Show at this is your corner make use of it for your information on question questions that are puzzling you it will be my pleasure and privilege to answer carefully and promptly all questions submitted to me your full name and address must accompany each letter sent for special information send stamped envelope all communications will always be held in absolute confidence all letter letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink to helen brooks box 1545 salt lake city dear miss brooks I 1 have been reading the questions end and answers in your corner for some time and I 1 enjoy reading them very much I 1 would like you to answer a few for me 1 1 I am stin a girl of 16 I 1 have been going with a boy of this town for some time and I 1 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 boys like to go out with 3 how can a girl be popular without being a flap per er 4 Is it proper for a crowd of boys boys and girl girls to go up the canyon at night and have a chicke chickoree ree thanking you in advance I 1 am respectfully fully TROUBLED 13 BRUNETTE RUNETTE 1 my dear do not waste your at af factions on a boy who prefers adoth I 1 er girl girls s society boys or girls eith er rarely form lasting affection at the age of sixteen and your friend doubt less wishes to be friends with more than one girl before he settles down to ju just s t one and I 1 think it much the better way don dont t you you should enjoy the friendship r and society of more than one boy and not be too fond of any one at the age of sixteen 3 boys like girls who are a little independent and who do not show their affection tio plainly the girl who is modest and sincere quiet and unas burning 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 1 entreat you ima gins gine you have to become or even imitate a flapper to be popular bet ter far be in a class by yourself and know this the whole world has not gone permanently mad over the biz arre in style but that there are those boys and men included who ate the sensible sane acting and dress ing girl 4 A crowd of boys and girls should not go any place without some older person who can act as chaperon dear miss brooks I 1 have been a very interested rea read d er of your corner for some time but I 1 could not get up enough courage to write you about a question that has been bothering me for some time and I 1 am in hopes you will be able to an ewer it for me I 1 got acquainted with a boy over a year ago he seemed to like me very much and hen h asked me to marry him but I 1 don t know whether I 1 should or not he is 30 years old and I 1 am only 18 1 I think lots of him one time and then again I 1 don t care so much for him I 1 told him I 1 could not marry for two years he said he could wait ten years for me or longer if need be my parents think very highly of him he lie ia is an exception to most boys these days he ile works almost all of the time and he can always get a job when he needs one he ile also said there was nothing too good for me but I 1 don dont t seem to like him for some reason he is a little old fashioned but he is as firm as the rock of gi branter he ile has white hair and mine is not any too dark so what shall we do about if it 9 1 I don dont t know what in the world to do so I 1 will try and get it from my mind until I 1 get an answer from you hoping you have the best of luck I 1 am SYLVIA st george utah P S I 1 don dont t like his white hair and he is not very well educated and I 1 have always had the becire for a well educated husband he ile has a fine nature and has lots of mother wit when he writes me he always writes in pencil instead of pen ard ink how can I 1 give him a hint without hurting his feelings 7 well my dear you do seem to have a problem they say love is blind but I 1 doubt it dont don t you youa you are a wise little girl to put off the fatal day dav two years you should be abl to tell in that time whether or not his peculiarities looks habits etc have become so obnoxious that at they will be a soura of irritation to you always he ile seems like an exceptional man though we need more old fashioned people it seems to me and so why not keep his many good points as much in mind as possible and forget the things which a are re not quite so at about him 7 we all have our bad points you know the question of hw hs light hair is rather a hard one to manage as I 1 cannot se how it can b changed and after all what hat is the difference 7 too much college aduca tion sometimes spoils an otherwise I 1 wonderful man on can cultivate ways and habits which place them well up in the scale of what the world considers a cultivated well bred per son lt this be ohp th subject of con ersa tion and let it in know in a ta tact et ful way what hat your ideas are along this line ard this would apply also to the pen ard ink problem but remember dear w are never able to have any one made according to our own pat tern and I 1 wonder if we would like them if we w could so we must always bf bp able to bear and forbear I 1 am wishing you the best of luck and great happiness de D r miss brooks I 1 chis his is the second time I 1 have wr I 1 ten to you but I 1 do hope I 1 am not too much bother will you please publish the words of the song entitled when you re gone I 1 won t forget forgot Y you thanking you in advance I 1 remain BETTY tooele thoele utah no bother at all betty but becak of lack of space we cannot publish songs which can be readily obtained in the music stores your ong bong b s can be had for so 30 cents I 1 will be clad glad to have it sent to you if you wish dear migs miss brooks I 1 have some questions I 1 would like to ask you 1 how old is mary miles minter 2 who was the leading man in the picture show durand of the bad lands 3 who first started I 1 motion picture shows I 1 thanking you in advance WANETA cleveland 4 mary miles minter is 20 years old dustin farnum was leading man in durand of the bad lands thoma thomas 4 A edison is pioneer of the motion picture industry indus try dear miss brooks I 1 wrote once before but received no answer so will try again please give me the address of some store in salt lake where I 1 can get music and words and for how much A thanking you I 1 am MAY manti utah you must have overlooked your answer my dear you will have to send your name and a stamped envelope together with the songs you wish and I 1 will then tell you where you can get them and the price dear miss brooks you have helped many girls with their bee hive ilive work perhaps you can help me would you please tell me about the blue violet thank you for the trouble I 1 have caused you A BEE HIVE GIRL burley idaho the botanical name for the common blue violet is the violet stands for constancy and modesty aa As the chosen emblem of it has served many a sadly practical purpose and it has been the theme of the poet from she he earliest time As viola it was known to the ancient romans and the great linnaeus adopted the name as the language of j lence in those early times when poetry and nature were blended so closely together the violet was received as especially the emblem of constancy it has been found wild from arctic america to the gulf of mexico westward in the rocky mountains and across the sierra nevada nevadas almost to the pacific coast it grow grows in deep shady woods as well as a in the most exposed places but generally where the soil is a little damp glad to serve you I 1 am sure |