Show I s I W l BETTY 9 Letters and questions tor this department should be addressed to Miss Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Lake Telegram Write only In n one alII of the paper It is necessary to appen jour ur name and address but the the are held In confidence and will not be Dear Miss Blair I have been very much interested in I hope I am welcome I would like to know if there is is a night junior high school in the city If there is will yOU please tell me where and any necessary thing that Ish ld know that I dont don't Thank Thank- ng y you u JUST ME Youre You're a little bit late to be starting start start- ing school work as the classes were newl newly organized over a a month agO It would be worth while to go over 0 investigate to the West high school and just what subjects you oU might take fake this late The subject matter taught a at night school includes both junior and senior high school schoolwork work and ana the school was organized the ld idea a in view of filling mUng- the needs of the gr greatest number and variety ari t Mr Thurman Thurm n is In charge charge- and classes are conducted nightly Have you ou thought about school scho l work That too offers pos pos- pos pos- getting junior high hool subjects These classes are held in the Atlas building on West SeCond South c Dear Betty Blair What What- is becoming of our free country and o r American rights rights- Live and let live livel I am a mother of two children and my money is American money the same as MOTH MOTHER ER OF TWO Sorry M. M of T. T but we printed the l last st of ot the letters on that discussion dis- dis in Wednesdays column so sowe we cant can't print your note complete tW bu dont don't take these comments so sos s You'd probably be a bit up t too 1 if you ou had had to have dress cleaned because of the then neglect n of some mother who let her lI boy Tittle-boy or girl climb all over o the aback back f your our theatre seat AI or of us sus ha rights theres there's not the U doubt about that but dont Isn't a mother molher claiming more than her share of rights when she forgets for for- gets those of the person In front of her or sitting near her They have them too Rights do not extend t to the point where one persons person's rights ignore those of another Dont Don't you agree Dear Miss Blair Will you please print in your column col col- some important facts for protective protective pro pro- tariff We are having a debate Saturday March 12 and wo would ld appreciate it very much much- i P. P H H. H S. S j i Sor Sorn ry P. P H H. H S but youre you're aSki asking g us t to do your our lesson assignments again and it cant can't ue be done in ini i Hearts lI arts Haven Any American merican his his- tory toly wIll give you ou hin hints s on this question as will the enc encyclopedias and various arious books on economics Your Fourr library if if you will tak the time to go over and look things up ill have dozens of volumes from which your our own sense of logiC should she give you ou the points for tOr or against 1 Dear Dear Miss Blair I would like to know the names of the hotels at Nampa and Boise Idaho and could you tell me hoW t i. i leng Ing their records are kept before c they are destroyed I AN ADM ADMIRER L. L L. L I J n connection with the records L. L 7 y lf it all depends upon the hotel Tier q t i is no law governing the length of s. s time they must be kept As Asa n. n rule h w J the re records are kept from the opening of pe he hotel inn In some of the old rand and famous ones you ou will will will- find that date b back ck in history a hundred years or more and contain the signatures of many famous and Interesting pe people pie and these records are are guarded as precious heirlooms The following hotels are lIsted Boise The Thc Angus Bristol Gr Grand Man Man-ha Manitou Owyhee Oxford Pacific and for fort t Nampa The Arnold Dewey Palace Gray Gray- Graystone stone Grand Lennox Nampa P Palace Pal Pal- ace Dear Miss Blair I want to know if I can get half of the property of my husband I helped to pay for it yet he says that I cant can't get half by law PEGGIE How much you can get Peggie depends entirely upon the decision of the thc courts if you take it there Your husband by law cannot dispose dispose dis- dis pose of the property that Is certain 1 kinds without your our signature to the deed but wed we'd advise f you OU to take yo your r troubles to a lawyer a as you'll have haye to have his services in inthe inthe the long run an anyway way Dear Miss Blair I have enjoyed your corner very much an and sure get a kick o out t of it I wonder what the next argument will be Miss Blair will you please let me know how to use that salt and water treatment for deafness 1 Thanking you SUNSHINE Ye We wonder too too but as long as you are all Interested It doesn't make malte as a- great deal ot difference does it The chief thing to be remembered remembered In the suggestion given In connection with the salt and water treatment was va that more benefit would come to the ears by leaving them strictly alone and paying your attention to keeping the nasal passages passages pas pas- sages clear and the tissues A strong solution of salt and warm water to he be snuffed up through the nose and out through the throat and mouth or else given ghen through a nasal do douche che was first suggested but a recent letter suggested suggested sug- sug the addItion of sugar and md soda to the salt saH but before you OU use an any r ot of these for deafness you should talk It over with your our clan cJan Ye We know that under ord nary conditions such sucha a treatment would be helpful not only for deafness deaf deaf- ness but for curing colds and strengthening the tissues but it is not wise to shoulder all the responsibility re- re for starting an any new treatment for such difficulties Dear Miss Blair Will you please t tell ll me what to todo todo do to woolen blankets that have been shrunken from washing to bring them back to their normal s size e M. M You will have to wash the blankets blankets blan- blan again M 1 and use greater care this time The proper washing will restore them as much as anything can A specialist in household economics suggests that you choose a warm sunny day with a gentle breeze if possible Prepare a suds by dissolving in hot water 2 1 bar barof of oC any good white hard soap 1 tablespoonful ta- ta of borax and 1 tablespoonful tablespoonful table table- spoonful of aqua ammonia for each pair or of blankets Let Le the suds cool until they will bear the hands immerse im- im merse the blankets and let them stand in the suds for an hour keeping tire fire temperature about as ashot ashot hot as the hands will bear by frequently frequently fre- fre adding adding- hot water Do not rub soap on the blankets nor scour nor rub them La Lay the wash washboard oar i flat across the tub p put t. t In one blanket at a time raise the blanket onto the washboard and go around the edge appl applying ing the suds with scrubbing brush and and rubbing vigorouslY Meantime heat sufficient water for two more lathers Remove Remo from the first to a second suds prepared In the same manner seize the blanket blanket blan- blan ket by the middle and souse ouse it up and down Squeeze and press It between be be- tween the hands until clean Rinse in three clear waters keeping them at the same temperature temperature temper temper- as the suds namely as hot as the hands will bear and run through the wringer or squeeze the water out of them rather than wring them in the usual way Fasten by the e edges to the line and frequently shake and stretch them to their proper size while drying To have the best success In washing blankets two points must be observed namely to keep the water at a uniform temperature tempera tempera- ture neither boiling hot nor cold enough to chill but as hot as the hands will bear sand and not to wring I or rub the blankets In such a way that the fibers will become Interlaced interlaced inter inter- laced and cause shrinking When thoroughly dry beat the blankets while on the the theune line une with a carpet beater This will cause the to become fluffy nuffy like a new blan- blan ket Dear Betty Here II am again but I hope Im I'm not too much bother I am 14 years old and almost five feet tall I have havea a girlish mannish haircut with a little curl in front I have a small mouth and nose My eyes are hazel and I have just started wearing glasses I am a freshman in high school Now my question question-I cant can't find a nickname that I like or tl that t someone else hasn't got I am fond of athletics some of my friends call me by my brothers brother's name but I want something original and Ivo Ive worn out my brains trying to think of one Id I'd like one for my friend also if it is not too much trouble She is a bit taller than I and pa parts s her hair hail in the middle She is also a bit thinner than I. I I certainly enjoy Experience ence certainly takes a cheerful outlook outlook out out- look on life but I guess I am too young to take part in these discus discus- Thank you TOO YOUNG Well T. T Y possibly a bit too young to write about these things but you ou can do a lot of thinking on the sUbjects brought up This business of choosing nIcknames nicknames nIck nIck- names for comparative strangers Is not so good little girl You see nicknames are are supposed to be chosen by ones one's friends or relatives rela- rela tives as being particularly fitting for some special qualities that show themselves as the girl or boy grows up Xo No your our brothers brother's name wouldn't be v very ry distl for you so Id I'd discourage its use it if I were wert you Such names RS as Ter Jerr Bonnie Bob Bob Ginger Patsy Pats Midget or 01 Midge and so on are popular as nicknames for tor girls in general but wed we'd sug suggest est that you that ou use diminutives tives tI of your our own nam names i as most fitting That's what nickname a-nickname is is you ou know |