Crver Design and Pege Borders by Tinks. Back Gover by fs Blandiog Sloe ‘The Parliament of the People, A Cartoon, ‘by Williom Gropper, 4. Announcing the Birth of Puaxeoy, 5, ‘The Artists Job, by BMD. C, Crawford, 6, 7. Lite, 4 Poom, by Lola Ridge, 8. Portrait Study, by Esta Varex, 4A Rorson Chall Ghupi, Childs Drawing 10, ‘st for Ameriean Children, by Louise Bryant, 11. Isadora Duncan, by Robert Henri, 12. = Isudora Duncan, Drawing, by Max Weber, 19. - ‘Sketch of Haber? envi, by Sohn Sloan, 16. Chesterton, A Caricature, by Alfred Allinson, 16. ‘The Vampire Vamped, Tiree Drawing bby. William Gropper, 27, 18, 19. ‘A Lotter from Our First Subscriber, 18, 19. Never Hath Sish Stepped Backward, Drawing, ‘by Jean Badger, 20. Initials, A Pocm, by Alfred Kreymborg, 21. Mary Bickford, Corieature, by Horace Brodsky, 22. To Mary Pickford, a Poem, ly Vachel Lindsay, 22. ‘Woman, 4 Drawing, by Lovis Bouche, £9. Dela tore Rope, by Wiliam Zoe gn for a Tapestry, by William Zorach, 25. ‘Summer Place, of Poem, by Josephine Bell. Lot ck on Femmic, rom a Wondeut, by John Storrs, Shey bring me tokens of myself,” From a Watercolor, ‘by Stuart Davis, 27, Monotype, by A. Walkowitr, 28. Snow, Poem, by Max Weber, 29. Rehesrsel, A Sketch, by Norman Tacobsen, 20. ‘Music Lovers, f Drazing, by Horace Brodzky, 01. Parable, with @ Moral, 52. ‘A Caricature, by Fruch, 89, PLAYROY, Edited and Published by Egmont Arcns, and Printed by him at the WV eskington Square Book Shop, “ehh is fn 47 West ath Street. New York. Dated Jenwary, 1919PLAYBOY Page Rigi LIFE 1 Starling, vigorous life, ‘That equicms under my touch, nd Lali me whea I iey to examina i, OF hurls me back without apalosy, Leaving my ego ruled and procaing iecf. Life, Asticulat, shell, Sezeaming in provocative suorion 0: Of cleus oughte, Or lingling ever the pushearts Like a liter of tny bells Or he se eve in isalyeinneing hander OF lic the Jordin, ermbes Srising in tumultuous undlasted tides, Emfasceain, oa eet of roving ef theo lic pea Glitcrng diesppeaing Making vnknown ef Of out of spent pariesstcing Techs contortion in old fithn Paning befare he use ong nighia sued away Boab of fea ack of Inerminabte etaew Th Roumanian winestiope ‘And litle Ruan tewecoms, ..« Feet echolng throug deserted atest Incl darks afore dan =~ oe aching, trebbing, bursting — Tifa leaping in the ahkea fle le ame a a abetton extn. ‘Stoops and facades, f couttiving, outling, pus Seething aa in a great vat. Bartering, changing, extorting, Dreaming, debating, Astounding, indestructible, Life of the Ghetto... « Strong flax of life, Like a hitter wine Qui of the bloody stills of the world... Out of the Pastion eternal, Lola Ridge in "The Getto”PLAYBOY Page Nine LOLA RIDGEPLAYBOY Page Tessnty bby Jor Edgar (Jovan Studios) ‘Never hath Sish stepped backward, nor ever dhath ho taerfed; never hath ho relonted to the things that once he knew, nor turned to them Dunsany again—Lord %-He goes slong, ia hs thin les, narrow bones alow load, old hay SM clothes ‘ld shoos, singing for love, battling for Tove, He will go down, in thinner flesh, ‘alice sioes, Ihatling for love, dying for love. He vill be put away, ina thin box, ‘on a thin reed, narrow seed, slow a the earving Alfcd KreymborgPLAYBOY Page Tcoaty-x00 Draasing by Brodski TO MARY PICKFORD by Vackel Lindy Mary Pickford, dell divine, yer by ye nd ony the woring tare pay, You have besn toy elon Once » feelinbed page In bate, aly Rosalind In owes, Clones, stinking Ie that hovr, How aur reverent pasion r%3, How esr fine dais you won Kitchen wane analier day, Blapelar, wouden every way, Nets fey fron the'tun. Tinton most days Justo cil ine wx no grown flls are, Gold of Line an ome north tat, Vielet frm the vallays wil Sasred as Innocence mont lecog, peloned,abuned,belf-dend— At the oad of tortor dread ig cowboys be jou free Breck ber from al ‘And that prin elle Brena All the village salon await. ear Mig demare, intey, ancl cod md pore, Ertefe ee RE nt PLAYROY Page Proonty-ghe From a Monotype bySNOW. t Fram the dav domes bigh Serie now fall, Fae fa ft de tracing the hy Tanai to Drea fll tho fae, Esch flake a drenms ‘Rak dre toned the ext. Dark van the earns. Beem mnt towed Then cee ols wets ny Hy snd me— ‘To let feat, The rie font, finn ny ny ft Gale spowenite ice pened my ways na T wate ating the oh Br authors fetes T eos oo weal the ni Fi tot Sez mystery walk Wows he? From bis path T turned, Teed eft fal ous Tottepe to eae ‘The snow fell; ‘nt mare tio ‘ail mre so, ‘and aled dark Talked ‘And te boowflakcasTeopingly lagi fel. ey paterna on th Hh Sno cat fs, Toacee, Toca ‘ane trsity Bost to ml frre Printis fale te mah hey Hee, Sin tho night time-epace they Tingero2y Aud fay fata ala, Dak, wal ote Footprints, L Mas Weber. ‘PLAYBOY Page Twenty-nine