Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
“Mr. Barnes Is Busy. Who’s Calling, Please?”
August
1
1939
Barbara Shermund
“Mr. Barnes Is Busy. Who’s Calling, Please?”
August
1
1939
View Article Pages
cartoon
“Mr. Barnes Is Busy. Who’s Calling, Please?”
August
1
1939
Barbara Shermund
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
ARTICLE
Night Watchman
August
1939
By
GEORGE WELLER
FICTION
The Tall Twiger
August
1939
By
PAUL ANNIXTER
SPORTS
The Lives of a Hungarian Hussar
August
1939
By
ILES BRODY
FICTION
Minding the Calves
August
1939
By
DAVID CORNEL DEJONG
SATIRE
Trouble in Hell
August
1939
By
MANUEL KOMROFF
ARTICLE
Six Miles a Minute...Why?
August
1939
By
LAWRENCE M. HUGHES
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
ARTICLE
Night Watchman
August
1939
By
GEORGE WELLER
FICTION
The Tall Twiger
August
1939
By
PAUL ANNIXTER
SPORTS
The Lives of a Hungarian Hussar
August
1939
By
ILES BRODY
Cartoons
cartoon
"Well, I'll Tell You This—you’re Gettin’ Warm!"
MARCH 1935
cartoon
"It started as a bomb-proof cellar"
SEPTEMBER, 1940
cartoon
cartoon
AUGUST, 1942
Barbara Shermund
cartoon
"And Then I Matched Him Double Or Nothing—And Lost!"
JULY 1939
cartoon
"Maybe You Think It's Fun for Me to Sit Home Night After Night While You Write Your Damn Love Lyrics"
MARCH 1940
cartoon
"She’s Terrible with the Children but My Husband Likes Her Cooking"
JULY, 1940
cartoon
cartoon
"The Way You Two Carried On—and Right in Front of Reverend Hodgson!"
MAY 1935
cartoon
“He Locked the Door, Took Off His Coat, and Turned Off the Light, So I Thought I Better Be on My Gu
MAY 1936
cartoon
"So here you are—after promising to come right home!"
JUNE 1940
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published