January 1934

Across the Editor's Desk

WITH the coming of a new year we have thoughts that we may write a new story, a new chapter of achievement, upon the white pages of life's book.

It's News to Me!

After dinner, and the table cleared. Nick has been enjoying his favorite hobby-- locating on a map strange places in the day's news. At the moment, tho, serious scouting aside, he's pointing out to our bachelor guest the swellest little spot for adventure on the globe.

What is This Style Called MODERN?

LOOK at an airplane circling over us. Examine the majestic curves of a modern steel bridge. Watch a fast yacht with sails spread to a spanking breeze. Study the supremely simple lines of a well-planned office building. Cast your eyes down a line of generators in a power station.

He Said She Wasn't "on Her Toes"

LUCILLE STEVENS was puzzled. Yes, and a little mad, too. It was that speaker at the club. She had managed to come out with a nice balance on the food budget last month, a nice job of managementshe knew it to be.

Tuck the Family in Snug

WERE you ever lucky at bridge --lucky enough, that is, to walk up to a table laden with prizes and see outstanding a colorful box of sheets and pillow cases-- a rolled-up blanket, wrapped round in satin ribbon, and tied with a wide bow? Enticing, weren't they, and chosen first!

Look What He Made of Them!

TODAY, more than ever before, those in search of homes are turning to the alteration or remodeling of old ones which have been neglected or even hopelessly abandoned by their owners. With effort and planning, many such derelicts have been transformed into delightful, up-to-date homes for expenditures amazingly low.

The Diary of a Plain Dirt Gardener

Well, the editor says he thinks you folks can stand this DOAPDG for another year. So here goes.

Again This Year

Too Late to Learn? Tut! Tut!

"THIS NRA may give us a planned economy, but it gives me a feeling as tho I had been knocked in the head..." Now, Dad, it's the old school of hit-or-miss business that's brought us into this mess. Doctor Bryson says..."

Pebbles Lure Winter Rainbows

IT WAS just my luck, of course, that I had slipped those three gorgeous lemon-meringue pies into the oven the very second before I heard the postman at the door. Pies and company dinner were forgotten as I tore off the wrapper of the bulb catalog!

From Catalogland

HOW many Junior Gardeners and counselors have wished with me on wintry days that they could fly to a sunny land of gardens and flowers?

What! Can This Really Be the BATHROOM?

NINE years ago Gladys Denny Shultz began writing about child care and training for Better Homes & Gardens. In that time her own little brown-eyed girl, then just a toddler, has become quite grown up (Eleanor is now 10) and Peter, blond and good- natured, is 4 years old this month.

51 Hours a Week

IF I HAD the time, I'd do it," says father. If he had time he would do the little tasks about the house. He'd shellac the floors, fix the screens, and thaw the water pipes.

Dependable Recipes

What Is This Style Called MODERN?

Modern design is thus democratic. When furniture so designed gets into mass production, we can all buy better furniture at less cost. When we learn how to design and build homes on the new principle, more of us can afford to live in a comfortable and adequate home. In a broad sense, when designers have learned to aim at utility and convenience rather than at form and decoration in and for themselves, we can expect the product to fit better the demands of present-day living.

Codfish Discover America

Guns of the Mountain-laurel

LET'S look into one of the flowers of a mountain-laurel to see how the pollen guns work. Each of the ten stamens in a flower is bent over backwards like a spring and the knob-like anther is inserted in a little pocket in the petal, as you can see in the photograph below.

30 Men Cook Their Favorite Foods

YEARS before Washington made his memorable night crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross sewed the stars and stripes into a flag--

Our Better Homes & Gardens Babies

Just as I write this, a letter comes from Mrs. Canterbury with a snapshot of Mary, and announcing the birth of a boy.

Patterns from Museum Rugs

Boys and Girls Have Fun

Along the Garden Path

WHEN I visit with my personal friends they often say, "Now, really, what do you do to keep busy? I should think that it would take only a few minutes to request people to write stories for Better Homes & Gardens each month. And I suppose most of the stories you use are submitted without being requested."