Show I This Tiis s is your corner Make use of it for information on questions which are puzzling you It will be a pleasure and privilege to answer carefully carefully carefully care care- fully and promptly all questions submitted to me mc except those seeking med medical med ical advice Names and md addresses of business firms cannot be printed here hut but will be sent if a self addressed stamped envelope accompanies the re re- rc- rc quest For a personal reply send stamped envelope Questions must be limited to two and name and address must accompany each letter All communications communications com corn are arc held strictly confidential Address letters very plainly with pen and ink to Helen Brooks Drooks Box cox 1545 Salt Lake City Utah In reque requesting ting poems and songs t the le correct title the first line or the theaU theauthor aU author lor is necessary in order to find them Dear Miss 1153 Brooks May I J ask you a few questions I think you Ou are are ii a ft very and wise wo wo- man 1 Is IB It correct for a n. young lacy lauy to extend her hand to a n. boy friend or young man when greeting them 2 1 I Iam am 13 years of ago and weigh Ibs lbs I have been wearing braids around my head with a ribbon at the back bacle but my father does not like to see a ribbon Could I comb It some wa way without a ribbon so It would look nice BUBBLES Treasureton Idaho Bubbles dear you will notice In the rules rueS governing this corner that you are allowed but two questions 90 so please send your other later wont won't you 1 Girls your ago do not shako hands when being Introduced 2 There Is no prettier girlish style style- of ot dressing the hair than to arrange It becomingly about your face straight back side part etc depending upon the tho shape shap of your face Braid It a few Inches and fasten with a barrette leaving the curled ends free I COUNTRY HILL BILL Sorry DILL Sorry Bill but you will have to state your questIons questions questions ques ques- more clearly before I can give you an Intelligent answer Also give your name and address JUNE BUG DUG Pinto Ut Your Tour Lullaby Lullaby Lullaby Lulla by may be had now from the music shops The price Is 15 cents I will send It to you If It you wish Miss Brooks Drooks I would like lIko to ask you a question or two My father lets me take his car about every night and of oC course all the boys are Jealous because their girls go car riding with me What would you do keep friends with the boys or have your pick of the girls I love lovea a girl who Is very pretty I havo been taking her out but she goes with another boy What would you do do let this continue or quit her Thanking you very much DEAN M. M 1 I think It a great mistake that you Y-ou have the car nearly every night In Inthe Inthe the tho first place for It Is quite evident you are too young oung to be out that much at night and also too young to be bo payIng paying pay pay- Ing so much attention to the girls And If having the pick of the girls depends depends depends de de- de- de upon having an automobile d do you think they would be dependable able friends ds should you be deprived of this luxury Pretty Is as pretty does you know and If you look only for beauty of face you will probably receive many disappointments I advise every bo boy and girl who Is old enough nough to go to together together to- to gether gather In a social way to enjoy as many friends as they wish It Il Js Is not a a. good practice to think there must bo be a steady Dear Miss Brooks I have havo been reading your corner for a along along along long time so have decided to Join It hoping that I am welcome I am a girl age 14 years rears rears blue eyes and brown hair hall and I am hm going to ask you to help me out through my young life by answerIng answering answer answer- Ing a few questions 1 Is it bad luck to put an umbrella up in the house and to break a mirror and amid such things 2 Is It proper or Improper to go with i boy friend to a house party or a school party If It all the girls are going what can you do It Il Is real hard to go alone Wishing you lots of ot success I ron remain PEGGY Garland Utah My Iy dear Peggy right now before you go further In your young life do not place any confidence In luck good or bad for tor all these old superstitions about good or bad luck coming from breaking a mirror raising an umbrella In the house black cats etc are pure i punk junk unk and nothing else 2 J Fourteen Is quite too young to go with boys regularly regularly regu regu- For a boy friend to accompany you to a party at the home of a friend occasionally is permissible but no public pub pub- lie lic affairs P Peggy for a n. few tew more years TOPSY Utah Hare Hore Here Is perhaps the song you asked for tor some time ago It Il came all the way from Gold Run Calif for us Theres There's a pretty spot in Ireland Where mere a little cottage stands A rustic rustle home I cherished ed all my life lite Its It's old fashioned rough roush and dingy But was built by honest hands bands And what a lovely Jewel lived inside It was not a costly jewel Which the wealth of ot gold could buy But a tender-hearted tender lassie With fond love light In her eyes 0 o my heart It grows impatient And I have no peace of mind For I long to see the tho girl I left behind Chorus Chorus- A little brown cottage A shady green spot No happier home could I find My lIy hearts heart's fairly gone For I love Ib only one She's the girl I left behind i When I first met charming Nora Nora It Il was on one ono moonlight night With the lads and lassies gathered on the green Its It's the name old tale talc repeated I 1 was captured at first sight For In m my eyes she seemed an Idle a U 0 en I And the piper with his merry merry tunes What Joy he did Inspire The Time notes of ot her sweet voice oleo Touched a cord cOld within m my heart In m my dreams dreama I see nee a vision O 0 Of her face so 80 good and kind And I long to see soo the girl 1111 I I- I left loft behind V. V W. W Run Calif Dear Doar MIsT Brooks This Is the first time I hav havo written to you rou I Just couldn't stay away any Dear Miss Brooks I r am nm an interested an-interested reader of ot your COlner cor cor- ner ncr and amid would like liko to ask you some questions 1 Will you ou publish the song Bong Just Defore the tho Battle Mother Iother and the tIle poem poem- Kentucky Belle Delle 2 If It a n girl should go o away WIlY or If IC she has a boys boy's address whoso whose place Is It to write first the time boy or 01 time the girl 17 11 Thank Thank- InS ing you In advance I remain BLONDY To Tooele le Utah 1 If It you will send me mo vou name am 7 J will send you this poem and song but Kentucky Belie Bello is a vcr very long poem and space would not permit printing it it 2 Always let hot tho the boy write to you first and if It ho wIshes to hear henr- from you OU ho will wUl do so ISO questions for me and please nave have in the paper next Saturday 1 If possible 1 Would you please give Ivo some good club names namos and their meaning 2 What would be the simplest way to get rid of blackheads on the nose 3 Is It all right to accept a present from Crom froma a 1 boy if It you are 1 15 years old Wishing you success I J remain TOBBIE Logan Utah Welcome Tobbie dear Your letter has to take Its turn In the paper but If It you tend send your name as requested with your letter lotter I will make malo every effort t td tO answer as soon as possible You do not say anything about what kind of a club you have In mind so I am too much In Inthe inthe the dark to answer intelligently Tell TeB me all about It when you send for your answer for the second question which I will answer person personally 3 It Is never proper or all right to accept expensive gifts from boys at any age only cand candy books flowers and such things are c per per- Dear Miss Brooks Brooks- Would you please answer a few tew questions questions questions ques ques- for rot us 1 What are the lucky and unlucky days and months for one born horn May 8 and also for February 3 2 And also what colors are suitable for tor a girl with light brown hair hall and brown eyes oyes and anti for one with dark brown bron hair hall and blue eyes 3 And IsIt isit Is la laIt It Improper for a girl to wear a boys boy's rings HOPE AND fiND FAITH rAITH Downey Idaho 1 For one whose birthday Is in Ia the month of ot May Saturday is thought to tobe tobe tobe be lucky and November and April th the months For February Saturday is also the day and April and August the months 2 If It the skin Is smooth and free tree from blemishes browns light blues orange bright reds Jade green and pink should look well with the dark eyes and light hair hall while deep soft shades of blue yellow grays shades hades of ot alvender dark brown and black would be to t the e ono one with brown hair and blue eyes 3 No It is not improper to wear a boys boy's ring if It you OU wish to Dear Miss Brooks I have w ten to you before and was pleased with the answers to my questions questions questions ques ques- so I am going to ask some somo more moro 1 I am a girl of 12 years I am four tour feet eight inches tall How much should I weigh 2 How old should a girl be before she writes to a bo boy Hoping to hear from you soon I am as ever your friend MISS PINK PINIC ROSE Clear Lake Utah I am glad to hear from you again Pink Rose 1 You should weigh about i SO pounds dear 2 This depends If It his family are old friends of your our famIly family fam fam- ily a girl and boy correspondence at your our age is permissible I would not advise It otherwise until you OU are a avery avery avery very up grown-up young oung lady say lady say sixteen If you will write me again and send your name I will bo be glad to give you the Information concerning the eye eye- brows Dear Miss Brooks Thanks very much for personal an answer answer an- an to my letter which I wrote you more malO than a month ago Here Hero is a stamped envelope In return I was BO so by your letter I am going to ask a few more questions If It you dont don't mind 1 Is it proper for an engaged couple to sit on one another's laps In Inthe Inthe inthe the presence of their brothers and sis sis- tors 2 Is it proper to allow a boy to put his arm around you if It you have gone with him about two months and If It you like him Mm real well In your letters to other girls I note that you advise them not to go with one steady fellow fehlow unless engaged but to have several different different dif dlf- ferent terent on ones s. s I have always been advIsed advised advised ad ad- differently from tha thai tha and have havo been told it is not good form to go with more than one and people would make malte the remark that she would go with anyone who who- would ask her Will you please explain this matter to me Now my dear Miss Brooks I hope I am amnot amnot amnot not Intruding Thanking you very much in advance and hoping I am not too much bother I am year old MIDGET Meridian Ida 1 It makes my heart glad to know you have received help In any way from m niP my letters 1 No dear It is never proper to act as you describe whether in the presence of others or alone Simply be because because be- be cause causo one Is engaged does not permit of such familiarity 2 Neither does ac no- I of two months' months standing allow such privileges as you mention i i in question number two Girls should make a strenuous effort to entertain their young oung men friends in such a a. manner that they do not feel It necessary necessary necessary sary to resort to this medium of ent entertainment entertainment enter enter- r- r fl I most mast certainly do not advise girls of ot 10 lG to 10 19 years of age allowing ono one boy to monopolize their attention You have havo been advised In In- In correctly You can choose your friends Just as carefully in this manner as by having but ono one During these years t OM i am 01 o unloving to the tIme fullest your our girlhood and by associating with all the abiO H buy friends of your our acquaintance acquaint acquaInt- ance you OU learn their dispositions their good and bad qualities and It If if during th these so years you find a congenial spirit among them thorn well velh and and good for you are aro then old enough to about love lo not before But nut If It you go with one ono boy steadily when very young you are more than apt to Imagine yourself in love very vory soon without giving yourself a chance chanco to know enough h boys bors well vell enough to really know your own mind 1 I sincerely hope this will also help you I I havo have been een a rend reader r of ot your dear lit little lit hit tb tle corner Just Between You and Me and have enjoyed Jt t. t This Is th the first time I have written to you I would bo be much pleased if it you would answer my questions 1 I have havo blue blu eyes and md black blacy hair What hat colors would soud be suit sut able ablo for mo me 2 I was born September 21 1 What Is my lucky day dayS and an n my V flower HoworT Wishing you much success and happiness I am nm truly trimly Corro CorIo Grando Granda Ida 1 You ou should wear blues and arid blue grays yellows coral shades bright rods rod jade jado green and black n nicelY cely Margorie ox U 2 Wednesday 1 seems to bo be your day February find and November your months and the tho 1 cornflower Is your flower I Dear Miss Brooks i rE rEI I would like to ask you a a. have been going o ng with a light quest com I oneil fellow who appears very nl l I quit him and went with a dark clark 1 t 11 1 Ii fellow for a while H d j fey fe tak take to mo me much and would not e d' d t t mo me any more Now 1 I have go it It 10 low What would you do to neith win er ti Wl vl back Thanking you OU in advance ht main an old ld maid t tt r. ri GWENIVERE J. J Logan Loc m tIt 1 I do not think a you should 1 w wait pi time worrying about either of l I bY boys Why should you when it Is i hH tit dent they do not caro care to go so with etl My dear l I are you not too YOUn thinking so BO much about th the bo boys to t 1 I lit IH litway way Forget them mom and turn your Sim t lu tion to your our school and other r 1 t tt which Is so necessary Just now flow 81 t I development Into future hll happing 0 I think l hi 11 good you have many at L to travel before Year Years A reaching old ma t tand and even should you reach this this' 0 there are fates far worse I IDear assure at t t Dear Miss Brooks 0 I havo been rea reading your corner S think It Is la very Interesting y you please answer a few I t me mo 1 I have havo a number of II 1 l' l small moles on my face Will Y you U Ju a 1 t tell teU how to rid L me get of them I 11 L La h a girl friend who ha hag haJ an eruption bays at t her face tace I think It Is called I acne I a Would I get this eruption by k r having my face near hers hors I wi WIth r thank you very much 1 DOT DO L L. tI ah l Moles are a a. difficult very I and the electric needle Is about the r means meana of eradicating these post pests ioven i b r reen oven even this does docs not always bring to t. t I Ire re results result so I advise you to forget r th the Insofar as you can and nt them theme 2 I would not advise that 01 Yi r come coma come comeIn In contact with this 1 condition i any way I If your friend cares to tome J me her name I can give her a very I method of removing this ls condition condit o oDear e g I Dear Miss Brooks I have also been a reader of your tor ner ncr and have found It interesting 1 I was born on August 17 1000 I are my may colors flowers days What fa dil was I born on 2 What Is the most proper answer to a boy friend when 11 tasks v t- asks for a dance After dancing lanCing i II in J it your our place or his to give thanks thanks' DOLLIE Uta Utah I 1 You were born on Tuesday DolHi DolI r rand and Sunday seems to be bo your day Ja jJ uary and October the months cohn red and green your flower Is la the mart Ing glory 2 You may say eay Yet Yes I can give you this |