KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1830

Announcer: “When a Girl Marries. Maxwell House, that ripe, mellow, satisfying coffee that’s good to the last drop, presents When a Girl Marries, a tender, human story of young married life, dedicated to everyone who has ever been in love. And now, When a Girl Marries, the story of Joan and Harry Davis.”

(a typical opening for When a Girl Marries, a serial on radio; CBS, 1939-1…