Asked to name some of the things she is most curious about today, Miss Gish quickly replies, "Naturally what's happening in Cambodia -- how they're going to solve that problem. Those poor children. It breaks my heart. ... And who's going to be our next president. We've come to the point where we should have two presidents, I think -- someone to look after the world and somebody to look after us." died of natural causes 2-27-93. born 10-14-1893 WESTSIDER MILTON GLASER Design director of the new _Esquire_ 2-11-78 Two decades before _Playboy_ first hit the newsstands, there was only one men's magazine in America. A generation of schoolchildren grew up speaking its name in hushed whispers, though anyone reexamining those early issues today could hardly understand why. The magazine was _Esquire_. Its popularity has dipped somewhat in recent years, but _Esquire_ still sells one million copies per month. And it still has the reputation of being the most tasteful, literary, and sophisticated publication for the American male. If some people have complained that it has not kept up with the times, they won't be able to say that any longer -- not since _Esquire_ became the property of Clay Felker and Milton Glaser, the publishing team who made _New York_ magazine into one of the best-selling weeklies in the city. With Felker as editor and Glaser as design director, _Esquire_ will have a totally new look starting with the February 14 issue. It will have a different size, binding, shape, length, and contents. It will also change its name to _Esquire Fortnightly_ and appear 26 times a year instead of 12. "The new _Esquire_ will be ungimmicky, easy to understand," says Milton Glaser, taking a half-hour break from his numerous artistic projects. He is as animated as his enlarged signature, which glows from a custom-made neon lamp on the wall beside a Renaissance Madonna and a framed Islamic drawing. The first thing you notice about Glaser is the colored handkerchief adorning his jacket pocket. Then you notice how relaxed he is, and how easily he smiles. "The name of the game is to get an audience that identifies with the magazine and feels it's on their side. People buy a magazine because it's of considerable interest to them, not because they get a deal on the subscription. ... What you want to do is to find the right-size audience, made up of people who believe in the values that the magazine reflects." The original _Esquire_, Glaser points out, helped to glamorize the rich, privileged man of the world -- the man who had arrived, who knew his place in the world, and whose greatest desire was to surround himself with the symbols of wealth, such as fancy cars and beautiful women. Today, says Glaser, the American male no longer measures success by symbols alone. Rather, he aims for self-development, for the richness of life itself -- professional, personal, physical, intellectual and spiritual.