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16 pages. Contents: Practical notes on cements; Black gros grain paletot - front and back illustrations; Mode of roasting coffee; Having One's Own Way; Manners Upon the Road - of temper and temperament; New York Fashions - mourning dress goods, bonnets and veils, widows' mourning, dresses, trimmings, second mourning, varieties; Personal; Basket of covered card-board rings; needle-work and lace collar imitation of bruges lace; crochet and lace insertion and edging for lingerie; carriage leather flower-pot screen; black lace and bead sprays for bonnets, head-dresses, etc.; spring and summer hats and bonnets of trulle crape; To the Bitter End - continued; Sayings and Doings; Selection of Annuals; Making both ends meet; The Tea-Pot, by Hans Christian Andersen; Mr. Sutherland's Sickness, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Paris Gossip; Dolly Varden Carriage costume; The Origin of Lace; Devices for looping trained skirts; Sympathies and antipathies; Tatted Edging for Lingerie; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' spring and summer dresses; The other side; Manners upon the road - of meeting ourselves; New York Fashions - spring and summer suits, wedding dresses; Personal; cravats in Venetian and point lace embroidery on lace; tatted cravat; Curtain Band - braid-work, knit-work, crochet, and tatting; Tapestry foundations for lamp-mats, sofa-pillows, etc.; Medallions for cigar-cases, card-cases, etc.; table-cover with satin stitch and gobelin embroidery; Jeannette Laboulaye; English Gossip; Sayings and Doings; Lady's Dinner Dress; Weddings and Presents; spring and summer hats and bonnets; borders in white and guipure embroidery; design for round sewing-weights, lamp-mats; tatted edging and insertion for trimming lingerie; covers for toilette cushions, etc.; French Training of Children; London's Heart - continued; Paris Fashions; The great Bronze Budha of Japan; French Society;Sunday Morning - nice illustration; A Mother's Meeting - nice illustration; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and children's evening dresses - cover illustration; At the Opera; Manners Upon the Road - of beggars; New York Fashions - summer bonnets and hats, more hints about dresses, furniture; Personal; Gentlemen's suspenders; boys embroidered gray linen suspenders; embroidery borders for suspenders; tatted and crochet rosette for lingerie; corners of borders for covers of toilette cusshions, tidies, etc.; tapestry design for sofa-pillow, etc.; Brown silk evening dress; Gray silk evening dress; box for sewing-machine utensils; Paris Fashions; Women's Work; London's Heart - continued; Destruction of Antioch - with illustrations; English Gossip; Sayings and Doings; Little Polly Pilkerton; Nice illustration of Joseph Mazzini in his study at Brompton, England; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Spring Wrappings for Girls and Boys from 6 to 14 Years Old; The Old Clothes Men; Household Furniture - woman's share; New York Fashions - polonaises and mantles, mantles, gingham suits with Smyrna lace, pink and blue batistes, mor hints about dresses; Personal; embroidered foot-stool; Work-bag; Embroidered Work-bag; Monogram for lingerie, etc. - white embroidery; Section of cover for parasol - wrought guipure and lace stitch; How to Preserve the Hearing; Cravat End - silk braid, gold cord, and lace stitch; Ladies' House Dresses - illustraiton; As Long as She Lived! - continued; A.T. Stewart; Sayings and Doings; Spring bonnets; agrafes and buckle for bonnets; The Literary Lamtreatment of Music; Parasols; Head-dress of cream-colored serge ribbon; head-dress of pink serge ribbon; Ladies' and Children's Spring Wrappings and Dresses - illustration; Dill's Love Affair; Centennial Customs; Trellis-Work, etc.; A Right of Way; Great full-page illustration "" Right of Way" shows conflicting man-powered cabs and their fares; Lapland costuem; A Curious Sicilian Legend; Gold-Fish; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Lady's Evening Dress; Manners Upon the Road - of stoves and fires; New York Fashions - double-breasted jacket and worth over-skirt, crinoline, silk suits and over-skirts, elegant black costumes, reception dresses, the Josephine coiffure, evening bonnets, opera cloaks, colored jabots, lingerie, fancy jewelry; Personal; crochet guipure edging for lingerie; Russia-leather chatelaine belts; tortoise-shell comb and hair-pins; knitted shawl worn as a hood; Been-Porridge Hot; Sayings and Doings; Ladies' Fall and Winter Suits; Paris Gossip; To the Bitter End - continued; English Gossip; Full-page illustration for the month of October; The Three Emperors at Berlin; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 705. Book
16 pages. Contents: Cover illustration of an Apron-Polonaise Walking Suit.; The Jewel of Constistency, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - The Apron Polonaise, Imported Suits, Spring Paletots; Personal; Tapestry Border for Chairs, Sofas, etc.; Neglige basket trimmed with ruches; Brioche with cloth and knitted cover; Netted Guipure Edging; Trimming for blouses, lingerie, etc.; Hannah (continued); Old Ladies' Flowers; Bizarre full-page illustration shows new bride and groom emerging from church... but bride is an elephant!; Illustration on page 201 has been removed; Familiy breakfasts and dinners - recipes; Sayings and Doings; Common Ugliness; Tricks of Countenance; April Showers - with illustration; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and children's toilettes; The Eye; Recovering from Illness; New York Fashions- wedding dresses, the trousseau, etiquette of weddings; Personal; The Scene-Painter's Wife; The Mapleton Mystery, by Annie Thomas; Embroidered clothes rack; Crochet fraises for children; watch and jewel case; cambric cravat ends; crochet cap crown, toilette cushion cover; Promenade Toilette; Insertions for Lingerie; Afghan customs; Paris fashions; Debenham's Vow - continued; Harry's Anti-Society - great large photo; Humor; and more. Above-average wear. Book
14 pages. Contents: Cover illustration of Ladies' and Children's Summer Dresses; Working, Trading and Cheating; New York Fashions - Lingerie, Under-Clothing; Persona; Eight wonderful illustrations of umbrellas; Crochet Garter illustration; Many great illustrations of cuffs and collars; Jewel Case with Pin Cushion; Six Fichu illustrations; Hannah (Continued); Great full-page illustration by Thomas Nast of a drunk father coming in the door, entitled "The First Drop Too Much"; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Pages 349 and 350 missing. Magazine
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's Spring Toilettes - cover illustration; Ill-Regulated Temperament; Female Conversation; New York Fashions - summer bonnets, dinner and evening dresses, about dresses; Personal; Waist with square neck for girl from 14 to 16 years od; Medalions in application and satin stitch; silk and bead wall basket for dusters; Needle and Pin Case; Crochet edging for lingerie; Work-bag in Byzantine embroidery; Corners of borders in Byzantine embroidery; Netted Guipure edging for covers, curtains, etc.; Boy's Suspenders; Tapestry design for slippers, sachels, cushions, etc.; Spring Toilettes for children; Cashmere Shawls; My Private School; Sayings and Doings; Nice full-page illustration entitled "Fifth Avenue After Church" by C.G. Bush; Illustration "A Reception at the White House" by Henry J. Morgan; The Cryptogram - continued; Bridal Toilette - lovely illustration; Illustration - "Spring Flowers"; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
294 pages. Features: Skin for all seasons; Kate Bosworth; When beauty skips a generation; The divine 9 - fashion's latest breakout designers; Edgy new lingerie; Romantic beach getaways; Unexpected love stories; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
110 pages. Short Stories: The Perfect Mate; Beauty is the Prize; One to Go; The Headlock. Articles: Hodding Carter says "I'll Never Leave My Town"; Housewife, You're My Boss - Leading Grocer Joseph B. Hall rings doorbells to learn the beefs housewives have against his company, Kroger; Uncle Sam's Orphan Airline - MATS; A Visit With violinist Jascha Heifetz - photo-illustrated article; The Trouble with American Tourists - who do so many of them become offensive boors abroad?; Michigan's Island Innkeeper - W. Stewart Woodfill, proprietor of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island The Plight of the HIll People - seven million mountain dwellers in 16 states still live in abject poverty - they are our most miserable citizens - article with depressing family photo. Serials: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (part 1 of 8); Journey into Danger (part 5 of 8). Ads: Schlitz beer (tree planting); Tareyton cigarettes; Color-photo Mercury car ad; Chevrolet 1960 Kingwood Station Wagon; 1960 Turbine Drive Buick; Keds shoes; Frigidaire centerfold shows 16 different models; Lifesavers; Budweiser "Pick a Pair"; Speed Queen appliances - featuring Virginia Habermann, Mrs. Home Laundry Queen for 1960; Norelco shavers; The Wausau Story - with photo of R.B. Wiltse, Frank Hausman and Eugene Dymek; Florida Tourism; Airstream trailers; Benjamin Moore paint. Above-average wear. Bit of masking tape on front cover. Back cover missing. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
16 pages. Contents: Lady's wrapper - front and back; Bridget; New York Fashions - cashmere wraps, cloth wraps, velvet garments, house jackets, fur cloaks; Personal; Point Lace Collar; Tatted and Point Lace Rosette for Lingerie, children's caps, etc.; tatted rosette for lingerie, children's caps, etc.; tapestry foundations; braided barathea jacket; cashmere jacket; crape fichu; Toys as Teachers; Hannah - continued; Ladies' Winter Wrappings - full page of great illustrations; The later revelations of Pompeii; Trimmed Dresses; Paris Modes; Ricardo's Benefit; Mrs. Charles Moulton; Irish guipure collar; passementerie trimmings for winter wrappings; Clocks and Watches; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Features: Marguerite polonaise walking suit; Pocket-Money; New York Fashions - the Marguerite Polonaise, coats and vests, mantelets, fall bonnets, round hats, Balmoral skirt; Personal; Crochet work-stand cover darned in point d'Esprit; Cover for quilt; Venetian embroidery and point lace insertion for lingerie; point lace edging for lingerie; crochet and tatted rosette; boots, gaiters, and slippers; glass eyes; Miss Phippeny's Heir; In a Club; Crochet lambrequin worked in point de reprise; ladies' and children's morning dresses; corner of border for covers, sofa cushions, etc. colored embroidery; ladies' and children's house and walking dresses; Chines Grotesqueness; Ladies' fall carriage and visiting dresses; Bert's Monogram; Paris Fashions; Full-page illustration "In a Club", by William B. Myers; large illustrations of ladies' fall carriage and visiting dresses; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
A very nostalgic 'scribbler' ca. 1950s, perhaps earlier. Back cover features full-page advertisement for the famous Bee Hive 5"x7" N.H.L. hockey pictures. This ad features facsimiles of several Toronto Maple Leaf players. Inside and outside of front cover, and inside of back cover consist exclusively of bright colourful ads for: Bee Hive Corn Syrup, Durham Corn Starch, Ivory Laundry Starch, and St. Lawrence Oil. Contents consist of 24 ruled pages, 14 of which contain hand-written notes. Light to moderate wear. Measurements: 7" wide x 9" high. A very nostalgic and collectible item, particularly for Maple Leafs fans. Book
258 pages. Features: Woodbury Soap photo ad features Joyce Edwards of Stamford CT and Russell Otis Washburn; Town of the Month - Palmer Lake, Colorado; Nice color Tide ad; Color ad for Midnight by Tussy; Color Campbell's Soup ad includes fruit cake recipe; Color Ivory soap ad features beauties; Miss Alma Shon; Kristin Holmberg of Erick, OK resembles the December 1949 cover girl of this magazine; Nice black and white photo in Warner's foundations and bras ad features three ladies; Color photo of Deborah Kerr in Lux ad; Color ad for Baker's chocolate chips; Nice color-photo ad for Jell-O puddings & pie fillings; Is that toy a delight or a danger?; Christmas toys for babies and toddlers; Nice color-photo ad for Heinz pickles; Color ad for Duz laundry saop; Lovely color 1952 Dodge car ad; How to choose a Christmas tree; Nice color-photo Ivory Snow ad; Small World - fiction by Margaret Cousins; The Beautiful Time - story by Ruth Branning Molloy; Madeline's Rescue - wonderfully illustrated story about the famous young girl created by Ludwig Bemelmans; Between Me and Myself - Christmas story by Mary Louise Bryan; Lovely color-photo illustrated article on 'Six Robes for Christmas Eve'; Color-photo article with gift wrapping ideas; Photos of Christmas door design ideas; Lovely vintage color-photo ad for New Prell shampoo; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Francis Irenee du Pont II; Jergens ad features photos of Lizabeth Scott, co-star of movie "Red Mountain"; Toni ad features photos of twins Jany and Joey Pope, plus Pat Barnard and Rita Daigle of New York; Two-color Kleenex ad features Little Lulu; Jergens ad includes photo of Gloria Swanson; 'Cooking with Gas' ad features Mrs. George J. Waddell of Kansas City, MO, and Mrs. Marc Wyse of Cleveland; Photo of Ray Milland in National Silver Co. ad; Photo of Vladimir Horowitz in RCA ad; Great vintage color ad for Cosco kitchen stools and high chairs; Fantastic color Coke ad features Santa with his list of good boys and girls; Fantastic color-photo ad for ITT's "Coolerator" electric range; Color Daystrom furniture ad; Very nice American Airlines ad inside back cover shows ticket agent serving lady holding hat box; Back cover Crisco ad; and much, much more. Somewhat above-average wear with one-inch opening to bottom of backstrip. A worthy copy of this charming vintage issue. Magazine
88 pages. Short Stories: Rigged Race; Not Her Kind; The Tailor's Secret; Challenge in the Sky. Novelette: The Hands of Cormac Joyce. Articles: The Difference Between Black and White; Bowling is Booming; The Face of America - Great color photo of digging out from deep snow in Oswego New York; Tales of the Laundry Sleuths - these investigators discover the causes of mystery rips and stains which occasionally plague laundries and irritate customers; Castro, Trujillo and Turmoil - a report from the uneasy, strategic Caribbean, where the Communists are exploiting political unrest to turn Latin Americans against the US - with many photos, including Che Guevara; Our Urban Revolution - Can We Halt the Chaos? (conclusion); Big, Happy Family - The Soldi clan of Italy has 31,000 members; Riddle of the Frozen Giants - what may have killed the prehistoric mammoths. Ads: Calvert Reserve - with sexy lady eating from her partner's toothpick; Dodge Trucks - with push-button transmission; Seven-Up (7up) - one-man-band entertains his lady; Campbell's Soup; Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (98); Tareyton cigarettes; Colgate toothpaste; U.S. Savings Bonds; Great one-page Budweiser color-photo ad features lady looking over her shoulder; International Trucks; Nice color-photo Coke ad on back cover features debutante being offered Cokes by four young men. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
16 pages. Features: light gray poplin wrapper; Old Pensioners; Leaning on our petty vices; New York Fashions - under-clothing, sets of under-wear; Personal; chemise yoke and sleeves of jaconet tucks and insertion; trimmings for under-clothing; crochet edging for lingerie, etc.; tatted rosette for trimming under-clothing, lingerie, cravats, etc.; rosettes for trimming lingerie, or making fanchons or caps; Aunt Patty's Boy; Professions for Women; Excellent centerfold compilation of dozens of items of night-wear; The Magic Jar; Self-Reliance in Children; The Cryptogram - continued; Circumstantial Evidence; Illustration "Angels of Mercy" shows nurses tending to the ill; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
144 pages. Features: Food specialist Cynthia Wine travels the country; Equipage for the well-groomed horse and owner; French vase discovery; Jeremy Ferguson cruises the Yangtze, the Thames and the Nile; Harold Babcock enlarges a Georgian floorplan; Robin Vaile's private retreat; The woodland cabin of Jerome and Mayta Markson; Lingerie; Architect Jack Diamond; The Rooftop Grove of Susan Watson; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
16 pages. Features: Perle Mesta - The Mostest Hostess; Great one-page color sweepstakes ad for Sta-Puf and Sta-Flo laundry products - includes Mustang hardtop; The Spies Take Over - Espionage is big business with over half a million people involved; Mystery of a Masterpiece - Did Michelangelo create a sculpture of St. John the Baptist now on view at the World's Fair?; Q&A about celebrities with photos; Color-photo Galaxy cigarette ad shows gifts available for their coupons; Golf the Sneaky Way - some people cheat at golf - with nice photo of Jackie Gleason holding club; Nice one-page color-photo Tampax ad entitled "Dive into Summer' shows lovely ladies in white; The LBJ Barbecue Cook Book; Chesterfield cigarette ad features photos of broker Richard Brown, fashion designer Jeanne Sully and waterworks foreman Edward R. Sullivan; The Day TV Was Born; Wonderful back cover color-photo ad for Carnation instant breakfast. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this special vintage issue. Magazine
108 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Fiberglas ad shows military water tank in Pacific war theatre; Nice photo ad for the National Dairy Products Corp. features sailors doing laundry in South Pacific; United States Rubber ad features tractor tires from 1941 and tank tires from 1945; Uncommon E.H. Scott Radio ad features photo of E.H. Scott; Nice one-page two-color ad for Baldwin diesel locomotives; AiResearch ad features photo of Eddie Rickenbacker; Nice photo ad for Bristol Brass of Bristol, CT features snarly executive; Japs Lose Hope - Nazis Hide Away - Major war coverage; Amazing photos of Third Army rolling two columns along an autobahn while a massive column of prisoners marches the other way; Down Together - Wehrmacht and People; Photos of emaciated US POWs from near Limburg; Nazis killed Vienna's Spirit - Now they doom its beauty to ruin; Sea Blockade by Air - The Modern Way; Nice one-page color ad for Borden's features Elsie the Cow; Dodge Truck ad features nice photo of milkman; Veterans' Administration Under Fire - Hospitals said to be mismanaged; The Crumbling Reich; Nice one-page color ad for Johnson's Wax features photo of Fibber McGee and Molly; Ann Mealer of the Army Nurse Corps; Hunger in Manila; Photo of Billy Hamilton of Brooklyn who is the champion paper collector of his neighborhood; Really nice one-page ad for New York Central shows many jobs/services provided on their passenger trains; Futuristic lawn mower on one-page ad for Bohn; 1941 photo of Japan's Matsuoka signing neutrality pact with Stalin and many others; Lost battles and slap from Moscow shake props of Jap ruling clique; While Holland Starves; Nice color-photo Kokak ad; Photo of L/Cpl. James Howe and his mother Pvt. Minnie Howe of Collingwood, Ontario; Great one-page photo ad for Speed Nuts shows B-29 over Tokyo; Battle against Pellagra in Deep South; Photo of Babe Ruth as wrestling referee; Nice one-page two-color ad encourages people to move to Seattle; A planned economy for Germany; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Nice Nash car ad inside front cover; Brief obituaries for William Gibbs McAdoo, Matthew J. McGrath, Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha, and Sir William Llewellyn; Nice one-page two-color ad for the February 8th, 1941 issue of the Saturday Evening Post which features photo of New Zealander Rewi Alley, "China's Blitzbuilder"; Nostalgic one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz soups features scenes at cozy lunch counters across the country, including The Salad Bowl in Detroit, Harry W. Knoelke in Roxborough, PA, and others; Lend Lease developments in Washington; Photos of 'Goat Castle' occupied by Richard H.C. Dana and Octavia Dockery of Natchez, MS; Italy Becomes German Puppet - substantial war coverage; Nice color ad for Good Year ties; Fantastic color-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club whiskey features Easter Island photo; Charming one-page color ad for 1941 Ford cars shows green car in snow with little girl and her Scottie dog; One-page color American Airlines ad shows snow-shoeing man carrying luggage while plane zooms above him; Photos and write-ups of two new planes - the Navy's new air-cooled Vought-Sikorsky and the Army's liquid-cooled Bell Pursuit; Nice color-photo ad for 1941 Packard cars; Great one-page color ad for Beech-Nut Gum features Quantico Marine; Fantastic article about NHL hockey's penalty leaders with great photo of Detroit's Jim Orlando; Boxers Tony Galento and Max and Jacob Baer; Photo of the Don Lee television tower in Los Angeles; Iron Fireman coal stoker ad features G. Moseley, President of Family Service Laundry in Birmingham, AL; Back cover color ad for Grace Line Sunshine Cruises features couple suffering the winter doldrums; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
84 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for Ipana tooth paste features model Mrs. Frances Nalle Crider and her two children; Page 4 provides a valuable history of this publication with a photo of founder Lieut-Col. John Bayne Maclean and Horace T. Hunter; Nice one-page ad for Canadian General Electric Radios; One-page illustrated ad for The Coffield Washer Company Limited of Hamilton, Ontario presents their laundry equipment; Where's the Money Go? - the facts and figures of who's cashing in on the post-war price jumps; Nice photo and write-up of Montreal vocalist Pierrette Alarie; Biggest Show on Earth - early article on the United Nations by Pierre Berton - with photo of the General Assembly in its initial Flushing location on Long Island; Leave the Song to Me (fiction); When a Princess Marries - looking forward of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten; Toronto? E-r, u-h - an adopted son finds some odd skeletons in her closet; Photo of A.V. Roe employees (Avromen) with the first Canadian jet engine; Born Out of Wedlock - each year 12,000 illegitimate Canadian babies are born into a world of adoption rackets, orphanages, legal tangles and shame - article with photo of four children (whose eyes are whited out for confidentiality); One-page colour ad for Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup; Love Me, Love My Doghouse (fiction); Peace on a Dark Knight - the first peace treaty after WWII comes into effect, and peace came to Italy across a barbed wire fence; Sea-borne Shantytown - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's 1,800 tax-free float town houseboat colonists; Jack of Diamonds - The fabulous story of Jack Williamson, diamond hunter from Quebec who found a fortune in Africa under a stalled car; Two Women (fiction about a love triangle); Can They Read Your Mind? - interesting article on telepathy with photos; Classy one-page colour ad for Snyder's Living Room Furniture, of Waterloo, ON and Montreal; Half-page colour ad for Ganong's Chocolates; Nice one-page colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods was intended to be shipped out and folded into a 4-page booklet; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner; Castoria laxative ad with photo of 'peevish' child and mother; Excllent two-page vintage colour ad for Chevrolet Trucks features seven great illustrations; Nice colour ad for Frigidaire appliances; Two-page black and white Buick ad; Polident ad shows man with 'denture breath'; Vintage British Columbia (B.C.) Packers half-page colour ad for their new Rupert Brand Fish Fillets; Interesting ad for Kraft's pimento cheese spread; Great one-page colour ad for General Steel Wares highights founder John McClary and the subsequent history of their McLary and GSW products; Old Dutch colour ad shows husband in apron trying to wash dishes; Deilcraft furniture ad; Photo of Lovely Joan Greenwood in Kleenex ad; Westinghouse fridge and range ads; Photo of Dick Haymes in Auto-Lite battery ad; Nice colour Waterman's pen ad with Christmas theme; Half-page orange and black Aunt Jemima pancake mix ad; Attractive back cover colour ad for B.C. Apples; and more. Front cover barely holding. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this precious vintage issue. Book
68 pages. Patriotic cover painting by Eilleen Wedd. Contents: Nice full-page ad for Moffats Electric Ranges; One-Way Ticket, by Jefferson Cralle; Mr. Sise, by R.T.L.; Fakes and Fakers, by James Young; Girl + Man + Boat, by Dale Collins; Circumstantial Evidence, by G.R. Malloch; Australia Sees it Coming - The Japanese Menace; How to Make Money Grow - Key #4, by Herbert N. Casson; Hidy Has a Memory, by Joseph Dwyer; An Inside History of Canada, Part V, by R.K. Hall; Dusky Diamond Limited, by Hugh Grant Rowell (with photos); The Bay of the Big Killing, by Bertrand W. Sinclair; Shots and Angles, by Candida (movie news); Westinghouse Refrigerator Ad; Should the N.W.T. (Northwest Territories) Shut the Door? - Canadian government issues no more permits for trading or trapping to people going to the N.W.T.; Dodge Truck Ad; Fantastic two-page black and white ad for the new Plymouth Six; Lovely Ceylon Tea Bureau colour ad prominently features the painting "Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks", by Richard Jack, R.C.A.; Ad for the Cine-Kodak movie camera; Great full-page two-colour ad for the T-14, T-16, T-18, T-23, T-33, T-43, T-51 and T-61 General Motors Trucks; Nice ad for the new Studebakers of 1934; Article on Cheese Dishes; Colour ad for Swift's Premium Bacon inside back cover; Chipso laundry soap colour photo ad on back cover. Address label atop front cover. Assorted chips and tears. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Contents: Gorgeous colour illustrated ad for Luxite Hosiery inside front cover. Heintzman & Co. Grand Piano ad; Article on the techniques of Breast Feeding; Waltham Watch Ad; Ad for Cutex manicure products; Full-page text-filled ad for Jergen's skin products; The Wooing of Franchette, by Victor Rousseau; The Love Train From Loughborough, by Tom Gallon; When Dreams Come True, by Ernest A. Phillips; Hearts are Trumps, by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Through Canada with Edward, Prince of Wales - article with photos; How to Grow 18 vegetables to combat the high cost of living; Photos of Scenes from the Life of Christ, as sculpted by Mastreianni; Famous Paintings by the Great Masters - as posed by Pearl White, the noted "Movie" star; The Home Cooking Class - Lesson IV - Flour Mixtures and the Rules that Govern Them; What Shall We Have For Breakfast?; The Open-Faced Pie; Eggs are now more Plentiful; Doing Justice to the Left-Over Roast; The Family Laundry Up-to-Date; The Experiment Kitchen - new brooms; Ad for Ivory, 'the safe soap'; The Fashionable Silhouette and other helpful fashion hints; 8 New designs for the spring or summer suit; The First Frock of the Season; *Gorgeous* colour full-page ad for Lawrason's Snowflake Ammonia shows mother and daughter washing dishes and handing laundry; Backside of this ad is a lovely colour ad for Penmans sweater coats which shows a young couple picking posies; Dress designs for the Sports Season; Dresses for Morning and Afternoon; Street Dresses; New styles for youthful attire; The Home Dressmaking Class; Uncle Peter's Stories - The Whispering Lion; Gossard Corset ad with many photos; Sheet music for The Robin - a spring song, by John Holliday; Ganong Chocolate ad; Fresh air for the housewife - house design considerations; Pepsodent ad - prevents "Those Cloudy Teeth"; McLaughlin Light Six auto ad; Full-page ad for the 1920 Chevrolet Touring Car - featuring endorsement and photo of Mary Pickford; The Perils of Winter Diving - with photos; Flirting with death - photos of very dangerous professions; Nice colour full-page ad of a steaming breakfast sponsored by Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon; Backside of this ad is an equally attractive colour ad for Pompeian Day Cream which features a lovely staring into her mirror; Photos of little touches to add to youthful beauty; "Speldewerksters" or Belgian Lace-Makers; Two house plans; Interesting 11-in-1 aluminum pot set illustrated ad; Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co. Limited ad for their "F" Power and Light Plant; Illustrated Bias Corsets ad; Northern Electric Power and Light plant ad; Interesting print ad offers 160 free acres to returning servicemen in Northern Ontario ($0.50/acre for others 18 years or older); Skinner's Silks and Satins illustrated ad; Ad by B&B Formaldehyde Fumigators urges homeowners to fumigate every room in April to make their home safe; Cute photo ad for Cowan's Cocoa; Household tips on last page. Nice colour ad by Belding Paul Corticelli Limited inside back cover shows a large spool of thread; Lovely colour illustrated ad for Grape Nuts on back cover says this product will make baby faces "Grow Plump and Ruddy". Covers loose but present. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Frequent soiling and moisture stains. A rare issue of this publication which ran from 1914 through 1922. Book
