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1939-03-04 Saturday Evening Post Magazine Contents

1939/03/04 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Cover Design by Robert P. Archer.

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Way of a Man With a Mermaid” by Guy Gilpatric and illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer
  • “Canton Pearls” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Sweet is the Flavor of Justice” by George Sessions Perry and illustrated by Galbraith
  • “The Girl in the Humbert” by Mari Sandoz and illustrated by Harvey Dunn

    • ARTICLES:

  • “Lady Astor Interviews Herself” by Viscountess Astor
  • “So Sorry for You” Japanese Espionage Used to be Funny–But No More by Hallett Abend and illustrated by Kemp Starrett
  • “Subtle as a Punch in the Nose” by Stanley Frank is about Larry MacPhail
  • “So Red the Rose” has photographs by Ivan Dmitri
  • “As I Saw It” conclusion by Edith Bolling Wilson

    • SERIALS:

  • “Wickford Point” part 6 of 7 by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Henry Raleigh
  • “Arizona” part 2 of 8 by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Benton Clark

    • MISCELLANY:

  • Editorials
  • Post Scripts
  • “Epitaph to a Black Persian” a poem by E.B. Crosswhite
  • “Old Maid” a poem by Ina Roed Peterson
  • Keeping Posted

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ivory Soap, Kool Cigarettes with the Kool Penguin, Old Gold Cigarettes with illustration by Petty*, Lincoln Zephyr V-12, “Alphonse and Gaston See Coney Island” in an ad for Kellogg’s All-Bran*, and a Sunkist ad on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))