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The article reports that out-of business- hours hobby is a better tonic for the digestion and for general relaxation from worry than is any other way of occupying leisure time. It mentions that Paul H. Davis of Paul H. Davis and Company, stock brokers, goes in strongly for the outdoor, back-to-nature life. It presents information on A. W. Harris, chairman of Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago.

The author replies to the article "Business Women I Have Met" in the November 2, 1918 issue. She considers how businessmen feel when they enter a woman's office, how businesswomen are expected to look and act during business hours, and why businesswomen wear "strictly tailored" clothes. She argues that for men to take women seriously in business, they must cease to expect boudoir effects in an office.

It was in the old times, then, that people had the best of husbands, the kindest of fathers, good masters to their servants, benefactors to the poor, pillars of the Church, true patriots, who died full of years and honor in the hope of a happy resurrection, and left afflicted families to mourn their loss. Then there were mothers in Israel, attentive to their own households, faithful wives and widows the virtuous relicts of husbands such as the aforementioned. It was then people had no such weather as the oldest inhabitant now, ex-officio, deprecates every winter and summer of his life; then was the era of faith; and the epoch of good feeling; and the phoenix; and there were giants in those days, and the beef was better; and there was no enjoyment of bad health, and no business hours in all the old times, but leisure and latitude in the highest degree; and no poor people and happy rich people.

The article discusses the Japanese workers and executives in New York and their work culture. These executives of nearly 400 Japanese company branches in New York city are called "the overtime tribe" by their counterparts in Japan, as they work in the evening, apart from regular daytime hours, according to the local business hours in Japan. They are mentioned to be very sincere in their jobs and are mentioned to be very well prepared for business meetings and teleconferences.

The article reports on the emergence of Mexico City, Mexico as an international business community due to the interest of many companies to establish their businesses in the area. According to international businessmen, Mexico City is strategic and it is a gateway to the other countries to the south. One local investment counselor explains the advantages of buying shares of U.S. mutual funds that are based in Mexico due to low income taxes in the country.

The article focuses on the incorporation of Hawaii as a U.S. state. In 1959, advocates of statehood for Hawaii are confidently aiming for passage of an admission act as much of the opposition to its admission has gone. For Hawaiians, the chief gain under statehood is political equality. Information on Hawaii's natural resources and its demographics is offered. The article also describes how business is done in Hawaii.

The article offers several information on business in the U.S. It mentions that the American Radiator has announced a packaged heating service under which it guarantees heating satisfaction to home owners who buy to the company's specifications. It mentions that information on plans of Power Prover to show how much gasolene and power used by vehicles. It presents information on Ride Prover developed by Cities Service experts.

In this article, the author expresses his insights about business-related issues. The author believes that every businessman needs to continuously nourish his knowledge by reading the best books and periodicals dealing with his business. The author also asserts the need for government officials to imprison people who are involved in business scams and swindling.

The author discusses business developments in the U.S. as of February 1953. He cites that certain magnates represented specific industries, including John D. Rockefeller for the oil industry, James Stillman and others for high finance, and James J. Hill for railroading. In the automotive industry, the representatives include W. C. Durant, Charles W. Nash and Henry Ford.

The article attributes the recognition of Red China's Premier Mao Tse-tung by the British Labor government to the British firms who had hoped to do business with the Communists. Among these were William Jardine and James Matheson who opened China to world trade especially after the Suez Canal became passable. All this stopped when the Communists in Mainland China imposed confiscatory taxes on foreign companies and denied exit to British nationals. On the last week of May 1952, Great Britain ordered British merchants to liquidate their assets in China.

The article presents business news briefs including the superliner United States breaking the eastbound speed record of the liner Queen Mary by 10 hours and 2 minutes, U.S. oil industry expenditure reaching 4 billion dollars in 1952, and margarine sales in the New York State grew 3 times due to allowing the sale of yellow oleo on July 1, 1952.