Good Stories from the Ladies’ Home Journal
by Various
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About this eBook
- Author
- Various
- Title
- Good Stories Reprinted from the Ladies' Home Journal of Philadelphia
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- American wit and humor
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 12836
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12836
- Release Date
- July 7, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Good Stories — THE LADIES’ HOME JOURNAL
- 2.Warding Off a Catastrophe
- 3.Not What She Expected
- 4.Of Course
- 5.He Had Certainly Met Him
- 6.No Place Like Home
- 7.She Felt Bad When Well
- 8.Drove Him Mad
- 9.Tweedledum or Tweedledee
- 10.It Was Mary’s Own Idea
- 11.He Couldn’t Very Well
- 12.A Coat That Wouldn’t Come Off
- 13.The Young Housewife’s Latest
- 14.He Did His Best
- 15.The Power Behind
- 16.Easy Enough
- 17.He Had Left the Cards All Right
- 18.And That Settled It
- 19.What Do You Think the Porter Did?
- 20.She Said It
- 21.His Idea of Genius
- 22.Took the Wrong House
- 23.And Tommy Did
- 24.The Prayer of Cyrus Brown
- 25.Couldn’t Tell Which
- 26.The Greater Calamity
- 27.Her First Railroad Ride
- 28.The Parson and the “Light”
- 29.Turn About is Fair Play
- 30.His Only Chance
- 31.He Saw Them, All Right
- 32.An Easy Way to Stop It
- 33.What Brought Them?
- 34.Give and Take
- 35.Too Much of a Good Thing
- 36.Had Missed It
- 37.Denied the Only Shade
- 38.Wanted to Make Her Happy
- 39.Easy Enough
- 40.Not a Complaint at All
- 41.He Caught It, But——
- 42.He Didn’t Mind
- 43.He Announced His Intentions
- 44.As a Last Resort
- 45.He Got the Information
- 46.After Many Trials
- 47.It Was His Only Tie
- 48.Playing Doctor
- 49.The Feminine Point of View
- 50.He Had Faith in the Doctor
- 51.What He Used the Milk For
- 52.Nothing if Not Polite
- 53.Her Little Game
- 54.A Case of Adaptation
- 55.What Would Happen
- 56.Couldn’t Fool Him That Far
- 57.And They Wondered!
- 58.She Had Him That Time
- 59.Necessity: Not Choice
- 60.Mr. Beecher’s Prescription
- 61.A Recipe for a Bridal Couple
- 62.Both of the Same Kind
- 63.“Follow the Leader”
- 64.Very Easily Explained
- 65.Proved His Teacher Wrong
- 66.At the Department Store
- 67.The Worst Death There Is
- 68.A Long-Lived Family
- 69.Silenced the Ringleader
- 70.Got Out of That, All Right
- 71.He Simply Looked That Way
- 72.What She Would Like
- 73.The Highest Price in the Store
- 74.From Different Points
- 75.So Son: So Father?
- 76.How Could He?
- 77.Couldn’t Leave Town
- 78.He Knew His Father
- 79.A Valuable Office Boy
- 80.She Had a Question to Ask
- 81.The Only Time When He Does
- 82.In the Absence of a Tip
- 83.Her Father Didn’t Like It
- 84.He Didn’t Mind His Going Once
- 85.Never Again
- 86.A Kiss in the Rain
- 87.What He Had Re(a)d
- 88.Apostle and Epistle
- 89.More than Enough
- 90.His Only Request
- 91.A Good Majority
- 92.Ready to Accommodate Her
- 93.A New Name for Them
- 94.He Wanted to Know
- 95.Woman’s Love and Man’s Love
- 96.Much Simpler
- 97.One Button was in Use
- 98.He Remembered
- 99.Wasn’t Delicate at All
- 100.A Live Topic
- 101.The After-College Girl’s Complaint
- 102.It All Seemed So Unnecessary
- 103.Overdid it a Bit
- 104.One on the Doctor That Time
- 105.Anxious About Him
- 106.The Only Way He Could Help
- 107.He Was Willing to Oblige
- 108.Not All the Time, But——
- 109.Necessity and Invention
- 110.Taking No Chances
- 111.Too Much Curiosity
- 112.They Were Both Charged
- 113.Could Use the Other Kind, Too
- 114.A Regard for Appearance
- 115.Rapid-Fire
- 116.Kipling at a Luncheon
- 117.Getting His Trousseau Ready
- 118.There Was a Chance
- 119.Deserved to be Tried
- 120.End of the Honeymoon
- 121.If You Have a Mole
- 122.Her Own Eyes Good Enough for Him
- 123.How Did He Know?
- 124.So Mother—So Son
- 125.An Endless Wash
- 126.Once Dead Always Dead
- 127.Had to Get it Done Somehow
- 128.A Personal Demonstration
- 129.Not for Him
- 130.Such a Pleasant Room
- 131.Giving a Woman Her Rights
- 132.A Riddle to Willie
- 133.Under Her Bed
- 134.Didn’t Think He Was Polite
- 135.He Had a Large Reach
- 136.When Fighting Really Began
- 137.Guarding Against Future Mistakes
- 138.A Mistake on Both Sides
- 139.Sauce for the Gander
- 140.Those Hits at “The Journal”
- 141.Easing His Conscience
- 142.He Would Lose, Anyway
- 143.Force of Habit
- 144.What “R. S. V. P.” Means
- 145.The Wrong Kind of a Baby
- 146.A Poser for the Salesman
- 147.Not in the Army, After All
- 148.Her Literary Loves
- 149.How Grandma Viewed Them
- 150.So Easy When it is Explained
- 151.Sixty Girls Not One Too Many
- 152.One on the President
- 153.No Doubt of it
- 154.The Lesson Stopped
- 155.The Wrong One
- 156.A Good Pair of Boots
- 157.Not Just the Right Place
- 158.What Else Could He Be?
- 159.He Had to Stand Up
- 160.His Heartbreaking Task
- 161.Easily Accounted For
- 162.The Retort Courteous!
- 163.When He Left
- 164.A Popular Store
- 165.He Couldn’t Bend
- 166.Really, All the Same
- 167.He Had a Good Excuse
- 168.One of Lincoln’s Little Notes
- 169.Fair Play
- 170.Cold Comfort That
- 171.A “Billet-Doux”
- 172.When Pat Laughed Last
- 173.Could Eat, but Couldn’t See
- 174.How She Got It
- 175.What the “Grip” Is
- 176.Wouldn’t Have Been Strange
- 177.A Place for Jeremiah
- 178.The One Thing He Wanted
- 179.Why He Would Like It
- 180.Why Mr. Duffy’s Nose was Red
- 181.Why He Knew
- 182.Her Idea of Remembrance
- 183.Did He Win Her?
- 184.The Dog wasn’t Touched
- 185.Not the Kind She Wanted
- 186.His Last Request
- 187.Why He Really Wanted to Go
- 188.No End to This Game for Two
- 189.And This in Boston!
- 190.Man Wants but Little, etc.
- 191.It Certainly Tickled Them
- 192.Cured Without Medicine
- 193.Enthusiasm Squelched
- 194.Definitive
- 195.Wanted to Give Her Every Chance
- 196.Murder Will Out
- 197.Taking Mamma at Her Word
- 198.It Was Worse Than Bigotry
- 199.A Devotional Turn of Mind
- 200.Poor Little Chap!
- 201.The Horse Had a Habit
- 202.She Won Her Uncle
- 203.Still He Wondered
- 204.A Lesson In It
- 205.It Was His Privilege
- 206.Still Hopeful
- 207.He Thought She Ought to Know It
- 208.A Possible Substitute
- 209.One on the Preachers
- 210.Charlie Remembered Her Well
- 211.Couldn’t Follow Him
- 212.Frivolity of Outward Show
- 213.Just as Well
- 214.The Same, Only a Little Different
- 215.For Him to Decide
- 216.A Large Corporation
- 217.Accommodating Man
- 218.The Early Bird
- 219.No Wonder He Asked “Why?”
- 220.The Safest Place
- 221.An Inspiring Model
- 222.When the Honeymoon Began
- 223.And She Kept on Smoking
- 224.Doubtful Assurances
- 225.A New Use for an Apple
- 226.It Looked That Way
- 227.Music Touched His Heart
- 228.Some Amusing Blunders
- 229.They Come High—But
- 230.At Any Cost
- 231.Where Was Bill?
- 232.All That Glisters is Not Gold
- 233.Her Affectionate Brothers
- 234.The Voice of the Lady
- 235.Cheer Up, Everybody
- 236.A New Kind of Bait
- 237.He Could Supply Specimens
- 238.Was It His Ghost?
- 239.Willie’s April Fool on Mamma!
- 240.Full Particulars Given
- 241.News for the Bishop
- 242.A Case of Mutual Application
- 243.She Didn’t Sleep Well
- 244.They Planned a Little Surprise for Him
- 245.He Knew Only One
- 246.He Proved It Was Logical
- 247.The Old Man Knew Best
- 248.Watch and Pray
- 249.No Doubt About That
- 250.All’s Fair in Love
- 251.An Addition to the Catechism
- 252.No Two Ways About It
- 253.The Maid Knew a Thing or Two
- 254.Under Similar Conditions
- 255.His First Move
- 256.His “Catch” Was Delayed
- 257.Using His Friends
- 258.He Did—After That
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