Show A P dear reader this la Is your ur corner all questions submitted will be cheerfully answered except those seeking medical advice and carefully an but will names and addresses of business firms cannot be printed here hee be sent if a self addressed stamped envelope accompanies the request questions are limited to two full name and address must accompany ny each letter orna or no reply can caa ho be made all communications are held strictly confidential in requesting poems and songs gongs tho the correct title the first line ane or tho the name of tho the author is necessary in order to find them please send stamped addressed envelope also with these requests so cothey they may be forwarded directly to you address letters very plainly v with pen v and ink to helen 13 brooks rooks box 1545 salt bait lake city utah SONGS RECEIVED the following songs and poems have been received during the past week find I 1 wish to thank each one tor for their kindness in contributing them F for or every boy on the level dear little heart neath the daisies grandfathers clock on the sunny san juan it if I 1 only had a home sweet home bingen on the rhino the convicts christmas eve when the whippoorwill sings bingo mar the songs my mother used to sing sine the rose of no mans land juanita baby mine aline captain jinks janka SONGS REQUESTED these songs and poems are on the requested andio bo found list the songs my mother used to sing wont you come home bill bailey little black me hand in hand again I 1 cannot be your sweetheart the last grand roundup scottish war song entitled goodbye my ily bluebell goodbye my Bluel bluebell lell farewell to you one more fond look into those eyes of blue mid camp campfires fires burning mid shot and shell I 1 will be dreaming of my own bluebell the outlaw tho the goldart wheel 1 I can ride the wildena wll deist broncho in tho the tough and wooley west titles unknown As tommy was walking for pleasure one day oh I 1 just received a letter and he gave me a cold turndown nursery song it if no one ever marries me and I 1 dont see why they should for nurse says tm rm not pretty and im seldom very good those who have sent songs with their letters but neglected to send names I 1 wish to thank most sincerely for or the songs bongs and regret very much that I 1 cannot answer their queries and will be most glad to do so as well as all others who failed to append a a name and address by which a letter could reach them in baab their letter could not appear in the paper it if they will do so at any time your letters are held for cor that purpose dear miss brooka I 1 have read your corner for many months and it has helped me ma in many ways I 1 have never written to you before but I 1 have two questions which are bothering me hoping you can help me I 1 submit them to you 1 are you working under tin an assumed name or iv I 1 helen brooks your real name I 1 have often passed people and wondered if any of them could be you it if you are writing under an assumed name do I 1 know you or do you know me 2 who composed the piano solo laughing waters and can it purchased in any music store in salt lake qty aty I 1 have enclosed two of the requested songs hoping they will help you do not think I 1 am impertinent from my first question as I 1 am only wondering about someone who has haa helped me very much I 1 remain A WONDERING GIRL salt lake Make I 1 am so BO glad I 1 have been of help to you in this indirect way wondering girl and I 1 would so dislike to shatter any charming Illus illusions lofts you might have ot of me but I 1 am sure 1 I 1 would and you would no na longer think my advice of value should I 1 tell you I 1 was only a plain ordinary everyday sart of person living perhaps close by now I 1 so lets let it go and you just know that I 1 really truly wont want to help you in every way 1 I can and continue to reap all the good you possibly can from my efforts and I 1 will go on being b eang happy hapek ovir over just such dueh letters as yours I 1 have this tar far missed the pleasure of knowing you dearle dearie but perhaps I 1 may some day who knows and I 1 am quite sure you would be a very charming little girl to know 2 i N W laurence I 1 believe composed laughing waters and it can be had from the music stores in salt lake it you should have any difficulty in finding it will you ret hat me ma know thank you very much for foi the songs dear it was very sweet of you to copy tile the two to PATSY murray Al urray ut I 1 have only one of the songs you wish at present but will try to get the others othera for or you and if I 1 am successful in obtaining them will send mend them all together the one I 1 sent you Is the only one I 1 havo by that title thanks tor for the information you gave me dear miss brooks ive written to you before and received satisfactory answers and hope I 1 may be welcome again I 1 would like to ask a few questions 1 how to get acquainted with boy friends who are in your neighborhood 2 what subjects would you advise for a girl who Is going to be a teacher and Is a sophomore next year ive taken one year Fre french tich would you advise me to continue im sending a song that the tobe to be found list wishing you y 0 u in much u c h Buc success cess I 1 remain i DIMPLES idaho I 1 am very glad your former answers were satisfactory to you dimples II 11 you should be able to set get acquainted with these boys boy through a mutual friend 2 what subjects you should take would depend so 80 muck much upon 0 you FU to BB a grade or high sch school ool teacher or teach in the country school that it would bo be necessary for me to know now something Om ethIng of your aim and intentions long along this could alovise you I 1 intelligently thank you so much for the song dear miss brooks we have been reading your corner for some aimee As some of us have written before and received very satisfactory replies wo we have decided to consult you again there are five of us ua and each one of us wish to ask two questions each 1 there thera Is a girl in our town who has gotten into a very bad habit of borrowing other peoples clothing As she has haa borrowed from me m frequently and I 1 have haa to go after my clothes this makes mo me feel very foolish should I 1 loan them or not I 1 dont like to turn her when she asks asko so what should I 1 do 2 do you think la Is a suitable book to loan to a boy friend SLIM 1 1 I have been writing to a boy in A arizona ile he criticizes m my y letters and tells me how I 1 should act should I 1 tell him to go ti to arid stay put or just consider the source and take it in good grace 2 can you suggest a bettor better recreation than housecleaning house cleaning in the spring time climate kinda kanda slow you know SPIKE 1 how can I 1 increase my height and decrease my breadth 2 my homo home is by th the e railroad depot Is it a good practice to wave at the trainmen as the train passes SHORTY ORTY 1 ahat meaning has pink blue and lavender stationery 2 our music teacher and science teachers wives both have now new sons can you suggest any suitable names tor for such highly esteemed children BUNNY 1 1 I am 16 years old and I 1 have halve been going with a boy 20 years old for three years Is it proper to go car riding with him and my girl friend atter after public dances 2 As an our stead tea ies have left home do you think it would be all right to go to public dances th in a town 20 miles distant from here hard in my ste adys car which he left in my care SLATS we iiii truly be grateful it if you will please answer these questions which have been puzzling Us for some time WE US usa CO idaho thanks garla for sending your names along this indicates you really de alre an answer to your questions already submitted I 1 will reserve your envelope tor for your further communications and attempt your answers all in ili a bunch hero here it would be unwise tor for you to puzzle over these weighty problems longer I 1 am B ai 1 I 1 must say slim you are quite fortunate enthat in that you have extra clothes to lend never having had just such a problem to deal with I 1 am not sure aure what the proper course to pursue should be but am inclined to think I 1 would ver y kindly and sweetly but nevertheless firmly tell the young lady I 1 had need of what clothes I 1 had and could not lend thorn them 2 it might not be considered exactly suitable for you to have thle book much less lend it to a boy friend 1 1 I do not know that t I 1 can blame the tha arizona friend for criticizing you spike it if you write him in anything the same marrior in which you have communicated with me probably you have used this sy system stern before and should know the effects therefore should be a better judge of which course cobrae to pursue than 1 I 2 it if you are in the right mood house housecleaning cleaning Is a very enjoyable recreation of course you might alternate this with ing the hon hennery nery duckery goos erYA etc with a little gardening thrown ln ail should you take this advice and stay with it I 1 rather lather think the climate will not be noticed to any appreciable preci able extent artent what hol hoi 1 and shorty Sh orry tor for your elongation I 1 suggest a stretching machine you know one of those affairs which harness the foot at one end and the head and shoulders at the other and the manipulator then gradually or otherwise af stretches fetches or elongates I 1 do 40 not know that I 1 have ever known anyone to try it for this particular purpose but lt it mounds reasonable it for decreasing the breadth xer exer clo ciao la Is very splendid and as waving at the trainmen Is in practically hiLr harmless as a version I 1 imagine it if trains train 1 13 pass paea your place often enough enouf i and y you U are thus deprived of one or two me meals al s a day and it you ways wave with enthusiasm your breadth will be duct ducie eased ased quite quit noticeably my dear bu bunny ny colored stationery stationary han haft no hi baning that I 1 know of other than expressing the artistic taste t of the person pernon using it 2 1 I presume the tha parents of these highly esteemed children would welcome such names a as I 1 the following from you algernon T theobald heo adolphus ignatius Ignat lus lucian bartholdy ruberto or jacques wha what i you think 3 1 well slats blata id say BILY it was bigo going some to go car riding after a public pu b 11 0 dance and going a still morn more to go twenty miles to another publio public dance all by yourselves alone but far be it from mo me to attempt to advise a girl of bf the world who his has beenau bee been nou out V for three years and has reached the advanced age of sixteen alx toen even though I 1 should like very much to do a so 0 be baiss cau ae I 1 tear fear greatly it would meet with your disapproval however it if you or spike or I slim mim or bunay or shorty would like to discuss further theun questions quist ions I 1 should be glad te advise it if you will but let me know I 1 regret much that I 1 could could not comply with your postscript but of course your failure to enclose names made it impossible and I 1 do chopo rny MY answerer answers ans wera meet me 4 t with acir approval to rolly POLLY PEr tiaNg cleel clevela 1 I am printing the t song you youre re 11 1 it la Is very beautiful and I 1 a am I 1 reat qt H our r readers will enjoy it out the song bone you sent also p polly ol 01 ay k h A A PERFECT DAY by carrie jacobs bond 11 when you come to the end of ofa day ww and sit alt alone you with yo your ur while the chimes ring out with abot 1 gay fay for the joy that the day has brot i do you thinks think what the end of f W feet day r tt can mean to I 1 i a tired heart 0 when the stin goes goei down with ing ray lul a man nil and the dear friends have hav 6 to part well this la in the end of 0 0 perfect near the ond and of a journey too d but it leaves a that ig 13 big bi strong 41 with a wish that la hind and ane for memory has painted this athla I 1 ix i day t i fa with colors I 1 thac never fade ade and we find at thona theena of a perfect the soul ot of a friend weve weva m made t dif ua D dear ear miss dr brooke coke we have a few questions to ask n what Is the meaning of 0 t the he ni margaret and ina 2 nah what lt CM cat nazo t do tori for bobbed hair to keep it it burld without aning liquid hair curler curlent cur lert what can we do for 4 a small town 4 how old 4 do to mi 4 think we a are e by our lotter letter le you RUC success cOss we remain 0 BOHS from 1 1 margaret Marer aret means a pearl its T has haa no special meaning mean lne 2 dognin doing th y hair on waxed paper ls Is the best a ala most harmless method of keeping alii hair in curl that I 1 know of 3 ta would be a hard question for nn d decide not knowing your advil adm or Entertain inept for the individual depends wholly lyUN IM do I 1 that persons disposition and tempera tempe ment what they enjoy etc ate it yd could arrange a tennis court it bouli be a source of great Plea pleasure sura donalf and it would no not t be aiu ficula to manage it if only a few coull coal be interested in it 4 oh fifteen ct maybe sixteen |