July 15, 1950

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Fiction

The Lady Is AFRAID

HOW ARE they treating you?” I asked, without thinking. He looked up at me with those blank eyes. “Fine,” he said. “Just fine. When I’m a good boy I get a nice walk on the grounds. Beautiful grounds. But don’t step on the grass, or a guard will yell at you.” By DON TRACY20 min

A Maclean’s Flashback

THE MEN WHO TRIED TO CAPTURE CANADA

In the greatest farce in secret-service history Franz von Papen and Karl Boy-Ed hatched a comic opera plot to carry the Kaiser's war to Canada By McKENZIE PORTER16 min

Fiction

FIRE THAT Redhead!

She was sweet and reasonable as most young wives go. She took an interest in his career as an artist as long as he painted innocent apples and shapely vases and dead fish. But redheaded models are not still life. They are dynamite By ROBERT ZACKS15 min

THE SOUTHAMS — CONCLUSION

Papers, Pickets and Profits

Fighting circulation wars, getting into trouble with organized labor, always expanding, the Southam chain makes more money than ever By PIERRE BERTON14 min

Articles

The Vassar Girl From Saskatoon

Casual clothes (dad’s old shirt is fine) are proud possessions among the girls at this school on the Hudson. They’re proud, too, of their attractive dean, who once worked for a Toronto bakery. She says: “Democracy takes a lot of your time” By JAMES DUGAN13 min