Show f v rw uli I Il II I ii tI l e io 9 w wI I I I Ir r BETTY J Letters and questions for this department should be addressed to Miss Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Lako Telegram Write only on ono one side aide of the paper It is to append your name and andr r address but these are held in confidence and w will ll not be published My My Dear Miss Blair Perhaps you will pardon my returning returning re- re turning so soon when I 1 explain that that an irresistible force has met an im- im immovable im- im movable movable object and need your assistance as as- I made the statement statement- l I 1 surely do enjoy the good old AMERICAN AM game of football but do not care for either soccer or rugby My roommate immediately ly corrected corrected corrected cor- cor that me with the assertion r rugby IS the American game Each that tha heIS Tie he of f us is is absolutely certain Mis IS right and only you can convince convince Neither leither ither that he is is wrong I believe 1 that that along in 1912 or 1913 rugby r was substituted for the American game in several California schools Thanking you for your many favors favors fa fa- vors vors I am Yours with an SOS S.O.S. RIGHT END 1 1 i j 1 am afraid that friend roommate roommate room room- mate is mistaken this time much muchas fas as I hate to seem to be taking sides with either of my friends but but but- author according to best coaching author author- British version Hies rugby is the f t of atour our good old American game of J Rugby Is more or less similar but it tt is more a game of kickin gand gand p passing In comparison with nth ours running ours running and smashing Americans seem to pre- pre Gr a game where they can batter down resistance rather than take chances in passing the ball It is claimed that rugby Is not so rough Jas as football are quite right about rugby substituted in the California I schools for a time but they are are rind nd d have been for some time how now gry ry much present among the football foot- foot a a ball enthusiasts A mAs lIiAs As to your postscript postscript postscript-Do Do I enol en- en 4 4 ol Joy the old game Well Vell ra rather her y Did you ever know a real real live live college college col- col lege girl who didn't As for Panama Panama Pana- Pana 1 ma ma my question is when is-when when Possibly Possibly Possibly Pos- Pos sibly not there but elsewhere J Come again as often as you like By y the way did you get your local color all right and your marital difficulties all straight straightened ned out outDid out T a Did you choose the foreign vessel a 8 lr or better still stUl 12 m miles mies l s out 4 i Dear Dear Miss Blair H I am a reader of Hearts Heart's Haven 1 rind nd think you are wonderful to answer an- an ewer the questions that come from tall fall over to be answered Being ono one of a hundred I hope my questions are are not overlooked This is the time that I 1 have first entered your J corner and what I want to know is s sI I this I this I would like to write a true 4 story I have had man things I IN my life that might be a If lesson to tot toi t i some other girl 1 Can you give me me an idea of how i to begin Is there someone that you know who teaches the correct firm of story writing If so what are are ace the prices Also where may I get work or ushering three or four rights a 1 week Hoping I am not too much trouble trouble I am thanking you in advance ad- ad vance BUNCE tEach newcomer to Hearts Heart's Haven Is is it welcome and I assure you that l enJoy your questions and d giving help where I can other- other I should not be with you with you ou all sir str dont don't worry about that Lets Let's Lets Let's answer about the ushering Have you been to the differ differ- fe EID jt theatres to see if there are aie any openings You would ha have e to take to-take take this this- up with the manager of the tire playhouses and a persona person- person a Interview is always the best ans of applying Go and talk It 1 rover O with the manager of of the there the- the re in which you are interested Int rested Courses in short story writing rj ge in price price- from about 10 up I mostly up But after all Is said the fife best way to learn to to write 1 is t o 14 WRITE Id Id I'd suggest that if you wish to one one of the true story type just sit down and think out your plot taking the events event In the i order in which they happen to t the e i principal character Get in mind thoroughly what sort of a person he I or she is is- isso so that you can can make male your readers see him or her as you do I Take notes and then olga them I before you yott start to to write After that write your story ston Never ever run a a. story of ot th that t type over o about words which will willbe willbe willbe be approximately fifteen pages s of typewritten manuscript M Manuscripts Manuscripts Manu Manu- nu- nu scripts should always alwa's be DOUBLE- DOUBLE SPACED with the writers writer's n name me and address in the upper left-hand left corner of the first page and at the end of the last page A self-ad- self stamped envelope for Its re return return return re- re turn In case of rejection should al always always always al- al ways be bo and be sure that there Is sufficient postage on the envelopes going both ways On a manuscript of the length mentioned it will take about 6 cents IB Iv stamps on each envelope After you have ha written your first your first draft drat of of- the story get a magazine using the same sort of material and read it from cover to cover several times to see how your story compares com coni- pares pares' in plot and method of han han- If you are plan planning to send the story to the markets dont don't be disappointed 11 jf you have it returned twenty times Ben Ames Williams popular Writer for the Saturday Evening Post and other prominent magazines never magazines never succeeded In sellIng selling sell sell- ing one story until he had written written writ writ- ten and had pad rejected many many times one eighty-one stories His second eighty-second attempt was ac- ac ac c- c If you wish to take tike a course coursin in short story writing send fiend cours for the he catalogue catalogue- from the Home Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- ce School Springfield Mass Dr J. J Berg Esenwein who gives the course is a very excellent excellent excel excel- lent teacher and has had years of experience as an editor and writer Dear Miss Blair Can you yOU tell me who the British consul for Salt Lake is and where he can b be re retched reached c INQUIRER Mr John James Janes Is the man and you can reach him through the Occidental Occidental Occidental Oc Oc- Life LUe Insurance company of Los AngeleS Angeles- at Newhouse building city S Dear Miss Miss- Blair Can you tell telf me where I can write to get books that are no longer in print Is there Is-there there a company in inthe the east which which- which supplies supplies volumes or ot this sort BOOKWORM If some of the local book companies companies companies com com- do not have the editions you wish write to the American Library LIbrary Li Library LI- LI Service Fifth Avenue New York City This company specializes in handling books that are out of print and in hunting up r rare rare re editions and missing volumes et etc r De Dear r Miss Bl Blair ir What d day y of the we weeR week did l did July 4 1776 fall on Id I'd like to know what day they celebrated Independence d dence nce day on that year PATRIOTIC July 4 1776 was on Thursday Dear Miss Blair We have a large slate gray mother cat and two little tittle kittens I like to to see them frolic and run runabout runabout runabout about the house but I am not we so will you please see if some of H Hearts Heart's arts art's Haven readers could give them a home Call Hyland BOO HOO i Too bad lad Im I'm sorry but you can be sure sure someone will be delighted to give such attractive pets the thc home you OU desire for them Dear Miss Blair Can you tell me what would be a fair price to ask for pure white all wool heavy weight blankets measuring measuring mea mea- suring About about 7 12 2 feet in length and about 5 12 2 feet in width Also what are the prices for sized full sheets heets and pure Irish linen pillow pillowcases pillowcases pillowcases cases Thanking you very much in an an- NEEDY Blankets such as you mention range In price from 16 a a. pair to 38 a pair for a 72 by inch 84 blanket These are the regular market prices Sheets can be purchased purchased purchased pur- pur pur pur- chased at SI 75 and 2 25 per sheet Irish linen pillow cases cases 45 Inch size sell at 4 50 a pair Dear Miss Blair Will you please let me know if if the Silver Side mine still exists ANXIOUS If you dont don't sign your full name and address next time Anxious your letter latter goes into the waste ba bas bas- ket keto This mine in the American Fork Bork district has not been listed in Weeds Weed's Handbook since 1918 y Dear Miss Blair Seeing how haw much you much you have helped others I am Inclined to join yo your r circle hoping I am not too too- much bother Can you tell me where I Ican I Ican Ican can purchase a beautiful reddish gold wig And about how much would it cost I thank you 4 f BOOTS Call CaIl Wasatch 2199 and you can get al aU all the Information you OU wish Prices for or transformations transformationS' that is a wig made on a band about an Inch wide range from 16 16 to 22 depending dependIng depending depend depend- ing upon the length of the halland hair hall and so on A sized full wig would be from 40 HO o 60 50 Dear Betty Blair I am five fifty and and am five feet five inches tall How much sho should ld I weigh OVERWEIGHT You should keep leep your our weight around pounds Your health will be much better if you dont don't allow the pounds to accumulate as you you grow grew older |