A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX)

October 1 1953 JOHN GROTH, E. SIMMS CAMPBELL, Barbara Shermund, ROBERT J. LEE, SYD HOFF, Dorothy Mckay, IRVING ROIR, HOWARD BAER, ELDON DEDINI

A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX) October 1 1953

October 1 1953 JOHN GROTH, E. SIMMS CAMPBELL, Barbara Shermund, ROBERT J. LEE, SYD HOFF, Dorothy Mckay, IRVING ROIR, HOWARD BAER, ELDON DEDINI

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A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX)

A Ten-Page Birthday Garland to Esky From Esquire (Age XX) October 1 1953

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The Playground

Portal to Posh

Surprise Party

The Marriage Brokers

Georgia Landeau

That Smile, That Face, That Man . . . Junior

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The Playground

Portal to Posh

Surprise Party

Cartoons

"Don't Tell Him, Futher! Let Him Find Out for Himself What a Fine Wife I'd Make!"

"O'shaughnessy's Been on This Beat for Years"

Cartoon

Features

"Goodbye to Me, Hello to We"

The Long Happy Life of Bennett Cerf

Barbara Shermund

“Mr. Timpkins Has Just Written Something with a Genuine Morocco Cover, Gold Embossed"

"Maybe the Army's Using Them so the Boys Won't Miss Their Mothers"

"Aw, Mabel, I'd Rather Hear Toscanini"

Dorothy Mckay

"Two Gentlemen to See You, Sir!"

"Why, Maizie—i Thought You Were An Old Maid!" "Yassum—but I Ain't a Fussy Old Maid!"

"Hi, Senorita!"

E. SIMMS CAMPBELL

“Wait a Minute, Connie—Don't Spoil Everything”

“Wait 'til He Gets Closer—Give Him a Sporting Chance"

“He Won’t Pay for the Oil. He Said It Was Stolen From Him Anyhow!”

ELDON DEDINI

“Good Lord, Woman—What an Ugly Hat!”

“Not on Your Life!”

"You Like It, Señor?"

HOWARD BAER

"Ah Suggess You Call Back in About—Ah—Twenty Minits"

"Who Cares About the Atomic Bomb; I Still Want to Live in New York"

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

IRVING ROIR

"Whenever My Game Goes Stale, I Try Going to the Office for a Day Or So"

More Or Less Merry May

September Vineyards

JOHN GROTH

Transcontinental Troop Train

About Frank Boyd

The City Beach

ROBERT J. LEE

“You Should Have Seen It Before I Shrunk It"

“But I Don’t Want Another Fur Coat—I Want a Trip to Florida!”

“Those Small Rugs Are Fun to Drive, But You Can’t Carry Anything in Them”

SYD HOFF

Spirits of 1933-1944

"Relax, Rain Cloud—I'm Baby Sitting"

“This Is the Last Job You'll Get as An Extra in Hollywood!"

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