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Show This is your corner. Make use of it for your information on questions, that are puzzling you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer carefully care-fully and promptly all questions submitted' to me. If a more detailed answer than can be given in these columns is desired, send a stamped envelope and it will be given prompt attention- All communications will always be held in absolute confidence. All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink to Helen Brooks, Box 1545. Salt Lake City. Xbt 65-lC and If It Is to be a June wedding, that la tl: month of rosea, too know. th. .Thj sam. rule for eating com off the cob would apply In a public dining place ns at home. If no corn holders are served. simply taha th. corn In the finger, and est It a. unobtrusively unob-trusively as poeslblo. Often corn holders aro served 3th. In a public restaurant or hotel, when dining In the evening, it Is correct to either wear a costume with a hat, or to appear ap-pear in evsnlng dress without a hat. 6th. Yea, it ta quite proper for a girl to spend sn 'erenlna- occasionally at the home of her fiance with his family. I hope, my dear, that these answera will be of help to j-u. and If you are the engaged girl mentioned. I surely wish you Joy. Desr. Miss Brooks: I sm In much trouble There are three--durations I would like to ask you (a) There is a certain boy In this town that said h. loved me and wanted an answer. I him but did not liko to tell him. ee . what would you do In that caset b If you wanted to be friendly with a boy how would you go at it 7 Would you nuns around hni. or what would you do 7 c) I went over to-a to-a lady's home the other day and the boy I was talking about in my first question came up and as soon as he came I went home, but I would have liked very much to h.vi stayed only I did not want him to think that I went there because he came. Would It have been better if I had stayed and talked to himT Thanking you in advance. TROUBLED, Drlggs, Idaho. Dear Urtle troubled girl : . (a) . Let us sincerely sin-cerely hope you will never have any greet, er trouble,. Now if I only knew how o'i you are I could 6-lve you better advice. Do j. u think you are old enough to know the meaning of the word "love?" Don t y-ii really think that what you mean la that you like this boy friend just a little better than some of the others perhaps? (b) To (sin anyone's friendship just be your own natural unaffected self and be pleasant an agreeable. NO. never "hang- around a boy. They abhor that. (c) Well, I wonder why you thought you should go home as soon as your friend came. Surely it would have been better to stay and talk to him. I be-Peve be-Peve you should try to overcome self-consciousness and possibly a little bashfuln.ss. Dear Mian Brooks: By chance the other day I aw s parr with your corner in it and I wondered if you would do Bomethinir for me. First I will tell you something of myself bo that you will better know what I want. I will noon be i(rhtn years old and I live on a mnll ranch about one mile from a em nil village. The past two nnd n half yen- I have been iclt. I have had three operatioiui, and this comintr July I w;ll (to afr;n on the opTatinic table for what I hopo will be the last time. Just now I am able to be up and around and do some light work. There is nothinu in this neighborhood to keep the "blues" away. I would like to start a correspondence friendship friend-ship with scone other girl who U lonesome and get the blue. I am sure some other girl near my ase has written to you for a loneoome cure, and I would like to hove her name and address. Maybe I can alao do someone some-one else some good while I am receiving good myself. I am hoping so, anyway. I thank you 'n advance. Take all my love you want, as I have lota to spare. MISS MYRTLE CHAPMAN. Burrcll, Calif. I am putting thia lonely girl's letter In Just as she wrote it, addresa and all, in the hop that some of my nice girls who writ to me may see it and write to this girl who has had ao much mors than her share of pain and suffering, and for her I thank yea. My dear Miss Brooks : I am interested in "our corner" and would appreciate it to some extent if you would Answer Ans-wer the following questions: If you were at the dance hall with a few friends and they were asked to dance, leaving you alone, what would you do? What is a polite and courteous way of refusing a dance? Is it correct for a girl to wander away from a ballroom with a fiance? Thanking you for your trouble. I shall be, A CONSTANT FRIEND, Utah. If you have a chaperone, as yoa really should have at a dance hall, all yoa can do is to remain at her side until someone claims yoa for the dance, or until your friends return. re-turn. In refusing a dance it is only necessary neces-sary to Bay, "I am sorry hut my program is quite fun," or "Thank you, but I do not think I shall dance this number. I am a little tired." However, it would not be proper to refuse a dance to one man and give the same dance to another, but it Is quite proper to deny yourself to one boy and if he then goes In search of another partner, to walk or talk with another while the dance is in progress. pro-gress. It is all right for a girl and her FvTtr to leave th dance mom, but they should not remain absent so long to make it r.otlceable. Dcur Miss Brooks : Will you please answer some questions for me ? How many tims may a girl dance with a boy without breaking the rules of etiquette? I it proper for a girl to ask for a dance? May you refuse a dance without a reason T Thank you. YOUR INQUIRER. Utnh. To dance too frequently with one ywing man is considered both indiscreet and ill-mannered. ill-mannered. The boy who escorts you to the dance has the right to ask for three dances the first, the last, and one in between ; and he should do his best to see that yon have other partners; but if for any reason you do not have, it is all right for you to danc-? with him a time or two more. It makes a girl rather conspicuous if she dances several dances with one boy in succession. A girl does not ask a boy for a dance anyway, units un-its it is Leap Year, which it isn't this yesr. That Is the boy's prerogative. Hope this ts what you wanted, and yoa are quit welcome. Dear Helen Brooks : I have just discovered your corner. "Jut between you and me," so I am coming straight to you. I am sure these questions have bothered both-ered other girls, and also have been asked before, and I wish you good success in answering ans-wering them for me. 1st. I am dark complected. complect-ed. What can I do to wh-'ten my skin 7 2nd. My face is also marred with tiny blackheads. black-heads. What would you suggest? And again my hair is giving me considerable trouble. It refuses to grow and Is thin and short. Having kept up with the styles it: has bean necessary to snarl it. Should I cut it, or can I help it otherwise ? Best wishes, F. F.. Mantl. Utah. If your complexion Is naturally dark, my dear. It Is a pretty hard mutter to change It, and from what yoa any I suppooe it I and that you are not simply tanned. If you wish to try a mild bleach, you, can no doubt get an excellent one at your local drug store. For the blackheads a good Acne Cream can also be secured at the pnme place, and shnuld be utrd after thor- oufrhly- cleaning the face with a good sinp and water, or with a cleanair ; cream. . As I for the hair, I should hate to cut It if I wrre I yoa, though if It Is badly broken at the end I from the snarling process, and yoa are yunr; ! enough, it mijrht be all rirht to do ao. Man-; Man-; sage is always good for the scalp, and pulling pul-ling the hair to bring the blood to the pur-face, pur-face, but these things have to be persisted in systematically in order to do any good. You do not say whether yoa have dandruff, but It is very probable that you have, and if bo. get a bottle of dandruff cure and use according accord-ing to directions, and I am sure yen will be pleased with the results. Of course you rUBt keep the scalp clean, shampooing It with a good soap as often as neceesary. Oily hair needs shampooing much oftener than if It it dry, I hope both the hair and complexion say very soon show signs of improvement. Deer Miss Brooks : . I am a constant reader of your little corner corn-er and have found it very interesting. Bein-r a young g'rl. I have manv questions to ask. po i-leae help me, Miss Broo'cs. 1st, Is ii proper for a girl to call a boy up on the telephone? 2nd. Will you please tell me how to introduce a man to a woman ? 3rd. Do you know how to decorate the home for a wedding? th. What is the correct way to eat corn on the cob in a public dining, -oom 7 6th. Is It correct for a woman to wear a hat In a restaurant or hotel d.n;ng room in the evening? 6th. Is It prow for a girl to spend the evening on Sunday night afler meetrng with a boy at his home, if they are engaged? Thanking you in advance. I am. PEGGY. Idaho. Well, my do.tr. you DID have a few questions ques-tions didn't you? .To betdn with No. 1: it all depends. However, there are not very many occasions when It would not be better to let him do the callingL It Is never winr to call a boy at his place of business. If he Is working-, as his time then belongs to his employer. It would be all ritrht to call him at his home occasionally if yoa felt It neceeeary. but do not do as so many girls do, and run him to death with calls, as he mbrht ret the idea that you were running after him and you know if he has a 'phone It fs just as easy for him to call you If tie wants to talk to you, and then you will KNOW he wants to hear from you and Isn't Baying under un-der his brenlh when he hears your voice. "O dnrn It there's that girl again. Why can't she let me alone?" And that's that. 2nd Yoa only need say, "Mrs. Brown, let me present Mr. Smith." This form Is correct on almost any occasion. Do not say "Let me mnk you acquainted with Mr Smith." as thi form Is awkward and no longer ued. Another An-other form la. "It gives me much pleasure to prevent Mr. Smith to yon, Mrs. Brown;" or "This is Mr. Smith, Mrs. Brown. I would like to here yoa know him." No. 3. A nice vay to decorate the home for a wedding wed-ding if ycu have a large room on the parlor floor that you enn nne, is to make a sort of cHapcl by mnkfng a bower at one end w;rh flowers nd measuring off an aisle -.pace with white ribbon. Of ceo rue it Is much according accord-ing to the Kpnce you have to use. and how lurtre a wedding It is to ho. If you ha ve a mantelpiece, you coo Id bink it witli Dowers and let the wedding party stand in frr-nf of It- One can use one's own individual taut In arranging thee things and make a very beautiful room by usinr as many lowers as possible. Roses are always beautiful to one |