OCR Text |
Show This is your corner. Make uso of it for your information on question that arc puzzling you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer care! I fully and promptly all questions submitled to me. Your questions must bt ' I limited to two, and your full name and address must accompany each Utttr For special information send slamped envelope. All communications will ' always be held in absolute confidence. All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen nnd ink' in Helen Brooks, Box 1515, Salt Lako City. , v O V Dnr MIm Brookt I hve read "llttwn You nd Me ererjr wcvk nnd enjoy It verjr much nd wM you n-twer n-twer question or twot (t) Will you ulre me the word! to "Flenlln Down the. Ulver In i Little Wrch Canoe"? (2) U It Improper for rflrli to ride honee? ..... LAVEKN, UUh. (1) I-wlll endeavor to hart your tona printed In the ncit Uiue of your paper. (1) No. my dear. It U not Improper for glrli to ride hones. It U an accomplishment to ride horre-back horre-back well. Dear Miss P rooks I I enjoy very much your little corner and I would be glad If I could Join It and be welcome. wel-come. Would you please answer a few questions ques-tions for met (1) 1 have a fine acala on my face, I wonder what cause It! do you know how 1 could take It oft and how It could be prevented. (2) Is white vaseline the same as common vaseline. If It Isn't where can we et It and what U the price of UT (8) b there any harm for a alrl of fourteen to o with a boy sixteen? Thanking you In advance, I am, DUOWN EYES. Castle Dale, Utah. (1) Your trouble Is probably caused from the use of Impure soap and water. Do not evel use soap and water on your face. Always use a Bood cleanslnc cream and nothing else. I think you will find that this condition will disappear with Its continued use. (2) The vaseline mentioned Is a finer, more refined product than the other and very little difference differ-ence In price. 'Almost any drug store has It. (S) You are both too young, my dear. Do not think about the Ws much until you are at least sixteen. Dear Madam t Would you please to writ for me the words to the eong "The Shlek." (It not all, Just thi chorus I) How tall and of what weight should ,a girl be at the ages ot sixteen, seventeen ami eighteen years old? Thanking you In advance, ad-vance, I am your friend, TOOTS. Utah. We welcome you. Toots. Sorry we cannot .print your song, but as It can be had In the music stores we cannot do it The average height of a girl at sixteen Is S ft 1 In., weight 111 pounds; at seventeen. S ft. 2 In., weight 118 pounds) eighteen, I ft 2H In., weight 122 pounds. Dear Mils Drookis I have enjoyed very much every Friday alghi reading our little corner Just before going tc bed. i And I would like to s(k you few ques tlons. When a girl layout, car-riding with a boy, whose place. Is It,-the' boy's or girl's.-to say when they should go to the house? When the couple has gone to the house, whose plact is It to say good-night first? Should the girl ask the boy back again the first time she has ever gpns with him? Should she ask htm back again If she has known him for a long time and it Is the tint time they have been out together? I thank you very much. Yours truly, M. G Preston, Idaho. A girl should 'not go car-rldlng .'with boys at night unless attended by older persons. II a boy does not end his call or leave nt a reasonable hour, the girl should tell him sh does not make a practice of staying up latci than a certain hour. It Is always quite propel for a girl to ask a young man to call again II he Is simply calling on her at her home, but not If he has escorted her to some place o amusement The young man should thank hei for attending the dance or party with Mm anl the young lady should express herself as hav Ing enjoyed the evening. If the young mar wishes to return he will ask to do so, without a special Invitation. Dear Mlis Brooks I have bren a reader of your corner fi quite a while and I think It a very nice corner too. 1 have somo questions to aik yoj, 1 would like to know the ages of few populai screen actors and actresses, whether they an married or not and If they have any children Also who played opposite Illlly Dove (I think) In "At the Stage Door." Well Miss Urooks, 1 think this Is plenty for this time, b,ut I'll com again. I remain, A MOVIC FAN FIIOM IDAHO. There are a few of the movie stars an( (the information you request concerning thcta Some of them do not give their age I Wallace Beld Is married and has one boy) Rodolph Valentino Is married and Is tnenty.flve years old) Wm. S. Hurt Is married, has one child; Richard Harthelmrss, married, twenty-seven years old; Douglss Fairbanks, married, thirty, nine yean old; Harold Llnyd. not married, twenty-nine; Norma Tnlmajge, married; Con stance Tatmadge, married, tv.cnty-twnj Gloria Swanson, not married; Ik be Daniels, not mar-rled; mar-rled; Mary I'lcVford. married, twenty-nine; no children; Anita Stewart, married. Huntley Cordon played opposite Illlly Dove in "At the Stage Door." Thank you. Polly, come again. Dear Mils Ilrookst I would like you to answer these questloni for mo. If you will, please. (I) I like to plaj bnuUU and other games and the boys at oui school play them so I play with the boys wher I feci tike It I also have a very dear friend going to school with me and she does not like to plsy these games. Is It proper for me t play with the loys when shey let me and when by irlrl friend Is watchinif us and does not want to play? (I) 1, t right to dance with ono boy three or four times at the same danrs if he asks me? Now I hope I am welcoim and that you will be able to give me some good advice. I am, 1II.UF. KYB3. Wyoming. (1) I think It perfectly proper for you tc play baseball and other games, but never for. get that you should, and can at all times and all places act In a girlish and ladylike manner. It Is your girl friend's pleasure and privilege to do a she wishes in me-iere of this kind, and she should allow her friends the same prlvll. ege. (2) It Is never proper or good form to dance too many times with one person. Blue Eyt Dear Miss Ilrookst iHhave written to you before, and as yot answered my letter I will write again. Here are ray questions i (1) If a boy and girl are go no together and this girl and another are going down the street and they meet a boy oni Jltl U going with, should the other girl leave 1 .& . ,,,ouU ,n kfr leaves 1 t2)flf a boy goes with one girl one night and then goes .wltlj another the next night, what should the, first girl do, quit or go on? (8) When a boy1 takes you home should be taks you to the -gate or to the door, If the houss Is some ways from the yard gata? Thanking you, I remain, yours, i i . w. J "i MARIE,' Hatio. Why, my dear Marie, no. ut the boy aU enjoy being together.1 fcon't you'thlnk ial JTb. more therrler,"' Vnow Mb ,ve, '!" """ '- eouDl..-.ven though en! gaged, to be so "exclusive" that the .),.. their friends. (2) This U the boy's pLer? and If he Is a pleasant, agreesble yoanr bVJ why should ie girl object to h-.m showln. tentlon to more than one? A girl k,, J! right to think that simply because a boy km her some attention he ehould confine hlasdl exclusively to her. (S) The young man W4 always eecort you to" your door. I am resrrrliJ your envelope for ahother time, whtn your questloni require a personal aruwer. Dear Madam I I have found lots of helpful articles In oor corner, and wish you would answer a frv questions for me. (1) Is Zane Orey a miner woman? (2) Which Is correct (when eattne la a cafe) eating with hat on or oft? WUMnsj you the most success, I remsln as ever , WILD AND WOLLEY. Downey, . I am Indeed glad to know you have fouif my corner helpful. Zane Orey Is a man. A gentleman should always remove his hst npoa entering a cafe or restaurant A tady does sot remove her hat Dear Miss Brooks I You have answered many others so thought you could give me some udvlce. I tat a girl of sixteen and have been married nearly a year, but now my husband doesn't seem ts care to go out with me. What shall I dot Thanking you In advance, ( Yours 'truly, WONDERING, Wyomtnf. There Is really only one thing to do desr now. Made the very best of the sltustlon ail Lrately go about to locate Just why he doesat seem to cara to take you out You really must, my dear girl. Now Is tha testing tine, and If you can adjust the seeming trouble now, you can better manage the various difficulties as they come along. You are very young aat perhaps you Imagine a great many things art not as they should be, as many young wives do. I'erhaps you have been a little careless about your appearance and general contact now have you? If so you can Immediately change this. Be your own sweet self In every I way as before you were married, and the flrrt thing you know your husband will be the esse lover as of old. Now, my dear, don't nag aid accuse him ef not caring for you any mors this Is the very worst thine you can do. Jost he a brave little woman and know that he b proud of you and does want to take you eat the same a he always did. Write to me sal send your name, as you are requested to do St head of column, and perhaps I can be of sesat hel to you again. My heart and soul art wlti th very young wife apd husband. AlBVliaho, and HIGHLAND, Utah! Please accept my very best brand of thanks for se kindly tending tht words to "In the Baigsr Coach Ahead." I am very .grateful to each ef those. Who sw kindly interest themselves la n behalf for the benefit of my readers. Itope I may be ot assistance to both of you at tear . future date, , ' N, J Clear Lake, Utah t Am happy to furnish fur-nish you the desired song, through the kindness kind-ness of the two readers above. , IN THE BAGGAGE COACH AHEAD By O. L. Davis. On a dark, stormy night as the train rattM on. All the passengers had gone to bed I Except one young man with a babe in his anas, H Who sat there with a bowed-down head. Mt The innocent one began crying Juit thro. H As though Its poor heart would break. H Osm angry man satd, "Make that child ttot Its nolso Mi Tor It's keeping nil of us awake." H "Put It out" said snothea, "don't keep It It here, H We've paid for our bertha and want rest" H Hut never a word said the man with the child, As ho folded It close to his breast, Mt "Where Is Its monthrr? Go take It to her,' This a Isdy then softly said, "I wish that I could," was the man's sse reply, "But she's dead, in tht coach ahead. aaj Chorus I Mt While the train rolled onward, A husband sat In tears, MM Thinking of the happiness MM Of Just a few short years. M For baby fece hrlng pictures M Of a cherished htprt that's dead H But baby cries can't waken her H In the baggage coach ahead. Every eye filled with tears when his story Mt told fjf a wife who was faithful and true, He told how he'd saved all his earning f tears To build up a home for two. How, when Heaven had sent them this Ifs" little bnbe Their young, happy llws were blessed; u His heart seemed to break when he menHo"' , her name, And In tears tried to tell tfiem the rest Every woman arose tr as list with tht ciM. There were mother Hnd wires, on that trsls, And soon is Ui" iltt.a one sleeping In psse ' With no thought f sorrow or pain, Next morn at a station, he bsdtf all goodr. "Ood bless you," he softly said, ' Each one had a stury to tell In the home, i (V the l n?- site cm.,h 'ahead. . |