Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
"Mrs. Taylor, My Mother Would Like to Borrow Your Cocktail Shaker. She’s Giving a Tea This Afternoon"
April
1
1940
Elwin Henri
"Mrs. Taylor, My Mother Would Like to Borrow Your Cocktail Shaker. She’s Giving a Tea This Afternoon"
April
1
1940
View Article Pages
cartoon
"Mrs. Taylor, My Mother Would Like to Borrow Your Cocktail Shaker. She’s Giving a Tea This Afternoon"
April
1
1940
Elwin Henri
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
Teamed with Genius
April
1940
By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
PICTORIAL FEATURES
The Types of American Beauty
April
1940
Fiction
An Affair in Tahiti
April
1940
By
DONALD BARR CHIDSEY
Satire
The Pre-Occupation of New York
April
1940
By
ROBERT HENDERSON
Fiction
The Birthday Party
April
1940
By
RODERICK LULL
Personalities
Broadway Bad Boy
April
1940
By
SIDNEY CARROLL
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
Teamed with Genius
April
1940
By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
PICTORIAL FEATURES
The Types of American Beauty
April
1940
Fiction
An Affair in Tahiti
April
1940
By
DONALD BARR CHIDSEY
Cartoons
cartoon
"Now are you convinced I used a real live model?"
JUNE 1940
cartoon
As summer draws to a close every amateur vegetable gardener in the country feels that his season has been a success. He has either (a) proved that he can grow A-l crops or (b) proved his contention that you can't beat the corner grocery store.
AUGUST, 1942
cartoon
"Did You Hear Dunninger Last Night?"
MARCH 1945
Elwin Henri
PICTORIAL FEATURES
A Portfolio of Christmas Humor
DECEMBER, 1939
cartoon
"The Folks Got Us for Christmas Three Years Ago and Papa Has Been Laying for Santa Ever Since”
DECEMBER, 1939
cartoon
“Daughter, Here’s the Milkman About His Bill. That’s Your Department”
FEBRUARY 1940
cartoon
Cartoon
"Phyllis! Will You Stop Flirting with These Young Men!"
JANUARY, 1940
cartoon
". . . And Civilized People, of course, Use Books"
JUNE 1942
cartoon
“Must Be a Mirage"
MARCH 1943
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published