Managing the Family Income

Hearst Magazines, Publishers of Good Housekeeping [Published Date: 1938]. Booklet, paper covers 31 pp. In good condition with light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers. Original price and date written in ink on cover page. light overall scuffing and soiling to cover pages as well. Binding tight (staple bound). Interior pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Offers practical guidance on family financial management during the late 1930s. Topics include balancing immediate expenses with future savings, budgeting strategies tailored to income levels, and practical advice on cost reduction. Presents a case study of the hypothetical Jones family with an annual income of $2,600 to illustrate practical budgeting, detailing allocations for rent, food, clothing, household operations, and future savings. The author, Allen Robert Dodd (1887 - 1947) was an American author and advertising editor for Hearst Magazines, where he worked from 1919 until his death in 1947. A graduate of Yale University (1909), Dodd also wrote under the pen name Robert Allen, and is the author of numerours short stories and the early science fiction novel Captain Gardiner of the International Police (1916). Dodd was the grandson of Moses Woodruff Dodd, a founder of the publishing firm Dodd, Mead & Company. He died in an accidental shooting at his home in Westport, Connecticut.…