1939/08 - Cover illustrated by Horace Gaffron

Contents are as follows:

  • The Editor's Page: Investing in Futures

    • Fiction:

  • "All Ye Faithful" -- A Novelette by Martha Cheavens and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • "Baptism" by Wilbur Daniel Steele and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • "The Woman Who Did Nothing" by Nelia Gardner White and illustrated by John Gannam
  • "Meet the Day Bravely" -- Part 2 of 3 -- by Libbie Block and illustrated by Alfred Parker
  • "House of Our Own" by Margaret Lee Runbeck and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • "Vigil in the Night" -- Part 4 of 6 -- by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • "The Wedding Ring" by Dan Wickenden and illustrated by Gilbert Bundy
  • "Rest Cure" by Edmund Ware and illustrated by Harry Anderson
  • "Appointment With Tomorrow" -- Part 6 of 6 -- by Ursula Parrott

    • Special Features:

  • Facts and Fiction by The Staff
  • No Lady of the Lake by Grace P. Smith

  • Martha Cheavens
  • "Socialized Medicine" by Maxine Davis
  • Paradise Regained by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by Stevan Dohanos
  • Improving Your Vocabulary by Archibald Hart
  • The Wizard of Oz by Jane Hall -- Your favorite storybook characters are at last on the screen. And the making of the filmis almost a fairy-tale itself. -- Opens with two full pages of text and photos followed by parts of three additional pages of text. Pictured are Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion

  • Daily Occurrence by J.C. Furnas and illustrated by George Howe
  • Talk Trouble by Henrietta Ripperger

    • Poems:

  • "Heaven on the Air" by Helen Loomis Linham
  • "Worship" by Helen Welshimer
  • "Sea Town" by Doris I. Bateman
  • "Young Heartache" by Chesta Holt Fulmer
  • "Home From the Fair" by Lexie Dean Robertson
  • The Poet Considers Perfection by Elizabeth Virginia Reaplee

    • The Institute:
    Edited by Katharine Fisher

  • Roast After Roast
  • Long, Cool Drinks
  • In Buying, Roasting and Carving Lamb
  • Hitting the HIgh C's in Salads
  • The Inside Story on Electric Dishwashing

  • What Can Clubwomen Do About Home Safety?
  • Visits to the Grocer
  • The Homewood Laundry

    • The Studio:

  • Good Housekeeping - Woodside Hills Exposition House
  • Modern in Color and Construction

    • Fashions:
    Edited by Helen Koues

  • Foolproof Fabrics
  • Lingerie News!
  • Some Like Them Simple!

  • A Pattern to Suit the Younger Generation

    • The Beauty Clinic:
    Edited by Ruth Murrin

  • Keeping Cool in Town
  • The Masked Beauty
  • Accent on Ankles

    • Good Housekeeping Bureau:

  • Beneficient Bugs by Dr. Walter H. Eddy
  • Dr. Eddy's Question-Box

    • Babies, Needlework:

  • The Winners of Our Quilt Contest by Anne Orr
  • Your Baby Takes Steps by Dr. Josephine H. Kenyon

    • For the Children

  • Canyon Kiddies by James Swinnerton