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Smart Set, August 1929
Catalog Note: *Smart Set: The Young Woman's Magazine*, August 1929 This issue, subtitled "In Combination with McClure's," contains fiction, service articles, and advertisements spanning domestic and entertainment interests. Featured fiction includes Isabel Briggs Myers's "Murder Yet To Come," a detective-mystery serial about a charming heroine and an engaging scholar-detective investigating crimes in a dark, suspenseful house. Dorothy Black contributes "Women at Sea (Alison)," while Achmed Abdullah authors "The Ultimate Woman." Additional short fiction includes "Her Pearls and Her Heart" by Carrington Phelps, "Fear" by Christie, and serialized fiction by Margaret Widdemer and Aveta Rogers St. Johns. Practical service articles cover dressmaking, women drivers, garage-to-beauty-shop conversion, and summer business wardrobes. Content emphasizes fashion, beauty advice, party planning, and lifestyle guidance for young professional women alongside advertisements for cosmetics, language instruction, and patent medicines.