On and Off the Avenue Feminine Fashions by Kennedy Fraser.

Obituary Otto Soglow by William Shawn. Obituary of Otto Soglow, who died Apr. 3, 1975, at 74. He was a comic artist who contributed many hundreds of drawings to "The New Yorker" over the fifty years of its existence. NOTE: Total number of drawings, excluding those for the Notes & Comment section: 817. First Notes &...

Fiction The Lists of the Past-V by Julie Hayden. Summer has come to an end & Ben is making preparations for winter, the last one he will be spending with his family. Garden tools are put away, storm windows installed & the thermostat reset for the cold mos. There is nothing left to do outside in the garden &...

The Current Cinema A Filmmaker's Meditation on America by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "Hearts and Minds," a film about the Vietnam war & American consciousness, co-produced by Bert Schneider & Peter Davis. In accepting an Oscar for the film, Schneider read aloud a cable from the Provisional Revolutionary Government's Ambassador to the Paris peace talks...

Comment by James Stevenson. Comment about a visit to a Bronx garbage dump and conversation with the foreman, Edward Sanda. The huge dump just east of the intersection of the Hutchinson River Parkway & the Bruckner Expressway, on the edge of Pelham Bay Park, has stopped growing laterally & has become, instead, a high...

Musical Events King of Instruments by Andrew Porter.

A Reporter at Large JOURNEY TO NORTH VIETNAM by Frances FitzGerald. A REPORTER AT LARGE about a 19-day visit to North Vietnam taken by the writer & 3 American companions - all had been invited. Tells about the atmosphere in Hanoi, where they stayed at the Hotel Thong Nhat, or Reunification. The hotel resembled the old Continental in Saigon but the...

Fiction THE TWENTIES (1895-1972 FROM NOTEBOOKS AND DIARIES OF THE PERIOD) by Edmund Wilson. In journal form, writer reminisces about the twenties giving random reflections and anecdotes. Tells about F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ring Lardner, Christian Gauss, and many others. Describes places in New Jersey, scenes in New Orleans & Paris. Writer reflects on arts and on the times. Tells about...

The Theatre 0N SEEING STARS by Brendan Gill.

Books Bookmen by George Steiner.

The Talk of the Town Match by Lillian Ross. Talk story about tennis match between Jill Fenton, 11 and Sylvia Kodsi, 12-yrs-old at the Maywood Tennis Club on West Passaic St. in Maywood, N.J. They were the finalists of the latest Slazenger Junior Indoor CirCuit Tournament for Girls of Twelve and Under in the Northeast (auspices of...

The Sporting Scene Tour D'Argent by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the Masters tournament, held in early April, in Augusta Ga. It was won by a native Georgian for the first time, Tommy Aaron, who beat J.C. Snead by a stroke. Peter Oosterhuis, Jim Jamieson, and Jack Nicklaus, the defending champion and heavy favorite, tied for third...

The Talk of the Town Medium Well by Anthony Hiss. Talk story about Friare Club testimonial dinner in the Versailles Boom of the Americana in honor of George Burns and Walter Matthau who play the title roles in the about-to-be-released movie, "The Sunshine Boys." The original Sunshine Boys were the comedy duo, Smith & Dale. Joe Smith...

Fiction For Speedy Delivery, Include Zip Code And Write Fast by Gordon Cotler. A short, satirical piece about a man and wife who wrote letters to each other several times a day while they were never apart during their entire marriage. The content of these billets-doux was a mixture of philosophical musings, claims of undying love, observations on the trivial details of...

Poetry It Is by Stephen Berg. The sky's blue and clear usually...

Poetry Clancy by David Wagoner. We bought him at auction, tranquillized to a drooping...