Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
"Oh I Wouldn’t Lie, Your Honor—i Know Where People Go When They Lie"
February
1
1939
"Oh I Wouldn’t Lie, Your Honor—i Know Where People Go When They Lie"
February
1
1939
View Article Pages
cartoon
"Oh I Wouldn’t Lie, Your Honor—i Know Where People Go When They Lie"
February
1
1939
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
FICTION
Night Before Battle
February
1939
By
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
PERSONALITIES
Walking Under the Ladder
February
1939
By
MURDOCK PEMBERTON
SPORTS
You Have to Have Snow
February
1939
By
M. SPRINGER, P. READ
FICTION
We Boys of China
February
1939
By
MANUEL KOMROFF
FICTION
Anything for a Laugh
February
1939
By
DUANE DECKER
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Insomniac’s Lament
February
1939
By
E. SIMMS CAMPBELL
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
FICTION
Night Before Battle
February
1939
By
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
PERSONALITIES
Walking Under the Ladder
February
1939
By
MURDOCK PEMBERTON
SPORTS
You Have to Have Snow
February
1939
By
M. SPRINGER, P. READ
Cartoons
cartoon
“The Manager Says There Is No House Detective. They Use the Honor System Here.”
OCTOBER 1937
cartoon
Cartoon
NOVEMBER 1938
Cartoon
"Ps-sst! Excellencies! That Was Not a Photo-flash Bulb!"
JANUARY, 1940
cartoon
cartoon
"Dear I've joined up and before you get sore remember this gun is loaded"
JUNE 1941
cartoon
"You'll Soon Be Getting Your Sea Legs, Mrs. Terpler"
SEPTEMBER, 1941
cartoon
“About the new 45-thousand-ton battleship, gentlemen—my wife thinks it would be nice if we called it the 'Sea Nymph"
NOVEMBER 1941
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published