Show AVEN C 4 BETTY Lett Letters rs and questions fo for this department should be addressed addressed I II I Ito i I to Miss Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Telegram Write only I on one side of the paper It is necessary to append your name and I II I address add but th these are a held hed in confidence and will not nt be b. published I Dear ar Mi Miss s Blair i 1 have been a reader of Hearts Heart's H Haven ven for some time and would like live to venture into your column if if- if I may It has been twenty five years ears since I have seen or heard from my father and I would like very much to locate him if he is still till living I I have written to so many states and nd places but without any suc suc- cess ess Could you please tell me where I could write and to what department in Washington to find out if he is dead I was told that I could get such information from there Many thanks ALICE t You You Tou are very welcome In our corner cor cor- ner Alice and we are only sorry that we cant can't offer you rou more I cor-I en encouragement encouragement en- en or real help In your Th There f is a national bureau of vital statistics at Washington D D. C C. but but- It handles only transcripts from the state records but these are In such a form that they would be of no use for the purpose you outline in fact names are not included Ina in In- a eluded in the data With as little as you rou have to go goon goon on on It would be an utter to attempt to locate your father About the only possible way of finding out whether he is d dead ad or not would be to write a aletter aletter letter ietter to the state board of health 11 p every state in the United States and Inquire as to whether there is su such h a name as his on record or attached to a death certificate If he has died within the past few years ears you will wIlI be able to ascertain the fact but the chances are slim Indeed if his death occurred more than ten years ago It It is a national disgrace when we consider how such vital statistics ye been een neglected and no records made nade Years Tears and years ears and years ago cattle and hogs were considered considered considered consid consid- ered of enough importance to keep records of their birth and parentage parentage par par- not so with human beings 37 In 1005 1905 Dr Beatty Beatt of our local state board of health finally finall pre- pre aIled upon our legislature to pass n. n law la of registration and it is a are re cognized fact that Utah has the mJ complete registration of any state tate In jn the United States live five live years ago registration of vital statistics was one of the most haphazard of proceedings and as asa a ft result such questions as yours impossible to an- an aie are p I an-I sw er We e are very sorry that we cant can't b. b lr ln but if vou you think thinK things over the nuu of ll lt 1 appreciate such a search with so little to go on n Even iven if you had the money to hire bire the best detectives detective or to do an Immense amount of advertising no noone noone noone one would have the slightest Idea where here to start or how to go about the search m i Dear Miss Blair Z As I am jn in nee need i of am coming to you with my lem em m About a week ago I wrote to tote the te Penn company akInci ak ask Inci mo for information aBout manuscripts on th thO typewriter t at home A few days ago I received an answer in which they t me to send them 3 3 3 in payment for fora a set of instructions instructions How How to Pre Pro Prepare Prepare pare Manuscripts for Publication What do you think about trio tho proposition Would it prove prof prof- profitable profitable or is it only a fake to get your money Thanking you in advance advance advance ad ad- vance and wishing you oodles of success and happiness I am your you ardent follower AGGIE RILEY Thanks at lot A. A R. R We ve appreciate clate those kind words You dont don't mind if It we Include your question about the party part for tor Halloween along with some others along the same lines lines' linesa a little later do you I could tell you In about three sentences how to manuscripts manuscripts manu manu- scripts for publication publication name name and address In the upper left hand corner corner corner cor cor- ner number all the pages pages write neatly using perfect spacing and double spacing sparing margins and so on nothing original about it except the requirements of any neat and conscientious typist typist but but after you OU sent the 3 3 for that information In all likelihood you'd receive a request request re request re- re quest for further funds and then you'd receive a a alist of authors to whom you might write to ask them If you couldn't type their manuscripts manuscripts manuscripts manu manu- scripts for them And times out of a thousand you'd receive the reply that they already employed a secretary etc etc i I may tie Ibe mistaken in this particular particular par pal par par- company A. A R. R and their business may be perfectly legitimate legitimate leglU- leglU mate and might mean money for you alter the initial payment but butI I have outlined the gist of the methods of hundreds of companies who do Just what I have said and their profit is on your 3 3 and yours Is Is-In Is In EXPERIENCE CE Do you think you want To o pay lay pa 3 3 for that Dear Miss Blair I have a pretty large desert turtle which I am afraid would freeze if left outside during the winter The question I wish to ask is would is-would would he freeze if left out And what is is the proper winter food for a turtle turtle tur tur- tle tIe Thanking you in advance C. C H. H Magna Yes he would freeze If left outside outside outside out out- side during the Ille winter One of our lodal lo al dealers In such pets suggests that you bring him inside and let him hibernate In a box of sand Inthe in inthe inthe the basement or some place where It is about the the- same temperature as as' as he is kept during the summer In all aU likelihood he wont won't want anything to eat but just to be left alone Jn In the and sand It might be bevIse wise vIse to keep a little water where he can get It if it he wants It but if It it gets very cold and he is Is' out at ataU atall atall all aU give him a lettuce leaf or some sonic crumbs of hamburger or best of all aU some of the prepared turtle food that is sold in one of the local pet stores If you wish the name and anti address send end a stamped self self- addressed envelope but I believe that you have it already You are very welcome miss Clair Blair May I enter your cozy corner I have long been an an appreciative reader of your corner and think that it is a great help to all of us Will you please tell me if there are certain institutions or places where they experiment with dead human bodies that is that will pay so much for your body and then after you are dead they use it I have heard that a certain girl obtained money for her education this way and then paid it back Now Miss Blair is this true If it itis itis itis is is please tell me where I could get in touch with these people or give me their address Also how much will they pay for fora a body Thank you kindly SERIOUS The ordinary human body has little value to science these se days Serious so I doubt if your our proposition proposition proposition tion would interest anyone If on the other hand you had some ob obScuro obscure obscure ob- ob and unusual ailment the study of which would be be beof of great I aid In n the advancement of medical Science you OU undo undoubtedly could find some laboratory that would would be willing to pay you ou every month of your life if It they could couI have your b body dy for experiment and alter after your death The story you JOU ot outline seems a bit I far fetched and It Jt strikes me as being unethical to receive money under false pretenses If the girl demanded demanded demanded de de- de- de that her contract be brok broken n neven even though she paid back the mone money Dont Don't you agree There mere wouldn't be more than about one person out of a a. thousand who wouldn't be delighted to make tie the same sort of bargain if when the money was used and he or she was wason wason wason on easy street as as' as asIt it were and could pay off that morbid loan that wouldn't borrow Our banks would be run out of business if Jf such futuristic security would furnish money for present purposes If you have some disease that is pathological in nature and wish to tomake tomake tomake make a bona fide contract write me again and well we'll see what can be done Dear Miss Blair Does Miss Dennie Dannie the Kansas Wonder Girl answer questions through the mail If so how much does she charge for one Thank you CURIOUS That is not a a. part of her contract contract con con- tract Curious but it be that she would do it for you since you live out of town You might write and ask ak her if she would be willing and what her charges would be but dont don't be disappointed if she refuses b because cause it is not her custom to do any outside work She is now appearing appearing ap ap- ap- ap nearing at the Alhambra the theatre tre in Ogden Dear Miss Blair In Ini n making pickled pears do you use uie stick cinnamon or th the ground cinnamon I have a recipe but it just says cinnamon so I wondered which to use Ill I'll appreciate an early reply as my pears are about ready to preserve H HOUSEWIFE 0 US EWI FE The spices in pickled pears or peaches he are most of them used whole especially cloves and cinnamon cinnamon cinna cinna- mon H. H 10 1013 o us 13 them that way This is Immediately |