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1940-10 Good Housekeeping Magazine Contents

1940/10 – Cover illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

Contents are as follows:

FICTION:

  • “A Life Is So Little” by Wilbur Daniel Steele and illustrated by Ray Prohaska
  • “Thank Your Stars” by Pauline Partridge and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “The Valorous Years” — Part 2 of 6 — by A.J. Cronin and illustrated by A.J. Cronin
  • “In the Circle of Their Arms” by Dorothy Cottrell and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “Nor Ever Less Dear” by Margaret Culkin Banning and illustrated by Harry Anderson
  • “Just For the Night” by J. Hyatt Downing and illustrated by Peter Helck
  • “I Wanted to Murder” — Part 4 of 6 — by Clarissa Fairchild Cushman and illustrated by Nicholas Riley
  • “Never to Love Again” by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by Ray Prohaska

    • SPECIAL ARTICLES:

  • Fit to Fight by W.F. Bigelow
  • Town Hall by The Editors
  • Little Tongue, What Now? by Henrietta Ripperger
  • Recipes for Human Nature–Number One by Paul Grabbe
  • Music at Home by George Marek
  • In the Firing Line by Kay Riley
  • Can We Trust the Common People? by Dr. George Gallup
  • I’m Getting a New Face by Anonymous and illustrated by Glen Fleischmann
  • Bet It’s a Boy! by Betty Bacon Blunt
  • Could You Be a Detective? by Gerold Frank
  • A Child’s First Shelf of Books by Mildred Batchelder and Elizabeth Groves
  • Never Marry for Love by Arthur Gordon
  • The Story of the Willow Pattern by Leslie Thomas

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • College Night Club by Katherine Roberts
  • How to Answer Questions by Mortimer J. Adler
  • How to Give a Book Review by Winifred Inglis Baumgartner
  • Rate Yourself as a Driver by Ray W. Sherman
  • These Things We Still Say by Leonarda Visconti
  • It Was a Flop by George Martin

    • THE STUDIO:
    Edited by Helen Koues

  • News: Plastics You Can Afford!
  • Not Money, But Brains!
  • If You Inherited China
  • Color in Paint and Towels
  • Why Be Annoyed?
  • Furniture Finishes
  • $275 Makes Your Home in One Room
  • Three Memebers of a Family Use This Closet

  • Why Not a Built-In Radio?
  • Cold-Weather Friend
  • Like Change?
  • What to Do For Ceiling Trouble

    • THE BEAUTY CLINIC:
    Edited by Ruth Murrin

  • Man’s-Eye View of Your Dressing Table
  • Rings On Your Fingers
  • Good-bye to Tan
  • What’s the Matter With High-School Girls?
  • Beauty in Your Eyebrows

    • FASHIONS:
    Edited by Martha Stout

  • From the Inside–Out
  • The Attenuated Waistline
  • The Long, Lean Hip
  • Show Your Face
  • The Kind of Dress You Wear–and Where
  • Bark-Brown Suits
  • Winter Coat News
  • What We Mean by a “Good” Dress
  • Inexpensive Innovations
  • The Slide Is Quicker than the Eye
  • How to Put on a Soft Girdle
  • For Larger Women
  • Neckline Jewelry

    • THE INSTITUTE:
    Edited by Katharine Fisher

  • The Cook Takes a Knife
  • The Week’s Washing
  • Good Reasons Why You Can Depend Upon the Seal of Approval
  • Seven Two-Course Dinners
  • Lingerie–To Have and To Hold
  • Five Plans for October Parties
  • Dried Fruits
  • Rugs and Carpets
  • Folks with Food

    • BABIES, NEEDLEWORK:

  • Christmas Gifts From Your Piece Bag by Dorothy Wagner
  • Father Handles the Baby by Dr. Josephine H. Kenyon

    • GOOD HOUSEKEEPING BUREAU:

  • Dr. Eddy’s Question-Box

    • FOR THE CHILDREN

  • Fire Chief – Walt Disney’s Donald Duck – A single page with a poem and 5 color illustrations
  • Canyon Kiddies by James Swinnerton

    • BETWEEN THE BOOK ENDS – POETRY:
    Conducted by Ted Malone

  • “The Parting” by June M. Yahraus
  • “Renown” by Nancy Byrd Turner
  • “Challenge” by May Richstone
  • “Picture of an Afternoon” by Elaine V. Emans
  • “Foster Mother” by Bessie Marlin Mason
  • “Minuet” by Witter Bynner
  • “Recital” by Elizabeth Dawson
  • “Reluctant Wisdom” by Maud Wullstein
  • “”And This I Ask” by May Howard McEachern
  • “Red Cross” by Myra Spratford
  • “Good Housekeeping” by Murray Lavery