Show ll I r I I l l r. r I I ll t one o c d I in io i n o BETTY BLAIR h. h IQ l 1 Letters Letter and questions for tor thIs department should be addressed to Mist Miss Betty Blair Hearts Heart's Haven Salt Lake Telegram Write only on ono one alda I I of this th paper It is necessary to append your name namo and address Jut but ut thou these the are held in confidence and will not be published pUblish ea Q Dear Miss Blair Will you please help me solve some of my my difficulties 1 l I have just finished high school and I am planning my future but there are a number of things that are bothering bothering bothering bother bother- ing me One of the most important import import- ant of these is a fine young man I have known wn him for nearly a year now and think a great deal of him but he is going away to school in inthe inthe inthe the fall and he w wants me to be engaged engaged en- en to him before he goes away Now as I 1 have said I am very fond of him but I dont don't feel that we should be engaged so young especially especially espe cape when he will be away from home except for a few weeks every summer for f four ur years or more more He has been to college for two years but n now now w he is going away to finish and do graduate work I 1 am going to start to the university next fall What do you think about being engaged Miss Blair Do you think that wed we'd be more likely mean more to each other othe- that way than if rt we were both free He is very jealous and I guess that is one reason reason rea rea- son sn that h He wants t to be engaged Id I'd surely appreciate getting your point of view on the situation EIGHTEEN n We e think that woi Would ld would make a tt grave tave error it If ou ty-ou you started your college career an engaged girl no matter matte how fine the tile young young- man man man- is It would not be fair If you are inlove in inlove love with him you ou will need no formal formal for for- forI I mal and conventional tie to keep your interest and devotion alive but ut such a tie would mean that hat your good times would be very limited lim- lim lim limited indeed Half the fun of or college Js is J the social life Ilfe- and you know that most young people have a sense erise of the fitness of things and that an engaged girl no matter how attractive is not Invited to all the parties T That at is only one side of f the situa- situa r f t ton on however Another is that you two young people if you are tos to s spend end the next few years seeing each other only for a short while once a year may drift apart in your attitude toward things in your ambitions ambitions am am- and plans and you would only Complicate things by feeling that you ou are promised to somEone someone someone some some- one or something that is gradually becoming strange to you If H this thin happens yoU will will be forced to face facea face facea 9 a very unpleasant unpleasant and entirely un unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un necessary experience that of ex explaining explaining explaining ex- ex that you jou have changed your mind YO You f may hesitate hesitate to todo do it and the boy though he may have hOve changed too will not wish to explain himself oti o of n 11 position in which he placed himself several sev i l 1 year yearS before before- and nd you ou are both bound to be unhappy If on the other hand your tast tastes s Ideas and affection remain the same through the test of being apart you can still gO go ahead with your engagement and it wall be beresh fresh resh and fine rather lather than something some some- thing that has become sort of a habit Long engagements engagements' are are dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- experiments at best and andl under un- un un un- der del the conditions conditions' s that you outline II it would probably prove disastrous for one ne or both of you OU if it it lasted at all Dont Don't spoil the real thing by playing at it for too many years and before you ou are read ready in any sense bf of the word Dear Miss Blair I II I think I can help M. M R. R K K in regards to the information concerning concerning concern concern- ing the Million Millton Dollar Mystery The picture was made about twelve years ago in and around New Rochelle Rochelle Ro- Ro chelle chelle N. N Y by the old user company company James Cruze and nd Marguerite Marguerite Marguerite Mar Mar- Snow were featured in 1 it it O. O B. B S. S Thank you ou so much 0 O. B. B S S. S W We appreciate your tip and we feel reel thi th 1 t M. M R. R K will ivill be grateful too We have had a number of jails alls too from readers who were kind enough to help us out with other members of the cast Florence La Badie Sadie who was was killed some gome time ago in ah en automobile automobile automo automo- bile accident was the leading lady Sheldon Lewis was the villain Sidney Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney Bracey the father and Warner Varner Oland another featured role We want to thank o our r readers reade s 's for their interest and cooperation when we call for assistance It is fine fineto fineto fineto to know tha that t you ou are all so willing willingto to help us and each ot other er Dear Miss Blair Will you be so kind as to send me methe methe methe the details concerning Wilson the the Wilson Jilson essay contest I was was unfortunate enough to lose the issue in 1 which you you published this information B B. B F F. F Idaho Idah Wed We'd lIke like to do it it B B. F F. but brit we feel that you will want the cOmplete complete complete com cOm- outline and the suggestions included and these will wilI be found in inthe inthe inthe the February issue of the Author and Journalist 1839 1639 Champa street Denver ColO They will send you QU this magazine for 20 cents and postage post post- age e to cover the cost of mailing If If- you wish The Telegram for forMon Monday Monday Mon- Mon day daj May 30 the issue in which we reprinted parts of the anno announcement announcement announce announce- nce- nce ment the circulation department will send you ou that paper Dear Betty Blair I am 17 y years ars old and 4 feet 9 91 2 2 1 inches tall and I weigh 95 pounds How much underweight am I Are there any certain exercises that I could take that would build me up especially my legs Also could you give me a list of foods that are fattening Hoping Helping to receive receive this information soon and thanking you T T. T T. T T T. If you OU have given us the the pr proper per height T. T T. T TJ J T. T 7 you are not a a pound underweight you are are overweight o but if it you are tall and slender that is 5 3 f feet et 9 1 2 inches instead of 4 feet th then n in indeed ed you must build up as your our w tv weight ight for phat that height t houd d b be around i pounds Measure again and nd then allow v pounds for sixty inches in h height ight and five pounds for r ev every ery i inch di over that height and subtract If under Activity of or any sort in in the fresh air will help to to build you up Gel Get Gelmore Gelmore more sleep Walk three or four miles a day swim or ride horseback or play tennis or golf and take setting setting setting set set- ting up exercises for ten or more minutes every morning These in include include in- in clu clude e bending stretching making circle with your jour arms heel raising breathing etc Did you clip out the food chart we gave on Sunday June 5 If not gel get gela a copy of Hearts Heart's Haven for that date and follow the directions for a b balanced lanced diet All r food helps to to build up pp the body but those that ar are especially rich In tissue building quaIl qualities ties Include in include include in- in clude milk and milk prod products such as butter cream and cheese salad oils and fats breads pastries potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes meats especially fat meats and poultry eggs beans navy and Lima syrup and sweets But re remember remember remember re- re member that you must have a balance bal bal- ance and ance-and and cannot keep healthy on a diet of the above foods only Dear Miss Blair Will you please tell Mrs K K particular particular particular par par- that if she will call Hyland she will get what she wants READER Indeed we will and thank you Dear Deal Miss Blair I am going to the coast in a few weeks and I want to get a sport dress There arc two that I like equally well one blue and the oth other r pin Can you please tell me which will keep its ts color better in that atmosphere I remember that you have advised people before about certain colors and thought you might help me make the best choice Thanking you GI GIRLIE E. E Choose the pink one G G. G Pink will launder r and It will also escape from fading long after atter blue has become practically ll a thing of the p past st in inthe inthe the ocean breezes breez s and the brilliant sunshine There is no more beautiful beautiful beau beau- lf l co coor r than blue but bud in nine cages cases caes out of or ten it Will fade right out In th the summer s weather both oth the sun and the moist air all being hard on it This choice applies es especially especially especially es- es to silk goods There are some of the cotton wash fabrics fabrics' in light blue that stand up beautifully but in hats and silk frocks s th that t. t color isn't lasting You are aie very welcome and haVe haVu haVea a good time 0 |