1939/02 - Cover illustrated by Horace Gaffron

Contents are as follows:

  • The Editor's Page: In Our Own Back Yard

    • Fiction:

  • "The Knocking at the Door" -- A Short Story by Sylvia Thompson and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • "By Reputation" -- Part 2 of 2 -- by Nelia Gardner White and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • "Take a Number" -- A Short Story by Sallie Belle Cox and illustrated by Bob Fawcett
  • "The Gay Old Dog" -- Favorite Short Story of Charles Hanson Towne -- by Edna Ferber and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • "American Legend" -- Part 3 of 6 -- by Pearl Buck and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • "The Sound of Wings" -- Short Story by Adela Rogers St. Johns and illustrated by Benton Clark
  • "Always the Three of Them" -- A Short Story by Libbie Block and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • "The Town Cried Murder" -- Part 6 of 6 -- by Leslie Ford and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse
  • "This Is Tomorrow" -- A Short Story by Cora Jarrett and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

    • Special Features:

  • Facts and Fiction by The Staff
  • The Strife of the Party by Grace P. Smith
  • They Used to Call It Petting by Marjorie Hillis
  • To Whom It May Concern by Robert Sherwood
  • Wasn't the Regular Public School Good Enough for Us? by Maxine Davis
  • A Test for Femininity by Amram Scheinfeld
  • Imaginary Line by Margaret Lee Runbeck

    • Fashions:
    Edited by Helen Koues

  • Mother, Why Can't You Look Smart?
  • Turning One Dress Into Five
  • I Choose a Monk's Robe
  • All You Need is a Skirt--Or Slacks

    • The Studio:

  • Something New About the House
  • News in Building and Decorating Circles
  • A Portfolio of Remodeling
  • You Don't Have to Live in an Ugly House!
  • Closets Where None Were Before
  • You'd Never Know the Bathroom
  • There's Magic in Remodeling
  • Granary Into Bunkroom

    • The Institute:
    Edited by Katharine Fisher

  • How Good Cooks Are Made
  • First Aid for Ailing Finances
  • Budget Meals
  • What Every Consumer Needs
  • I'd Like to Know
  • Parties After New Year's and Before Lent
  • Visits to the Grocer

    • The Beauty Clinic:
    Edited by Ruth Murrin

  • Keep Your Beauty in Winter
  • Five Ways to Brighten Your Plumage
  • We Test and Tell

    • Good Housekeeping Bureau:

  • Dr. Eddy's Question-Box
  • Counting Vitamins and Counting Costs by Dr. Walter H. Eddy

    • Babies, Needlework:

  • Eat Wisely for Your Baby's Sake by Dr. Josephine H. Kenyon
  • Old-Fashioned Charm in Needlework by Anne Orr

    • For the Children

  • Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse - Society Dog Show - Features a 5-stanza poem with 5 color illustrations all on one page - Mickey Mouse is in 3 of the illustrations, Pluto is in all 5
  • Swinnerton's Canyon Kiddies

    • Poems:

  • "Sword of Silence" by Dorothy Callaway
  • "Futility" by Elanor Graham
  • "The Dream Shines On" by Nancy Byrd Turner
  • "After All" by Anne L. New
  • "Silence" by Jane Sayre