1940/06 — Cover design by Steichen

Contents as taken from the contents page and paging through the issue:

NOVEL COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE:

Quiet Family Wedding by Naomi Lane Babson and illustrated by John Falter

FICTION:

Speak No Evil — Part 1 of 5 by Mignon G. Eberhart and illustrated by Stanley Parkhouse

As Far Apart as the Polls by George Bradshaw and illustrated by Al Parker

Love Your Neighbor by Dorothy Black and illustrated by Haddon Sundblom

Common Ground by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by Tom Lovell

Women in White — Part 4 of 5 by Franken Meloney and illustrated by Robert G. Harris

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Mrs. Drummond Writes Us

Cleanup in Lubbock by Paul W. Kearney

Youth and the Real World by Dorothy Thompson

Early Cancer Can Often Be Cured by Parker Morell

The White House Speaks by Eleanor Roosevelt

Heart Q. by Hughes Mearns

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winchell by Parker Morell

Time of My Life — Conclusion by Katharine Brush

How America Lives — No. 5

Meet the Cricks, of Cucamonga, California

GENERAL FEATURES:

Moneky Business — The Sub-Deb by Elizabeth Woodward

Fifty Years Ago in the Journal

Journal About Town

Diary of Domesticity by Gladys Taber

This Is a Won’t Try by Munro Leaf

Diphtheria by Dr. Herman N. Bundesen

As the Twig Is Bent — No. 14 by Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.

Journal’s End by Ann Batchelder

Reference Library

FASHIONS AND BEAUTY:

Make Your Own, Make Them Gay by Charlotte Johnson

This Is My Trousseau … and My Summer Wardrobe by Ruth Mary Packard

“I Have Three Growing Daughers” by Louise Paine Benjamin

Learning to Dress on an Allowance by Wilhela Cushman

You Might Have to Reconsider the Rebirth of Your Trousseau by Ruth Mary Packard

Shoe Counsel for Cool Comfort by Ruth Mary Packard

FOOD AND HOMEMAKING:

Happy Is the Bride by Ann Batchelder

Line a Day by Ann Batchelder

It’s Everybody’s Job by Grace L. Pennock

“I Want to Remodel My Sink” by Grace L. Pennock

Eating Out With the Cricks by Louella G. Shouer

Crick “Specials” by Louella G. Shouer

INTERIOR DECORATION, BUILDING AND GARDEN:

Gardens Outside Your Window by Richard Pratt

“Our Swimming Pool Cost $200” by Richard Pratt

“We Like the Outdoor Type of Living Room” by Henrietta Murdock

Spots for “Crickettes” by Henrietta Murdock

Food for Flower by The Gardener’s Assistant

POETRY:

Success by Emily Dickinson

Not Dreaming by Helene Mullins

Other Music by Elford Caughey

The Gardener by Selma R. Osterman

Dream in this Quiet by George Abbe

Discipline by Elizabeth G. Stewart

Private Performance by Ida Marian Breed

140 pages plus covers inside this oversized magazine