Dates
- Cover date
- June 1949
- On sale
- March 20, 1949
- In stores
- March 1, 1949
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- When Hearts Must Break! · 10 pages
Alice and Ricky fall in love and plan to marry, but Ricky enlists in the Air Corps after Pearl Harbor and is shipped off to the Pacific. Alice is later notified Ricky is missing in action. Her boss George consoles her and eventually proposes marriage. Although she doesn't love George, Alice accepts “to alleviate the awful burden of loneliness I bore!” They wed and have a daughter. Several years later, Ricky returns: he’d been a prisoner of war and had amnesia. Alice prepares to run away with Ricky, but realises she can’t leave Pam and she also really loves George.
- Too Many Sweethearts! · 10 pages
Rose dates many boys and gives them “gay, careless kisses!” She falls in love with Bill after a blind date, but he learns she’s called “Everybody’s Sweetheart!” and dumps her. Bill becomes engaged to Claire, and Rose dates Chris, but then sees Chris with Claire. She tries to cover up so Bill won’t know about Claire's infidelity, but Chris exposes the truth and Bill realises he’s been unfair. He and Rose reconcile.
- Assignment for Love · 2 pages
- A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents! · 1 pages
- Portrait of a Tragic Love! · 10 pages
Alice loves unsuccessful artist Michael; to prevent him from giving up his career, she secretly buys one of his paintings with her own money, pretending to be a wealthy foreign art collector. Michael, his confidence restored, becomes successful and dates socialite Gloria, so Alice breaks their engagement. She begins a career as a singer and decides to marry longtime suitor Gerald. Michael learns of her scheme and is angry, but an art critic sees his painting and Michael is acclaimed once more. He and Alice reconcile.
- With Tears in My Soul! · 7 pages
Lida’s beauty makes her the object of admiration in her hometown, and when she moves to New York and becomes a model, she continues to be successful. Lida and photographer Mark fall in love and all seems well, but Lida is badly injured in an accident and winds up with a “perfectly ordinary” face. She begins a new life as a shop clerk under a new name. Mark comes into the store one day and instantly recognises her despite the changes, and they are reunited.