Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
"Very good, sir—as long as it's not a musical instrument"
May
1
1940
"Very good, sir—as long as it's not a musical instrument"
May
1
1940
View Article Pages
cartoon
"Very good, sir—as long as it's not a musical instrument"
May
1
1940
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
Pat Hobby and Orson Welles
May
1940
By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
ARTICLE
So You Can’t Smoke a Pipe
May
1940
By
J. E. KEITH
ARTICLE
Crusade for Children
May
1940
By
RAYMOND GRAM SWING
ARTICLE
Biddle: Early American in Art
May
1940
By
HARRY SALPETER
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Judy Ford
May
1940
FEATURES
Seven Moments of Love
May
1940
By
LANGSTON 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
FICTION
Pat Hobby and Orson Welles
May
1940
By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
ARTICLE
So You Can’t Smoke a Pipe
May
1940
By
J. E. KEITH
ARTICLE
Crusade for Children
May
1940
By
RAYMOND GRAM SWING
Cartoons
cartoon
"I Really Came Here to Write a Play"
JULY, 1941
cartoon
“I dunno, I guess I’ve got the Monday blues!”
MARCH 1942
cartoon
"This Insufficient Funds—you Mean the Bank Is Low on Money?”
JUNE 1944
cartoon
cartoon
"Call for Mr. Montrose—call for Mr. Montrose!"
OCTOBER 1936
cartoon
"Remember—you Only Got Ten Rounds to Knock Him Out In!"
MARCH 1938
cartoon
"The Department of Internal Revenue Says I Owe Them $56,678.34—Probably a Mistake"
FEBRUARY 1940
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published