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The Young Woman's Magazine, March 1929 This issue contains serialized fiction including May Edginton's "Life Isn't So Bad" (part two), Peggy Joyce's "My Diary" (part three), and Frank R. Adams's "Peter—and Mrs. Pan" (part four). The short story selections span domestic and social themes: Holworthy Hall's "The Shakedown," Vivien Bretherton's untitled piece, Alma and Paul Ellerbe's contribution, and stories by Jan Foster ("How New Is Anne?"), George S. Brooks ("A Woman's Intuition"), and Ruth Ridenour. Features include Edward Longstreth's "How To Be the Life of the Party," an interview with Philip Elting on "Why Do Women Smuggle?", and essays by Gertrude Atherton ("Is Intelligence a Handicap to Women?"), Adela Rogers St. Johns ("What Every Woman Wants to Know"), and Elinor Glyn on "Self-Consciousness." Regular departments cover fashion, makeup, business advice, and humor, with advertisements for Kissproof lipstick, the Book-of-the-Month Club, and vocational training programs.