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1938-12-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

1938/12/24 — Great “Before and After,” or is it “Dream and Reality” cover designed by Jay Hyde Barnum

Contents as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “Palm Beach Santa Claus” by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • “College Hero” by Robert Spafford and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Gift of Prophecy” by Gouverneur Morris and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “White Shawl from Cairo” — The Short Short Story by Frederic Mertz with illustration by C.C. Beall

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Strange Honeymoon” — Part 3 of 10 — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Murder for Christmas” — Part 7 of 10 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Mario Cooper

    • ARTICLES:

  • Weather in the Making by Captain Clifford J. MacGregor
  • Death to the Killer by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Hollywood Sweepstakes by Quentin Reynolds with color photo of Lynn Carver, Jean Rogers, Caroline Fisher, Shirley Ross, and Martha Scott spread over two pages
  • The Apple Game by Frank J. Taylor with color photo of Mickey Rooney eating an apple

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: What’s Ruining Europe
  • Full-page Cream of Kentucky Ad in black, white and orange illustrated by Norman Rockwell