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Show This i your corner. Make ue of it for your information on question! that are puzzling you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to amwer carefully care-fully and promptly all questions submitted to me. Your full name ana address must accompany each letter sent. For special information send stamped envelope. All communications will alww be held m absolute coa- fidencc. ... j l t. All letters should be addressed very plainly in .pen and ink Helen Brooks. Box 1545. Salt Lake Gty. Dear Mim Brooks: I hnve been reading the questions and answers in your corner for some time nnd I enjoy reading them very much. I would like you to answer a few for me. (1) I nm a girl of 16. I hnve been going with a boy of thli town for sorm? time and I am very fond of him. But lately he prefers other girls' company In preference to mine. What would you advise me to do? (2) What kind of a girl do boya like to go out with 7 (3) How can a girl be popular without being a flapper? flap-per? (4) Is it proper for a crowd of boys ami girls to go up the canyon nt night and have a chlckcrcc? Thanking you in advance, I am re-s.pectfully, re-s.pectfully, TROUBLED BRUNETTE. (1) My dear, do not waste your affections af-fections on a boy who prefers another anoth-er girl's society. Boys, or girls either, eith-er, rarely form lasting affection at the nge of sixteen, and your friend, doubt-lest, doubt-lest, wishes to be friends with more than one girl before he settles down to Jmt one, and I think it much the better way, don't youT You should enjoy the friendship and society oi more than one boy, and not be too fond of any one. at the age of sixteen. (H) Boys like girls who are a little independent and who do not show their affection too plainly. The girl who it modest and sincere, quiet and nnas-ruming, nnas-ruming, will make many more lasting friendships than the girl who grows too fond of every boy she meets and shows it too plainly. The flapper Is a passing fancy, and her popularity Is fleeting. Do not, I entreat you, imagine ima-gine you have to become, or even imitate a flapper to be popular.,-Better far be in a class by yourself. And know this, the whole world has not gone permanently mad over "the" bizarre biz-arre in style, but that there-arc 'those (boys and m'n included) who appreciate appreci-ate the sensible, sane acting and dress-ing dress-ing girl. (4) A crowd of boys ami girls should not go any place without some older person wh6 can act as chaperon. Dear Miss Brook: I hnve been a very interested reader read-er of your corner for some time, but I could not get up enough courage to write you about a qucstlqn that, has 'been bothering me for some time, and I am in hopes you will be able to answer an-swer it for me. I got acquainted with a boy over a year ago. He seemed to like me very much, and then he asked me to marry him. But I don't know whether I should or not. He is 3( years old, and I am only 18. I think lots of him one time, nnd then again I don't care so much for him. I told him I could not marry for two years. Ho said he could wait ten years for me, or longer if need be. Mv parents think very highly of him. He ia nn exception to most boys these days. He works almost all of the ,time, and ho enn always get a job when he needs one. He als6'sald there "was nothing too good for me. But I don't seem to like him for some rearon. He is a little old-fashioned but he is ns firm n the Rock of Gi-bmlter. Gi-bmlter. He hns white hair and mine h not nny too dark. So what shall we do about it? I don't know what in tho world to do. So I will try and get it from my mind until I get an nnswer from you. Hoping you hnve the best of luck, I am, SYLVIA, St George, Utah. P. S. I don't liko his white hair. And he Is not very well educated and I have always had the desire for a well educated husband. He has a fine nature and hns lots of mother wit. When ho writes me he nlwnys writes in pencil instead of pen nnd ink. How can I give him a hint without hurting his feelings? Well, my dear, you do seem to have a .problem. Thoy sny love Is blind, but I doubt it, don't you? You nrn n wiso little girl to put off tho fetal day two years. You should be able to tell in thnt time whethor or not his peculinrltiM. looks, habits, etc., have become so obnoxious that they will be a source of irritation to you always. ne seoms like nn exceptional man, though (we need more old-fnshloncd people, It seems to me) nnd so why pot keep his many good points as much In mind ns possible, nnd forget the things which arc not quite so attractive at-tractive about him ? We nil have our bad points, you know. The question of his light hair is rnther n hard one to manage as I cannot w;e how it can be changed, nnd after nil wfwt Is the difference? Too much college education educa-tion sometimes spoils nn otherwise wonderful man. Ono can cultivate! wnys and hnblt which plncc them well up in the scnle of what the world considers n cultivnted, well-bred per-, son. Let this be tho subject of con-1 versatlon nnd let him know in a tactful tact-ful way what your ideas are nlong this line and this would apply also to the pen nnd ink problem. But remember, dear, we are never nblo to have any one made according to our own pattern pat-tern (and I yrpmler if wu would liko them if we could) so we must always be able to bear and forbear. I dm wjshing you the best of luck nnd great happiness. Dear Miss Brooks: "This is the second time 1 hava written to you but I dc hope I am not iM much bother. Will you pleas ' V J publish the words of the song entitled enti-tled "When You're Gone I Won't Forget For-get You?" T , Thanking you !n advance, I remain, BETTY, Tooele, Utah. No bother at all, Betty, but becausa of lack of space we cannot publish songs which can be readily obtained 'n the music stores. Your song can be had for .'10 cents. I will be glad to have it sent to you If you wish. |