1890-05 Ladies Home Journal Magazine Contents

1890/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
28-pages plus outer covers. This is just the fifth issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11″ X 16″. Vol. VII, No. 6.

Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

Ascutney Street – Part VII – by Adeline D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper

Both Sides of the Line, a poem by Cora Stuart Wheeler

Women in Business Life by Mrs. Frank Leslie

How to Choose Eye-Glasses by HV. Wirdeman, MD

Superstitions of the Chinese by Wah Le Tung

Domestic Life in Egypt by Mary J. Holmes

My Little Bo-Peep, a poem by Frank E. Holliday

How to Take Care of Kid Gloves by Augusta S. Prescott

Farmer Bell’s Bargain by Mrs. A.G. Lewis and illustrated by E.B. Bensell

The Coming of May, a poem

The Amateur Camera by A. Bogardus

The Value of Etiquette

The Master-Key, a poem

Woman’s Need of Exercise by Ellen Le Garde

A South African Wedding by W.P. Pond and illustrated by Frank C. Drake

What are Women Doing? by The Editor (Bok)

The Young Man of To-Day

Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD

Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore

Letters to Beth: No. VI by Kate Tannatt Woods

A Wedding Outfit for $200 by Emma M. Hooper

The Proper Care of Clothing by Helen Jay

The Life of a Busy Author by Alice Au Tance Campbell with portriat of Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods

Is Literature a Trade? by Edward W. Bok

New Books on My Table by Annie R. Ramsey

Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop and illustrated by Victor F. Newman

Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper

Jessie’s Opportunity by Florence B. Hallowell and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill

A May-Day Song, a poem by Laura E. Richards

All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by F.S. Guild

A Puzzler for Baby, a poem by Dudley Dorn

An Allegory of To-Day by Margaret B. Harvey

Talks With the Doctor by Laury MacHenry

Practical Housekeeping by Louisa Knapp

What to Do With the Left-Overs by L.L.

Resurrection Dishes by Mary J. Safford

Shining and “Doing-Up” Shirts by Aunt Millie

A Few Dainty Desserts by Edith A. Grant

Questions and Answers

Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp

Phillida — Chapters XV – XVII – by Maude Howe

Front cover: The Herald of Spring, a poem by Alexander Wilson

2nd Cover: The Violet in France

2nd Cover: Neatness in Dress at Home

3rd Cover: Seven Ways of Marrying

Back Cover: Deceptive Housekeeping

Advertising includes smaller display ads and is becoming more prominent than in earlier issues.