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Show Tins is your comer. Make use of it for your information on queeuW , that are puzzling you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer car. ' Ifully and promptly nil questions submitted to me. Your questions must U limited to two, ana your full name and address' must accompany each lru$r For special information send stamped envelope. All communications, ii always be held in absolute confidence. All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink k Helen Brooks, Box 1545, Salt Lake City. XtA ffi i Dtar Ml DrooMI I would like to aik yoi quwtlon or two. I hopa 1 am wtlcom. (1) What art tht dutltt of a itudent bodr actrtUryT (2) Whr could I obtain the porn", "Curfew Hut Not Ring Tonlubt." and "Kentucky Dll" t Thanklns you In advance, MAY, UTAH. Th. dutlet ot a atudent body secretary do not differ to any exter.t from the duties cf th ecretary of any oclety or onranlxatlon. Following Fol-lowing U aa nearly a I can Mil you her thi ' duUc of a (ecretary. The ecretary t th recording officer ot the auembly and tho u-todlan u-todlan of ite record, except luch ai aro IP ctflcally attlgned to othen, aa tha tnuurcr'a bookt. In addition U keeping the recorda of tha eoelety and tha minutes ot tha meetings. It Is tha duty ot the secretary to keep a register, or roll ot Its members and to call the roll when required: to notify officers, committees and delegates of their appointment, and to furnlih committees with all papers referred to them, and delegate with credentials ; and to sign wth the president alt orders on the treasurer treas-urer authorUed by th society unless otherwise specified In '.he by-laws. It Is his duty to send out proper notlc-a ot all called meetlng-when meetlng-when necessary, and to conduct the correspondence corres-pondence of tha society except in case there l a corresponding secretary. Frevlous to eactr meettna the eeretarr enould. for th Use of tht chairman, make out an order of business, showing show-ing In their exact order' what la necessary t come before the assemb.'y. He should have at each meeting a list of d standing committee and such special committees as are In existence at the time, and the by-laws of the organisation organisa-tion and Its minutes. In tha abiencj of the chairman (If there Is no 'Mce-presldent present) It Is his duty to call tha meeting, to order and to preside nntll the election of a chairman pro tern., which should take place Immediately. When a committee la appointed, tht secretary should hand the names of the committee, and' all papers referred to It, to the. chairman of the committee, or some other of Its members. He should endorse on the reports of committees the data of their, reception, and what further action was taken upon them, and preserve them among the recorda, for which he Is responsible, respon-sible, (t) The poem, "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," will appear aa soon aa we haye. space for it The other, "Kentucky Belle." has twenty-nine verses, so wa will be unable to Print It The book. "Practical Elocution," published pub-lished by the Tenn Publishing Co.. Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, contains this poem. The book has 100 page and the price h I1.7J. I will save your, envelope, In' case we have no room for your other poem we can tend It to you. ' ; z ' Dear Mlsa Brocket I read, your corner VBetwcen You and Me," every week, and gain a great deal of knowledge from It, I hope you will answer my requcata aa well aa you do the great many other Jet-tare, Jet-tare, which are aent In, Will you please send me the word to the following song I "Juit as the Sun Went' Down," and "The Little Red Canoe." Hoping I am not taking up too much space In your comer, I am as ever, nnOWNEYES. Roberts, Idaho. I am happy to welcome you, Orowneycs'. Strang ns it may seem I have not located your songs, bet ant sure 1 can do so, and they will appear when I do. In the meantime send me your name (aa the column requests), so If there Is no space' to print them I can send Uiem to you direct. Dear Mlsa Brooks; 1 have read your cornrr In the paper every week for a Ion time and have gotten some very good advice from It This I. th) tint time I have written to you but hope you vlll not be too buiy to help me with soms, quo itlons that are bothering me. (1) When a boy nd girl are walking together ihoull the boy take the girl's arm or should the i:lrl tnVi the boy's t (2) What are the lastest dance steps t (J) There Is a certain boy In our town who Inilits on kitting me on the forehead while he Is dancing with me. My girl friends iny he dor not annoy them with such actions. I have asked him to discontinue this and have even refused to dunce with him several times, but he always aska me until I am ashamed to turn him down any more and I do not like to turn him down anyway as he Is a very good dancer. What would you aunrestt m ThU summer while I was visiting frlenJs In another town I met a very nice boy who fell deeper, atily In love with me. After I came home he wrote to me and I answered his letters, A week ago he came to see me and insisted that 1 marry him immediately, 1 refuted because I did not love him. Since he went home he ha turned out as his friend term it to be "a bad boy." lie got drunk and had a flght with hU best friend and Is drinking and fighting all th time now nnd his folks cannot dq a thing with him. Hit sitter and several friend have written to me telling me how I have ruined him. broko his heart and sent him to the bad. They say 1 led him on Just on purpose to have the fun of dropping him and his family feet ery hard toward me. I am so distressed. I cannot marry him because I do not love him. i am twenty years old and surely know my on heart What can I dot Hoping you can help me right the wrong I have caused, and wishing you every sucous In your work. I era. in n. . ,WJLD,,n'WEn OF IDAHO ll) H?.e f.,rl houl', U1" " boa arm ai-J1"!'!,i,w ai-J1"!'!,i,w v"lon of he Fox Trot In f.et Fox Trots In various forms seem to be the most popular of all daces. Perhaps among tf" ?'iW?.5 "tnm ' this dance are the Scandal Walk and th. Frisco Walk. Variation, Varia-tion, of the Tango ,!lo popular. (8) Well. f".?,r' .,mmt "" "t such a sluaUon Is "beyond" me to understand. I n n.luV.r understand how a boy could show yoi ." could "!" ur"'0n 1' mpt- fcowV. could possibly permit such "carrying, on!" And now you are not going to allow It any 0"' " For you must know That Z Js not only the .,t ,,, , imtr0 w Places u n . Mry wkwiI .nj" ,wn,-td? ffi-'i.fS You should f. very th.nkful Indeed for h.v n escaped, and, 1 mu.t say yotf wed great .15 ntT,tkoiE5 p,Vtp.vrwH" Uter. had ,o n,arrrf1h,,,m.,',yYo,atthh,.r,.,hB. wrong to rliht as I. see It, for I Uke It "that you did not encourag him to think you cared for him. And now, my dear, let m advl.c you to choo,e your frlmdi very carefully, eipec- "'. frT '"I ',,,nd- "d tt'n """J" I r U.ch, .ml,n'r tht ll " room for doubt In their minds as to how they must conduct tlmsves while with you. Dear Ml. Brook, i I havo been very Interested In your e "Betwee.r You and Me." I have . fc35 I would like to.ask you. (1) Will 7oa 2 give me tho history of the Forget-me-not the Pond Lily. (2) There 1. . crowd of s girls that have just Joined the bn-hh?,! ' Will you give u. a'.w.rm name and Its In? I hope you wltDutve success In aMn2 my qoestlon. " SWEETHEART. Mink Creek. 14a. An Indian legend of how the Water Pond Lily become known and named, si peered In your paper a few weeks ago. I wS reprint It here for you t ' Th Indians believed that the stars were tk homes of those who had walked across ' Starry Bridge of Son!., and one nliht tk-' saw a star leave the Vky and come half 1Z toward the earth. That night a young bran dreamed that the star came and told aim to a. his wise men what shape she might tsis, mat eke could dwell wltH the red people, whom she InvH. forever. The vlse men said for her' to choose for herself. Eo at first she can to live In the heart of a white rose on the moo, tain side, , but she wa very lonely, so she ten took up her dwelling In a prairie flower, bit great herd of buffalo went thundering by m: ' she was frightened. Go he again set forth to find a resting place, and as sh floated over' a great, blue lake, she saw her shadow In UV water, and sank down to rest on IU cool bosom.-The bosom.-The next morning tho lake was covered wltk' ; great, white, shining flowers, with goldet heart. The Indians .aid the White Star hM called her sisters to live among them. Tier' called them 'Wahbegwannee. the White Star' Flowers." The following la an Interesting little history of the Forget-me-not t i It Is related that a young couple, on tut ere' of ''their marriage, were walking along tfcs banks of a river and saw a cluster of Forget-me-not floating on the stream. Tho brIJe-lb-W admired the beauty of the flower and laments: IU destiny. The lover plunged Into th water to rescue It but having caught It fcW himself .Inking. He mad a flnal effort an '!"". !t ' th f1 of hu Ixtrothsd. . claiming aa he did ao. "forget-me-not I" Sloe that event this flower ha been mad embleaas- ' leal of the sentiment fcrget-me-not How would the "WhIU Star Swarm" be fee a name, emblematic of purity, and th Poal LUy as tho symbol, Or the Indian bob "O wa tsaa," meaning bluebird and hare la bluebird a your symbol .Dear MU Brook. ,', j '.m r' f row Intoreetlng corner, m Seeing how many other you have fclfV I. now enter "your corner to ask for help. W you pleas publish In th Mount Plat Pyramld paper, the word to th song, "Dow by th Weeping Willow" T Hoping you eat find It somewhere, with my best wUhss. l' thank you. ' PAULINE, Moroni, Utah. - Vry orry Paulln to hav to report In unable to locate your song.' Are you qettt are this I. th Tight UtlT You se I bavi to have (he correct title or the first line of tl aong before I can (uccessrully find It If yoa can remember these and are sure one or bota are correct I will be very happy to try ag to, locate It for you. Dear MU Brook I This Is th first t hav ever written to ye. I have two questions I would like to ask. (1) what Is th Red River named after? (t) mm I It located: Thanking you In advanc I aa, , . BLUE EYES, ldtVs. I do not find from what aourc th M River (of which thcr are two) derived (? , name. The Red River of th North I r ver of the United States and Canada. Tab rlvtr rises In th west-central part of Mb , ncsoU, and after describing a .mall com to , th aouth and west. It turns northward H Wahpeton. North Dakota, and for abort W miles forms th boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota, and eventually empMaj Into Lake Winnipeg. The principal tributary of this river are the Sheyenne and rWs In N. D and the Asslniboln In M.nltobs, The other Red River Is th southerns! , of the more Important tributaries of tb MUsIvilppI, and ha. IU source In several test te-st reams of Northern Texa. This strcsai JS!!0" "n '"tr,Jr course between Texu asl Oklahoma, enters Arkansaa, and cutting off Bouthwestorn corner of th staU, flow - easterly through LouUlanna unUI It Miss las Ippl. |