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

Cartoons

"Here! Here! What Are You Doing with Senator Coran?"

Santa Claus Slips Up and Gives—

“Do You Ever Catch Yourself Not Thinking of Dames?"

Barbara Shermund

"Well, It’s Not Exactly An Engagement Ring—Is It, Mr. Merger?"

“Hello, Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School?—Help! Help!"

"Oh I Heard You Scream, But I Took It for Granted He Was Pulling Your Tooth."

Dorothy Mckay

"This One Was Free Lance!"

"I'se Never Been X-rayed, But I'se Been Ultra-violated!"

"Well, Boys, I've Got a Surprise for You . . . Crepe Suzettes!"

E. SIMMS CAMPBELL

"Well—If You Don't Feel Like Painting, You Don't Feel Like Painting"

"Frankly, Miss Jennings, When I Gave You This Apartment, I Expected a Little More for Christmas"

“What’s New in the ’55 Models?”

ELDON DEDINI

“They’re Looking Up the Reply to Our Question”

"On Page 12, Señor, It Tells All About Our Tipping Practices"

"Yes, Madam, We Are in Indian Territory"

HOWARD BAER

“Yesterday I Broke Even—Sold Three, Dropped Three”

“Well, Once Upon a Time There Was a Bank Teller in America Who Just Happened to See $50,000 on His Counter—”

Ladies of Charity

IRVING ROIR

“Discouraging, Isn't It—I Always Thought American Marines Looked Like They Pictured Them in the Movies!”

More Or Less Merry May

Spirits of 1933-1944

JOHN GROTH

DINING IN/OUT WITH ESQUIRE

Lake Chapala

Five Poems

ROBERT J. LEE

Cartoon

“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

“Night Starts Tomorrow"

"I See a Woman—Young and Passionate!"

Spirits of 1933-1944

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