

value to Archer's "true playboy.” 
Ron Riddle 
Yellow Springs, € 


finitely greater 


In regard to your Will She or Won't 
She? story in the January isme, ГА lik 
ло inform the author that he comp 

ised the boat on one important li 
facior which consequently 181 io an 
extremely amazing, but quite pleasure 
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Upon questioning a vol 
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tive (от virginal). I was very confused 

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ahead 


No complaints, 


M. Riley 
Fon Lex, N J. 


1 read your antiche Will She or Won't 
she? iy Jules Archer in the January 

шой the ten questions on à 
fe nl layout Thing час 
omg along В, well мий Y cane to 
Е No. 9 amd asked И she would 
ced to spend the night with а 
Would imare world peace. Her 
reply. wa in thc maga, then rc 
aed. "Not ас to preserve world 
peace?” She replied: “But what чини. 
Му peace?” Ar this point, Y prompuy 


cracked up- 3 
IL LT. Sam 
"uc 


My date tonight was a bit startled 
when I answered his question, “Suppose 
you had a choice to stare lile over again. 
is a man or woman — which would you 
choose?" with a hearty laugh. You see, 
Tread pavor, too. 
1, and many of my girlfriends, find 
magazine as refreshing as a dry 
However. we find your statc- 
‘All of reavuoy's readers are 


ment 
capable of handling three, four or more 


women at a Gime without taxing ıhem- 
selves” vastly amusing. Maybe y all need 
а Southern vacation! 
Cynthia Moore 
Emory University 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Our bogs are packed, Cynthia, 


Alas. Mr. Archer's Will She or Won't 
She? may bring disastrous consequences. 
Since you are cognizant ol the act that 
scads amd scads of girls, women and 
ladies read your publication. Tm sure 
Iis 
Mlusive feminine set more wary Шан 

Per. ча that articles ol this mat 
be mailed out under separate cover, 
marked "For Playboys Only." This pro- 
fective measure would aeurc our gender 
ЭП too often meded one jump 

head, necessary in scoring points, 

Louis H. Mloussard, Jr. 

Jacksonville, Florida 


T recently had occasion to look 
sour January issue of rwv. 
the least, 1 am quite shocked that 
would make d at you 


entertaining and a ива 
teach men how to seduce girl 

Girly—even the somewhat n 
are the same precious bits of 
hat other girls risked their lives по give 
birth to and on whom much love and 
are has been expended, 

Did you have а mother? Did you have 
a father? Do you know who he was? 
Naturally, you must have had з mother, 
but the man who fathered you might 


have prefer to remain anonym 
Yod ought 1o be spanked, AS cannot 

тай ou xb m e ick uid 

Taschen spanked by Candia Carell 

а rad. part of your ami 

1 vil better able ta alere my precio 
chide about the 

еп who go lurking abou 

member bl society. 


a С. Carrell 
Cincinnati, Ohio 


Succes! 1 have applied your Will She 
‘or Wow! She? questions around campus 
and Таш extremely happy to report the 
overwhelming suecos which 1 ex 
enced. The playboys here at Marq) 
have voted this article the best method 
ever developed for finding playmates. 

Robert Conroy 
Marquette University 
Milwaukee, Wise 


1 read your article Will She or Won't 
She? in ihe January issue and I must 
сопун vw on зм ere 
каюм and answer game. It just hap 

pened that the same Evening 1 read the 
Brice, 1 was invited to a cocktail рану 
Ay thanks go to you for a very enjoy 
ablê evening and the hours after 

Cordon 

San Diego, 


lifornia 


You've done it again! Another master. 

десс ol practical Femininology. Will 
She or Won't She? is one of the best 
we've scen in т лувоу in two years, but 


it is also a blemish om your record, 1 
iow you wrote it in jest, but my naive 
brother (two years my junior) read your 
article and was so snowed by your 
нас mein that he wid your vo 
it psychenmalysis on our sister's room 
тг at our post New Years рау. 

“This doll was spending the меден. 
with my sister and as far as 1 brother. 
was concerned, there could bc no better 
Set up for this particular adventure, 

1 had the pleasure of hearing the fist 
lial d ше lies жн vor femi 
surprised when our fiend convinced thin 
young lady that she would like to hear 
Les Fart on his new hif set, Ой they 
went holding hands like your September 
Playmate pose (though her ature wasn't 
quite the Sime). 

From what he told me at the hospital, 
Brother Ted was researching for bi 
Ribald Classic when th 
decided чо clout 
tuition told her it would be most elle 

pparently you led the boy to 
woman could sce through 
the line of questioning. 

Tor my money, Mr, Archer has a we- 
mendous sense of humor and a great way 
with the ladies (om paper). Hot, in the 
future, please, for the sake of my bro- 
ther and his thousand or so brothe 
innocence scattered through our Во 


10 scc your work is only in jest 
Richard V. Неги, 
Dartmouth College 
Hanover, New Hampshire 


Hay e NE: 


television 


We can’t exactly say that TV is better 
than ever, but not too many Sundays ago 
we found ourselves torn between a James 
Barrie fantasy on one channel and a 
Visit with sexeral tribes of South Ameri- 
сап cannibals on another—both shows 
with excellent casts. Our joy was unbri- 
illod, and we began to have high hopes 
for the cultural future of These United 
States. Another evening, however, several 
twists of the dial restored us to sam 
wor previous Tukewan 


the m We had Ви. jarringty 

few mote of these chrome plated 
dramas of the “Playhouse” genre-you 
know, the Studio One-Robert. Mont 


gomery Presents axis, whose ideal seems 
to be a terribly bad play about a terribly 
good haker, broker, butcher or Bucks 
County commuter, 

There lanalized charades have mur. 
tured a couple ol fashionable schools of 


acting: the Vague school of females and. 
the claven brow school of misunderstood 
males b grabbing rides оп that 
мем named Desire, The gallery of 
nervous eccentrics includes moms who 
Understand, wives who Don't, guwky 
girls who behave as though puberty were 


remotely book hoy. who‏ ו 
“кой undoubtedly have fewer problem‏ 
Зі Mey actually read bok fr time to‏ 
ше, There yao the heise bunc‏ 
man in his Executive Biter Suite, and‏ 
We've choked on his из so often й looks‏ 
ж И е Napoleonie complex, has те‏ 
placed Oedipus as the backbone of tle‏ 

Wn guls and critics agree that good 
denen. Probably э bur until m 
ent televison playwrights are 
lets get back to comedy ihe 
мо whimsical md 1 


a diverting moment or two. Lets have 
plenty of skits, bits, gags and wags—cip- 
able, clever guys like Johnny Carson 
and that happy, twoheaded monster, 
Bobandray. 


books 


On February 11, 1957, George Ger 
hwîn was pummeling away at his Com 
certo in Е with the Los Angeles 
Philharmonie. Suddenly. he lost con 
sciousness and missed a few bars; а frac 
tion of a minute later he regained 
control of himself and finished the per 
formance as if nothing had happened 
Five day he was 


de of a tumor 
өп а section of his brain that could no 
‚perating, чиксон. 


he had 
п his head than he could eve 
fon paper was dead 


on arhed 


put down 
tt John 
~ Journey 
(Ной. $5) is trumpeted on 
acket as the “definitive” bi 
raphy of Mr. Gershwin, but we don't 
have to believe й if we don't want to 
And yet, maybe it is. for no c 
than ie is certainly. the 
plete biography ef uh. 
poer. Either way. author 
Ewen (Music for the Millions, 
Story of Irving Berlin, ete.) has do 
creditable job fe 
known facts and 
the life of America's Johann Strauss, and 
fof special interest is a section that lists 
all of Gershwin's stage productions, lead 
ing stars, premiere dates, motion picture 
Best-known songs and а recom- 
mendal list of recordings 


ly hallway 
foremest 
David 
The 


Robert Benchley was the kind of a 


man who could unflinch 
"Don't be silly 

plic 
quite blank, except for his chilling 
qpiotion-to the Deparment of Internal 
Revenue, with six cents postage due 
the envelope, He did it and he got away 


with it. We didn’t sce him do it but 
же know he did it and got away with it 
because his son, ‘Nathaniel, told us 


about it in а book, and were not sur- 
prised he did it and got away with it 
because Robert Benchley was remark. 
able—and besides, the guy he sent it to 
at the Department was з personal friend 

he (Benchley) 
ne he posted the 


по: Robert 
Benchley (Ме ), the hi 
ography written by his son, was origin 


aliy published several monile. Невис 
the birth o Playboy After Пон to we 
yet we certainly кат to send you Sen 
Tying to the booksellers. Seurying, that 
is if you enjoy the antiex of the bum 


bling, bewildered boulevardier as much 
as we do. Stud hor, editor, critic, 
lecturer. actor, Bob Benchley was cer 
tainly one of the funniest men who ever 


lived, and here в collected much of the 
blotterdiy wit that came fom a too 


A Pictorial History of Jazz (Crown, 
$5.95) is a glittering gallery of persons, 
places and things (Ibis death cerah 


Jelly Roll Morton's busines card, the 
sign outside Bop Сиу) Ши have 
stumped some sort of indelible impres 


sion on American 


ic since the tum 
of the century. Та addition to over 625 
illustrations and aworted oddments. 
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Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, Je, 
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Angeles 
Vadis (8225 Su 
cur back, Preston Sturges chuck wagon 
Innetioned om that spot за chet 
colony hangout, then for some 
а lont, Мин noie 
de. Adolph Repp (ol Adolph» Meat 
Tenderizer! lame] took up Ihe зор. 
майні cudpel and, alment before you 
Could say "Rabbit Hourguigonne pro- 
Cede to los his ik shire The place 
remained boarded up until yet another 
Culinary Hector decided to mount а пей 
antach, with neon banners fying uh 
Somewhat peripatetic Ваше шу. The 
Tabichoppers "We're sorry бо report 
that tha Пом barely got out ol it with 
‘iver paid for 


The child of battle, Versailles Quo 


is three stories high, nestled against а 
Will and, as the тише might imply, is 
realy two restaurant: ung French, 


ciber Hatin ( 
שור‎ 
in white with Black ו‎ and pre 
tumed with Dorie pillars and а emey of 
well placed рома, Robust Roman ovals 
Tine the side walls abone а palane ol 
white leather booths and pt. is a low 
бг sad with comlortable chats, Up 
stare the Устае, rally two roo 

the fis i log with tables ов 
ємї side, opening inta another bar: be 


ancient Roman, were 


ably known as Gino, and we're happy to. 
report that he is the antithesis ol the 
bombastic, dictatorial halian chet Gino. 
is silent amd sensitive and looks like 


Ernest Treux, His Маат specialty is 
Sultimbocca Romane nocchi, whi 
in Tree wheeling comes 
through as "melt. 


then covers it with 
> Gnocchi, of 
couse, is a potatotype dumpling, with 
the same sauce Ladled over. In his more 
Gallic moods, Gino dotes lovingly оп 


Boned Squab ax Nid (whic breaks apart 
under just the lightest lark риси his 
equally popular licel баори oc Є 
Tin. The Versailles i closed o 
Quo Vadis on Monda 
You can ind fend 


с patio с 
to the Quo Vadis stays open 


St Louisa while back, we squired 
a knowing la who savons the gar Ше 
tu the Rone o the better 
utercapeely um te 
tees «lee ol Forest Park {Clayton 
Rood and Shanker Bovlevant). RR Cs 
dixor в bathed oy glow ol 
иче again a background o hal 
нота ur base рабо 
2 mellow sod. The fod o ми i it 
for the mon Tania: we chos pun 
5 ico Shrimp. Ate 


m 
ss ps. MI thi 
a virile 1953 


^s available to canh 
d mortals every night of the week, 


theatre 


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The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, 
Witness for the Prosecution, Inherit the 
Wind, and now Time Limit: we may 
тин have кей all the recent си. 
plays, bur we think weve corallel 
Enough to make our point uam, that 
ploy vns бшш шар are aim 
Sure o be popular. We оой ours 
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` Time Limit, a nerseopera by Denker 
and Berkey now at the Воо 
West 45th, NYC, poses the 


seems to mind. The action of the play 
akes place in the Judge Advocates ОШ 
ol an Army Ром in the United States 


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10 


з Korean PW camp in December. 1951 
Upstanding Major Cargill (Richard Ki- 
ley) admits right off having played ball 
with the Reds. Judge Advocate Lt. Col. 
Edwards (Arthur Kennedy) wants to 
know why. Edwards! general. whose son 
died in the same PW camp. preses 
the colonel to recommend specdy, strin- 

martial. But the colonel, with 


AC corporal (and 
comic relie sergean 

the facts. A combination Father 
fessor und Jack Webb, the colonel 

pertinent act or two out ol the 
mars wite й Benoit) in a briet 
And very human scene. As the play 
Sido een Moon fot a 
maxes, the general gets the shock ol his 
Tile and the audience has the time of is. 
То reveal more would spoil the fun. 
Director Windsor Lewis has his hands 
full, what with melodrama, the tradi- 
tions of the service, the Red menace, 
moody traitors, and eternal verities, but. 
the result has unity, integrity and sock 


Big bands that swung Ше crazy 
reached their apex in the сапу and mid 
die Forties, and one combination that 
could shoot a decibel rating up 200 рег. 
cent was the Gene Krupa crew, which 
Toasted, in addition to Gene's zany tub 
thumping. the ану, rhyıhmpacked 
Noct ol Аана O'Day and the Байат, 
piercing mumpet ol Roy Eke: Je 
Nas a chucklcheaded hipster (I911 vin 
tage) indeed who didn't know what 
"омой, Roy, Божої meant. or 
where, exactly, "Uptown" was situated. 
logical Slanguage put forth by 
Roy and Anite on their recon busting 
recording of Let Me Off Uptown. Even 
tually, the big Krupa band, like most 
others, simmered down and broke up 
Shortly after the dose of World War I 
‘Anita and Roy took off on their own 
even before that time, never again to 
scale such heady heights, but they're all 
lack together on Gene Krupa (Colum 
bia C1. 799), a re sue of the band's mast 
лк о moments from 1940 to 1947. 


en before Krupa's heyday, the 
Renny Goodman band was raising 
several inches of insulated roof at a 
string of dance halls and big hotel ball 
rooms across the country, starting at the 
Roosevelt in New York City, on to 
Elitch's Gardens in Denver, then to the 
arin LA, That, of course, Ва 
¢ saga. and you сап read some of 
Benny s own rellections on it (and other 
things) in this issue of rrAvnev. D. 
brand of socky, solid swing is hack with 
us stronger than ever, and you've prob- 


а the whole rabble of “com 
horse” LPS popping up at your 
Men! dealers One ol the rst, and 
bese of these в. Mr. Benny Goodman 
(Capitol 5700), which в mot а reissue of 
ltr Goodman waxings, but а fresh 
fathering of the BC. alumni asciation 
deliver the old wallop to several, of 
ines and arrangements that 

"made him famous (all featured im the 
Hollywood оданы, The Benny Good- 

an Story) 


as wildly. On Lonesome Gal (Victor 
РМА!) she shows off a winsom 
warm contralto voice that has made h 
a talkobthetown favorite at Chi 
Cloister Ian for several year's running, 
and we Шу revel im her dec 
toned treatments of Its You or No One, 
Stranger in Town and But Not for Me. 
This is gimmickless, honest singing at 
its very, very best. 


During a lifetime that stretched across 
62 years, Luigi Boccherini turned out a 
staggering stack of nearly 500 інки 
mental works, including 97 string quar 
ters, 123 quintets and 90 symphonies 
At one time, he held the title of ана. 
Poser amd virtuoso” to the king of 
Spain's brother. the Infante Luis at 
Madrid. Tater became “chamber com- 
por" to King Frederick William I 
Df Prussia, then fell under the forebod 
ing wing of Lucien Bonaparte. who 
exentially led him down the path 
poverty laced with obscurity. Boccherini 
ed in Madrid, Мах 28, 1808. a most 
miserable and misunderstood man. АЕ 
though he has never been accorded a top 
ppesiticn in the towering hierarchy of 
tomics, several of his chamber works 
have guaranteed him a full measure of 
esteem and immorality. Не lyrical, 
Searing died quamet are рії 
throughout imt tone-colars 
and a wealth of inventiveness we 
heard four of his best played exci 

the New Music Quartet: the B 
Minor. Op. 58; the BFlat Major, Op. 
1: and two in E-Flat Major, Op. 40 and 
за (Columbia MI. 5017). 


Jackie Gleason is pu footing around 
the bedroom again with his tepid brand 
‘of moody mcanderings. this one en- 


led Music го Change Her Mind (Ca 
itol W639). We doubt whether it will, 
but in case you'd like па try youll get 
some help from Bobby Hacket’s syrup- 
sweet cornet flitting in and out of a 
honeycomb of fiddles and making gushy 
such pleasantenough ballads as Take 
Me In Your Arms, It's the Talk of the 
"Town and I'm Glad There I5 You, all 
played, of coure, at the exact sume 
deathmasch cadence. 


We've enjoyed Doris Days dulcet 
tones since her band vocalist days with 
Les Brown. Like other frecklefaced, 
Panel. качає moppet (Betty 
jutton, Liberace, et oL) Doris 
wound up im Hollywood assigned по a 


colorful cluster of filrausicals wi 
tered roles ranging in depth Iron 
Gus Kahn to Calamity Jane. Day in 
Hollywood (Columbia CL 749) culls 
some ol Doris most successful sound 
track stylings, including her lovely 
Secret Love, lilting Lullaby of Bond: 
way and tender Till We Meet Again, 


films 
The, fannie thin’ about Forever 
m, sarrin’ Lucille Ball amd Dest 


Darlin 
^ 


plays а research 
‘chemist, Ain’ thot rich? Of course, Lu. 
e makes a lot of fonny faces. an’ 
James Mason looks embarrased шик of 
the time os if he's wonderin’ how he pot 
into the picture, what he's doin’, ow 
where the hell is the way out. Thurs the 
way we felt, tno. 


One of Europe's busiest and best 
sareen lovers isa shortish, chunky. gr 
haired, middleaged Tali 
Vitiorio De Sica, That he's also 
the world’s finest Вин. directors (The 
Bicycle Thiel, Umberto D.) is certainly 
worthy of mention but beside the in. 
mediate point. because we fel like t 
ing, about this fellow as an actor, Hes 
З damned good onc. Hes stylish and 
itive, virile and vigorous: am im 
Spired comic and a powerful interpieter 
Of more serious roles. One of the ма 
fous roles was in The Earrings of Mad- 
ane Der where Бо portrayal а mature 
lover got us о speculating om how fine 
hed be as that most mature of lovers 
the older Mark Antony ol Shakespea 
Antony and Cleopatra. Just in case this 
Tole never occured to Signor De Sic, 
we intend to пай him next time he 
comes through town and put the hug in 
his car. The Shakespeare Antony would 
be a natural for the screen, anyway: 
among other good reasons, it contains 
Scenes so short it's next 10 imposible to 
фо them justice on the stage, But back 
to De Sica: in Times Gone Пу amd 
Bread. Love and Dreams, he was teamed 
with Gina Lollobrigida. In Too Bad 
She's Und, bis partner was that othe 
месо of cleavage, Sophia Loren 
аву, Gina's back and Vittorio‘ got 
her. les а sequel to Bread, Love and 
Dreams, concerns the same, Malian 
village, the same people, the sane den 
суы its charming and. pastoral and 
pleasant. Gina, whom we love amd 
Cheri, is the only fiy in the spaghetti 
sauce: as the earthy peasantgirl of the 
title, she's not actress enough to throw 
off hee middle class urban background, 
And consequently, she comes acros at 
юну as а S3 bill, Of course, a $3 bill, 
fashioned well, can be a thing 
ful to behold, 
ich goed lor anything el 
however, althongh his name may not be 
quite as big as Gina's on the marquee, 
Fuere ту sei o T 


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CONTENTS FOR THE MEN'S ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE 


navet 2 
DEAR PLAYBOY з 
PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 7 
THE CRUISE OF THE APHRODITE— eon НЕ НЕСЕЩМАНН 12 
THE SPORT OF SPORTS CAR RACING—ortcle JACK OLSEN 15 
GOODMAN А LA KING—jars BENNY GOODMAN 21 
MEET CLEMENTINE—humer n 
THE SHIRTS ON YOUR BACK—onire. BAKE RUTHÜTORD 26 
SELECTING YOUR FIRST WiFE—totire SHEHID MEAD 28 
но MORE GIFTS—netion WARO MARSH 31 
MISS APRIL pleyboy's playmate of the month es 
PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humar 4 - 
WINE 15 LIKE А WOMAN—deink THOMAS MARIO 42 
оо IN 30—pieteriet = GRAHAM ASHER 46 
TASTE—tetlon хомо DAML 51 
SUN FUN—ohire JACK 1 KESSE за 
SAMBA CITY—traval PATRICK CHASE зе 
THE POSTHAN'S MISTAKErlbold clesie GUY DE MAUPASSANT 39. 
PLAYBOY'S BAZAAR—buying guide E 


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PLAYBOY 


12 


A 


fiction BY н. E. HECKELMANN 


ILLUSTRATED BY SEYMOUR FLEISHMAN 


wre wine ori at Non Avenue Beach, 
‘ating peanuts and watching pretty girl 
ting sleepy and careless in the sun- 
Sinc. My fend, Marty, waved his hand 
graciously towards the water amd said 
solemnly, "I see а new fate in store for 


ten, Honey.” be sid slowly, © 
tried to get you to understand this many 
mes. You have to have big ideas to as 
sociate with dassy women. You have to 
want o cat caviar and drink cham- 

„тө... not" he motioned vio- 
- [mot be satisfed with pea 


21 paid for these peanuts Мапу, You 
were broke, remember?” 

“That has nothing to do with it." he 
said as he dug into the bag for а fstfull. 
T squeezed my hand together around the 
bag зо he couldn't get too many out. 

He continued, "One has to develop 
an air of succes and hobnob with be 
upper set if one hopes to enjoy the com 
ation of high class dmca 

“How about being waiters in some 
Migh as dump aa, 

Ко, по, по, по” he said, strai 
fo control hs калорике. "Wehen art 
servants. not equals 

"Chuck Meyers was a waiter,” I si 
“He's got two cars а big house, a beaut 
ful wife and a jelly. plump maid." 

“He is a poseur” Marty declared. 
“Not socially acceptable. ИЗ not how 
much money you have. It is the scope of 

way of life. Personally. I enjoy 
lavish leisure, I'm not sure about you, 

lore). 

He маз silent 
“What's the deal?" 1 asked. 
With dignity and careful pronounce 
ent he said, "We should become yachts- 
T know how to row." 
“1 don’t mean the Lincoln Park La 
goon! 1 mean out there. Big white boat. 


“Would you please take over?” said Marty as he turned green 


caps Tall drinks. Pretty” цій 
light parties. Invigorating Worms. 
Strange lands. Trading beads with the 
natives for an island of fruit. Trading 


“It's а chance to rub elbows with peo- 
ple of wealth and culture.” 

“АП right," T suid with some irrita 
tion, "I guess I'd like to be a yachtsman, 
Where do we get fifty thousand dol 
la 

"That" Marty said archly, “is why 
most men do not have yachts. They 
suffer from the grand delusion that 
yachts cost fortunes. It is merely a clever 
тапет годе by present yechamen 
to he sport from being crowded 
and to board women” ^ 

He pulled a crumpled piece of news- 
paper out of his pocket and squinted at 
it carefully. In a monotone he read, 
"For sale. Fortyíoot schooner. Sleeps 
eight. Three hundred dollars.” 

"Where is it? At the bottom of the 
Chicago River?” 

Here's another, Thirty-foot cabin 
cruiser. Excellent for handyman. Wil 
trade for banjo or best offer." Не rap- 
рей the paper with his fst "With some 
Shite paint and an engine uncup 
can save ourselves thousands of dollars’ 

"D think wed do better with the 


banjo: 

"We can take a look,” Marty said. "In. 
case we find а steal, how much money 
хап you borrow?" 

"Not enough to pay off what 1 already 
owe.” 

"Forget your past. In a short time we 
might be wealthy. Do you realize what 
а tip from some financier’ loveable 
daughter could do for un om the stock 
market? We'll borrow capitol and live 
off your investments. Compared to that, 
the cost of a slightly used yacht is mere. 
peanuts” 

He dug his hand into the bag and 
scraped ош the last crumbs. 

A high power boat cruised close to the 
shore А ану set man was sae оп 
fi Two curvy girls in pla 
fits lunged onthe Iront deck А 


The Cruise of the Aphrodite 


a tale of fearless men who brave the myriad terrors of the deep 


PLAYBOY 


14 


steward came from the cabin with a tray 
of sandwiches and cocktails Малу pat 
his fingers in his mouth and gave а 
ров whistle, Everyone оп board 
fooked over. Marty jumped up and 
waved. 

"he heavy set man stared quietly- 
The two gil wared sullen. The мек. 
мй waved back 

Marty vas excited. "You see how easy 
it is to make contacts?" 

"That was only the steward.” 

"Looked like the owner to me. They 
would have all waved il we had been 
în а ош. We are just hndlubbere We 
are not a part of the sporting world.” 

Marty 1 mid, "E got a fend with 
a Ние Boat and an outboard motor we 
can borrow. 1 know how to start the 
notor.” 


Mary got up sternly. He hook his 
head in silent disgust and walked away. 


7Where're you going. Marty?” 
“To the boat yard.” 
"Can I come along?" 
“You can,” he sud condescendingly. 


if you will make every effort to conceal 
your peasant blood." 


The boat yard didn't look good. AIL 
the best boats were gone. The ones left 
had a weatherbeaten, ancient look. The 
bleached blonde in the yard овес was 
the same way. but it looked like she had 
more trips in her than the boats Marty 
Вай a weakness for any kind of blonde. 

“Му good woman,” he said in careful 
accents, “allow me to introduce us. Lam. 
Martin’ Smedley the third and this is 
ay secretary and reli companion, 
Mr. Horace Forester 

“My паше is Waldsehmidter;" Т cor- 
א‎ ed nudge 

je gave me a guarded nudge as he 
eyed her rather hefty figure. АП this 
time he was holding his hand out sf. 
"The woman looked at it suspiciously 
and then gave it a limp touch. 
ter dort do the buying” ве sid de- 

Dea? madam, we are not salesmen" 
Мапу assured her with jving 
Haugh, "We are interested in purchasing 
a suitable yacht with which to enjoy the 
pleasures of Lake Michigan and the hos- 
Drill ol this co's gracious yacht 
а FYE Marty а nudge wot to overdo 
i 


"The woman looked at us uncertainty 
for a few moments and then shouted 
a loud voice, “Мах!” 

“There were strange noises in another. 
room. A thin man came shufliny into 
the office. He looked like he had been 
sleeping it oll, 

They want a boat." the woman said 
ond walked ош. 

The yardman sed us up. Marty 
straightened his faded tie and picked a 
speck of lint from his sagging tweed suit. 

ot an old one for Ву bucks,” the 
yardman sa 

"Let me assure you that money is no 
object." Marty told him. "Although we 
would be interested in a moderately 
priced vessel since it would allow us to 
invest more in remodelling to suit our 
tastes.” 


“You can sink a wad into this one,” 
the yardman sid. He led us to a far 
comer of the boat yard. 

Propped up with rotting tubers was 
the warped hull of а boat, Marty те. 
garded it thoughtfully. 1 climbed up a 
Shaky ladder and looked inside, It had 
по cabin, no deck, no motor and a hole 

the bottom, 

Съ been recently worked on,” the 
yardman sid. 

Someone had built a crude framework 
of two-by-fours over it and tacked on a 
ragged piece of canvas to keep off the 


sun 
"а wer e ва le in de 
A ade кошу ау. Only be 
Couldn't really ay. Only been work- 
iw here cight years” 
what Happ o бе engine?” i 
“Dropped out. We cut her u 
ae mdiumayed. "Weil es 
[ary was undiumayed. “Wel 
bly have to pay a bit more,” be stated, 
"but їп the Wong run it will save money 
"Thé yardman thought for a moment. 
“Could you go as high as three hun 
dred?” he asked. "This one Heats” he 
added hurriedly. 
"Price В not really an object.” ма 
repeated, "but . . xd ри 
їз got to be cash” the yardman in- 
tempted. “The owner в forced to leave 
pe 
We walked down a row of empty boat 
cradles and descended a short Fight of 
Steps to the dock. It was only sging 
planks nailed to the tops of rowing рії 
бох Floating low in the water was a 
dirty boat hung wich automobile tires 
Tes paint was pecling off 
ESTEE nay ca 
“Tt needs pumping out,” the ardran 
она yan 
“It looks strange. Almost has the 
T sid. “ies and of 


here Ва custom made boat. 
"The fellow that owns it built it him- 
sel” 

“ls he а carpenter?” Marty asked. 

“No, but he likes to work with wood. 
He's à shoemaker.” 

TM bont ти биеш. 1 eked 

1 boat roci то 
into the doorlew cabin. It was only four 
lect high with part of it under water. 
"What are the specifications of Из 
power plant?” Marty asked. 

"The engine was tore out of a ‘34 
Ford. Makes it nicer than boat engines. 
You can crank it when your battery's 

A gear shift ever and knob stuck out 
of ae cemer of the dock. The yardman 

ted it. "Gives you three speeds Гог. 
V an coe in crore: Rit som i 
ша needs fixin’ so ¡ell only go in re- 
verse. Runs nice: 

‘Seems ik 

Don't 
he's oat maila” the 
! boat nails.” sia 
E yardman 
С 100 small.” Marty said, 
“Two cows would sink it.” I added, 

“Well, il you want something bigger 

you got to pay more. How about a 


just been mailed to- 
hey usually use screw" 


— 
тс 204 
Marty раа me і “Well take 
was roomy, but old, lt had a cabin un 
кор 
бышы EE 
ста и 
рз усу 


“This is elegant, Really elegant.” He 
tempered his enthusiasm in front of the 
yardman. “Ic will need extensive fur 
hishings and redecoration,” he toll him. 

The yardman said, "It makes a nice 
тоюшу shack on the river. Guy that owns 

‘sed tu bring women here. You an 
ur friend con have some good ti 


“a couple of solt mattresses. You са 


haul water from the yard office. ICs 
about а hundred yards” 

“We are interested in extensive cruis 
ing” Marty laughed. 

"Suit yoursell.” the yardı 
flatly, “You want her?" 

“Well.” Marty said, "lets 
financial aspects of your offer: 


и didn’t seem that he could do it, but 
Marty talked the yardman down two 
hundred buds To maie money we 

"it two days pawning things and visit. 
ig all our екю friends. Ву the 
sheer force of his threatening, black- 
mailing, swindling personality, he man 

d to borrow sil but four hundred 
lla He tricd every thinkable scheme 
for the rest of it, including зоте 
schemes that were not thinkable, like 
tying to sell bartenders future cruising 
privileges at twenty fie dollars a throw. 

“They have no imagination, Marty 
said bitterly. "They are enslaved to peas 
Socata, I eter dar we de mox 
Sec wih de жийи ди 

"hey maybe would have kicked in 
а pony of beer,” 1 speculated, 

PARI" Mary sid “les called ale 
Only the poor drink beer. Ale comes in 
small boules" 

“Speaking of drinking," 1 said, 
“there's Lefty across the street. Tt looks 
like he's having a party.” 

Lefty was sitting slecpily in a doorway 
holding а halLempty pint of port wine 
in one hand, 

Marty slapped me on the back, 
“That's it. А Ine suggestion, Lefty just 
ко discharged, Maybe he’s loaded 

We made a fast, dangerous crossing of 
the strect. He approached Lefty wit 
his arms extended like he was going to 
hug him. “Lefty, my old comrade,” he 
ssid wanniy. 

Lefty looked at him gropgily and tried 
to get up and leave, He couldn't quite 
make it 

Marty grabbed a limp arm and began 
to pump it up and down. “Lefty, we 
have so much to talk over. So many old 
times to remember and so many new 
experiences to share with each още 
You must be my guest for a welcome 
home party.” 

“1 need 


some sleep" Letty wid 
(continued on page 31) 


article BY JACK OLSEN 


THE SPORT OF SPORTS CAR 


RACING 


a school teacher in a red ferran is a man with verve 


Tur sros CAR FAN is a lover, 
She is expensive, 
ies Sh 


Ernie Erickson opens up his D-Type Jaguar in the big roce at Elkhart Loko, Wisconsin. 


сд 


₪ ще, 


Briggs Cunningham in his Cunningham Special (left) and William C. Spear driving his Maserati. 


2. Jefford ван up dirt in Sth roce between Jaguars, | Corvette and 1 T-Bird. 


night,” she says. "Not till you buy me those new school teacher in a red Ferrari is a man with verve. А 
cams." Hut dovallebug Renault or growling Masera, banker cornering tightly in a Triumph has по paunch 


he is an adventure in pure pleasure at all. An accountant in a Fiat is a gay rogue indeed. 


Something there is about a sports car that can send ^ Nor does there seem to be any immunity to the 
а chairman of the board sprawling in his Brooks Bros. virus An official of a midwest sports car dub tells of 
suit to tighten a bolt or oil a bearing the day a motorcycle policeman spent 20 minutes 

‚mething there is that can drive a cartoonist like catching up with his Jaguar on the New Jersey Tum 
Charles Addams or a television personality like Dave pike. "Say, Bud, 1 docked you at 100," the trooper 


rroway to affix goggles to face and ко tooling down said. "This little thing goes that fast 
the road like a highachoc 

Whats the lure? Scrate 
you get а dozen answer 
likes to speed. He likes u 


Mod 


Sure,” the owner said, climbing out. "Give it a 


nen the road and returned in 
is face а picture of joyous 
mechanical and see them obeyed. He likes to look surprise. "Okay. Bud,” he said, “I don't blame you. 
over his shoulder and wave goodbye ко his fellows. He This n frees a man of 
likes to be different, stylish, cour y car and not 


aculous machine which 
us, heroic. A his inhibitions is not purely a tou 


Normand К. Patton fakes о sharp curve in his Thunderbird in the Sth ro 


Benett, in Cunningham Maserati, pulls ohead of one of Kimberly's Ferraris. 


Below: Kimberly Ferrari 
gets а tire change and, а! 
right: Briggs Cunningham 
walks away from the frock 
ofer his Special has 
gone to pieces under him, 


Phil Hill closes in on leader Sherwood Johnston. 


The checkered flag of victory is held high by the winner and corried once oround the course. 


In a state of near-shock after the race, Phil Hill describes how he drove the George Tilp Ferrari lo victory over 
Cunningham's D-Type Joguor driven by Sherwood Johnston. Johnston ond Hill duelled for the lead during most of the 
race and were never more thon 12 seconds орот. As Hill tolked he twisted and Бет с beer соп in his tense honds. 


rey a racer, The sports car is a schizophrenic 
Вим watch on wheels, tapible of the widest diver 
gence in perlormanee. It wl 

dub or Ано on the st 
will make you feel at hom 
Curves and in the tightest тай. on cobblestone alleys 
and slick superhighways. Jt is not something you ride 

5 И й sonsething You drive. A sporis car with atto 
malic transmission would be like a ишем who 
reser herselt. There are times when а man does not 
Want to be helped. 

From the pride of posesion comes the natural 
desire to compete-tu е how your MC stacks up 
against the Austin-Healey down the block. American 

(continued on page 33) 


PLAYBOY 


20 


“I had Mr. Stevens over for a few drinks Friday evening, and 
when I suggested it was getting late, he made me promise to 
let him stay till the end of the radio program we'd been 
listening to. Ever hear a thing called ‘Monitor’?! 


GOODMAN а la KING 


BY BENNY GOODMAN 


benny ad libs on jazz 


WHEN тик біжи MILLER STORY played 
то packed movie houses not long ago. 1 


irure certain) 
proach was the right one, and, beside 
ш, the armed out to be э у 
money-maker. When the sine company. 

her and producer contacted me ier 
and suggested they Elm The Benny 
Goodman Story, 1 gave шу permission 
in one minute fat. 

‘Man, what memories were recreated 
for me during some of the scene shoot 
ings that האלה‎ The big jam sion 
at the Paramount Theatre in New York 
had to be filmed inside the United Arc 
iss Theatre in Los Angeles, but that 
didn't make any difference: "Hundreds 
of teenagers in short skiro. long hair 
and saddle shoes were hired to fit the 
feats Though most of these kids hadn't 
ven been born when swing hrst became 

© rage, once our band started blowing 
су о crazily enthusiastic that 
Donna Reed, who plays my wite, Alice 

wound up on the casu 

ked on the nore, Jabbed 
vd kicked in the thigh. 
of it swinging. right 


in die ribs 
Donna came o 
along with the rest of them. 
‘This same group of teenager gave 
hes 


un another jolt wi 


n we bn 


(continued оп page 61) 


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PLAYBOY 


meet CLEMENTINE 


she is charming all of gay paree 


“They've got to see each other somewhere. 
You won't let them go out together.” 


lives in a Parisian car‏ או א 
toon world created by Monsieur‏ 
Jean Bellus, and her humorous‏ 

wisidventures appear regularly in 
the newspaper France-Dimanche. She 
is a secretary in an office and she 
makes her home with a pair of un: 
us 

parents. Her moth 

| 

browd-mínded about, 

antics of Clemen 
and they welcome cach new suit 
even though some are obviously 
terested in something more thi 
their daughter's hand. As for Clem: 
entine, she goes from one affair to. 
another with such maive sweetness 
that even the prudish reader is more 
apt to be charmed than shocked. 

Clementine is the most popular car- 

toon character in France and now a 

new book, Clementine Cherie, pub- 

lished by Grayson Publishing Cor- 
poration ($295) will give Americans 

а chance to get to know her. And 

to know Clementine is to love her. 


ly understanding, middleclass 
d father are 


boyfriends 


"I think . . . | meon I hope, our little girl is going to. 
announce her engagement very soon.” 


“Don't Бе impotient . . . she con never decide 
which dress goes with thot hat.“ 


“These youngsters! И doesn't take 
much to amuse them!” 


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“Clementinel You might ot least comb your hair.” 


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PLAYBOY 


THE SHIRTS ON YOUR 


exciting in cut and colors 


attire BY BLAKE RUTHERFORD 


rue гок тик мате wont: col and casual covering, Wit 
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fresh departures in cut, collars and colors, the sport shirt 
shenanigans of the international fashion set are exciting to see. 
Note the collar on the Blue Talian job: a shortpoint wide 
spread with just a touch of roll, opening into a deep, der 
TEX" No sho the Gloria lc el Stiga, Genere so 
dashing on tigers, hot blooded Sioux and barber poles) blended 
With a subtle, almost languid, effect. Whether you take your 
Aprils in Pomona or Princeton, chances are your favorite sport 
з кро се кро a аю, ра 
at it clockwise, starting with the lunging for 
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affair in a ribbon weave of Egyptian cotton, with a Continental 
mitered collar, washable, $15. Next, a Copen blue Italian shirt 
‘of pure silk with half sleeves, horizontal stripes of red and 
black, Italian collar, non-washable, $18.50. Following, a French 
boatneck pullover fashioned of spun cotton with the Riviera 
siceve, smoothly blended horizontal stripes of gold, ruset and 
blue, washable, $5.95. Then, a classic British bootand saddles 
pattern of Egyptian maiae colored cotton, trimmed in hunter 
green and black, with half sleeves, washable, 51295. Finally, 
the bicyclists’ bonanza: a bright crimson shirt of Acilan wi 
racers’ collar piped in black and white, washable, $10.95. 


PLAYBOY 


SELECTING YOUR FIRST WIFE 


further instructions on succeeding with women without really trying 


satire BY SHEPHERD MEAD 


уми ів de ais и в 
‘on every lip: "Why marry?" 
he reasons are countless. They are as 

many as there are happy couples living. 
in wedded bliss. Not every reason, bow 
ever, would suit you. 

Perhaps ме should thumb through a 
working check list, Write down any rea- 
sons that appeal to you. 


сиртни COMFORT 


(here is no question that marriage can 
give a man greater creature comforts 
The familiar picture of the devoted wife, 
the pipe and slippers, and the tender 
loving care в all too true in many caus, 
and сап last for months. 

Tt you have no good clubs service apart- 
ments or hotels in your neighborhood 
consider this seriously 

‘Alter children arrive, of course, you 
will have to shift for yourself. You will 
then be physically uncomfortable a 
greater part of the time. But in many 
Cases the sacrifice is worth it. 

mone comPantonstite 

“The married man is never lonely. 
There are people around all the time, 
especially alter the arrival of children. 

In fact, many husbands and fathers 


Choose your own reason 


have not had a moment to themselves for 
years 

The selfish husband who expects com- 
panionship from his wife, however, will 
be disappointed. The frst wi 


hours a day and has liule time 10 be a 
companion to her husband. 

Don't be unreasonable. If you want 
the companionship primarily of adult fe- 
males, by all means мау single. You can 
have as much as you like, and of far 

ety. Find reliable unattached 
imilar hobbies and you will 
have companionship galore, 

But will you be building a real founda- 
tion. а way of ile that will last? 

“THE JOYS OF CHILDREN 
Children are certainly a great joy. 
This is particularly true of other 
^s children. И you want to give 
Joy to others, by all means have lots of 
them 

For your own pleasure, however, it is 
best 10 encourage brothers, sisters, or 
dose friends to marry and procreate. It 
is the unde or trusted friend who really 
enjoys children. and sees them at their 
best, wo. They will be dem, well- 
dressed, well-behaved. and with their 


company manner. A gift or two may 
spoil them a little, but will go a long way 
toward making the non-father loved and 
admired. Romp with them freely. It will 
до you no harm if the children are well 
trained, and will be appreciated by the 
youngsters. 

‘Grandchildren are best. To the grand. 
father go all the advantages of having 
children without any of the drawbacks. 

How о have grandchildren without 
going through the occasionally mesy 
process of having children first iy я tank 
we have thrown to our researchers 


SELF DUPLICATION 


You probably feel, as so many men do, 
that your own qualities are unique and 
wandetu, and hat there should be 
some way of making more of you 
There is. 

If you can get used to children, you 
will find that they often duplicate the 
parent to a marked degree. If you have 
‘enough of them you are bound to find at 
least one which recaptures some of your 


Бен point 

“Though there are oiher ways of having 
children: marriage isthe only one tiat в 
Socially acceptable. Ger marvel and be 
fare you know i the le ones will be 


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оп their way. 


‘Any set of life insurance figures will 
show you that married men live longer 
lives than unmarried ones. This is true. 
What it means de that Ше men who 
choose to marry are the longer lived ty 
ака Enough the lew adventur: 
fous and more sedentary, This is because 
ff the popular misconception that mar- 
ried life is quieter and more settled. 
Getting married will not actually make 
you live longer, however. It will shorten 


“The man who marries for sex alone 
will surely regret it 

И you are one of this stripe, you have 
no ned lor marriage, since You wil ave 
few scruples against taking advantage of 
unmarried girls, and will find far more 
sex outside of wedlock than within it. 

‘Our instruction is not for your breed, 
mor will you be welcome in any of our 
discusion groups 


YOUR OWN REASON‏ סו 


Have you found a reason that suit 
yout Doubtless пої. lor this is a matter 
їп whieh you had best choose your own 
reason. 

If you are decent and honorable. you 
may be swayed by the fact that getting 
married is the right thing to do. This 
alone will be enough for many of you. 

‘Whatever your reason, if your choice is 
marriage, do not enter it blindly. "The 

the margin for error 


If you decide to marry, your problems 
will be to select your first wife, and to 
татту her quickly, since she will not have 
the qualities that make for a suitable 
ance, 

‘Before we list the qualities to look for, 
we had best answer another frequent 
question: 

SHALL маку вехвлти музи?" 
We must all face this question squarely. 
‘Try to look at yourself objectively. 

‘Make an honest but accurate estimate of 
your merits, charms, and abilities. Ве 
sure to tally up your mental qualities, the 
keen mind that is common to зо many 
males 

Add to this sum your basic, simple 
maleness, which is so fine, You will prob- 
ably be faced with this fact, as so many 
men are: you must marry beneath your- 
self. There В no other direction in which 
to many. 

‘The problem usually becomes one of 
degree. How far beneath you should you 
татту, and in what direction? 

"This leads us to the qualities to look 
Jor in the first wife. 


A FIRM HEALTHY пору 


"The first wife, as opposed to the fiancée, 
must be practicable and serviceable, She 


is neither 2 toy, an omament, nor a play- 
mate. She will be your wile during the 
carly, hard years before you can afford a 
Staff of servants. She мій serve as mother, 
cook, housemaid, chauffeur, nurse, and 
charwoman. “Thi will allow her, if she is 
imble, six or seven hours of sleep a 
ight, ample for a sturdy girl. 
ic is best, before deciding definitely, 
to test for firmness. Few of us would 
consider buying a grapefruit without 
it yet how many make the 
erant choice of а clove 
companion in a sloppy, hitor miss 
oe pp". 

Using the thumb and forefinger, exert 
gentle pressure along certain key mucles 
AA girl with good muscular tonc will wear 
‘well and last for years, even И neglected. 
‘occasionally. She will not tire easily, and 
will usually maintain а cheerful disposi 
tion despite long hours and hard work. 

“Davie, you pinched me!” 
“Oh, som. Phoebe. Must have 


ipped. 
“Well. мор” 
Have you ever thought of taking 
a bit more exercise?” 

Botner 

Though the fiancée, as we have seen 
needs occasional bursts of strength, the 
first wife must have endurance, must be 
good over the long haul. 

“There is no known method of testing 
this accurately, mo way of telling by the 
ut of her jib, зо to speak, how she will 
Sl on з long beat to windward 

However, careful observation during, 
times of stress such as a marathon serie 
of cocktail parties during Christmas week, 
will give some indication. Observe not 
the sparkle of personality nor the tinkle 
of surrounding laughter, but signs ol 
physical deterioration, sggiog of the dia- 


phragm. and abnormal clinging 10 or 
leaning upon door jambs or male guests 
sock DEVOTION 

The fun-loving qualities of the perfect 
Donee 
who will be allowed little time for un- 
productive merriment. 

You will be looking for a girl who is 
earnest, conscientious, and powessed of 
dee devotion and з wrong seme of 
dwy. 

She should be willing to follow you 
through thick and thin, expecting lite, 
yet happy for every favor you bestow, 
gratelul for every pat or kind word. 

Beware the schemer, the girl who pre 
tends devotion only to trap you into таг 
riage. Simple errands often point the 
way to the right gi 

“Davie, Т spent just hours trying 
to get City Hall to answer your ques 

Чоп. Must have been to fiwenty de 

та 
(City Hall is an excellent place to 
test strength of character) 
"Oh? Find the answer, Susie?” 
“Well, no, Davie, I didn't, but—" 
"Got a permanent today, too, ch?” 


(Be quick to note evidence of per 
sonal vanity or selfishness.) e 
1 simply had to — I" 
“Doesnt matter, pet, 1 don't mind 
at all.” = 
(No wie making an open display of 
temper) 
Keep looking. No effort is too great if 
you are o find the girl of your dreams 


m 


Many men look for a gi 


with a strong, 
mind. This а mistake 


и own mind. 


will be strong enough for both of you. 
Powerful mental equipment on the part 
of the wife leads only to friction and un 
pleasaneness. Sparks can fly and tears 
m 


м. 
The first wile should have a good bi 

le mind, one that will bend easily 
Keep bending it in the right direction, 
and you will soon have з wile that is 
the envy of all your frie 

Many believe that education is harmful 
to the good wile. Nothing could be f 
ther from the truth, In hundreds of cases 
girls with actual degrees have made fine 
wives. Though there is little that the 
classroom сап contribute to the work she 
will have to do, most modern girls 
schools encourage games and body build 
ing sports. Field hockey, especially, is 
good. ingeniously suplica sweeping 
and mopping notions. Girls who marry 
quickly following school can even retain 
some of the same callousts, well-trained 
muscles, and nirable athletic reflexes. 

Her real educacion will begin the mo. 
ment the two of you become man and 
wife. АП during this period, which may 
Tast for years, she will be learning, pluck- 
ing the ripe fruit that hangs so heavily 
from your mental branches. 


coon вкритих 


‘The influence of heredity, which 
science tells us is so important, should. 
mot be overlooked. А girl with a good 
set of chromosomes is a prize indeed. 

How. so many ask, can 1 check up оп 
them? 

Look to her family. A father, 
ample, who is on the Board of Directors 
‘of a number of influential corporations 
‘can be reasonably sure to have acceptable 
chromosomes, Worldly honors do not 
come by accident, and are only too often 
the result of good breeding and а well. 
chosen group of ancestors. 


MOAN ד‎ REALLY FIND мож 


What are my chances" you may ask, 
"of finding such a woman?” Very sinall. 
But don't be discouraged. Remember 
that the new wile is only the raw material 
with which you will work. It wi 
duty to wrain her, long and painlul as 
the process may be. 

1f you keep at it, with little thought 
of self, but only a firm resolve to have a 
fine wife, you will succeed! 

NEXT MONTH: 

ATRAEN YOUR FIRST WIFE” 


FOLDING FAST to the handrail, Avis 

hed herself up the narrow bank 
She paused at the landing to un- 
{nich the daar vo thereat Ae it rang 
full, someone moved in the shadows. 
Avis drew back, catching her breath. 
The, figure lowered his gun with а 


he song. “Thought you were 
She stared at him sullenly. Не was 
squatting with his back to the ledge, the 
revolver cradled loosely in his lap. А 
ragged cire ol cigarette buts 
Founded him. Through the settling 


NO MORE GIFTS 


a lifetime of running; and al the end, a nice little package named avis 


dusk his features sumed those of the 
new roomer, 
hat wasn't very bright” Avis said. 
“People have been killed by unloaded 
md 
His teeth shone in a grin. "А stupid 
“Pull up a scat and 


She stepped out on the roof hesitantly. 

“Mind closing the door?” 

Surprised, Avis turned and pushed the 
door shut. 

“That's better.” he saîd. 
stand the draft” 

‘Avis came forward, dragging her with- 


fiction BY WILLARD MARSH 


ered right foot behind her with a quick 
ЯДЕ дай. She was conscious ol his 
сув following. her acros the tarred 
pave to the weathered сатр stool. 
Kating елей, she waited for him to 
comment awkwardly on the weather, 
fet to his sound normal fet in ен 
Taument and leave her to the arriving 
fight. Bur instead һе майс dium 
ings 
"iion a chance 10 get some humi 
this weekend," he wid. = 
Como up for some air and clean m 
TI dier think they hunted pheasants 
(continued оп page 58) 


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SPORTS CAR (continued from реке 19) 


sportscar clubs have lid down rigid 
thier to. keep competition pure. То 
quality in теорий event a spars 
Фи тшм have по seats, door, והל‎ 

Spare wheel and tr, starter 


“modi 
fied” class, where its competitors also 
have been tinkered with. The removal 


оГ one bumper makes а car “modified.” 

On paper, standard American awto- 
mobiles seem to meet all the require 
ments, but their own limitations keep 
them from qualifying as spors car 
Super: j. $. cars are not neces 
vy “percibe ше ай. 
springed, heavy, ponderous alongside 
MEI ite сошш Matte э а 
snippy Simen in а tortuous road race, 


er" American limousine 
toatl be towed out atthe ünt ue 


The spon car craze bean a made 
Europe label; the best cars are British, 
French, German, Italian. American 
industry has taken several cracks at the 
marker, with uniformly unrewarding re- 
sults, Production of Chevrolet's plastic 
bodied Corvette has been cut to а trickle. 
The Ford Thunderbird is handsomely 


designed and commercially popular, but 
im sports car competition has been 
notable chiefiy for its large windshield 


through which the driver can watch the 
Ferraris And Japans diminiting in the 
distance. Anicican manufacturem, hte 
tomers Юю tbe Beli of Qe compet 
miniature, hare not been able to sve 
Ерера зику Ou cen 
and ба on the suas To thcir 
си 

"Thé spart car fan revels in the things 
he mus! d elt He doc na vant 

pre brakes pont seeing, aon 
hit He wants to fel ıhe car out for 
Howell make the Coca and wp 
shi at his own pace, communicate vite 
the wheels nde ge ow se הד‎ 
forward a basis ss poste. A high pe 
of the cult. John Wheelock. Freeman, 
Fas observed: ^T lke to preserve a tle 
autonomy in a car. _ The curent 
trend toward euphoria ible 
with the sponser a an 
рога car la to be wed, ikea е” 

Sports an range n uc o 91.00 
по Whatever, уой vant to py, im 
pie 70 175 ph, I ie om 
the beetle ie German Voliswagens and 
French Renaulis to the makah allan 
Ferraris and Brith Bentleyn. They are 
тавру lacking in рий, with 
зба brand rg and 
[ourspeed gearboxes opera a 
Без Male: up, ыма bo 
(Ford's inclusion of power brakes, power 
רצ‎ 
"he Thunderbird struck mos sports 

lans an equivalent to mizing а Mar 
{ini onetoone) They are devoid of 
such Hanky panky ax automatic window 
Controls, Куйган sent adjustments jut. 
ו‎ “dagmars and other 
comica filipe. Their body lines are 


smooth, continuous uninterrupted. On 

racers like the Jaguar, you can 

a nn RE o ê o 
X wich the gentlest push. 

Вис despite thee point of similarity, 
опе sports car may Фет from another 
as much as a Nash Rambler diffe from 
3 Mark IL Some are made for efficiency 

‘miles on a gallon of gas is no (eat 
Tor a Renault. Some are made for speed 
=the Ferrari, Jaguar, Maserati, Mercedes: 
Benz can top 100 in third gear, and 
Teach 160 on a straightaway. Some ase 
made for maneuverability ~ stock Lan. 
das and Sciatas corner like custom built 
racers, and indeed have beaten out their 
speedier adversaries in road races where 
‘maneuverability mattered. mos. 

Spors car clubs have designed а 
variety of races and events to test these 
differences. Their aim is to match cars 
‘of equal abilities. thus making the con- 
tests true tests of driver skill. Racers are 
divided into classes, like boxers, depend. 
ing on cylinder displacements, sta 
with the tiniest cars and running up to 
the big roadsters. А typical sports car 
race isa frantic phantasmagoria of many 
Simultaneous rates. Roaring away Irom 
the starting line are Porsches, Oscas, 
Simes, MGs, Singers, each racing in its 
own class, cach blithely unconcerned 
about the cam in other chasses. The 
neophyte soon 
self thoroughly А ar which 
appears to be running БИВ might be in 
БЕ place —in im particular classifica. 

ion. A car which has been lapped three 
times might turn up 2 winner. 

"The undisputed glamor event of the 
sports car racers calendar is the wide- 
‘Open road race, in which any type of car 
may compete. ‘ars, some of them 
highly тюбей, wil tangle with 

ally built competition racers. The 
Mold series of is type race is thc 
Le Mans endurance contest, a 2hour 
ו‎ in which the winner is the 
driver who covers the most miles. The 
big automobile companies like Jaguar 


and Ferrari spend months g for 
such races, on the theory that the pres 
tige of victory will sell cars. Mercedes- 


Benz figured that the cost of the three 
‘any traced in one year was 8200.000. 
An American. Briggs Cunningham. 
thrown $1.000000 of his own money 
down the drain in a fruidess five-year 
assault on Le Mans 

Almost every country has developed its 
ovn “Grand Tri ran а ae ovt 
a meandering closed course at average 

‘of more than 100 mph. Because 
dich coumes requie maneuverability as 
as speed. “big iron” of the Indian- 
apolis type is at a major disadvan 
and the sports car is in its native ele- 
‘ment. Cornering efficiently, capable of 
Tapid bursts of speed on straights, the 
Ferraris Jaguar and Lancias regularly 
leave the "big iron" behind. 

Such races are as brutal as a bull fight, 
as coldly serious as a forestglen pistol 
duel. Drivers like the Argentine cham- 
pion, Juan Fangio, think nothing of 
deliberately deceiving their opponents 


in an efor to run them ой he ack 
"angio. has a particular of "si 
streaming” diem who take advantage 
fof the vacuum created by his car to in- 
crease their own speeds by 13 to 20 mph. 
Hie Jus E fo ake як 
ivers at night by turning off his brak- 
ing lights ¡A 
tail lights for signs of braking, the trail- 
ing driver sees nothing. enters a curve 
at top speed, carens off the road. 
aie до the Lin Cd often. 
ies sli ers by waggling rom 
EX ЖЕ и боя V. atout to loe 
control. The parasite slips back to avoid 
a сойнот, and Mom gives cr the gun. 
Cunningham, wealthy racing sports 
man from Green Farms, Conn, has more 
than held his own in such races, al- 
though his dream of winning at Le Mans 
apparently has slipped away lor good, 
He is, by acclamation, king ofthe hill in 
American sports car racing. A short, wiry 
man, Cunningham has a prizefghter’s 
resive face, the gentle manners ol a 
זמ ו‎ aristocrat, and the iron nerves 
af a Merbont gamble Every тие 
course has a "groove," a shortest wa 
around, and Cunningham is usually the 
first to find it. After the second or third 
lap, his car will move like a train on à 
rack. Spectator on tight curves have 
noticed time and again that Cunning- 
ham will enter at precisely the same 
point, brake across the same distance, 
and floorboard into the straight exactly 
as he had on every previous Вр. He 
Seems oblivious 10 the competition, 
never deviating rom his track. never 
locking over his shoulder or engaging 
in gh drama. He drives Ike a obot 
No less coldly efficient was Cunning- 
hams campaign against the road race 
Tecos previously the exclusive province 
of the big European companies like 
a 
Cunningham formed his own compan 
эта designed his own car ш 1950." Ob- 
jet; victor) for the United States at 
E Maus. Cunningham's car һай а па. 
bular chassis, a Chrysler VS engine, 
Cadi pions, dual Tuc pumps. mul- 
erion, twin exhaust pipes 
‘The 


at the wheel 


Porations whose every resource was 
pitted against him, But this усаг 
America’s blucandachite racing, colors 
ill vanish from Cunninghams cars. 
The old master has switched to Jaguars 
-will represent them in America and 
drive them in competition. И you can't 
lick ет... 

Although America has developed few 
rond race of Cunninghams ture it 
has turned out a first-rate grand prix on 
Nhat may well be the world's finest en- 
Closed tack. "Road America,” in Wir 
comsin's brockwurstand-butter belt, ар. 

as slated to become a sort of U. 5. 
Le Mans. The race course, near Elkhart 
Lake, isa blacktop strip snaking through 
a series of Кеше moraine depressions 
forming natural amphitheaters for spec 
ators. The track was laid out hy engi 


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за 


neers who must have been nursing deep- 
Seated grudges against racers. There are 
six degree comen and eight curves. 
with altitude differences of nearh 

leet. One of the curves is з 180.(сртсе 
downhill killer of diminishing ra 
хо designed that a car which does not 
brake sharp 

into the woods. 

To this ser testing ground recently 
came the elite of the sports car racing 
feri for ae бем Road Amer 

ind prx. Cunningham brought з 
Mable trom Green Farm Millionaire 
sportsma the 1954 U. 5. 
tered his re engin 
racing enthusiast George Tilp of Cali 
fornia sent nervous young Phil Hill to 
do battle in a white Mama Ferrari 
‘Other big mames included Bill Spear 
amd Gordon Benett in Maserati, Ernie 
Erickson in his D Jaguar, Stewart John- 
мон in à Cunninghanrowned Dag. 
The entry list was a bluebook of Amer- 
аз sports car racers. 

1 some of the more experienced hands 
‘were nonchalant about the homegrown 
track, they soon had reason to treat it 
with respect. In a practice session, Tom 
Friedmann of Milwaukee lost control 
of his Maserati and suffered fatal burns 
in the resulting crash. Before a single 
race was run, there had been so many 
Spin-outs and crashes that starter Ben 
Harris called all drivers together and 
announced sternly: "Look. this ₪ a 
hairy track. Get wise to it or we won't 
be having any more races." 

The next day а bevy of Porsches, 
Renaults, MGs and ззаней small cars 

away in the opening race, а 
moler. As expected the race ооп settled, 
down among the Porsches, classiest cars 
entered, but not before there was spin 
ning and whirling seldom seen outside 
the Moslem world. The Germar-built 
Porsche has its motor mounted in the 
rear. As a result, the heavy rearend 
mass tries to come up front whenever the 
driver brakes. Thus the car has a wen- 
dency to spin hindendio on curves. 
One by one the Porches entered the 
180degree diminishing radius curve and 
spun out. Spectators were showered with 
hay. Trafic came to a complete Вай: 
Some of the Porsches recovered. only to 
spin ош again. Ultimately the winner 
was Bob Ballenger of Highland Park, 
TIL, who had managed to leave the track 
the Fewest times and run the distance at 
the relatively slow speed of 67.7 mph. 

Five other races followed quickly, but 
none produced the арди! abandon 
of the first. Then came the lineup for 
the feature, Snapping and spitting. the 
hig fourditer cars trundied out on the 
track, dashed up and down the straight- 
aways, screeched to braketcsting halts. 
For the fist time, the Sten gun pound- 
ing of the Maseratis was heard, and the 
50.000 spectators tensed in anticipation. 

‘je were on the Blucand white 
ningham Special and the 
bright red of Kimberly's Ferrari. This 
was where the race figured to be. Only 
а few knew that Kimberly was dı 


ll have to go crashing 


ап alternate car. His 45 stroked Ferrari 
had gone tem tal, mistresslike, 
just before the race. Cunningham, wo, 
Was in trouble, His Special had been 
Coughing and complaining al through 
the warmup, and he realized he woul 
have to bank on his stable mate, Sher- 
johnston of Rye, N. Y, for a 
Farms victory. As for baby-faced 
he went through his warmup 
Шу, calmly, attracting little at- 


wood 
Green 


tention except among the few who knew 
he would play Russian roulette with a 
oneshot pistol to win a racc. 


The cars lined up. A omeminute 
bomb went off. The cars inched forward, 
their engines throbbing wit and Jow in 
unison. The starting bomb reverberated 
across the countryside and the big cars 
tatapulted Irom the line. They dis 
appeared around the fist curve, and for 
al While the spectators at the starting 
и had to content themselves with the 
A roar of 26 сиз carrying actos the 
woods. “Then amplifiers began booming. 
reports from way stations around the 
track, Hill was in Ше lead, Johnston 
was slipstrearsing him. The гем of the 
pack was fading. Cunningham's Special 
appeared to be in difheulty. Kimberly's 
Ferrari was well back in the pack. 
‘A the Toe mark, Hill shook Jahn. 
ston out of his slipstream and opened и 
2 Taccond lead. Now it was ау a 
iwoman race. Бу the 68 mile mark, Hill 
had widened the gap to 12 seconds. 
Then an Allard went off the road and 
the yellow flag of caution was drog 
Оке ик ule. Johnson RO his 
second place position. but he gobbled 
up the distance between him and Hill 
When Ben Harris waved again, 
Johnston's D-Jag was framed in the cen- 
ter ol Phil Hill's rearview mirror. Thats 
when the deadly infghting started. 
Hills Ferrari had the advantage on the 
graighi. The Jaguar, considered to be 
‘one of the best braked cars in the world, 
held the balance of power on curves. 
Hill inched away on the straight runs; 
Johnston caught up on the bends. 
Then Hill ran into heavy trafic, was 
unable to take advantage of his cars 
straightaway superiority. and low the 
Jed to Johnston. Hill began to show 
signs of the tremendous pressure of the 
duel. He all but climbed Johnston's 
car, but the raceswise New Yorker vig- 
tagged like а blocking back and kept the 
Californian from moving by. At the 
108 mile mark, with every other car in 
the feld lapped at least once by the two 
frontrunners. Mill made a near-fatal 
error. He followed Johnston 100 closely 
into a curve and didn't have enough 
brake power to corner properly, He 
skidded ой the track, scattering the pro- 
tective hay bales amongst the spectators. 
A quick recovery put him back in the 
race, but now Johnston was B seconds 
ahead. Hill began to close the distance 
Twenty miles before the finish, Hill 
was riding Johnston's tail again. Не 
tried to pass om the main straightaway, 
drew nearly abreast, then had to (зії 
back for the curve. On the next lap the 
ко cars roared past the main grand 


stand in a dead heat, Once again 
Johnston was holding control on the 
‘curves, waiting till the last second before 
dining his powerful disc brakes. 

am ie шэ bean the nal Бр, 
Johnston held a carlength lead. Behind 
him, Hill was feinting this way and that, 
uying to get by. Now there were two. 
urs to go. seven-tenths of a mile. 
Johnston needed onc more downshilt 
irom third to second at the northeast 
Corner and ап upshift back to third at 
the foot of che main slope and the race 
would be his. 

But where was Hill? Johnston couldn't 


find him in the mirror. That meant 
onl ng: Hill was in the blind 
spe ight, making his move. Now 
Johnston slammed ima the Jelthand 


turve. Не came in high, to the left, 
then started his normal outward drilt 
hack to the right side of the track. Then 
һе saw Hills Ferrari. It was inching 
toward the space into which Johnston 
Gar was ding The moment of truth 
had arrived. 1f Johnston continued his 
drift, Hill would have to give ground 
‘or lurch off the track, Sl Hill came on. 
А crash at that speed might have been 
fatal to both men. There was a moment 
‘of uncertainty, chen Johnston ified his 
foot from the accelerator, Hill won by 
‘wo car lengths. His average speed was 
802 mph. Не had run the last lp in 2 
minutes, 54 and 55/1000 seconds, fast 
st time of the day and set a record that 
may las for years. 

"The two cars finished their sulety lap 
and pulled into the pits. Hill accepted 
the checkered flag and carried it for one 
more turn around the course. Johnston 
yanked the goggles from his eyes, ск. 
posing two bloorl-red circles where they 
had dug into him. His face appeared 
wracked by tension. He smiled only 
brielly, wiped at his eyes, ran his hand 
across his grimy forehead. Reporters 
‘crowded around. Not yet aware of the 
cockpit battle of wills, they asked John- 
son: How had Hill outsmarted him? 
How had Hill forced Johnston to let 
him pass? 

Te ured racer blinked at them and 
said, "Nobody has to let anybody pass." 

Chief steward Roy Kramer grabbed 
Johnston's sweaty hand. “И it» any 

ion,” he said, "you drove a great 
To а reporter, Kramer added, 
You could watch racing for 100 years 
and you'll never sce another like this.” 

Hill finished his victory run and 

led up. He shook hands with John- 
Son and was helped ош of the car by 
friends. Somebody shoved a can of beer 
into his hand, and Hill drank, How do 
you feel? he was asked. Tense? Nervous? 

"Мо, m mor tense,” Hill sald. “I 
was just thinking — 1 didn’t realize how 
dosely matched the сиз are. We'll have 
to do something about that belore the 
next race” Не drained the can, then 
gripped it between two шш hands 
‘Tense? Nervous? The beer can lay 
crumbled at his feet. 


RUSTY 
ISA 
RUSTIC GAL 


miss april 
is from the hills 
of colorado 


‘ove Tastes rarely run to the rural, being. 
city bred and all, but when а com4ed 
Critter as cute as Rusty Fisher comes 
down the pike, we feel obliged to make 
to give us 

some biographical data and she scrawled 
what follows across two large sheets of 

e paper, We didt mat ounelv to 
edit a word 

Hooxah Jor U! Pickin Rusty Fisher 
Jor u're gal n Aprul. This here is a reel 
mountain gal, yes sir. Вот n the great 
state of Colorado 21 years ago. She thin 
come to thet big city Jamus far it's holly 
trees Hollywood! Thar to fight her way 
10 the top n show buznen. A spekhin 
of fightin — she can fight and vide dern 
near us good as a man (once broke her 
nose at it— fightin that is). 

Now from what 1 here — she's 5 feet 
5% tall — а 36 here, a 22 thar, and п 35 
way down thar (sorla lack я big coke 
bottle, huh?) She has also bin in several 
movies and а доб а ordinary magazines 
and calinders. 1 also here she jus become 
Miss MG far 756. She also sings pert 
and ant a bad dancer nether. Guess we'll 
аЙ see her more reglar [rom now от. 

April is the traditional. month for 
moving and Rusty is just the sort to help 
а young man get settled in new quarters, 
so thats what we've set her to doing as 
the April Playmate. 


MISS APRIL 


PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE OF THE MONTH 


MISS APRIL 


PLAYBOY’S PARTY JOKES 


Several gentlemen at the Biltmore Bar 
were discussing their troubles. Hard 
Luck Harry topped them all when he 
декчейу explained that he had a wife, 
а secretary, and а note from the bank 
all overdue. 


We just heard about the street cleaner 
who got fired because he couldn't keep 
his mind in the gutter. 


UM 


The geichbonni operator in з monk 
Кек York hotel об а сй at a lie 
Test Zin the morning iton a somewhat 
аала man who wanted to know 
hat tme the horel bar opened: 

"ACT AM. i she spe 

At 330 АМ. ine phode rang again 
and йе Same man, ihe ime okay 
fling vo pain asked th same question. 

NS шй 9AM” she said 2 second 
РЫ 

А 5:15 A M. the switchboard operator 
recio sl another al othe me 
Ter. now completely sio Once аып 
EET E dne ape 

More Han a lale irritated, she 


UN SU 
ча: 
= 
The kindly old gentleman was visiting 
the home of his daughter. He entered 
q 


found them busy studying at their 
desks. The first boy was reading a book 

"What do you want to be when you 

asked the grandfather. 
said the boy. 

"And what do you want to be when 
you grow up? the ok gentleman asked 
the эсими 

The boy looked up from the latest 
issue of rravnov. "Nothing, sir,” he said 
wistfully, "just growed up. 


A table of im measures we came 
upon the cher day inform ur dat М 
takes two pints to make one cavort, 


Mos. Applehotom grew angry with the 
Frec ol и se ef inging 
Poms regarding ihe young gifs bil 
rre peel 
tied her. Bul the gs Gli ancestry 
коки міти weh abus ta go ud. 
Kamere: "Your htbotd consider me 
lene cook ad howecheyper Du ов, 
Madame: Не has told me о Мамай” 
ne Appichoton looked at the gi 
scornflly тей made no comment, 
"And furthermore” ъй Ше angry 
girl, am beter than you in the БАЙР. 
"ht pes my bond cd Jou 
that ton sapped Mi. Applebotum. 
“Ко, Madame sad the maid, “the 
ашшы шй me thet” 


А рит» conscience doesn't really keep 
ha from doing anpihing wrong- Е 
тау keeps het from enjoying i 


TS 
Ier m Sener ore 


ве. ir crite with making the 
“h 


is mot wise 10 make love in the morning 
‚ou never know whom youll mcet 
der in the day.” 


А dally prominent dowager from 
Bostan was visiting friends in New York 
and a dinner party was hdd in her 
honor. She was seated next to another, 
younger woman, and began discussing 
relative meri ol Benton society 
Boston.” she said, "we place all 
‘our emphasis on good breeding” 
Fin New York we think ics à ton of 
fun, too,” agreed the other woman, "but 
we also manage to foster other interests” 


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PLAYBOY 


Atos кутлу vean some Frenchman falls 

» one of the big fermenting vats in 
the famous vineyards around Bordeaux. 

"The accident is most likely to happen 
right after the grape harvest when the 
тей ый is ting and the 
grape sugar d nto alcohol and 
lor dioxide The gas hat aros m 
the churning liquid is so heady that a 
workman or watchman looking Ино а 
Yat may become giddy and plunge hea 
long into the seething mas. ‘The a 
dent has two very grate төшә, In the 
fni place the al may ыш the di 

yer ої skins and pips on top. min 
then carelendy with the liquidi on the 
bottom. Secondly, И ће body is not re- 
covered until the following morning, 
the coments ol the vat with its untold 
ша entially fne vintage wine 
may have то be батса. 

‘Old winemcn know that carbon dicx- 
ide is mot the only product that arises 
from the processing of grapes. There is 
another form of vapor, never mentioned 
in the chemistry texts which В more рег 
sistent than simple carbon dioxide. I's 
the poetic verbiage. the elaborate bocus- 
pocus of certain self-appointed knights 
Df the wine table. Listen to these fan- 
nel mouths as they tell how one wine is 
hospitable while another one is modest. 
They are not content to enjoy a wine 
for its sheer liquid goodness. They must 
ascribe all kinds of human qualities to 
ic One savant tells how his wine “curt 
sied preti" when he lifted it to his 
lips. Another detects in а certain vintage 
the taste of Russian leather — not just 
ordinary leather, mind you, but Russian 
leather specifically. While onc of Ше 
connoisseur raves about the cedarwood 
taste of а Burgundy, another describes 
the savor of an old Saint Emilion with 
йз “perfume of dead leaves and taste ОГ 
Autumn mushrooms” (1) 

"To these critical gentlemen, the super- 
bacchanalian test of anyone's judgment 
regarding wines is whether опе сап 
drink an unidentified wine and with um 
erring accuracy tell the origin of the 

«d its vintage year. Theyll look. 

ir nose at you and му, "My 
good fellow! You mean to say you don’t 
recognize this 1921 Avehbacher Herren- 
berg. Beeren Auslese, Funder Number 
5058 Wachstum Weingut D. O. V? You 


Now and then somebody cally th 
мий C. W. Berry, а noted. wipe во: 
thority, once invited а group of wi 
fanciers to а dinner to let th 

racy, Not a single опе of the critica 
חא‎ was able to identify che Chateau 
Ausone 1923 which was served. 

Even Louis Pasteur, the French cion 
tia who demonstrated that wine vas a 
living thing and explained the chan 
that take place when rapes fei 


₪ 
жаз once moved to challenge the mem: 
bers of the French expert commission 
оп wine, Pasteur had been trying to 


demonstrate that there might be certain 
benefis И wine were heel during 10 
proceming. "Although һе was merely 
Waking 4 scientifc proposal. without 
drawing any conclusion the experts 
were horrified at his suggestion. The 
laste of the wine would be irrevocably 
lied by heat, they sud. Pasteur then 
gave cach member of the commision 
бо glasses of the unidentifed wine and 
asked for their opinion. Each savant de 
fected a differente between the two зат 

jes submitted by Pasteur. The wine in 
Ui gona es cal de eee. The 

ilerences“ were all above the ears ol 
the experts 

“All bt this doesn't mean that there 
is no distinction between good, bad and 
indiierent wines, The tagnerons, who 
work im the noted wine ewates in 
France, are artists with a magnificent 
background of experience, They, 100, 
hase a profesion, jargon, vhi В 
Sometime, pualing to outsiders, When 
he mattre de chi ог foreman of a 
novel wine cer, lor ийи, мус а 
Wine is precocious, he simply means that 
The wine has reached maturity before 
the expected time. When he describes 
а wine as nervous, he uses the French 
word nerveux meaning. the wine has 
Vigor or sulicien spirit ко withstand 
Considerable handling. А nervous wine 
is one that can be transported. without 
detriment. 

But the vignerons are the firs vo 
agree that the place for wines is deep in 
ihe mouth and пос om the vintage 
Chara When the verbal tiles are over 
and the adjectives uncrambled, any 
man with normal taste Гоф musi con- 

(continued on next page) 


it is a living and beautiful thing 


BY THOMAS MARIO playboy's food E drink editor 


PLAYBOY 


4 


purest forms of liquid pleasure 
world. 

‘Wines aren't a static pleasure. Unlike 
liqueur or whiskey whose quality is usu- 
ally unchangeable, wine constantly 
changes. The grapes on the vine change 
from year to year and from day 10 day. 
Wine continues to change in the vat 
and in the bottle. Tt changes when it is 
transported over the ocean, and finally 
changes even in the glass as its perfume 
Slowly rises in the ай. Because wine is 
а living thing, it has the fascination of 
anything that is born and matures. The 
Frenchman regards his wine as an object 
of beauty са changing beauty but not 
an irresolute one, And to describe the 
incredible finesse of this beauty he can 
find only one simile in his language. His 
wine, he says, В like а woman. 

"The phrase "wine, women and song* 
is the most worn collection of words in. 
amy language, but this linking of 
with women is justified by history. 

reeks wanted to fashion the 


When the 
most beautiful wine cup, they used the 
shape of the divine Helen's breast as 


the model. In the Song of Solomon the 
female breast is presented as a beauti- 
ful cluster of grapes. Even Martin Lu- 
ther was supposed to have penned the 
well known German couplet, 

Wer nicht hebt Wein, Weib und 

Gesang, 
Der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebelang. 
(Who loves not wine, woman and 


“Remains a fool hi whole Ме long.) 
fe E шы сыы 

= therelor, recomme 
wine as one cf the mos hallowed and 
Classical of war's pleasure. 

Wine and food ave always been in 
rable. One can drink а paw of 
Bee] eran оре ne Alt or or 
Joy a glam of vin rose during the after 
noon. But, Tor the most part, wine be 
Tongs on the festive board. Like bread 
ihn be sve ra the beginning to 
the end of the meal Bot unlike bead, 


it's not mere ballast. It's the coaxer, the 


аривсст counterpoint with fod. 
'o regular wine drinkers, wine is not 
just a beverage like cofee or milk. Irs 
the magic that makes the plump oysters 
more tangy, the onion soup more friend- 
ly, the duck richer, the veal cutlet more 
urbane and the melon more exotic. 
“The average young man attempting 
to explore this great Avenue of pleasure 
is often frightened away because of the 
aura surrounding the wine judge's art. 
А man may hesitate to judge or even 
drink a fine imported wine lest he make 
a revealing fous pas. The same man 
"ay eat а tropical fruit for the frst 
time and will not hesitate to asert, "T 
say it's mango and to hell with it” Bue 
when he buys a bottle of Montrachet in 
а restaurant, his judgement may sud- 
"lenly become paralyzed. This needn't be. 
То learn about wines and their dit 
ferences one need only taste several 
Wines at the same sitting. И works some- 


thing like this Suppose a person were 
Suddenly asked to Фа in words 

taste of four diferent kinds of app 

He'd be stumped. But suppose the same 
individual sat down at a table, and then 
slowly but carefully tasted each of four 
different varieties of apple —a Ма 
tosh, a Wineap, a Jonathan and a De 
licious. After each bite he would detect 
almost unbelievable variations in flavor, 


several diferent wines arrayed alongside 
each other. Now normally, of course. 
wine drinker doesn't order three differ- 
ent kinds of burgundy with his mutton 
Chop. But as an educational lark, two 
or three fellows might order several 
pints of imported red wines and genu- 
inely enjoy tasting and learning about 
the differences. 

When you first drink wine, it will be 
with a gulp. You will not bold the glass 
tenderly between the thumb and fore 
finger slowly twirling it to admire the 
bright robe while waiting for its 
bouquet to reach your nostrils. But alter 
you've enjoyed several fine French 
‘wines, you may become patient 


10 wait for its хо spread in the 
glass until the first faint evaporation 
takes place. Winemen сай this the first 


taste. The second one occurs when you 
drink the wine slowly and your taste 
buds enjoy the deep favor, the body. 
the soft flow of the grape. Finally, you'll 
experience the third sensation, the ma- 
ture delight of the lingering aftertaste. 
In time you'll come to look upon these 
three as distinct flavor experi 
is йө м A 
rabbit, you experience first Ше aroma 
of the bubbling cheese, then the eating 
thereof and finally the slow tang of the 
aftertaste, 

To serve wine and enjoy its color and 
bouquet one needn't buy elaborate 
glassware Simple clear white crystal, un- 
Adorned and unetched, is the best 
Avoid thick cut glass anil shun colored 
glassware like the plague. 
alten called caret аме 5 
tuli | somewhat larger at 
thal ahan at de ор. They dod, ef 
«оше, always be sparkling clean. 

When you draw the cork from a bot- 
ue of wine, you should use a wide 
three corkscrew or а corren of the 
selfopening type. И you have шої 
каб the кой, its а good idea to 
hold the bottle between the knees and 

ull with one hand while steadying the 

ttle with the other. 

‘When the cork is out, the bottle top 
should be carefully wiped with a clean 
towel to remove any loose cork or dust 
around the rim. The first wine should 
be poured, cavalier fashion, into the 
hosts glass in case there is amy loose 
cork floating about. 

Оп rare occasions, wine is "ау" 
that is, the cork may be defective caus 
ing the wine to be spoiled. It happens 
in such isolated паласа, however that 


shouldn't bother the average wine 
inker. 
Very old wine will sometimes show а 
sediment in the bottle. This is a natural 
development in red wines as they age. 
И there is а small amount of sediment, 
it’s best to leave it alone. Remove the 
cork about an hour before serving, The 
‘sediment will then precipitate to 
bottom of the bottle. Originally the sedi 
ment, if present, was on Ше side of the 
bottle since the wine was in a horizontal 
ion on the shell. Opening wine be- 
forchand permits its aroma to expand 
in the ай. If there is an unusually la 
amount of sediment, the wine should be 
decanted. To decant wine, stand it up- 
right for several hours. Then pour the 
wine slowly into a decanter in one slow 
‘motion, Do not tilt the bottle back and 
forth during decanting. Stop pouring, 
ое on сыш Tene. E neces 
sory place a light behind the boule to 
SX e caine more dine when 
decanting. 

Most people do not have to go too 
deeply into viniana esoterica to know 
that red wines are served at room teni- 
perature while white wines are chilled. 
АС room temperature Ше bouquet of 

develop to their fullest. 
"The favor of many white wines, partic 
ularly the sauternes, is зо extravagantly 
fruity that chilling seems to set them 
just right for the palate. White wines 
needn't be freezing. One to two hours 
in the refrigerator will be ик | 
Ies customary to drink red wines wil 
red meat and game, while white wines 
are served with fish, seafood and poul- 
try. Here again the strictures needn't be 
taken too literally. For instance, veal is 
a red meat, and yet И the veal is 
fine. the meat is light in color and deli 
cate in flavor, With а toast rack of veal, 


The study of the great French wines 


is a huge topic represented by thousands 
Шы and ironico. For the 
young man who i exploring this charm. 
I. rtavnov expecially recon 

mend Alexis Lichine's book, The Wines 
of France, revised edition (Knopl, $A). 
Caution should be sounded against 
100 addicted to the 


fave i 
times а new wine will eem o bear great 
promise of maturing beautifully and 
toe wil deteriorate ці A par 
m year may yield great white wines 
üt the red wines (ll tar behind. For 
Sich reasons the vintage charts may be 
ined for reference but should not be 
Taken as che final word. 
“There are many areas in France pro: 
ducing illustrious wines, such за the 
concluded on page #9) 


DD in 3D 


a trick with mirrors starring england’s marilyn, diana dors 


pictorial BY GRAHAM FISHER 


2 Diana photographs herself in 2.0, shows a variety of expressions and has fun mugging for the camera. 


A small booklet titled Diana Dors in 3-D helped catapult this beauteous Briton to stardom, and on this and the 
next right-hand page are three of the poses from the book that help explain why. These pictures were taken with 
а stereo-camera and we have it on excellent authority that if you place a fair sized mirror directly between, 


and at right angles to, the matching photogray 


they will appear in three dimensions. Place your nose near the 


mirror's top and with the reflecting side on the right, close your left eye and look at the mirror with your right 


eye. Adjust so real picture and mirror image line up, then open the left eye and, 
on the left-hand image. If you concentrate properly, all of Diana's delightful curves should арі 


ith both eyes open, concentrate 
ar in full, 


rounded $D. If not, console yourself with two provocative 2D photographs—one for each tired eyeball. 


лу cuu. were ALONDE им, a glistening lower lip and я 

mobile fanny will sooner or later, be labelled The Marr 

Iyn Monroe of Lower California, Upper State New York, 

or Chagrin Fall, Ohio, by some unimaginative pro agent 

час "Marilyn Monroe of Great Briain” эз applied to 2 
aired, plsteninglipped, п 


position prose path traveled by М 
posing for photographers in a state quite close to nature. 
And, what is more, doing it in three (count 'em) dimen- 

Diana Dors was born Diana Fluck, a fme old English 
name, though admittedly somewhat difheult for others to 
pronounce, as Diana discovered upon reaching years of 
maturity 

Maturity came early for Miss Fluck: at the age of thirteen 
she was squcezing her seventecnish convexities into a tight 
swimsuit and winning beauty contests. Little more need be 
told, if you are familiar with the classic concomitante of 
beauty contests: Diana's fortune, if not Diana, was as good 
as made. Alter tucking a few more years under her svelte 
belt, modeling and film jobs began to come her way with 
refreshing regularity: and, to make this short story even 
shorter, she eventually emerged as Merrie England's merri 

Miss Dors has been fortunate in receiving 


enough to satiate five or six Marilyn Monroes. "Түп one of 
those people Things happen to,” she has been known to 
declare; adding, “but И they don't happen, I don't mind. 
g them а litte help.” With Diana's help, these аге 
pe of the Things that have happened: 
With royalty: Bowing low before Queen Elizabeth, as 
dictates, her natural gifts became so apparent th 
rvative wing of the British press got hully abo 
s whose dresses delve below "the Plimsoll line 


urt for non payment of rent 
and copping a plea as a minor (she hadn't yet turned 18), 
her Gilbertand Sullivanesque judge ruled it was the courts 
duty “to protect infants.” whereupon the notso-conserva 
tive wing of the press ran a photo of a diapered Diana un- 
der the headline, JUDGE SAYS тим BABY REEDS PROTECTION 

With the censors: Instructed, in a Alm called Value for 
Money, to reach from behind a bathroom door for a towel, 
she reached with a good deal more than her arm, thus caus 
ing that particular strip of celluloid to end up in the limbo 
of lopped-off footage 

With the Venice Film Festival: Interest swerved from cine 
matic art to navel maneuvers as she fleated in a gondola 
down the Grand Canal, clad in a Bikini made ої mink 

With bibliophiles: Lovers of rare volumes plunked down 
coin of the realm for a novelty photo booklet featuring 
the ncarmude lineaments of Diana Dors in 3D, which soon 
became an exceedingly rare volume indeed and convinced 


47 


ons that Diana possessed that indefinable 

own as Star Quality 

erpts from the 3D booklet are available for 
оп these pages. And Diana Dors will be 


available for your further inspection this year in a couple 
of films due for US. release. They won't be in 3D, but they 
will be in VistaVision and glisteninglipped Technicolor 


Her mink Bikini was 2 hit in Venice. 


She's neck-deep in suds in her latest movie. 


TASTE 


fiction BY ROALD DAHL 


а wager over wine, with a woman in the balance 


1210: WEK six ol us to di 
at Mike Scholield's ho 
ШҮ 

and 


in London: 


He was president ol a small сеу 
he circulated privately to its members a 
Jet on ood and win. Н 
nes were served Не relused 
to smoke for ear of harming his palate 
and when discussing а wine, he had a 
curious, rather droll habit of referring 

to it though й were a living 
A prudent vine" he would sj. 
ditidentand evasive, but quite prudent 
Or, "а good humored wine, benevolent 
and cheerful — slightly obscene, perha 
ue nonetheless good hutoored О r 
1 had been to dinner at Mike's twice 
before when Richard Pratt was there, 
and on each occasion Mike and his wil 
had gone ош of their way to produce a 
special meal for the Таоа gourmet 
And this onc, clearly, was to be no ex 
ception. The moment we entered the 
dining soon, 1 could scc tha the table 


kanized 


vas id Tor a feast. The tal candies, the 
yellow roses, the quantity ої shining sik 
the three wincglawes to each person, 
above all the faint cent of roasting 
rom the kitchen brought the &nt 
warm oozings of saliva to my mouth. 
As we sat down, 1 remembered that on 
both Richard 
1 


replied that hat should not be u 
©й provided И м 

уса Mie had u 
do i Pra 
both mee. To 


o take a grave 
e in displaying his 


restrained pl 

Knowledge 
The meal began with a plate of w 
bait, fried very crisp in butter, and 
(continued an page 6 


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за 


that matter, what was cooking with the 
Roman legions crea 44 ВС. 

‘Sunning. sailing, svimming and swill- 
ing the contents of shaker of Frosty 
inet cocktails seems more in the RIV 
Era scheme of dhings and, between pulls, 
fone cam glimpse many of the world’s 
шом richly decorated aportumen 

Well certainly admit that an awful 
loc of m apparel has been 
masquerading under the starry guise al 
the Continental Look." А whole batch 
of i frankly, was dreamed up many kil 


meters from the continent of Eun 
(or eny continent that we know ol) and 
could more св and accurately be la 
beled Neo Rober Hall Imprenioniam. 
When you examine these 
in the various men's stores. 
Keep in mind dar true European ge 
demen are traditionally a conservative 
lot Color acceptance, for them, has 
rogreved neither as or nor ss quick 
Er бшк ín fac. not much beyond the 
basic shades of gray. brown and Ыш, 
and these, at heir wilden, can be ac 


ELFEN A 


cepted only in neat geometric patterns 
ог stripes. Much of what you ste worn 
around the smartest spas on the French 
or kalian Riviera (as well as such At 
antic Coast тока as Biarritz, Dean- 
ville or Le Touquet) was trundled there 
by алкага of Americans, a small but 
sturdy band of Bisher and just a 
роп of dating Frenchmen and Teali- 
ans A good 95 percent of the merchan 
dic war produced right smack in the 
garment center of New York City, but 

(concluded on page 68) 


PLAYBOY 


Cruise of the Aphrodite (олие пон page М) 


thickly. 
А shave, a shower and a good meal 
and you'll feel tops again. Lefty, if vou 


ing 
(он our yacht. The salt air will do 


cooperate we can all take a refres 


Marty ignored me. He pulled Lefty 
BL CPP 
Lefty resisted. Не fished in his pocket 
lor a Ay cent piece and овен i to 
Marty. "Get younell a pint of wine and 
leave me alone.” 

"Чаш ees of humor tt mot de 
serted you,” Marty as he pock- 
eted ie tall buck ads 

‘We dragged Lefty over to а grill an 

med. bb, cafe into him; He was 
cling rough and ову heard halt of 
‘what Marty told him. 1 guess the words 
pretty girlies, wild paier and rich 
friends got through w him, because he 
became ‘interested. 

‘We loaded him onto a street car and 
helped him over to the boat yard. With 
his blurred vision the boat looked im 
pressive. He hada’ cashed his тымен 
but pay. He also had a small wad he 
been forced w save up while in an 
amy hospital recovering from an ie 
polite disease. It was а landfall. Marty 

uided Lefty's shaky signature on the 
ack of the check. The yardman made 
out the bill of sale and transfer of title. 

Marty bought a bottle of French wine 
in celebration. Lefty complained tha 
was too sour and mixed his with soda 
pop. It was too much for Lefty. We ar 
Ней him into the forward cabin and 
Jit fam out on the bare spring of the 

mk. 

«Не not socially desirable”, Mary 
reflected, "but companiorshi 
D ger И s T 

"So could a bath and some D.D.T." 

^t morning Marty was up carly, 
whistling and splashing white paint over 
the hull Thé mooring ropes broke 
twice and we had to buy ssh cord to 
hold things down. Marty borrowed а 
battery charger amd тап am extension 
cable ош to the dock. Everyone was 
‘eager to have a ride, especially Letty. 

this tub is so wonderful why can't 
it move?” he kept asking. 

“Patience.” Many said. "Cruises are 
not planned in a day. 

То keep harmony we made sure Lefty 
וי‎ made 
him more manageable, except that he 
(ell overboard twice. After that we made 
him wear а motheaten Ме jacket, "It 
makes me feel like а fat slob,” he kept 
muttering, 

That night there was a heavy rain. It 
dribbled in through the cabin tops and 
decks. Our blankets got soaked and 
finally we all got up and sat huddled 
together under а piece of canvas 1 
boiled up some collec in a tin can by 
holding lighted matches under it. Marty 
kept telling us that a can of putty would 
take care of everything. 

When the boat was all painted it 
looked a Jot better. From about a block 
away it almost looked classy. When we 


were ready to чан the engine the yard 
Tam came over to gas us up. 

How much do you want?” 

ive of regular.” 
"We only pump marine gas Five gal 
Jons won't get you far." 

“We won't be cheap about it" Marty 
da, looking suspiciously in bis wallet. 
А full tank would probably be better. 
How much would that run?” 

“Lets see." the yardman reckoned. 
"There's two tanks amidships and onc 
under the stern deck. ГА кау about 250 
gallons.” 


the big gong. Не stepped 


ion engine,” the 
ardiman continued. И burns about 
[our gallons an hour." 

Marty recovered his composure. "Very 
well, well ake eight gallons, We lave 
Other comunitimenss and won't be able 
to spare more than а couple of hour.” 

"The engine was hard to start. Lefty 
was a jie He wok out the spark 
plugs and poured in heavy oil to get up. 
he compresion. He had us get 2% 
worth. of ether to pour im the carbur. 
tior. The engine coughed and smoked 
and eventually started. Blue ame 
Spurned oddly out of one side, 

“its got a cracked block,” Lefty said 
very matterobfacty. Не took these sc 
hocks better than I expected. Не had 


been, рака to be calm 
about losing money. 


We were only hitting on five of the 
eight cylinders. Marty cast off and al 
most ran aground turning around in the 
river. He headed towards downtown. He 
felt good at the wheel. As we ар. 
proached another boat he reached up in 
5 nautical manner and gave a tug on 
the whistle cord. The compresor was 
just about shot and the whistle made a 
vulgar sound. The other boat gave а 
blast on a siren and all the girls on 
board laughed and pointed as we pasted 


by. 
‘Many nudged me painfully in the 
пъ "You же” he said loudly. "we 
Tally belong. now. We'll soon enjoy 
female companionship.” 
Just then Lefty let out a holler. He 
ва jump down from the cabin t 
and his foot went through the deck, 
helped him get it out. He was sore. 
Mary shouted through the wind. 
shield. "Ies all right. А piece of wood 
lo up eveything” 
fool with ту 


foot.” Lefty ка 
T helped Lefty back into the cabin. 
"Honey" Marty said, “E think it's 
time to awe a ration of grog to the 
1 dug through a box of junk aud 
handed Lefty his bottle of wine for the 
day. He was mad at Marty and told 
him hed better take on а cargo of 
pretty girlies or give back his money 
‘At Erie Street the rudder became 
fouled. The railroad bridge had just 
opened for us when suddenly we were 
"out of control. Marty pulled too fast on 
the reverse gear and killed the engine 


A tuy pushing я sand targe came 
жі towards us. We were drifung 
roadside because ы Ше wind. Mary 
рей on the wiisde and Й болей out 
Ebo олій he outed, 

T grabbed а boat pole and ran out 
side Te wouldnt even reach o the wa- 
serie, much Jem the ide of 
Мапу came ош with a fae." 
tote them и 
in diren" he shouted. He lighted. 
Tt jo ше brighe ашшы wer ninos 
לי‎ 

"The Dame dido slow down, We 
duit Nal vo one side and it plowed 
ран with only inches f бе, The 

jot shook и fat and shouted some 


ing. 
"He doesn't like yachtsmen;" 1 ob 
served. 


“He isa common seaman and socially 
inferior." Marty explained 
The wind was tuming us a 
“Honey,” he sid, "you 


have to 
volunteer to dive overboard and clear 
away whatever is fouling the rudder.” 


1 re 


“This is the drainage canal 
inded him. 
"This is the call to duty." 
“Swimming gives me an car ache," 1 
sid. 

“We must all rally to the emergency. 
1 will undertake to sober up Letty.” 

“Why don't we just wait ший the 
wind blows us close to shore and then 
abandon this hunk of driftwood? We 
fan take a trip to Texas or somewhere.” 
1 was trying to tempt him. "You always 
wanted to try your hand at the oil in- 


He ignored my remarks. I stripped 
down to my shorts and went over the 
side. We had been carried downstream 
to an automobile bridge. A crowd ol 

e gathered along the railing and 
Stared down at me. 1 nangled a piece 
‘of burlap from the rudder and climbed 
back in. Marty was holding а piece ol 
wet rag to the back of Lefty's neck as 
he swayed uncerainly over the engine 
He clumsily pulled and adjusted things 
and got it running. 

“You сап retire о your quarters" 
Marty said as he let Lefty sag down next 
to the engine hatch, 

1 dragged Lefty away from the cw 
caping fumes. "Lets tum back” 

We're almost to the locks and there's 
Lake Michigan!" 

We chugged along for another ten 
minutes and got through the locks 
Marty told the attendant that we vere 
the V.S S. Aphrodite, home port Ch 
садо. destination confidential. Не was 
nettled when 1 asked the attendant how 
far away the nearest Const Guard recue 
boat was stationed. 

When we were out on the lake И 
have to admit that it was nice. Y had 
never seen the skyline before, When 
орела Гамат forgot amd waved 

; even though Ману kept telling 
me ihat it маз a breach ої yachting 
this At North Avenue Marty got 
pretty close по the shore 

Tan the water kind of shallow here?" 
1 asked. ey 

"I we don't get in close enough how 

боланга on page 73) 


“He's my kind of man— the strong, solvent type.” 


travel BY PATRICK CHASE 


we can ovi warne about Rio de Janeiro 
without tapping cur lect, jiggling at our 
desks, samba swoying around the alice. 
Tam mon tn ftom. There n 
three words is Rios pulsing samba city 
With а hooded look and the screaming 
color of a parrot. 
ЛС alae Шу to yin и Lima, 
ти, straight up and over the craggy 
Andes (ts like fying over the moon. 
cold and dead), then actos the tangled 
green, Jungle that hides some ot the 
Коні most primitive people. The na 
ll blast away at the weekly trains 
with poisoned darts in over the 
Unbelievable bay we spor Rio -mesld in 
the ому cerifed genuine purple dusk 
weve ever seen. Everywhere there are 
Mountains, rocky Angers напр sheer 
from the waters of cath scalloped init 
and stretching around behind the lovely 
Es 
Tis best to arrive when the street lights 
going оп kr brilliant necklaces 
ing along Ше shoreline. Once we 
Tus right as floodlights sprayed 
the huge white statue of the Christ, arms 
Ouiseiched, atop Corcovade's 2366 foot 
peak. At the same moment, Sugar Loaf 


mountain burst into light out in the bay. 
“Then, spreading inland, the lights lashed! 
on in series, reaching back into the can- 
yons between dark hills. 

Night closes in fast in Rio. Grab a 
taxi at the airport and chase the pearls 
of light strung along palms the 
dark sea, and soon you're in the center 
of Rio's neon-lit smartness. Tam tam-tam 

+ » the samba beat eddies out at you 
roma sidewalk terraces and across the 
pres lobby of е Copacabana Palace 

fotel. 

you're not too bushed from your trip,‏ ו 
stop at the hotels Midnight (Meia-Noite)‏ 
Room for a quick pickmeup; also to‏ 
hear the new French blues singer and‏ 
admire the smooth, bronzed shoulders‏ 
and low-cut Paris creations of young cafe‏ 
society granfınas clustered around the‏ 
bar. Most of the girls are French-‏ 
educated Brazilian beauties who are both‏ 
pert and personable, but remember, it‏ 
is always best to В these ladies‏ 
with both tact and discretion.‏ 

Out in the city, the evening air is 
spicetinged. Step across to the beach. 
side walk paved in a pattern of black 
mosaic waves. Keep pace with the smart 


rio de janeiro: a paradise 


SAMBA CITY 


stroller, chatting softly in a до 
ferent tongues, until the crowd tl 
toward the bay's crescent tip. Now, away 
from the lights, you can hear the drum 
beats filtering down from the favelas, th 

lite shanty towns up in the black hill, 
"The favelas originally gave us the samba, 
a fetish dance of the West African slaves 
Known as quizombo, but this sound is 
different. This drumming is macumba- 
the voodoo ritual of trance dancing and 
animal sacrifice to the ancient gods 
Xango and Ogun. 

‘Morning in Rio is always special. We 
wait until the waiter goes out on онт 
Balcony to spread a breakfast of joltingly 
se вон йы ora 
custard apple and maman (papaya). 
"The sun is already sizzling hot, the roat 
ol the sea deafening. The nights tropical 
fragrance has been replaced by a sun 
drenched salt tang, mingled with the day 
scent of eucalyptus. Outside, there's a 
shock: a royal blue жа and whi 


white sand: cream-and.chrome Бий 
against dark green bills, On the be: 
are dots of brightness from swimsuits 
beach umbrellas. colorful straw hats 

(continued on page 71) 


of cream-and-chrome 


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voe 
1 хай y MES 


PLAYBOY 


NO MORE GIFTS (continued from page 21) 


with a pistol” Avis said. 

I guess it's against the rules here. 
But I'm an outobtovner" 

The sireetlamps, blinked on below. 
Through their diffused halos she 
watched the top floor tenant she had 
limped lue evenings, ducking put 
her basement window with a bag of 
sandwiches from the coffee shop. He was 
а slim bighstrung man in his сапу 
twenties, with black hair strong against 
his sallow features. In his muntard.col 
red sport shirt and dark flannels, he 
‘might have been any college boy her 
‘own age. But she doubted it, he was a 
little 100 mature and wary. 
pe ant ever et my ВИ of рева” 
e said. "Lun a sportsman from away 
back.” 

‘Avis smiled in spite of herself. Не 
ves being patronining, bur at east he 
wasn't bein thetic. 

tou could have fooled me” she said. 
"Shows you how tricky looks can be. 
Tm strictly an outdoor character,” he 

“Up with the birds, after a night 
lan living. "Then into the words 
‘my faithful pointer for a brace of 
quail, and back in time to pose for the 
whiskey ads" There was а contagious 
nervous gaiety in his voice. "How about 
you? How do you keep up your morale 
in these hectic time?” 

"Me? Oh, I endorse beauty soaps, Му 

all the magazines. | gues 
recognize me without my 


father on.” 
He grinned at her across the yellow 


this dump 


Why, this Isa very elegant adire 

‚en the mice have pedigrees” 

Are those just mice in the walls? 

‘They sound more like cocker spaniels.” 
Smiling, Avis got to her feet and 

stretched. She limped over to the ledge 

and Jeane di 


Шу not so bad" she said 
‘wistfully. "Not when you get used to it." 

‘ince ores blow, die robb side 
Yak ly smoothed by трів. А 
Ben rete Oop dte v) 
Distantly the block echoed with the so. 
prano profanity of kids in flapping pur” 
suit of à Gin can. Avis soothed her eyes 
оп the park across the street. 

It was nothing more than з swatch of 
parched gras, with a few listless shrubs 
Competing among the flaking iron 
benches: but it was a green oasis in the 
shingled gray monotone. An expensive, 
older looking car was parked beside it. 
One of those conservative kinds, maybe 
belonging to some old resident who'd 
made his mark in the world and come 
back to reminisce. Maybe paying a call 
in the neighborhood, because she'd no- 
ticed it there most of the day 

Just then a match Nared inside it. The 
chauffeur, probably 

"We even have a park.” Avis said. 
“OL course its not much of a — 

HI know. I've seen it” 

Something in his voice drew her head 


around. He'd lit another cigarette and 
was studying her through the unfold: 
ing smoke. She stood facing him with 
her tar-colored hair loosely piled around 
her shoulders. Her unmade lips parted 

al, as И breathing had become more 


Youre a preuy ий he id Ману, 
“1 never бонды ofthat way, bur you 
are, How long have you had that leg? 

oo‏ ב 

"That leg of yours." he repeated. “Has 
камар Без toe a 

Туе, she said. “Al my life” 

71 gues it bothers you a lot” 

“What do you think?” Avis aid. 

He started to crush his cigarette out, 
then change ha mind, “Lock не wid 
awkwardly, “ev ^ got one. One 
tray or another. Nobody са ой rec 

Limping back to the stool, Avis sat 
heavily. She flattened her hands against 
her thighs to still them. 

“What are you running from?" she 
pet lady, Fm abend 

a running, lady. I'm already 
there, as far as 1 can go. He glanced 

the neighboring roof, a space of no 
more than twenty-five fect. "I диск 
Fm not about to tie any world record 
for the broad j 

“e's that car across the street. isn't it?” 

He continued watching the next roof. 
“Been running all Фе way from East 
St. Louis. You'd think with a head start 
Tike that, 1 almost could.” He turned 
back to Бет. “What's your name, lady?” 


‘She made henelf breathe evenly. "Are 
you a gangster?” 

He laughed, then considered it. “I 
don’t think so. I'm just a bad business 


71 don't know,” he smiled, "is there?" 
The police?” she faltered. 

“That's a thought. Give them a ring, 
And il no one answers, iry the Boy 
Scouts.” 

She turned her head away. 

"I'm not putting you down. Really." 
he said gently, “Its just that I guewed 
wrong. and now I have to pay ofl” 

“But there must be some way. 

let you stay here and get — 
Don't be cra. You better run on 
home, if you got one.” He stared at her 
in baled anger. "What the hell's wrong 
with you, wanting to put your neck out? 
You don’t know the first thing about 
me. 1 could be any kind of public en- 
emy oF something.” 

What if vou are? 1 don’t owe the 
public anything.” 

He waited. expressionless 

“I don't care,” she said desperately. 
I'm пос going anywhere. What kind of 
a life is this — watching the world from 
а dirty cage?” 

Half smiling, he said, "That bad?" 

“How would you like it sometime, 


coped up in a room no wider than 


BAL ii 
‘Avis dropped her eyes to the stool 
"Even sn. the picked at the fraying 
canvas, “even so, rs not the same thing, 
Your bars were real. You knew where 
you were, and you knew it wouldn't La 
And besides, you're а man,” she said. 
“You asked me bow I keep up my 
marale: 1 keep it up over a sewing ma 
Shine hemming (шр Tor oer women 
to go dancing in 
She could feel his eyes on her, dark 
and equivocal 
‘even before that, it was never 
real. My father was an evangelical min 
ister. Along with this.” she nodded at 
her foot, "he gave me а nice set of rules 
to explain it. He said it vas a gilt from 
God, Who'd seen ft to test ruy worth 
new. Well, Tim not a candidate any 
more. Let Him recruit saints somewhere 
ebe. ГИ settle lor а life, ihe smallest 


Hitt Ме with people in 
"The man nodded gravely. “AII right 

lady. 1 got small Ме ct rs pretend 

youre included. What do we do with i 

Well you cercainly can't мау here 

He shrugged. 

Avis kept her eyes down, getting i 
vet in one breathy “1 have а room 
the basement, "heres ап entrance 
around through the Back, they wouldn't 
Hook fr you there 

“Teli me about i he sid 
oom and all. What's и lke? 

She looked up, trying to read his face. 


"Your 


E 
7I just want to picture you. 
around in it, the things you do.” 


“It's not much. Just one room and a 
Kitchenette. ‘The walls are always damp. 
But irs got a stove, You wouldn't have 
10 sneak out at night for hamburgers.” 

“You been keeping track of me.” 

"Yes." she said. 

"Where would 1 sleep? Tha 
partant point, you know.” 

Avis could feel the color rising w 
her face, 

"There's a май bed that lets down,” 
she ай а: 

“Pretty wide bed?” 

She met his level gaze, 
do talk about it?” she мй 
control going. "Can't we 
take care of themselves 

Sure," he said, “sure ме can. Lets 
give it a whirl.” He reached forward, 
esting his band on her wrist, "Look, 
what's your name again? Avis? Sit over 
here a minute.” He handed her over to 
the ledge beside him, 

‘Together in the shadows, she could 
{eel her shoulders trembling 

“Listen, Avin he said, “Fm not sure 
bow to put it. Guess 1 haven't traveled 
in the right cirdes. But what Ги get 

си never been with a man, 


an im- 


"Do we have 
feeling her 
t Jer things 


she said. 
Tm mo loverboy, myself. 1 
m plates 


Well, 
mean, 1 was never in circul: 
(concluded on page 68) 


One of the most sophisticated tales of the French storyteller, Guy de Maupassant 


THE POSTMAN’S MISTAKE 


in leaving the рон oli that his route 
ould not, be Ton and therefore fl 
ively delight 

He had charge of the county around 
Vireville und, when he returned in the 

ug. he often found he had covered 
тесту miles in his long march 

Today the distribución would be easy: 
he could even stroll along а lile and 
be home by three o'clock in the alter 
moon. What lui? 

He went out along the Sennemare 
read and commenced his work. Te was 
une, the month of green things and 
flowers, he true month of the fields and 
miedos. 

The man, in his blue blouse and black 
cap with red braid, crowed through by 

ths, fields of millet. cats amd wheat 
ried to the shoulders in their dept: 
and his head, moving along above the 

«ту waves, seemed to oat upon a 
Jim ad vendant sea, which а light 
reere caused to undulate gently. Не 
entered the fas through wooden gate 
ways built on the slopes and shaded by 
{wo rows of beech шее greed che 
mer by name: "Good. morning. 
Monsieur Chico.” and passed him НЕ. 
newspaper. 

“The farmer would wipe his hand on 
his trousers, receive the paper and slide 
it into is pocket to read at his ease alter 
the midday meal. The dogs экер in 


tuming, pre 
ary gal. sueco hi 
limbs, the eft arm over his bag the 
right "manipulating א‎ which 
matched ike Бін, in a continuous, 
ה‎ 

Не distributed his printed matier and 
his Jura in the hamlet of Sennemare, 
Then set out across the fields м 
for the an collector who lived пай 
isolated house а quarter of а mile from 
the village 

He was a new collector, this Chapuis, 

rol but the week before and Patel 


Ribald Classic 


married. a clover field wo read и more slowly. г 
Tre took a Paris paper, and sometimes deuils were fright. А woodeutier, in 
Boniface, when he had time, would take paming the foresters house the morning 
3 dook. ae before delivering eat iut atter, fad noted a 
Now he opened his bag. took out the “Те keeper must hive 
paper, slipped it ош of in wrapper, Killed a wolf tast might,” he thought, but 
Unlolde M and began to read ‘while coming nearer, he p 


walking. The first page did not interest door was left open and that th 
him; politics did not arouse him: the been broken. Then, seized with fear, he 
finance he always pased over; but the ran to the village, notified. the 


general lac of We day he read eagerly. who took with hin asa но 

That day they were very exciting, Me the Keeper of elds and Ше schoolmas 
became so much Потоп the tory ter thee four men returned together 
ol a aime executed im a gamekeepers The found the forester with his throat 
lodge that he stopped in the middle of (continued on page 70) 


He was sure some terrible crime was being committed, 


GOODMAN (continued from poge 21) 


it up” Thats exactly what they did, all 
right, and everything seemed to ко fine 
ший director Valentine Davies took his 
first horrified look at the rushes. The 
kids were sure "dancing it up” but most 
of their dante steps Were completely 
‘unknown in the late Thirties Next day. 
when the big scene was reshot, Davies 
dispatched а squad of “policemen” on 
the dance Moor to weed out the cool 
ones and keep the dancing hot and 
wy. in the proper 1938 style. 
Jazz will always be danced to, 1 guess 


Bút more surprising is the way it is now. 
listened. to, ‘There are jazz concerts in 
New York's Carnegie Hall, Chicago's 


Civic Opera House and countless other 
auditoriums all over Americi and Eu 
rope. Jazz festivals amd traveling jur 
qv Continually expand the audience. 
for a type of music that at one time was 
considered special and highly unortho- 
Чох. Hundreds of nightclubs in 1956 no 
longer have amy dance, fears of any 

, but still, thousands of people of 
all ages gather to listen to music to 
listen critically and intelligently. Cer- 
tainly jazz is по longer the boisterous, 
raw, brash upstart of the Twenties It 
has come of ae right before our eyes 
and sani. The change can be auri 
Maybe the kids who danced the Lindy 
Hop, the Shag. the Big Apple and the 
cir fca. wide E 
Now, perhaps, they are content to sit 
around and listen. 

During the early days, our audiences 

almost entirely of other swing 
and kids under twenty-five 
"The kids’ reactions were direct, sensual 
emotional. They found the music 
Simulating, exciting and. wondertal to 
dance to. They didn't criticize it, ana- 
lye it or write books about it: they 
simply responded to it and enjoyed it. 
Grey nc о people who led 
this new free and rollicking kind of mu- 
sic grew in number and we played to 
larger and larger crowds. 

„Кок. I look around and see many to 
whom swing is largely a matter of nos 
ш. Y tales dci back to Шей own 
youth which they relive through swing 
music. But there is aho a new genera 
tion of kids whose reactions are as direct. 
as their parent” reactions before them. 
Jazz is again alive to them, in a health- 
Jer condition than ever before. In fact, 
we can easily say that jazz В one of the 
original and lasting contributions to 
culture which America has made in the 
‘whole Twentieth Century. In my opin- 
ion, it may well go down in history as 
the folk music of this country. 

One of the features of jazz which 1 
find most gratifying is the fact that from 
its very beginning it has been complete- 
ly democratic. А difference of race, creed 
ог color has never been of the slightest 
importance in the best of bands. Musi- 
Gianship was the only consideration 
when, with Teddy Wilson and Gene 
Krupa, 1 formed the Benny Goodman 
Trio and started what has since been 
called “Chamber Music Jazz.” It was the 


„yar in. year ош. never varying thei 


only consideration also when 1 added 
Lionel Hampton's vibes to tum the 
small combo into the Benny Goodman 
Quartet. Many years before the Major 
League baschall teams used Negro play. 
em, Negro and white musicians were 
playing together all over the country. 
‘This в hardly surprising when you те 
member that most jazz originated with 
the Negroes and, naturally, they are still 
among its most creative exponents and 
"undoubtedly always will be 

During the pax twenty year, there 
have been musicians and band leaders 
of every kind and quality. ‘There have 
been “greats,” like Duke Ellington and 
Count Basie. to mention only two, 
whose names have never los their bright 
lustre, There have been some who have 
been just good and who have held the 
ablic favor for a while. then vanished 
from view to drift into other occupa: 
tions, “There also have been a couple — 
who obviously shall have to be пате. 
Kesh rh во apparent шем or 
personality, have manag h some 
ipely gimmick, to held, the publics 
fancy. They are paid fantastic sums by 
the recording companies as well as га 
dio and television ‘networks. There are 
also big bands like Guy: Lombardo's 
who continue from decade to decade, 


styles, never deviating from the straight 
path of conventionality. They have 
managed to hold a certain definite fol- 
lowing of their own. thus maintaining 
a steady and solid ity. To these 
A 

An amazing breed which has risen 
with he growth of music is the recor 
collector. 1 must admit to knowing very 
little about them, although 1 am com 
stanly awed by them and certainly am 
indebted to a lot of them. For mam 
jean, F was so busy playing music а 
making records that somehow I never 
got around to buying many disc, and 
never my own. The result was, when 1 
got married and my wife Alice wanted 
я set of my old records, 1 found that 
Фе were кюн sane Bom Не 
to an ardent, wild haired collector, 1 was 
able to buy a good many of them. 

Some of these record collectors are 
astonishing. Last year, 1 met the 17-year- 
old son of the lax Count Bernadotte, 
whose пате is Bertil. In some ways the 
meeting verged on the embarrassing. He 
asked me innumerable questions about 
various records, recording sessions, who 
played suchandsuch a chorus, etc, and 
almost invariably be knew the answers 
better than 1! The amount of informa: 
tion about diss and jazz he carried in 
his head was nothing less than startling, 
and yet, although his mother is Ameri 
сап, he had been brought up almost en- 
tirely in Sweden. 

1 had a similar experience with a 
Greek boy, educated in Athens, who 
саше to America for the first time at 
the age of 21. He, too, knew more about 
me than 1 could remember myself! 1 am 
told that record collectors correspond. 


in all parts of the world, exchanging 
views and information on ай kinds of 
diss. This interest is wonderful, of 
course. because records are the very 
bloodstream of the whole music indus- 


т 

Looking back, it scems to me that the 
release of the fist Carnegie Hall Jazz 
Concert LP helped to establish з new 
trend in the record business. Thirteen 
years after the concert, which took place 
оп January 16, 1988, the Columbia long- 
playing records of the concert were 
placed on the market. made posible be- 
cause an undiscovered transcription of 
the music had come to light 

Many people thought that the story 

ding the acetate tapes tucked aw 

lost was a publicity gag. but it 
жам. The only inaccuracy in the re 
[ers ya hat it was nor my daughter 
chel who found them. but my sister. 
inlaw, Rachel Speiden, and Im happy 
to have the chance to present the cor. 
rect facts now. 
в album was released exactly as it 
was taped over one single microphone 
at Carnegie Най. 1 had no idea that we 
‘were being recorded at Ше time. Since, 
о far as Го mo album recorded at 
а jazz concert with a live audience had 
exer been offered to the public, no one 
knew what the response would be. Well 
the darn thing sold more than 300.000 
albums, and has омет $1,500,000. 
Four years after its relesase, it is still a 
hot seller in the record shop, Since Шып 
time, а lot of and jer groups 
have followed the sme procedure In 
preparing albums. It is fairly common- 
place today, amd, wherever the music 
fas been good, the recordbuying pub- 
Jic has responded favorably 

Т had а special interest in the success 
‘of my first album of this kind because 
1 thought it might possibly be bought 
only by those of my generation. 1 was 
dead wrong. Apparently, all over the 
country, high whool and college kids 
"discovered" this "new" music for them: 
selves. I heard of many instances, even, 
where youngsters were astonished and 
chagrined when they found their par- 
ems also knew of Benny Goodman ап 
his band of the late Thirties! 

Today there are many gentlemen of 
the pres in this country writing com: 
Ley about music (ny Drotherim 

; John Hammond, в one of them) 
But there are also а raft of critics who 
seem to be trying to make the subject 
into an occult science. I can think of 
опе in particular who seems incapable 
ol writing about jazz except in words 
of four syllables or more. The word, 
"tontrapointal" (or docs he mean “con: 
trapuntal?’), which is not even in Weh 
чета Unabridged, is onc of his favorites. 
1 sometimes wonder what impression he 
manages to get across to his readers. To 
this reader, the invariable reaction is 
опе of total bewilderment spiced with a 
dash of horror — for in this critics out 
pourings there по emotion whatev 
expressed or implicit. The approach is 
entirely intellectual. Many European 
critics, too, have written monumental 

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TASTE (continued from page 51) 


go with it there was a Moselle. Mike got 
Up and poured the wine himself, and 
when һе ft down again, I could see that 
he was watching Richard Pratt. He had 
set the boule ín front of me so that 1 
Suid red the label. ай. "Gens 
igsberg, 1954." He leaned over 

whispered to me that Geierlay was a 
tiny village in Ше Moselle, almost un- 
Known outside Germany. He said that 
this wine we were drinking was some- 
thing unusual, that the output of the 
vineyard was o smal tha it vas amos 
impossible for a stranger to get any of it 
He had vied Geely penonall the 
revious summer in order to obtain the 
few doren bottles that they had finally 
allowed him to have. 

"I doubt anyone еве in the сом 


ка any of i al the moment” he sad | 


people serve a Rhine wine instead, but 
that’s because they don’t know any bet- 
ter. A Rhine wine will kill a delicate 
claret, you know that? Its barbaric to 
serve a Rhine before a claret. But a 
is exactly 


‘Moselle -ahl —a Moselle 
right” 
fike Schofield was an amiable, middle- 
agni man. Вы he was а stockbroker. 
o be precise, he was a j 3 
dock market and like a number of 
kind, he scemed to be somewhat embar- 
тамей, almost ashamed по find that he 
so slight 


vas not really mugh more than а book- 
maker an unctuous, infinitely respect 
able, secretly unscrupulous bookmaker 
and he knew that his friends knew it, 
100. So he was seeking now to become а 
man of culture, to cultivate a literary 
and aesthetic taste, to collect paintings, 
music, books, and all the rest of it. His 
Tittle sermon about Rhine wine and 
Moselle was a part of this thing, this 
culture that he sought. 

“A charming little wine, don't you 
think?” he suid. He was will watching 
Richard Pratt, 1 could see him give а 
rapid furtive glance down the table cach 
time he dropped his head to take а 
mouthful of whitebait, could almost 
feel him waiting for the moment when 
Pratt would take his first sip, and look up 
from his glass with a smile of pleasure, 
of astonishment, perhaps even of won 
der, and then there would be a discus 

ion and Mike would tell him about the 
ще of Geierslay. 
But Richard Pratt did not taste his 
wine. He was completely engrossed їп 
conversation with Mike's eightcen-year- 
old daughter, Louise, He was half turned. 
toward her, smiling at her, telling her, 
so far as 1 could gather, some story about 
a chef in a Paris restaurant. As he spoke, 
he leaned closer and closer to her, seem- 
ing in his eagerness almost to impinge 
upon her, and the poor girl leaned as 
Kaas she could away from him, modding 
politely, rather desperately, and looking 
по at his face but at the topmost burton 


of his dinner ў 
Nt ied our fy nd ie maid 
came around removing the plates When 
She came to түм, de sav that be lad 
Sox yet touched. his food, xo she Вей. 
tated, and Prat noticed her. Не waved 
her away, broke of his conversion, and 
uly began to et, opp 

isp Brown fah qu 
with 

fork. 


rapid jabbi 
n es he ind Sched, be 
reached for his glass, and in two short 
Swallows he tipped the wine down his 
throat and turned immediately to re 
Sume his conversation with Louise 
Schofield 
Mike saw it all. 1 was conscious of him 


sitting there, very still, containing hin 
self, looking at his His round 
jovial face seemed to. slightly and 


10 sag, but he contained himsell and was 
still and said nothing. 

‘Soon the maid came forward with the 
second course. This was a large roast of 
it on the table in front 


ing the slices very thin, laying them 
fon the plates or 

around. When he had served everyone, 
including himself, he put down thé 
carving knife and leaned forward with 
both hands on the edge of the table. 

"Now," he said, speaking to all of us 
but looking at Richard Pratt. "Now for 
the claret. 1 must go and fetch the daret, 
if you'll excuse me.” 

You go and fetch it, Mike?” Т eid. 
“Where is i” 

"In my study, with the cork out— 
breathing” 

‘Why the study?" 
és the best place in the house. 
Richard helped me choose it last time 
he was here.” 

At the sound of his name, Pratt looked 
around, 

“That's right, isn’t it?” Mike said. 

"Yes." Pratt answered, nodding gravely 
“That's right.” 

"On top of the green filing cabinet in 
my study.” Mike said. "That's фе place 
we chose, A good draft-iree spot in a 
toom with an even temperature, Excuse 
me now, will you, while 1 fetch it.” 

“The thought of another wine to play 
with had restored his humor, and he 
hurried out the door, to return a minute 
later more slowly, walking softly, holding 
in both hands a wine basket in which a 
dark boule lay. The label was out of 
sight, facing downward. “Now!” he cried 
as he came toward the table, “What 
about this one, Richard? You'll never 
пате this one!” 

Richard Pratt turned slowly and 
looked up at Mike; then his eyes trav- 
elled down to the bottle nestling in its 
small wicker basket, and he raised his 
eyebrows, a slight. supercilious arching of 
the brows and with ita. 

о the wet lower lip, suddenly imperious 
and ugly. 

“You'll never get it" 
“Not in a hundred years.” 

“A darei?" Richard Prat asked, con- 
descending. 


“OF course 
“I assume, then, tha 
the smaller vineyards? 


i's from one of 


"But its a good year? One of the 
great years?” 
"Yen, Т 
"Then it shouldn't be too dificul,” 
Richard Pratt said, drawling his words, 


iarantee that.” 


looking exceedingly bored, 
to me, there was something 
his drawli 


Except that, 
range about 
‘and his boredom: between 
the eyes a shadow of something evil, and 
in his bearing an intentness that gave 
me а faint sense of uneasiness as 1 
‘watched him. 

"This one is really rather difficult.” 
Mike said, "I won't force you to bet on 
this one.” 


"Indeed. And why not?” Again the 
slow arching of the brows, the cool, in 
tent look. 


“Because its difficult.” 

"That's not, very complimentary to 
me, you know." 

“My dear man,” Mike said, “Il bet 
you with pleasure, if that’s what you 
wish.” 

ТИ shouldn't be too hard to name it." 

“You mean you want 1o bei ro 

'm perfectly willing to bet,” Richard 
Pratt sad. за 

“All right, then, we'll have the usual. 
А case of the wine е. 

"You don't think I'll be able to name 
do your" 

"As a matter of fact, and with all due 
тореп. 1 dan" Mike eid. He was 

ing some effort to remain polite, but 
Pratt was not bothering overmuch to 
conceal his contempt for the whole 
ceeding. And yeu curiously, his ext 
question seemed to betray a certain 
interest. 

“You like to increase the bet?” 

“No, Richard. А case is plenty. 

“Would you like to bet fifty cases?" 

"That would be silly.” 

Mike stood very still behind his chair 
at the bead of the table, carefully hold- 
img the boule in its ridiculous wicker 
basket, There was a trace of whiteness 
around his nostrils now, and his mouth 
Vas shut very tight 

Pratt was Tolling back in his chair, 
looking up at him, the eyebrows raised, 
the eyes half closed, a title smile touch 
ing the comen of bis lips. And again 
1 saw, or thought 1 saw, something dis- 
tinctly disturbing about the man's face, 
that shadow of intentness between the 
eyes, and in the eyes themselves, right in 
their centers where it was black, a small. 
slow spark of shrewdness. hi 

“So you don't want to increase the 


incemed, old man, 1 


dont give а damn,” Mike said. "I'l bet 
anything you like.” 
"The three women and 1 sat quietly, 


watching the two men. Mike's wile was 
becoming annoyed: her mouth had gone 
sour and 1 ic as a any moment she 
was going to interrupt. Our roast beet 
lay bdore us on ош plates, slowly 
steaming 

“So you'll bet me anything I like?" 


That's what | told you. ГИ bet you 
anything you dama well please, if you 
Want to make an issue out of i 


ven ten thousand po 
“Сунану Y will, И hats the way you 
want it^ Mike was more confident now. 


could call 


cw quite well 
Pratt cared to 


slowly around the table, 
the three wore 
appeared to he reminding us thie we 
^s to the oler, 
Мик. Schol 
stop this w 


evenly, "Were making a 
1 noticed! the maid standing. 


the 


back ‘al vegetables, 
‘wondering whether to come forward with 
th " 

AIV right, then,” Pratt said. "IL vell 


you what 1 want you tn bet.” 
"Come on, then,” Mike said, rather 
reckless, "I don't give a damn what it 
ור‎ 
Pratt nodded, amd again the tittle 
lc moved the corners of his lips, and 
then, quite slowly, looking at Mike all 
the time, he said, 71 want you to het 
the hand of your daughter in marriage: 
Louise Schofield gave a jump. "Ней 
she cried, "No! That's not funny! Look 
here, Daddy. that’s not funny at all” 
“No, dear.” her mother said. “They're 
only joking” 
“Tm not joking” Richard Pratt said. 


ie ridiculous” Mike sid, He was 
off alame again now. 

"You san! you'd bet anything 1 lia 

тез ey 
“Tha what вези 
ариу үш didn't sy 

if you wat vo go back 
your olier, what's quite al right wich 

"Ics not a quest 
my oler old man. 
because you са 
уонтан do 
го 
ус: And й 


ol going back on 
З з no bet anyway, 


рр 
ip against mune in сазе you 
you had, 1 wouldn't want 


ng you like, 
My howe, for example, 
Bouse? ж 


וא" 
The country‏ 
“Why not the on‏ 


AI right thes, if you wish it. Both 
тү home" 

М that point T amw Mike pare, Me 
took step forward and placed he honle 
in its bantet gently down on the table 
Te moved these o one sde then 
the pepper, and then he picked up his 
кас шидей the blade thoughitull for 
3 moment, and put i down again. МВ. 
daughter. too. had acen him pau. 

"Row. Dali she eid. "Dow be 
absurd! Tes oo silly for words. T refuse 
ie be betel on їйє thi” 

"Quite right dear” her mother sd 
“stop itat once, Mike. and sit down and 
са tour fond. 

Mike ignored her. He looked over at 


his daughter and he smiled, з slow, 
fatherly. y e smile. Bur in his 


eyes, suddenly, there glimmered a little 
triumph. "You ha 

as he spoke 
ought w 


7 he said, 
You know, Louise, 
about this a bit.” 
Daddy! 1те 
Why, Pre 


thin 


mot me. And 
16 hand over a 
property. Now, wait a minute, 
dom "The point is this, He 


to me, because 1 know 
Fm talking about. The expert, 
ing а claret—s0 I 


gota certain ма) 
ard. He can, ol 
course. tell you the Bordeaux district 
from which the wine comes, whether it is 
from St Emilion, Pomerol, Graves, or 
Мейо. Ваг 
comity has many, mas i 
Teis imposible lor a man to differentiate 
between them all by taste and smell 
alone. 1 don't mind telling you that this 
опе Ге got here is a wine from a small 
Vineyard that is surrounded by many 
‘other small vineyards, and heil never 
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FEMALES BY COLE: 22 


PLAYBOY 


i. И imposible” 
You чш be sure of that” his 


you 1 can Though 1 say 
it myself, Г understand quite a bit about 
this wine busines, you know. And any- 
way, heavens alive, girl, Pia your father 
and you don’t think Tû let you in lor 
{or something you didn’t want, do you? 
Tm trying to make you some money.” 

“Mikel” his wife said sharply. "Stop 
it now, Mike, please! 

Again he ignored her юш will 
take this bet,” he said to his daughter, 
ten minutes you will be the owner 
of two large houses.” 

"Bur 1 don’t want two large houses, 
Daddy." 

“Then sell then. Sell them back to 
him on the spot. ТЇЇ arrange all that 

nd then, just think of it, my 


be richt You'll be inde- 
went lor the rest о your life" 
“Ob, Daddy, I don't like it. I think 


ics ll 

So do 1, the mother vid. She jerked 
her head briskly up and down as she 

Tike a ben. "You ought to be 

М о yourell, Michael, ever за 
esting ah lil Your own dag 

Mike didn’t even look at her. "Take 
da” he said eagerly, staring hard at the. 
gi. "Take it quick! TI guarantee you 
Sont tose” 

"hut 1 don't like it, Daddy.” 

“Соме оп. girl. Take i 

Mike was pushing her hard. He was 
leaning toward hei, fxing her with two 
hard bright eyes, and it was not easy lor 
the daughter to resist him. 

put what iE Loser” 
ү BSD teling ou, you cart lnc 

“бъ. Daddy. must 12° 

T making you з fortune. So come 
оп now. What do jou say, Louise? АШ 
p 

Fo heb time, she estat: Then 
she pave a Ва 
Shoulders and said, "Oh, ай righ 


Just so long as you swear theres по 
danger of losing.” 


cried. "Thats finet 


Immediately, Mike picked up the wine, 
sipped the first thimbleful into his own 
las, then skipped excitedly around the 
table filling up the others, Now every- 
one was watching Richard Pratt, waich- 
ing his face as he reached slowly for his 
glaw with his right hand and о it 
fo his noe. The man was about бу 
years old and he did not have a pleasant 
face. Somehow, it was all mouth mom. 
and lips-tbe full, wet lips of the pro 
fewional gourmet, the lower lip hang- 
ing downward in the center, а pendu- 
ous. permanently open isters lip. 
shaped open to receive the rim of a 
¡las or a morsel of food. Like a keyhole, 
T thought, watching it: his mouth is like. 
a large wet keyhole, 

Slowly he lifted the glass to his nose. 
The point of the nose entered the glass 
and moved over the surface of the wine, 
delicately sniffing. He swirled the wine 
rently around in the glass to receive the 


juet. His concentration was intense. 


He had closed his eyes, and now the 
whole top half of his body, the head and 
neck and chest, seemed to become a kind 


fe smelling-machine, re- 


‘other end of the table. looking. straight 
ahead, her face tight with disspproval 
“The daughter, Louise, had shilicd her 
chair away а litte, and wdewise, facing 
the gourmet, and she, like her father, 
was watching closely. 

For at least a minute, 


his mouth full of wine, getting the бек. 
» he permitted same of й to 
tickle down МА throat and 1 зам his 
Adam's apple move av it posed by. But 
тюм of it he retained in his mouth. And 
Sov without swallowing ain, he drow 
in is lips з thin breath of ai 
which mingled uh the fumes of ihe 
ine in the mouth and раче on down 


it out through his nose, and final 
to roll the wine around under the 
Tongue. and chewed it. actually chewed 
הש‎ имоти cu 

Te was з solemn, impressive perform 
ance, and I must say he did it well, 

"Um." he said, putting down the glass, 
running a pink tongue aver his lip 
“Um-ves A very interesting little wine 
gentle and gracious, almost feminine 
in the aftertaste.” 

There was an excess of saliva in his 
mouth, and as he spoke he spat an oc 
сопа! bright speck of it onto the table, 

“Now we can start to eliminate.” he 
said. “You will pardon me for doing 
this carefully, but there is much at stake, 
Normally Т would perhaps take a bit of 
a chance, leaping forward quickly and 
Tonding right in the middle of the vine 

mw choice. But this ti 


He looked up at Mike and he smiled. a 
thi: lppet. wer sipped smile. Mike did 


First. then. which district in Bordeaux 
docs this wine come from? That is not 
too І vo guess. It is far too light 
in the body to be either St, Emilion or 
raves. Tt is obviously a Médoc. There's 
по doubt about Пай 

"Now- from which commune in Médoc 
does it come? That also, by elimination, 
should not be too dificult to decide 
fargaus? No. It cannot be Margaux. 
has not the violent bouquet of a 
‚aux. Pauillac? t cannot be Pawillac, 
either. It is tno tender, too gentle and 
wistful for a Pasillac The wine of 
Pavillac has a character that is almost 
imperious in its taste. And also, to me, 
а Pauillac contains just a litle pith, a 
curious, dusty, pithy flavor that the grape 
acquires from the soil of the district. No, 
то. This-this is a very gentle wine, de 
тше and bashful in the first taste, 


emerging shyly but quite graciously 
the second. A ile arch, perhaps, in 
the second taste, and a 

also, teasing the 

а trace of tan 
taste, deightful—consoling and feminin 
with à certain blithely generous quality 
that one associates only w 


Ше naughty 
a trace, just 


ol the c ЖТ 
ода 
He leaned back iu his chair, held his 


hands up level with his chest, and placed 
the fingertips carchully together. He wis 
becoming, ridiculously pompous, but 1 
thought that some of it was deliberate, 
simply to mock his host, T found myscll 
Waiting rather tensely for him to go 
"The gu Louise was lighting a cigarette. 
Pratt heard ihe match мие and he 
turned on her. faving suddenly with re 
anger. "Please!" Не said. “Please don't 
do that! Its а disgusting habit, to smoke 
at taber" 

She looked up at him. still holding the 
burning match in one hand, the hig slow 
eyes settling оп his face, resting there a 


"fmi sorry, my dear” Pratt sid, 
1 simply cannot have smoking at table: 

She dido t look at him again 

Now. let me scc where were we" he 
mid. TAM, Nex This wine ї поп 
Bordeaux. om iie commune of 
Julien, im the district of Médoc, So lar 
o коой. But now we come to die 

it рап е name of the vin 

ме. For in St Julien there are m 
vineyards. and as ош how wo rightly 
ו‎ there often not 
much difference between the wine ol 
fone and the wine of another. But we 
Soll ce 

Te passed again, closing his eves, "I 
am trying to establish che growth: he 
эм, "M 1 can до that, й will bc ван 
the boule, Now, let me see. This wine 


is obviously not from a int growth vine: 
Te is not a 


nor even a second. 


do you call it—the 
is lacking. Bur a third 
could be. And vet I doubt it, We know 
i is a good vcar-our host has 
IS is probably flattering it a tite 
unt be careful, 1 mist be very 
огаш here.” 
He picked up his glos and took ane 
other small sip, 
he abd, sucking his ips. "I way 
right, Ти is a fourth growth, Now 
sure of it. A fourth growth from а very 
good year—from а preat year, in Tacl. 
And 
mom 
growth wine. Good! 
We are closing й 


That's bener! Now 
What are the fourth- 


uci, took up bis glass; 
amd held the vim айта diat saging, 
pendulous lower lip of is. Then T saw 
The tongue shoot out, pink and narrow, 
the p ot it dipping imo the wm 
drawing zwi, артса тери 


When he lowered the glas, his 

Cher remained бома, the face 

trate only his lips moving. s 
ach viher ike two pieces ol wet, spongy 

rubber. 

There in iv again!” he re. "Tas 
in the middle tatc, and the quick амгит 
В taurse! Now 1 have id. Tha wine 
ханиа Irom one of those mall vineyarık 

lle. 1 remember now 
Mescheslle district, and thc river 
she Hite harbor that has sid up 
he wine Ships can no longer we it 
Beychevelle, could it actually he a 
Reqshevelle ill? No, 1 don't think so. 


sigh 


ine again, and on 
my eye noticed Mike Schofield and how 
he was leaning farther and farther tor 
ward over the table, his mouth slightly 
‘open, his small eyes fixed upon Richard 
Pratt 

No. 1 was wrong. И was not a Tal 
bot. А Talbot comes forward to you 
just a little quicker than this one; the 
Inuit is nearer to the surface. Шива 
gi. which 1 believe itis, then it couldn't 
бе Talbot. Well, well) Let me think. 
Xt is not a Beychevelle and it is not з 

is o close to both. 

ol them, so close, that the vineyard must 
be almost in between. Now, which could 
that ber" 

He hesitated, and we waited, watch- 
ing his fice. Everyone, even Mike's wile. 
was watching him now. Theard the maid 
ut down the dish of vegetables on the 
Steel behind me, gi, о as not 10 


b the silence. 
hi" he cried. "I have itt Yes, I 
think 1 have it” 

For the Last time, he sipped the wine, 
‘Then, stil holding the glass up near hi 
mouth, he tumed to Mike and he smiled, 
a slow, silky smile, and he said, 


Mike sat tight, not 
“And the year, 199 
We all looked at Mike, w 
to turn the battle around in its basket 
and show the label, 
“Is that your final answer?” Mike said. 


“Yes, T think so.” 
“Weil 


s itor cio 


за Dranaire исти. Pretty 
Lovely old château. Know it 
Cant think why 1 didw't 

miae it at once 

‘Come om Daddy" the girl said. 

[шп it rod and les have а peck 


Me was sitting very 
quiet, bewildered looking. and his кс. 
was becoming pully and pale, as though 

кс force was draining slowly out of 


"Michael" his called sharply 
From the other end of the table. “What's 
the matter?” 

Keep out of this, Margaret, will you 
please.” 


Richard Prat was looking at Mike, 
smiling with his mouth, his eyes small 
amd bright, Mike was пос looking at 

Daddy!“ the daughter cried, sgonized. 
"ur. Daddy. you don't mean vo ey he's 
guesed it прі 

Now. sop worrying, my dear,” Mike 
ssid. “Theres nothing to worry about. 

1 (нї it was more to get away Шон. 
his family than anything ке that Mike 
turned o Richard Prat and sad, "TII 
tell you what, Richard. 1 think you and 
K beter Slip off imo the nest ream and 
have a е chat?” 

“don't want a Тийе dit" Prat 
said. "АП want по see the label on 
that bottle” He knew he was a winner 
тит; he had the bearing. the quiet апо 
ance ol a winner, and 1 could sec that 
[с was prepared to become thoroughly 
nasty И there was any trouble. "What 
are you wai 
“Go on and. 


Pratt glanced around, saw the pair of 
thin hornedrimmel spectacles that she 
held ош to him. and lor a moment he 
hesitated. “Are they? Perhaps they are. 


1 don't Eno 

“Yes sir, they're yours” The maid 
was an elderly woman—nearer seventy 
than sixty—a faithful family retainer of 
шапу years standing. She put the spec 


pocket behind the wie Пітон 
"at the maid diri go away, She 
remained landing bese amd Mighty 
Башай Richand Prat. and here wat 
something vo anwenal in her manner and 
VÀ she stood there, small, mo, 

эла erect, that 1 for one found 


ray ace Ба 
the lips were 
с lile chin was out, nd 


ul the flash ої white down the front of 
uniform made her seem Ме some 


Schofield 
™ she said. Mer voice was um 
deliberately polite. ^ 

ху thc geen Kling cabinet in М 
Sir, when you happened to go 
By ancl before dinner” ^ 

1 took a lew moments for the full 
meaning of her words to penetrate, and 
in the silence that followed 1 became 
ape of Mike and how Me way slony 
drawing himself up in his chair, and the 
slo omg to hin re and he cs 

pening wide, and the curl of the mouth, 
and the dangerous Hle patch ol whit 
Des Beginning to spread around Ше 
arca of the nostrils 

“Now, Michael!" his wife said. "Keep 
calm now, Michael, dear! Keep cilmi* 


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where 1 could even get the right time 
from well, say а ДИ ike jou. So 
Here he, way dt wor Ai he id 
ours ШШ things get well. You'll open a 
Тап ol spaghetti and TI dry the ds 
aed i weil in the al be 
that eo own and the amp wall won't 
tater, Well sick, well make ош. But 
jer tonight 
ie rum his palm along her arm 
dimi. за make it tonight" hc 
"cause the folla act the часа. 
ht а friend. And ihe back door 
ox ke the onc up 
v» through ie i А 


pigeon. 
‘Avis sut like a board, trying not to 


ive. “Then she slumped! against him 
Ж shat жа the sta bug 
ter that gradually became а harsher 
sound, like tearing clo. She [elt his 
am loosely around her, making futile 
Soothing motions. 

"You can't go up against the law of 
averages, baby,” he sad. “This just 
‘watt our night: 

He sroked her into a sort of calmness, 
“The sary continued hanging over them 
like pale mihed torches.” His voice 
probed the opaque night uncertainty. 
Еконт nothing, nen for me, Та 
ways med to have the bottom bunk in 
Telora school. Always found myself on 
the floor, running in my sleep. Used to 
wonder what ГА find when 1 got dere, 


SUN FUN 


there's nothing disheartening in that. A 
"Continental Look" there is, but it does 
mor impl 

Момо 
еш 


ig of apparel inspiration and 
modified, ated and produced 
to American sta Far your season 
in the sun, whether you bask at Far 
Rockaway or Rapallo, we've admired а 
whole gaggle of sport shirts, swimming 
gear, slacks, hats, caps, footwear —even 
handkerchiefs and watch bands that 
reflect, then interpret, all that is good 
in Continental dunking. 

Take, for example, the bathing suit 
top sport shirt looking every bit like the 
type so necessary on the modest beaches. 
of the Twenties, but with several im- 

mant changes. Quite popular in the 
ו‎ area this season, the 
bathing suit top shirt D 
surf, but rather as 
item, as a top for walking shorts or co 
ton slacks, We've seen it displayed 
ап opendront denim sport shirt right 
over it, so the stripe eflect comes through. 
Te can even be donned as a sleeveless 
sweater over a standard shirt for chilly 
evenings, ог а sport jacket 
for a dillerent, casual look. It retails 
here for about $$, is made by such firms 
as Van Heusen and Gantner in a hardy 

nation of orlon and wool. 

‘Another item we saw and liked is the. 
handsome West India regimental stripe 

los D. and |. An- 


он red, selling for around 512. Alio 


available are 
boser back 
sell for $895. 

A really hot idea straight [rom the 
Riviera is the addition of a thin terry 
cloth lining to sport shirts, whether they 
be silk, cotton or one of the synthetic 
fabrics. The beauty of it al 
wonderful absorbent. quali 
making the shirt far more comfortable, 
shape retaining and better looking in a 
hot. dampish climate. The towelling is 


catching swim shorts with 
а tailored Шу front that 


(continued [rom page 53) 


not incorporated for your beach wear 
Only, but alo functions brilliantly dur. 
mp those long afternoon drives when 
our shirt — И not your driving compar 
Ton — has an uncomfortable tendency to 
м. What, we ask, could be les фев: 
ing than з wet smear of perspiration 
spread liberally across your shirt bach? 
Contrary to what you might expect, 
terry Mic sport shirts are not at all 
bulky and we'd say thoyd be jus as 
practical for goll, tennis ог just about 
Any other hot weather outdoor sport. 
Easily the mont popular type of boat 
ог beach slacks worn’ on the Riviera is 
the casual cotton job, and we've seen it 
їп striped chambray” poplin ending. im 
2 tight ft at the шай rea, not un- 
Tike the female version of toreador pants 
which were, after all ist worn by men 
with a penchant for fighting bulls, These 
new models lor men, interesting 
Enough. are abo worn while surfboard: 
"when coverage of 
‘They um а 


the rakish тайа model, which may be 


worn untrimmed or brightly decorated 
to fü the wearers whims. Leather san- 
dals or canvastopped Italian. opadril- 
les, with ог without thick rope soles 
ще the footwear scene. Roman 
designers have abo taken a new grip on 
their own bambino, the mule, and re- 
reduced the stubborn cuss for gen- 
eral, outdoor sports wear — cut in cal 
shin with thin, gently padded soles 
We weren't Kidding about the Con- 
inental influence even extending as far 
as handkerchiefs and малан. The 
Tormer includes some magnificent silks 
done up in un- 
wl, highly stylized tweed and pat 
termed effects. Watchband ideas [rom re- 
Vitalized Germany include solid color, 
hand braided nylon affairs that are in- 
expensive enough to warrant a change 
of band with cach dominant shire color 
you might be wearing from day to day. 


when 1 finally reached the wall” He 
nd what ds it but a 
ке ile package 


Avis smiled жецу. "And do your“ 
"Gentleman that 1 am. 1 do. 
“E she better than the others?" 
The best, We have the world by the 
tail, me and Ше minister's daughter 

"Teil me.” 

Wal Tet ec. We've prety domos 
бс people. Stick close to home, pla 
the radio. and shoot э Шие рикойи. 
Not too much action, пошу. But we 
шен" 

Dat we ever get bore 
Impowible: The streets a free show. 
Dog "ghis. londlaics gowiping, And 
we got a box scat. right in the window 
where we'll have those nice red lowers 

"owes 

"No. Can't remember, Из been so 


“Dig 
plate, 

They'll do fine in this hot weather 

And nights like this, we sleep in the raw. 


"lt sounds хау > happy.” 
"li is We live happily ever ate 
at ike the whiskey ads Avi mid. 
ars the ea” He bruet her 
lighüy on the check, "And now Im 


ing for company. I think ГИ 
ME Jod CORNUA 


Avi sa upright, the mood suddenly 
awna doc disnei ор 
round him and chong 

Hie et her keep that way for a mo 
ment, them gently pried her rte. Wh 
һе climbed to his eet the revolver was 
ia Ме hand ag 

Here goes. There shouldn't be more 
tion one ош Mak. he sib “Thats 
prety even ens ГЇ drop you a letter." 

Will you, wil! you 

“HEL cam he smiled, "1 not, DI be 
seeing yow” As if то Між, he added 


сер raw. 
He slipped through the door and was 


go 
Avis knelt in the gathering silence, 
mot daring to breathe, to disturb a mole 


cule of ай. And 1 don't even have his 
mame to keep, she th Slowly she 
raised her face, staring intently at а lar, 


cold star. 

Listen to me, she thought fiercely. 
1 don't need any help. No more of your. 
gifts with dirty little strings attached. 
Keep ой, thats all. Give us a chance 
for once please can't you 

Suddenly she could mo longer sce 
the star. Stll om her knees, holding 
nothing at all between her clasped 
palms, Avis waited for the sound ol 
luck, the wide night cracking open to 
let feet run safely through. 


WINE IS LIKE A WOMAN 


Champ 
amd the 
April, 
ol he 
Burgundy, favorites lor gene 
ибн ай over the world. 


the Rhone valley 
But lor the month of 
cite a few 


npagne see 
Alsace 


mo would like t 


4 win 


low selling Tor as litte 
а bottle in the United Sta 
I гөй wines are produced. 


sprightly in Mas 
тло hore even the 


uch ol which is known for its wines — 
the Graves, төс, thi 
and the 


Set 
Medic пе 
are the St Julien, the Chateau Margaux 
dn the St. Estephe. Margau wines are 
©чсстей lor their tangy По St 

Julien wines for mice mellowness 
The section of Bordeaux known as 
ihe Graves produces both red and white 
Ta dic United States the white 

Graves is the most popular. 11 

ih the grapes are grown is Know 
й in gravelly. pebbly texture, not suit 

able for any other Kim of husbandry 
Tor a light delightful wine. 


jovels for generations. In 
white grapes 


At times 
nes are picked mot bunch by 
tually grape by grape as 
‘each part of the cluster reaches the cor 
men stage of overripenew. Вақас is а 
icularly delicious bottling from the 


the 
bunch but 


Пу there are the 
Pomerol wines. They 
the b es of Bord 
thet desp fine body and rich color 
Та recent yenes the French government 
мз taken sitive mps to aware the gem- 
winenes of the labels on French wines 
«n за. the Appellation ТО 
fd strict regulacion on the 
ames, Even the анинин 


Laws ki 


Rothschild а guides to illus 


trious wines, Often you will see on the 
label, Mis En Bouteilles an Chateau 
'o the boule at the 

original chateau. You may also buy a 
wine with а ehate put on the 
label by one of the famous shippers 
. Eschena 


may not 
the name of a chateau but a trade 
c and will have the word depose 


(continued [rom page 11) 


has been 
pended upon for reli 
among less expensive wines you will sec 
merely the те on the label, 
Such ау Sauterne ог Medoc Again il the 
shipper or importer is well known, you 


bility. Frequently, 


need have no fear as to the authenticity 
of the wine All of these 
regul because 


of the widespread fraud that once ex 
aed in marketing French wines 
The 


1945, I 


Burgundy wines are known for ul 
m body and their rich earthy 
intense Mavors The Burgundy arca is 
ys the Cote FOr or opes ol 

Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune. 
Ihrer other wine arcas an Burgundy — 
Maconmais, Beaujolais and Chablis — 
are almost as eminent in the wine world 
Unlike the Bordeaux vineyards, cach of 
li is owned by a wealthy private 

the andy 

vineyards may have as many as forty 
owners each, So valuable is the chalky 


soil that in one vineyard. Clos de Vou. 
grot, the workmen are instructed 10 
shake off the dirt from their shoes be 
lore they leave the estate in onder not 
to lose any ol the incomparable earth, 
Because of the multiownership ol the 
vineyards, most of the Burgundy wines 
blends the wine is 


"bear the name of the commune such as 
the Cote de Nuits, From Burgundy one 
the 


famous 
Nuits Sai 


roduces Corton, Сок 
5 d. The Maconna 
е lighter than 
hurgundis but а extremely 
Chablis &. undoubtedly 
purpose white wine in Burg 
rom Chablis are pale, 
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(continued [rom page 59) 


cut before the chirancy piece, his wile 
the bed and their liic 
is ed six years, stilled under 
ace became so wrought up over 
the thought of this horrible multiple 
murder that he felt а weakness in his 

limbs and he shuddered. 
he replaced the journal i 
nd went on, his head (н 
Grime, He arrived sh 

t Monsieur Chi 

gate of che linde g 
the bouse. Je was o 


containing only one story and ma 
Tool. lt was at least fivc hum 
from its nearest neighbor, 

The postman mounted the two Вени. 
steps, placed his hand upon the knob. 
uying to open the door, but found й 
locked, "Then he perceived that the shut 
fers had not been opened and that по 
ове had come out that mornin 

A feeling of alarm took possession of 
him, for Monsieur Chapas, since his 

val, had always been up rather carly 


ed 


It was then only ten minutes alter seven 
nearly an 


earlier than he usualy 
No mater. The tax collect 
e up belore that 
2 tour around ihe lave 
walking with much precaution, as ih 
scil might he it some danger He 
ote тимш mpiriou быгы с 
man's footprints on a strawberry” bed. 
Then suddenly he мерей, Por as 
he was passing 2 window he heard, un 
misa, a groan ue from the hoc 
Нео эку glued ин 
ear to the window in order 0 hese he 
ier Asmurediy someone war gran 
He could platy Near long soul re 
sighs and the sounds of 
the groans became 
quent ally chan 
No longer оши at a violent erime 
wn being com la 
to his legh lew acro the ld ad 
meadow Fun he cca о 
зн and A 
agaimi his ip, and а poing and 
in dismay at the door ofthe ple he 
gunos 


rigadier Malautour was mending à 
broken chair by means of some brad 
and а hammer, Gendarme Ramer held 
the damaged piece of furniture between 
his knees and placed а nail at the eege 
of the crack; then the brigadier, chewi 


his mustache, his eyes round amd moist 
with interest in his work, would pound. 

blows which fell on the fingers of hi 
subordinate 

When the postman saw them Ne 
cried ош: 

"Соте quick; someone is murdering 
the tax collector, Quick! Quick! 

The two men ceased their work and 
raised their heads, the astonished hes 
of people surprised and perplexed. 

Boniface, seeing more surprise than 
haste, repeated: 

wick! Quick! The robbers are in 


the house. 1 heard the cries, There is no 


time ко he Jost." 
The brigadier, placing his hammer on 
the ground, remarked: "How was it you 
ound out about this?” 
The postman answered: "1 went to 
the paper and two leners, when 1 
the door was locked and 
«tor had mot been out. 1 
с house, trying го ac 
suddenly f heard 
groin as dl i 
ul then 1 started as so 
Theres по time 


lp any 
меце, re- 


a number 
Then the brigadier, convinced, said: 
e me time to get into my uniform 

and will follow you." 

And he went into the building, fol- 
lowed! by his subordinate who carried 
the chair. They reappeared almost im. 

hy née started in quick, 
step for the scene of the crim 
ag neat the house, they slack 
through precaution, and 

drew his revolver; 
they went softly imo the garden and 
ed the walls of the. dwell 
нЕ to indicate that the 
one away. The door 


, palpitating with emo- 
pass around to thc 
other side and showed them an opening. 
“Listen,” he sa 
The brigadier advanced alone and 
fixed his eat against the board. The two 
others waited, ready for anything, warch- 
y him closely. 
He remained a long time, motionless, 
listening. The beuer to bring his head 
mear ШЕ. wooden shutter, he had re 
moved his rhrce cornered hat and held it 
» his right hand. 
What did he hear? His face revealed 
hing for some time, then suddenly hi 
tache rose at the corners; his cheeks 
took оп folds as in a silent Laugh and, 
ing, Не came toward the two n 
‘who were looking at him in a kind ot 
Stupor, 
Walking along on the tips of his woes, 
he made the sign for them to follow, 
nd when they came to the gute he ad: 
vised Bonitace to slip the paper amd the 
deuers under the door. 
jared postman obeyed with per- 


mers,” said 


certainly a 
low asked: "Why? 1 heard 
groans, T tell you—groans and cries and 
thrashing about as il someone were being 


“Then the brigadier, no longer able to 
rowan himself, Laughed aloud. He 
laughed по suffocation, his two hands 
holding his sides, doubling himself mp, 


his eves full of tears. 

"Ab" he said at last 
cries. And your wile, do you murder her 
that way, vou old prankster?” 

My wile? 

And lie stood reflecting a long time. 
then he continued: 

“My wile. Yes, she cries out И 1 strike 

‘why Was Monsieur Chapatis be 

his wile?” 


ders as И he had been a puppet and 
‘whispered in his ear. 

The old man murmured in astonish 

No! You can't mea 
mean that Monsieur Chapatis and 
wile were— But—but—my wile-she 
never utters a sound . . ." 

And con 


sconcerted and 
his way across the 
hile the two policemen, laughing 
liy and calling back to him from 
alar with harrack-room wit, watched. 
black cap as it disappeared in the wan- 
quil sca of grain. 


SAMBA CITY 
(continued from page 57) 


deeply tanned bodies im che tumbling 
Sic suri. The yelping horns ol bus and 
Caron Avenida Донева along the beach 
Cin barely be heard against the roar of 
rest waves leaping, twice а mans 
Веди before they crat against shore 
and draw back to aca in a sheet of sh 
Womarem. Swimming in such а surf 
2 Е в incomparable 
Rio's илим attractions, for tbose who 
дим be interested dude the National 
М in Quinta da Bon Ума, the 
former residence of two emperors and 
чийе magic sn teram of the Ше t 
Фе know. Also the Botan 
ош. Сама way, sporting э 
не eti pino: Tht 
monastery > it, nomene, 
3 place of museums or mont 
ment 3 pce oni, brain 
ашу; lke Pique, perhaps the mot 
‘harming of the blond in tbe bay. (The 
Only odir pomiblc contender В Ih 
Samta Tereza. crowned by the ponh vaca: 
home of the fantastically ach Guinie 
family, who pas the languid day on an 
Estate where damingocs and iis and pea: 
rs wander freely: The Guine wealth 
trem awen the rarocens, which ie saying 
3 pockettul n а city thar defines poor 
mim as anyone who han to май his own 
aces ike the sweeping 


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Vista (rom the top is in many ways m 
exciting than the one from Corcovado, 
1000 feet higher. Stretching out at your 
feet is the sweeping bay: the Pipe Organ 
mountains behind you troop like rocky 


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between the two the city Ње swarms 
dom the narrow plain, through canyons 
And up the sides at green hib, covering 
2 woul arca greater dan Los Angeles: Or 
шу a sail before dawn will a herman 
for Cabo frio. About 100 mis irom 
Rio, the settlement а one of the oldex 
in America, discovered by Americo Ver 
pueci in 1509. The ruins of ancient forts 

nd missions mingle with an Eighteenth 


Century quaintness that's almost as be- 
miling as the fabulous seafood they serve 


y gun home town features steak; 
le pie with а slice 
American chico, so when im Rio, ttv the 
local fare. The Alba-Mar is an excellent 
restaurant for lunch, and be sure to ask 
for a check-clothed table acar a window 
from which you can view the magnitcent 
bay. IE youre up to it, order a shot of 
din, cal rum with more bc than 
ga, then the flaky empadinhas de 
cama, Ai 
olives and hearts ol palm. For your main 
feast you'll want vatapd (one of the great 
ihes from Bahía in northern Brazil), а 
h caserole that's remarkably tasty 

when you stop to consider that, bes 
fish, it contains coconut. milk, peanuts. 
amd thick palm oil Staying away from 
the chichi restaurants (which you can 
find listed in any guide book) you might. 
uy the Reis on the Avenida Almirante 
Barroso, where you'll choose your eve- 
ning meal by lifting lids out in the 
Kitchen. A native feijoada should prove 
‘memorable: it's made of black beans and 
rice with spiced sausages, and sprinkled 
with roast manioc flour. Another worthy 
spot is the Fuma da Onca, on Rua do 
Ouvidor, specializing in oxtails, kidneys, 
sweetbreads and other anatomical edibles 
in a delicious mixed grill. Brazilian food 
is about the tastiest in all Latin America, 
so long аз you're careful not to inquire 
What goes into cach dish and how it's 
prepared. 

Shopping in Rio produces a glittering 
selection. An especially asorable market 
exists in amethyst and aquamarines, 
alligator bags and antique silver, trays 
‘of inlaid hardwoods, and coasters deco- 

ed with the purple, black and blue 
‘wings of giant jungle buuerllics. Many 
‘of the narrow, shady side streets of Rio 
Branco are kept entirely free of traffic 
just for shoppers. At the end of Rua do 
Ouvidor is an opensided wrought iron 
shed that serves as the Flower Market, 
ablaze with vivid green orchids slashed 
uber markings. A stall near the 
Market pedales macumba 
charms: a clenched fist figa of vegetable 
ivory for luck in love (this has proven 
te elective) and a dried sea horse to 
uld you be un- 


‘sit to the Royal 

tough Тара dis 
ica, one of the many spots in the arca 
where the fun gets pretty rough. But the 
Lapa is not the toughest spot in Rio. 
That's way over the other way—out by 
the Canal do Mangue, where the police 
patrol not in twos but threes. 

And there—unless it’s been since razed 


in a neve spurt of slum clearance—is one 
ff the Tost of the Пон red ight 
quarters Its quite а sight. The girls are 
тта н 
ае, инал door. To die 

Чат wares, they may only open onc 
Pid oi dos a eum. By abla! 
order, the top and bottom of the door 
way be opened together only to adiit 
r flens а Customer. 

"The picture there is like a Daumier 
painting come to lie. Take any ot thc 
ו‎ alleys. There ва 
streetlight only at cach end; the dark 
mos between lit sporadically by 
formal Washes of тей and orange tight 

Че the gi stalls as they open 
Ture in коте, The he 


Surer way of ring him 
able delights priced at the equivalent of 
one US. quarter. The girls calls seem to 
hang in the air long alter you've drawn 
away from this grotesque scene, this dark 
pit of flashing lights, weaving nakedness 
End fantastic squeals. For contrast, the. 
ean, chromed brightness of Rio is very 
fear at hand. 


tu question- 


For further information on your 
to Rio, write Pan American World 
ways, 135 Fast 2nd St. New York 1 
Moure-McCarmack Lines, 5 Broadway 
New York 4, or the Brazilian Tourist 
Bureau. 551 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
The fare from New York to Rio is SRS 
round-trip by air first class, or $525 onc 
way by ship first class. 


GOODMAN 


(continued from page 61) 


volumes expressing the most didactic 
opinions. amd they have almost 
everything except create the actual mu- 
sie well, which. with rare exceptions, 
ies for various reasons to ema- 
m this country. There is also, of 
course, an enormous. amd appreciative 
public in Europe which responds brightly 
and enthusiastically to all the good 
American bands which go on European 
tours. E know I was amazed at the 
derful reception the boys and I received 
om our two tours of the Continent 
“There have been many, many changes 
music, both music 
e the days when 
such jan 
becke and Frank Teschmaker. Whether 
the style was New Orleans or Chicago, 
the key qualities of u 


enjoyment. Ш that's a definition of jazz 
music, then E can go one better by quot- 
ing Ше late, great 


have to ash questions about it . .. don't 


mess with id” 


Cruise of the Aphrodite 


(continued [vom роде 54) 


are the girls on the beach goi 
17" he asked back. "Well 
so some of them can swi 

"We don’t have an anchor. 
had am anchor, the pretty ones never 
kun how to swim. They can't get their 
Тансу swimsuits wet.” 

“You're a lt class wet blanket” 
Marty said. 

We were doing about four miles an 
hour at full speed, leaving a trail ol 
blue smoke behind ux А big white h 


m green. 
a thin voice, 
He ran back t 


"1 
А few minutes Вит Ше engine died, 
1 shoved a mick into the gee hole and 
found we were empty. We seemed wo 
die н рій avi ie wind 
and "Thor vara 
Shader amd Qe Anand. of splint 
wood. When it got 
poe 
Y didn't have to look below the batch. 
We were starting to sete. 1 went hack 
to Mary, He жы so бшу he could 
жый ме. 

"ле sinking.” I sid, 

He watt alie way а word. Не 
cupped his hand uver Mis mouth and 
ה‎ 

‘Letty woke wp. He staggered over to 
пета др and ا‎ wih gic yes 
жа бе bone 

“An land full of naked women,” he 
outed. "You know, Marty, youre ай 
Fight, boy. Thi the life! Youre real 
бие, Ману 

As hc waved to the girls on the beach 
in ри his balance ned he tumbled to 
the deck. 

А bunt with а large party of people 
om board pulled up about Af уш 
Sway in deep water, They all watched 
Us In silent fascination ae ме slowly 
Zink. it took them twenty minutes 10 
деде what we needed help. Y jos st 
there. Lety war too gone to move. 1 
triad пос w Took at Marty. When the 
water started lapping in over the deck 
they sent a steward in а dinghy to take 
PI^ 

"The owner of the yacht turned out to 
be a mean drank, The steward kept i 
sulting ш. There were a lot of fancy 
Tooking да in skimpy clothes on board, 
tot der Just giggled and kept way 
from un ot a blanket to wrap around 
Manty and he said, "Fm Martin Smed- 
doy of die U.S $. Aphrodite and this в 
mj secretary and traveling companion, 
Me. Horace Forester 

“rhe ame is Waldschmidter;” 1 cor- 
rected. Me sagged bach. 1 had io k 
Мт to steal а shaker of Martins for 
Lefty who was getting the shakes 

Yorre real genuine,” Lefty mid. 

J was getting an car ache. 


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