Love Diary #17

The primary story, "Back-Alley Girl," follows a young woman named Connie who struggles to gain respectability and escape her humble origins. When her boyfriend Steve proposes marriage and promises their future together will be secure, Connie wrestles with whether to tell him the truth about her past before they wed. A secondary narrative features Priscilla, a woman from a poor background who falls in love with Roger Purcells, a wealthy man from a prominent town family, but questions whether their different social standings can overcome the obstacles to their relationship. The issue includes advice from Ray Mann on "How to Get Your Man and Hold Him," plus advertisements and a reader contest with prizes.