Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
“Shall I Pack the Telephone, Dear?—We Might Get Some Calls While We're Away”
August
1
1940
Barbara Shermund
“Shall I Pack the Telephone, Dear?—We Might Get Some Calls While We're Away”
August
1
1940
View Article Pages
cartoon
“Shall I Pack the Telephone, Dear?—We Might Get Some Calls While We're Away”
August
1
1940
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
FICTION
The Labors of Beliak
August
1940
By
PAUL ANNIXTER
SPORTS
Let’s Catch a Lion
August
1940
By
JACK O’CONNOR
SPORTS
Calling the Wild
August
1940
By
HART STILWELL
FICTION
The Homes of the Stars
August
1940
By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
FICTION
Your Squaw Man
August
1940
By
HENRY HARVEY
FICTION
Ordeal at the Mopang Fair
August
1940
By
EDMUND WARE
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
The Labors of Beliak
August
1940
By
PAUL ANNIXTER
SPORTS
Let’s Catch a Lion
August
1940
By
JACK O’CONNOR
SPORTS
Calling the Wild
August
1940
By
HART STILWELL
Cartoons
cartoon
"Er-I forgot to tell you-my wife's away for afew days"
AUGUST 1938
cartoon
Cartoon
DECEMBER, 1941
cartoon
Revision If a man bites a dog that was news four months ago by the time it gets by the war censorship.
DECEMBER, 1942
Barbara Shermund
cartoon
“But It’s Not Fair to You—I May Keep on Throwing Sevens All Night”
FEBRUARY 1938
cartoon
"Since My Husband Has Been Experimenting with Television I’ve Been Afraid to Move"
SEPTEMBER 1938
cartoon
"—So I Sold My Stable of Horses"
NOVEMBER 1939
cartoon
cartoon
“Then I Threw a Hammer Through the Time Clock!”
AUGUST 1934
cartoon
“Oh No—she’s a Nice Girl, She Works”
DECEMBER 1934
cartoon
"Just Brushing Up, Sir . . . I Get Out Tomorrow"
DECEMBER 1937
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published