Abigail Burton Archives - The Youth's Companion

In The Absence of Mary Hortick, by J. Grace Walker, drawings by Harold Anderson
Norah’s Bright Idea, by Marguerite Aspinwall, drawn by C. Williamson
When I Acted a Mute, by E.B. Dirking, drawings by Harold Sichel
The War-Trail Fort, Ch. 10, The river takes its toll, by James Willard Schultz, drawings by George Varian
The Snowslide, by W.A. Bartlett, drawings by W.F. Stecher
Fact and Comment, The British Coal Strike, Our Protectorates, The Business Woman, The Russo-Polish Treaty, Hunger Striking, Testing the Breeds
Current Events
Memorial Trees, by Jeannie Pendleton Hall
Lost Opportunity, Transfer Patterns, Curtsy and Kiss, Mr. Peaslee on Heroism, An Adventuring Weasel, The Wrong Kingdom (George Belcher Cartoon), A Victorious King in Exile, The Whole Case For the Birds (from poems by Ralph Hodgson), A Test of Nerve, He Wanted a Full Trip
The Face of the Waters, by Louise Ayres Garnett
How Indian Summer Came, by Ellen Miller Donaldson
A Chord of Wood, by Celia Thornton
The Piggish Pig, by Abigail Burton
Those Pilgrim Children, by Arthur Guiterman, drawn by Wuanita Smith
“I’m patriotic as can be”, cartoon by Walter Wellman [Ed: I really don’t get what this is supposed to be!?]
Boys’ Page for November: Profitable Trapping (II. Skunk, Civet Cat, Opossum, Weasel and Ermine), His Recommendation, Tying a String Round a Package, A Way to Copy Prints, How to Develop Your Chest, A Moving Match Trick, The Game of Checkers (New Series)
Girls’ Page for November: A Puritan Party, The Hospitable Hour, Christmas Cards That Will Pay, Skiing for Girls, Then-and-There Thrift
Family Page for November: Choosing Garments (I. Textiles), Training Children to Obey, Cleaning a Clock at Home, A New Kind of Christmas Giving, Long Division By Addition, An Honest Exchange, The Useful Tin Steamer, How to Make a Doll House, The Godfrey Calla, The Farmer’s Girls, Fun For the Child Who is Getting Well, I-Me-Or-Mine, An Old-Time Game, City-Broke, How to Be An Invalid, A Place For the Children’s Rubbers
Lem, (by staff?), drawn by W.F. Stechen
Marasmus, The Talisman, Marquis Wheat, An Affectionate Jackdaw, Writing Himself Down an Ass, Poor Shooting!
Ivory Soap Flakes Full Page Ad, “Safe for Silks and All Fine Fabrics”

For October 7th, 1920. Got to love some of the ads in this one, particularly the “Union Suit” one, and the now defunct Essex Motors. Wonder why they’d advertise for autos in a kids magazine? Unless they assumed the parents would be reading it to their children or something….

The War-Trail Fort, Ch. 5, Two Crows raise their right hands, by James Willard Schultz, Drawings by George Varian
The Body-Guard, by Edwin Cole, Drawn by Rodney Thomson
The New Baltic Republics, Esthonia and Latvia, by Samuel Eliot Morison, Ph.D, Formerly American member of the Baltic Commission of the Peace Conference
On Time, by Theodora Marshall Inglis, Drawn by Dudley G. Summers
A Flight From Petrograd, Ch. 8, in which a flag goes up, by C.A. Stephens, Drawn by G.A. Harker
The “Old Diplomacy” in Europe, The Bible and Shakespeare, The Italian Outbreak, Spinning Tops
October LaCrosse, by Arthur Guiterman
The Mayflower’s Flag, The Handwriting on the Wall, Manhandling the Profiteers, An Adventure With a Tiger
The Children’s Page, Decorations by Robert Martin
The Doll That Saved a Regiment, by Miriam Cocke
The Young Columbus, by Nancy Byrd Turner
Ducky Waddles, by Abigail Burton
The Merchant, Verse and Drawing by L.J. Bridgman
The Fall of the Armature, (staff?), Drawn by W.F. Stecher
Full-Page Ad: Cross-Knit Underwear Union Suit
The Companion Receipts (Recipes)
John Leake’s Dole, A Strange Conversion, A Noisy Army, Essex Motors Ad
A Far-Reaching Experiment, A Terrible Explosion, Where Trapping is Worth While
The Lingual Tonsil, A Woman’s Invention, Another Smart Fox, One More Sovereign Deposed, A Thrifty Book Lover, Only a Dud, Ingersoll Radiolite “Radium” Watch Ad
Proctor and Gamble “The White Naphtha Soap” Ad

November 11th, 1920 – Vol. 94 – No. 46

October 7th, 1920 – Vol. 94 – No. 41