| Show BETTY t Letters and questions for the department b b. b to Miss I etty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Telegram Write only on one side the held if paper i It j Is necessary to aPPend your our name me and address but these I e 0 in confidence and will not be bo published Lost and found notices be published in n the column SPOILED SONS ir Lr r Miss Blair tam am m so ao angry that I do not noti i eve ive ve that I can write coher- coher but I must Ret get this off my l. l I wish someone someone would doe dc- dc dean e an open season on all mothers spoil their sons until they are Hy ruined for any allY woman on th h. h have just broken my engage it t. t The Tho man in the case has hasI I n completely ruined by his moth moth- and nd sisters sister He is the only onry and ingest son in a family of six He i coward a cheat a liar a akard kard and everything else that with it He is no rio child He is ply 40 and would have havo had a doI doIt do- do It I t personality if let alone arone His her and sisters are perfect 1 fes res to him When he comes in inn in n s1 work they thoy all rush up to him lilt tUf his breath is ic 0 O K they rush fund fand nd get his house slippers his fe his robe etc ete If he has had a ale ap p to le of drinks which means moans hing ing to me they watch his every J e with anxious eyes they go gola goa la a huddle and whisper among about him as if he had emitted some heinous crime If gets irritated by their attitude ir immediately burst burat into tears 4 then he ho gets mad and flings out the he house and goes on a real one Jy y have havo told him that he is a aso so many times that ho beit bet be- be t ei it himself and will not stand standI I and prove them wrong They everything they can for him and ande CD e perfect lackeys of themselves Smother i mother will get up in the mid- mid of the tho night to cook him somo- somo jig ig 9 to cat eat when ho comes home he lie doesn't like something that V have for dinner she will I. I the tho table and fix him j thing else They have made impossible for him to respect jn 1 and then they wonder why does the things he does Any Anyn n with any pride at nt all would re re- t tr being treated like a baby but minute ho he makes any remark nat it t there arc are tears and howls y have made mode a drunkard out of ian an who would never have been if left alone They have made I Ie to them to avoid their tears y have made him sneak around do fo things that are only natural 11 l ll men this man Miss Blair but kill ill 11 not marry him It is too tate late J him hm to change and I certainly If not try to reform him If he not pull himself out of it with own wn strength of will then I Jd d not It might work for awhile the he would fall back to the old ifs ifs' t s. I can see just how it would his is family tear down clown all that I Ir tight right build up Wo We are arc forced to in the same town with them and annot refuse them entrance to home The makings of a aj j fine man are there but I afraid fraid that it is too lato to tol L l ig them hem to the surface e some will call me a cow cow- I dont don't feel u as s if f I earned My family brought me differently and I am an only d d. d too They have always placed sensibility upon me They have respect and my love They have havee 4 e wonderful th things for me but 4 have not been slaves to me ri fen knotty problems arise we weh h them out and ad either com compro- compro pro pro- ii h or or reach an agreement It has haser j er Br been necessary for me to lie y folks Although this man and andye jive ye vo worlds of things in in common k see any happiness ahead us I want a man that I can end upon not someone I must mustI I guardian to and so I called it itt itI t I tonight night I still wish they would fire t are an open season though ji t ANGRY I Us truo trues that frequently mothers utterly spoil sona and Ahers lier tiers for or a a. happy married life h Q an independent woman who I nt seo seQ fit to convert herself la Ta personal valet for a no hus- hus d. d but who sees bees dut duty in maras mar mar- oas as something finer There Is Iso 11 o 0 opportunity for a u. fine tino corn corn- between a man mail amiI and ami I lan an when the man looks upon wife as mere chattels someone JUp do pIlls his bidding to fetch and andi i 7 for OL him Naturally there is 1 amount of oC kindly o offices leach t ach must do for tor the other I I hen a man sits in his hs easy en r r and demands personal service o 0 n every quarter from rom others oCI of oC I family who have havo other duties l we think ho should be 0 to pa pay personal servants to do doel el sort of oC thing thing- One Ono loves to toI vc c. c whom one loves but butI ut I r I fen Pu n such service becomes a mero mere merod j d on the part of oC one a 11 mere i ving in of or ones one's authority over the ther r then s such service becomes I steed sla e avey et e think however in your our own Ii you ou should not give yourself lo to such violent emotions rec reni re- re Ii ling ni nr your OUr affair aCaIr with tho the spoiled c I it You arc are only defeating your o Jr 3 Llen lends ends s ii in so doln doing Perhaps ps i n the first Ir t rush of oC emotion lias ed cli you Ou ma may bb lb able to reason reasone on ut ul the matter Surely you yoi ou e uld d attempt to como to do deft deft- while so 51 heated for foi 01 r dt decisions your Judgments arci are arc I i aj apt t to bo ho distorted We c think r e ml bt he be said about mothers I m l g their sons by readers who li 0 had hod actual experience and ln d a e 10 readjustments with husbands s sI his hia a order I 11 I t DOMINOES tr Miss Blair Blar I received a nice box of dominoes Chr Christmas but I do not know pHo to o play the game of domino s You please tell toll me mc how r III fI II B B. B G. G l t I r r nr are various games that may with dominoes B U G G. G ii ng them are Block Draw Mug Mus- Euchre Poker Bingo o n Bergen eu 1 I shall tell you ou Mo o O play lay the tho games gaines of ot Block and since InC they are aro principally ed d. d ku wll will noto note that on the face of domino there thero sire are t two wo WI com com- nent In each sf If f which bich w there h und either cither a n blank fir r black U one ono to six These Theae arc are arcq 63 q 4 according t to th tho numbers r shown Double Blank Blank-Ace Blank Blank Tr Blank Troy Blank- Blank Four Pour Blank Five Six Blank-Six Dou Dou- ble-A ble Ace ble-Ace e Deuce Ace-Deuce Ace Trey Aco- Aco Four Five Ace Six Ace-Six Double- Double Deuce Deuc Deuce Trey Four Deuce Five Deuce Six Deuce-Six Double- Double Tr Trey Trey-I Trey Four Foti our r Trey Trey- Trey Trey-I-lve Five fey Ioe Six Four Four Five Four- Four Six Five Double Six live and Six Double Double Six S in all They are shuffled on tho the table with their backs up and each player draws at random the tilA number that tho the same game requires For Block ea each h player draws seven from the tho pool The Tue highest double leads in the tho first firsthand firsthand Jr t hand and after that each player leads alternately until the lie end or of orthe the same game Tho pieces aro are pla played cd one at a n. time lIme and each to be pla played cd must match the end oC ot a aPICCO pc PICCO o that does docs oes not join an any other t Jr a a. player hasn't one ono to match the next plays If It neither can pIa play th the set is blocked locke and the they count the num number r of oC spots on the pieces each cach still sun holds Whoever Cr has the lowest lo number of spots rd adds to to Ills his count the number held by his op opponents op- op If Ir there arc are two with tho same number of or spots and they are arc lower ower than their opponents there thero Is no count If It an anyone one is able to play hIs ils last piece while his opponents hold lold theirs he lie cries domino and wins tho the hand and adds to his count the number of or spots the rest hold hoMo Tho The number required to to win tho the paine game Is but It may bo be made less ess b by agreement Dra Draw Game chime i in is played tho some same as Block with the exception that when a a. pla player er cannot pill play he lie is obliged to draw raw from tho the pool until he le can play or has exhausted tho the stock of or pieces even though the game be blocked by his adversary ersary tie lIo must draw until ho can n match Other games ma may be learned b by consulting con con- suiting Ho les Hoyles Standard Games which may be bought bou ht at any bookstore bookstore book book- store or consulted at the library Wo We 0 hope you ou enjoy enjo tho the dominoes RONALD COLMAN Dear Dea Miss MIES Blair Will you plea so tell me whether Ronald Colman has hns ever attended our Salt Lake schools or not Heres Here's wishing you success in the new year ME liME We c find in no information in phie of ot Ronald Colman lea leading leading- to ho the suggestion that ho ma may have atten attended ed schools in Salt Lake City Mr Colman was vas born in England fOCI and has lived in ton London New York and Lo Los Angeles Thank you for forthe or orthe the he wish and wo we return greetings for tho the new year to tOo you Ou WORK AT YELLOWSTONE Dea Dear M Miss ss Blair We do enjoy the corner cornel so much and may wo we enter our problems We w wish sh to go to Yellowstone the summer and combine business business business busi busi- ness with pleasure One of us is an entertainer and can produce the best of references Are entertainers in demand em nd and to whom does docs I one apply apply apply ap ap- ap- ap ply Tho The other is desirous of working in n the capacity of a beauty operator at some of the hotels To whom should one make application for this kind of work AMBITIOUS AND INDUSTRIOUS Since the entertainers and beauty operators are arc employed in both Loth hotel hotel hotel ho ho- tel and lo lodge g-e g system I Iso advise that you write write- 11 II B. B Brown Drown superintendent dent Yellowstone Park Hotels Helena lidena Helena Hel lid ena Mont Jont and E. E If ii Moorman manager manag Yellowstone Park ark Lodges Lods-es Helena Entertaining Jobs are combined combined com corn bin ed with dishwashing I g chambermaid chambermaid chamber chamber- maid work worl and waitress Jobs so 80 it will bo well to state stat your qualifications In these regards TO B L. L RIVERTON L.-RIVERTON RIVERTON Tho rho Hollywood eighteen day diet was published once an and for tOt all inthe in tho the column for tor Sun Sunday ay September 1 I 19 Will Vili you rou OLL kindly send tho regular price of or the paper laPer to tho circulation circulation cir cir- department Salt Lake Telegram Tele Tele- gram asking for that Issue We Wedo Wedo c cdo do not nol recommend that you us uso it after aCter you get it Wo Yo shall bo be plea pleased pleaded ed to send you OU our instructions on the necessary steps to bo ho o taken before and after one begins a diet if IC you OU I will send self ad en us a n stamped dressed envelope ANNOUNCER OF GAME I Dear Miss Blair Could you kindly give Jive me somo some in information information in in- formation regarding radio announcing announcing ing Please tell me mo who it was that announced the play-by-play play report of the Colorado University college-University of Utah football game at Colorado Springs Also please tell me where a letter would reach him J J K Warner Williams announced d the Colorado U. college of ot 17 U game gamo at Colorado Springs s. s He ma may be bo u ad addressed nil nil- dressed at KOA broadcasting broadcastIng- station eta sta ta- ta tion Denver Demer Colo Cob MERCHANTS' MERCHANTS BANK Dear Miss Blair This is my first visit to b your corner corner cor cor- ner ncr and I r hope I will not be too much bother I had an account at t the old defunct Merchants' Merchants bank and I have been boen informed that they have paid off a certain per cent of the old ac accounts ac- ac counts I would like rike to know the names of the receivers Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year J J. J W. W I Stephen II H. Lynch was ww tho the re receiver receiver re- re re-I re for or the Merchants Merchants' bank His ills city a address dres Is 7 47 D street Get in touch with him for Information concerning con con- corning the payment of a a. percentage of or tho accounts We t return your our greeting for tho new now year car I IDear PICTURES IN INSTATE STATE FAIR Dear Miss Blair Could you please help me mc locate some pictures that I sent to the state fair in October There were I seven of them I wrote rote a letter and sent for their return but I have hav never received them I r won the first prize M t one fair and I dont don't like to lose them Please tell me to toI I whom J I could write to get act them thefTs back I know they were in tho the fair for I have a letter from a lady who saw them M T. T We Yc aro sure suro that if you will write the tho State Fair association Capitol building Salt Lake City regarding your our pictures prompt attention will wille lC be e given tho the letter Describe the tho pictures accurately to them The Fair l association has been very Yen prompt in returning all material materi t when they were possessed of or full particulars name a address etc so 80 soWe sowe we cannot but ut think there has bees been een somo some misunderstanding on your part as to their han handling Try to rectify whatever this ma may bo ho at once by writing the tho Fair association ANALYSIS OF PECULIAR Dear Miss Blair This time I come to your column sore My special pet peeve this time is a communication in in the Sunday Telegram of December 22 signed by some lady nom de plume Peculiar Sincerely 1 I am sorry deeply sorry for her just as one feels sorrow for anyone who acquires acquires ac ac- ac quires such a morbid slant on life As your reply stated she is is ill III Ill with an illness that materia medica is powerless to alleviate I have lately been in cont contact with a person ill from the same C cause not cause not along the same lines lines but but basically the same and it is is terrible You very frankly told the lady she could t ne be beher e her own physician were it thinkable thinkable think think- able that she could assimilate in inthe inthe inthe the proper manner certain portions of the Freudian philosophy and from this base psychoanalyze herself herself her her- self to some extent perhaps ps it might go somo some distance toward a acure acure acure cure but my my impression from her letter is that sho would hardly recognize rec roc herself as an intense introvert introvert introvert intro vert and if used unthinkingly the prescription might do more harm than good Yet I r do believe her to be intensely intense intense- ly of the tho introvert type urged to false falso viewpoints self pity and morbid morbid morbid mor mor- bid introspection by impulses she does docs not realize Her letter indicates indicates indi indi- cates excessive vanity physical and mental excessive imagination along some somo lines egoism that merges into rather intense self- self pity to a I marked ex extent ox- ox tent laziness and selfishness I eX-I A Ahard Ahard Ahard hard arraignment and yet a judge judg ment solely from the portion po of f her character shown in her letter From bad to worse is but a step for thoughts continually in such channels chan chan- nels the nels-the the cure is but will power enough to force the mind into hial- hial I th thier er more normal channels clean wholesome enjoyment in the tho association association association asso asso- with others in in normal pleasures pleasures pleasures pleas pleas- ures and the continued forceful determination that the mind simply will NOT be allowed to dwell on such things as her letter indicated It rt is a fact that we can absolutely control our minds if jf wo we truly de de- de sire The Tho mind is th the servant rather than the m master ster when forced to be but on tho the other hand a terrible master rearing visions and images and hallucinations that |
