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Dear Heart #15
This anthology issue contains multiple romance stories and an advice column. The main comic story "Dear Heart" features a young woman named Sara who is courted by Clark, a handsome and sophisticated man who takes her to movies and introduces her to cultural pursuits, contrasting with her father's disapproval of her reading habits; the story culminates in Clark asking Sara to take a wagon ride, where she discovers his true character when he becomes upset about her jacket. The "Dear Mildred Norton" column addresses several reader letters about relationship troubles, including concerns from a soldier separated from his fiancée, a poor young woman facing social rejection, and a woman struggling in her marriage with her mother-in-law. The issue also includes the story "Television Sweetheart," in which a college student named Ray befriends a girl after a hayride and later encounters her at a radio station, where she encourages his writing ambitions.