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1931-02 Good Housekeeping Magazine Contents

1931/02 – Cover illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Contents are as follows:

  • The Editor’s Page
  • Three Letters

    • Fiction:

  • “Hector Comes Through the Lilac Hedge” — A Novelette by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott and illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
  • “Lustrous Jade” — A Short Story by Princess Der Ling and illustrated by Elbert McGran Jackson
  • “Girl Alive” — A Serial by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by W.E. Heitland
  • “Four Goes Into Twos” — A Short Story by Violette Kimball Dunn and illustrated by James Billmyer
  • “Windmills” — A Short Story by Margaret Bell Houston and illustrated by Jose Segrelles
  • “Fifty-Odd” — A Short Story by Elaine Sterne Carrington and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • “Skywriters” — A Serial by Lois Montross and illustrated by Henry Raleigh

    • Special Articles:

  • The Little Girl Who Sat on Lincoln’s Lap by Frazier Hunt
  • Ernestine Schumann-Heink by Alice Booth with portrait by Leon Gordon
  • Women’s Prisons by Helen Buckler and illustrated by T.D. Skidmore
  • Creole Gossip by Harris Dickson and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Once There Was a Coyote by Lorene Squire
  • My Story — An Autobiography by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Our Own Four Walls by Arthur McKeogh
  • Books-and Books by Emily Newell Blair
  • Debutantes of the Garden by Edward C. Vick

    • Good Housekeeping studio of Architecture and Furnishings:

  • The Long, Low Country House by Penrose V. Stout
  • The Greek Revival Inspired This House by Dwight James Baum
  • The Stuff Your House Is Made of–Chimneys by Matlack Price
  • The Studio’s New Rooms
  • A Living Room in the Chippendale Manner

    • Good Housekeeping Institute:
    Edited by Katharine A. Fisher

  • Party Eats
  • Meals for Children
  • Heating the House
  • Working for Your Safety
  • Golden-Brown Rolls
  • After the Washing–Ironing

    • For the Children:

  • Princess Sac-Nicte — A Short Story by Idella Purnell and John M. Weatherwax and illustrated by James Swinnerton

    • Bureau of Foods, Sanitation, and Health:

  • Looking Into Cosmetics by Dr. Walter H. Eddy

    • Special Service Features:

  • High School Age by Ruth Murrin
  • House Decorations of Individual Charm by Anne Orr
  • Dr. Cupid’s Clinic–A Valentine Party
  • Dr. Eddy’s Question-Box
  • Ups and Downs in Business by Ruth Boyle
  • The Institute Forum

    • Poetry:

  • “House of Dreams” by Cristel Hastings
  • “Evening Benediction” by Joseph Russell
  • “Regret” by Grace Noll Coward
  • “Taps” by Ray S. Wycoff
  • “Death Is a Door” by Nancy Byrd Turner
  • “Consolation” by F. Ward Shaffer

    • Fashions:
    Edited by Helen Koues

  • French Fashions: Forecast of Early Spring: The Tailored Suit with Its Accessories; The Silk Ensemble with Its Accessories; Fabrics from the New Paris Collections
  • Dresses and Blouses You Can Make at Home
  • Palm Beach Frocks the Shopping Service Will Buy
  • Spring Frocks in Wool or Silk We Will Buy for You
  • Corsets with National Trade-Marks You Can Buy in Your Own Town