Show t ll I orne J 0 i r I BETTY BLAIR I Litter Letters and questions question for department should be addressed to I I MI Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Lik Telegram Writ Write only I on on One side sId of the tho paper It Is I. s necessary to append your name nam and I II I address re but these thes ar are ars held In confidence and wll not b be published I y Dear Betty Blair What a lot ot of misunderstanding 1 I have created by my seeming in ind in in- d dependence May I explain for I know that other girls are also allo considered con con- too independent EADER this independence did not come to me until after I was divorced and the little girls girl's father did not want her nor a wife When I first began to work it was for less than a dollar a day and gradually gradually gradually grad grad- to per month You know folks folka one on can do most anything anything any any- anything thing when one on knows know that she sha is wanted but when you are not it itis itis itis is different Reader I have married re-married and andI I am not too independent to be very happy in a little home to cook and to wash dishes for hubby and to let him be the big chief of our 60 50 marriage All big business concerns concerns have a head or chief chief so so should marriage 4 WORKING GIRL There are many interpretations o of or that word independence arent aren't In some cases it might mean merely a certain amount of ot self self- confidence and self Then again it Is flaunted as a veritable cry when considered by some men en n but surely dependence should nt be the thin I which keeps a am Ebe m mn n happy in her home That's a 0 dangerous basis for tor building Were Vere glad Alad that wrote you OU us again These little notes which give Insight into real experience play serve to others who have similar problems to solve Reader Header will Wm b be interested In this second letter Dear Deal Miss Blair Biair Could you kindly tell me through y your ur columns in The Telegram if there is a place in Salt Lake City t where one could get a parasol frame recovered covered Thanking you MRS M. M B. B j If It you will send the frame in to ope ojie of the big department stores here ere they will have it covered for you You I suggest the stores because hey ey have facilities for tor handling mall mail orders If It you are Intend intending Ins come m into town and bring the theme me you might telephone me for tor torf f further details Dear Miss Mi Blair My first intrusion I f am anxious to take up elocution or public speaking and dramatic art etc and am wondering if you will be bekind kind enough to give me some in information information in formation along this line Is such sucha a course available at tho university night school or could you suggest someone or 01 some dramatic school here in the city that has such a course 7 I work all day so the evening is the only time that I could spare on such work Any information or anything you can suggest will be greatly appreciated My aim is partly to overcome stage fright or self consciousness or whatever it is that attacks a person at times Then too it would be nice to be beable beable beable able to get up and deliver a speech intelligently wouldn't it Best wishes G. G M. M V To be able to think n ones one's feet g It were is a a- rare a-rare rare iare attribute ined in- in jed ed but one which can be curU- curU ted The courses you have suggested sug sug- Us- Us s seated sted are invaluable in gaining poise poise- and self expression and you aro are very wise to make the most of ot every e opportunity available The university extension courses have been completed for this season sea sea- son son but they will wm be given again in the fall faIl and are usually given at such Juch times that people who work may attend For the beginner In InthIs Inthis Inthis this work ork a fair fall sized class of ot students stu stu- dents denta seems to be of ot more value than doing Individual work because be be- cause after atter all you are trying to get Jet accustomed to doing things before before before be be- fore people There are several dramatic schools in Salt Lake but for the most part the class work is given ghen during the day time It might t pay you ou however to telephone tele tele- phone or write and get catalogs Itou If It you ou wish to telephone me or comeIn comen come comein in n we might talk over some of ot the oj Meantime try reading out loud to toe yet get e accustomed to hearing your town Own wn voice Then memorize differ differ- i types of ot prose and poetry andary and vary ary the interpretation You can cane be e doln doing this to get Jet a foundation and you'll find tine that that it will help a great deal Dear Miss Blair Can Car you tell me how old Madame Schumann Schumann-Heink is is and andallo also allo where she was born 7 Thank you MUSICIAN Madame Ernestine Ernestine Schumann Schumann- Heink was born at Lieben near Prague Austria June IS 15 15 1 You You are welcome Dear MISS Mias Blair It certainly is il nice to have someone some some- one to whom we can turn for form form- in information information in- in formation or advice when we are in need Miss Mias Blair I have written written written writ writ- ten a few short stores and have been told that I have talent along this line I feel that I would like to try to write a few scenarios but have heard that they must be written in m a certain ertain form Of course I f have seen many advertisements adver of companies claiming to teach scenario writing but I f amat am amat amat at a loss to know which of these can be depended upon to teach the correct form I would certainly be pleased if you could give m me this and any other information you might have upon this this' subject Thanking king you M. M P. P G G. G I r dont don't want to seem to discourage discourage age you about writing direct Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the screen Mrs G. G but all my ad advice advice advice ad- ad vice would be to persuade you du u to write your stories in short story form and sell them to magazines first then fIrst then they'll theU sell seU a as screen m material terla and you'll get money from both sources It is practically Impossible Impossible im impossible possible for an art outsider to make a Ii asale asale sale of ot a screen story in spite of ot what the advertisements for ace ace- scenarIo scenario nario narlo writing say One of ot the biggest biggest big big- gest of ot all the schools with Its b- b lo location cation right In the center Venter center of ot the industry sells about 1000 1 of ot 1 per pel cent of all the scripts that are turned In to it These rhese schools tive Ive i splendid courses in construction and so to on arid and are worth while from a cultural angie angle but a writer whether he will or no a and d no mattel matter mat mat- maSt maSt- ter tel how much he pays out for In Instruction in- in must climb the hill hilt along with the rest of ot the ambitious ones Write your material into regular fiction form and submit It t and submit it and submit it It You can rest assured that if It it isn't good goodenough enough to get Into print It wouldn't have a ghost of ot a show sho In making the scenario field which is so specialized that even the- the farll- farll famous u story writers find It difficult to put over their ideas in the correct form If IC you stilt still wish to learn something something something some some- thing of ot scenario writing send forthe for forthe forthe the catalog of t the Home Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- School Springfield Mass or the Author an and ana l Journalist School 1839 Champa street Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Colo Cob or or If It you wish for the Palmer Outlines Palmer building Hollywood Cal Cat Before you decide on any anyone one of these however get a numb number r of the professional writers' writers magazines and study their contents from cover to cover Dear Miss Blair I 1 see in your columns s so many little things that help me and nd I have noticed a time or two someone someOne some some- one asking about a help for gray grayhair grayhair grayhair hair and have been going to to tell tell you about a dressing I use I I. I h had d to work and my hair hail started to get gray and I r had quite a bit of dandruff MRS G. G H. H J. J I I was much interested sted In yoU your letter Mrs rs J. J and surely appreciate appreciate appreciate your writing However r be- be be before before fore we handle more of ot it wed we'd have to know whether that dressing you mention 1 contains any of or a lJ number of ot dangerous elements which though they restore the color to the hair are re likely to poison polson the scalp and the sad part about It I Is that hat thIs poisoning is is usually so slow that It cannot be detected until after the damage is done Sugar of ot lead and nitrate of ot silver are the usual elements in hair hall dyes which restore the color How about it It do you know whether these are present present pres pres- present ent in your dressing Dear Miss Blair I Is it proper for fora a fellow to send senda a girl a gift when she he graduates tos from high school If so can you suggest something that I could get for a girl friend of mine This netting etting of gifts is is no joke Miss Blair Blarr b because if tf a fellow tries to do dp the right thing it doesn't give him much choice and so here I am in Hearts Heart's Haven PERPLEXED YOUTH Youre You're very in Hearts Heart's Haven Youth but by the way ay Ifa if It ifa a girl wishes to send a fellow a. a t. t gift gUt gUtshe she has a much muth harder time of ot It t Ye Yes it Is pr per for you to send this girl graduate a gift In fact is very nIc nice to do so b but t asS as as you you say you must be fairly can careful tul Inthe In Inthe Inthe the choI choice e. e Candy and fl flowers and books books' are all all on on the preferred list but but there is n no end of ot variety to what can can be done with these three e. e F For r example a a. pound of ot candy ne nestled nes nes- tIed in the depths of ot an an attractive art jewel case case of at gold and blue bluewood wood or in a work basket flowers lo In an art basket or or- orven even ven In a crys crystal tal tat vase or bowl and books either one ne of ot the Ufe latest novels or lions lions' what could be nicer than the collection of ot Kipling's poems Ina Ina in ina a leather bound volume Or how about a kod kodak k album Occasionally depending upon how well vell you ou know kno knothe the girl Sid gUts gifts of ot s such ch things as perfume pictures res a kodak engraved stationery etc are quite all al right but be careful |