Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
SATIRE
Debutantes, Inc.
With Joe Balch promoting them, dobs were no longer an expense to their fathers, but an asset
October
1
1939
TRACY PERKINS
Debutantes, Inc.
TRACY PERKINS
October
1
1939
View Article Pages
SATIRE
Debutantes, Inc.
With Joe Balch promoting them, dobs were no longer an expense to their fathers, but an asset
October
1
1939
TRACY PERKINS
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Steffi Duna
October
1939
ARTICLE
Adventurers’ Paradise
October
1939
By
HILAIRE du BERRIER
SPORTS
Coaches Watch the Clock
October
1939
By
LYNN WALDORF
FICTION
Apple-wood, Apple-red
October
1939
By
PAN STERLING
FICTION
The Navajo Justice
October
1939
By
ERIC HOWARD
SATIRE
This Will Go Down in History
October
1939
By
LOUIS PAUL
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Steffi Duna
October
1939
ARTICLE
Adventurers’ Paradise
October
1939
By
HILAIRE du BERRIER
SPORTS
Coaches Watch the Clock
October
1939
By
LYNN WALDORF
TRACY PERKINS
What a Game! What a Game!
DECEMBER 1937
By
TRACY PERKINS
SPORTS
The Bat and the Bird
NOVEMBER 1939
By
TRACY PERKINS
CRITIQUE
Box-office Natural in Six Steps
AUGUST 1945
By
TRACY PERKINS
SATIRE
SATIRE
Dog Owners Are Crazy
FEBRUARY 1939
By
ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE
SATIRE
Afternoon of a Playwright
AUGUST, 1961
By
JAMES THURBER
SATIRE
The Kid Wants to Know
SEPTEMBER 1938
By
R. B. JOHNS
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published