Show 1 i f 1 T ri riI r V I 1 1 j V t BETTY BLAIR I 00 I Letters and questions for this department should be addressed to Miss i Betty Setty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Telegram Write only V on fl one sie alc I of th the paper It Is necessary to append your name a. a and nd address but Jut then the I I are held in confidence and will not be publish published ea V I c 0 J D Dear Di ar Mi Miss s Blair 1 i am writing to you for a little bit of advice I am a boy 18 J ye years rs old and I 1 have be been ben n thinking of joining the thc navy Now Miss Blair my mother objects to the ser ser- vice V She thinks that thata a boy wl who o oj j j joins ins the navy is shiftless and never r amounts to much Please give me mei i ir your our r advice and opinion VC A ARTHUR THUR V S It It all depends on the bo boy lOy Arthur Ai as much he will amount to j H Hes Heels Heels' given every ery opportunity unity to toV V learn 1 wand and advance in n the s service r but b ln ln that as Il in other things It It- ItIs Is p personality t that a is for progress or ess V f i great many people still hold to toi toS i S concerning the army and ind nd n vy and and the t types pes of ot men men and bo boys s 's sought for the service ger Our Out Ourbe would be for you ou to get one oC the issued by the the- there re- re V explaining th the op V V 4 ed boys entering V service and then you antI and ur over it paragraph by byS S V h and compare what is Js V IHen gien there tere with what you will be able to do for yourself along the theS S Wines ines o of ot education and training it if V you re remain in civilian life me What do your you ou wish V to make of ot yo yourself nd how can you ou best achieve these thee th e V results Ask yourself those questions ques ques- and nd consider both sides skins care care- ull but make no decision until you o know Just what either course means to you ou V about five and Ix ok years f- f 7 F Fee e. e just what each is likely ly to do 5 f Cor ryo Where can you ou learn the V most and which ith Will wilI train you for foI v a a bett better r and fuller life and service v V b but t remember that you cant can't change tJ your mind after you OU have entered 5 the service so know what you yeu are areS S VS' doing if It you ou go in for that It would jj would not be the happiest situation V V it il you attempted to go into the V V S service geri e against your your mothers mother's r 57 and Judgment Convince her before S making ig any definite plans V V Dear Miss Blair V 1 I ani am a recent resident of Utah V V and and have been very much interested l S t lii In your cozy corner as well as other otherS 1 S V reading matter pertaining to this state I V V I have been told that tho ratio of 5 1 S demented and physically deficient In this state is the largest per capita S V of of any state in the Union Is this 1 V true And they say that it is isS S V caused by the among I If If this has been established established- is isS v S j V V there not serious d danger nger to cne's enes V V future children And mar mar- V 0 with a GlOSS close blood rela relation rela tion tion- tion V V S V V I hope you can answer V this and thank yoU in advance T. T F. F B. B V Were afraid that you received your information from froni unreliable sources and that you hava hav been sadly misinformed on the statistIcs f of ot the feebleminded and t physically unfit According to a survey a-survey survey made e by the census bureau in collaboration with the New York state tate hos hospital ital commission Utah's rate of patients with mental diseases diseases diseases dis dis- eases in institutions per 1000 population lation was per cent In checkIng heck check heckIng Ing over the statistics for lor each state stale of ot the fory-ei fory forty eight ht there were vera only eleven with smaller rat rates s th than n this That rate given seems to check fairly well with an exal examination of ofa ofa a a. group of ot typical school children throughout the state made b by Dr Snoddy not so long tong ago In la which he found that the rate rat of of- feeble feebleminded feebleminded feebleminded minded among among them was approximately 11 at el 15 5 per cent and anti figur figures s on the same subject gathered gather in other states show from from- 3 to 5 pcr per pcr cent Statistics Q of this sort ort are rather to obtain though different ent agencies are working on them now but th there re is nothing to justify justify- the statements you us Furthermore Utah ha has a t a law which prohibits the marriage of first cousins so that would seem to offset your w worries on the score of ot among blood rela rela- tives There are m many ny states In Inthe Inthe inthe the Union however that permit Vermit this V V The people or pr person person from whom you got your information may h have ve been perfectly sincere In giving it it but In accepting such auch statements as those made to your you be sure that there Is element no-element of prejudice en ent entering entering en- en t ring that might color olor the fats facts to some degree i If It we can further data from future findings of ot the he mental menial hygiene investigators well we'll pass ass it along to you ou You are very ery welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come in Hearts Heart's Haven whenever er I we ve can help I Dear Miss Blair Will you please answer a few questions for m me Is I. it all right for girls from 14 to 15 years to go to all the public dances in the town In which they live Or Or will they lose their respect if they d do doso so so when they are older How much should a girl weigh who whoP is 5 6 feet 5 6 inches tall and 14 I years old Thanking you I S 'S STUDENT I Ii i Wed We'd say that that is a a bit young for tor that sort of Qt entertainment as a regular thing Student Cant Can't you I I J f wait until you ou are 16 6 or r 17 il 7 at I least Then you'd oud have so so- much more fun furi and it It would last so much longer If It y you rush fush th the ages ages in n such a a- fashion you you- ou become becom old V before your time and are tired of ot au all the natural normal things to todo todo todo do and then you ou get restless and unhappy and haven't the slightest idea in the world what it is that the matter with yo you Sit It Is almost impossible to regain youth when once glen gi u up or hurI hur hur- I past but a girl irl c can n retain youth almost Indefinitely If she will wilt Just be be bea a bit careful and not s so rushed in ge getting ting to the pleasures pleasure's of those who are older Each ha age h has s its gifts girts to offer but It if the girl scorns those of ot her ber regular ace and borrows from those for forthe the years t to td come she will bankrupt her store and will pay in unhappiness Student Student Stu Stu- dent you m may not get all of ot this but pIe please se take a little of ot it on on faith and wait walt V for your dancing days Just a few years longer School and home parties arties ar are given quite frequently enough to keep that tat t side of ot your our nature normally satisfied why hy insi insist t upon feasting as i it w were re V V A girl girr th that t age sh should weigh about pounds V C Come me again r i Dear Miss Blair I V Could y you u please tell me me whether per permanent nent waving is s bad for fop the hair or or not I hay have been letting mine grow quite long Iong in order to have one but my hair is v very ry fine and nd Im I'm afraid that it might ruin it I will be very glad if you can give me a a little advice Thanking you v very vry ry much V TONY V When V permanent 1 waving ving was first Introduced It tt was w wis s more or orless orless orless less of ot an experiment and far from fl perfect but in the l last st few few- years ears so many improvements have been beert made that m Q believe that if It doesn't do any bore lore harm In i fact not nearly a as ai much harm to I th the l hair already Ol nead as as doe does does' the consi constant nt cur CUI curing cur cur- I ing lug necessary n without it And as It affects affect only the hair tha that ba h as al already already already al- al I. I ready grown out and can an baill ba have no ill effects of oc any sort permanently It seems seem's that V it is ls worth trying anyway that Is If It you have it done by an ah expert w doing If It yOU vou V v to telephone us well we'll be glad to explain further or orto orto orto to an answer r any specific questions t ons you may have V V Of Ot course curling the hair hall Is not nota a as good for it ag just keeping It It brushed and cared for fOl but Jut since beauty and fashion demand many things of ot ofus us p that may n not t pe be e best we can class permanent waving as One of ot them but no worse worse than many others In fact It has helped some heads because of ot the exercise stimulation V and pulling that accompanies accompanies ac ac- S ac-S companies the putting In of of- the wave S Dear Miss Blair V V Sa Back k again but not for m myself sel or mY mr own needs this time V VV V 1 I w would uld like to know about your Epsom salts gaits cure for goitre What proportions na is used with water Alss what is a. a good red reducer eith either eith- eith e er in wearing apparel or exercise forthe for forthe forthe the back This woman woman is middle aged and not too large larg any place ex except ex cx- the back Thank you very much RE READY DY LO LOU V That was not our recipe K n. L L. Land and the lady who offered It gave no proportions We Ve suggested that an anyone one Who Intended to try that shoud ask her physician about It and he would give the proportion that would be most likely Or any druggist can offer suggestions as asto asto asto to the amount to be used for different different dif dif dif- ferent terent things Wearing apparel is not likely to S l Jelp a great grea d. d deal except to confine conine flesh t temporarily The reducing rolling pin gives an excellent massage massage mas mas- sage and and- it might blight be Just the thing for tl this lady If It she sIte has not been V to strenuous exercise massage would probably be best for her though long J 01 walks with a rapid stride help both in health and figure The exercises legs leg done donI while you au are lying till flat fiat t on th tit floor are all good for reducing the hips as are those which call for tor swinging th the legs forward and backward backward back back- w ward rd and to the side She Ca can work oft off most most of or the fat with her fing fingers rs it If slip she h Is persistent and will VIII knead It Jt abo about t. t morning and night V L V 1 VV V V VI i ii f iii V V |