| Show f. f r L r. r L HERTi I r Ir BETTY U og pu ito hIM u pu ino Os t q o UG 1 tes JI f J IsM O eq pue sa A. A I V Dea Miss Blair I. I have enjoyed your column for l it some time and now am corn com you with my problem For ForI I two ye years rs I kept compan with a a bo boy and during the past SIX S ni months of that time we were engaged eni en- en i to to be married Dat Dates set k wed ling were from tl tie e eI I to to time chang d on some pretext f k or th r of his making and the thelast thelast last two months of our engage engage- l merit menthe seemed to grow very I l different f toward rd failed me to keep I hIS his appointments etc But he always al- al I ways tried to smooth matters over I a and d make me think that it was 1 hij WOrk that kept him from cornI comI corn com I Ing Finally my friends began 1 dropping hints about his being out with another girl And one night when he had broken a date with II me me l I went to a dance with some friends and found him there with this other girl And come come cometo to find her all allt allI had stepping been t I this this' time N Naturally We then had it out with each other otner and our our engage engage- broken off I I told him that after the way he had deceived deceived de- de me I never wanted to have anything to do with him again j tho though gh he seemed to think we 1 go on being friends And AndI f. f I I never did let him know how much I eared ared lt It has been several months now sl sin e we broke things off and I l. l have hav gone m my own way and he has gone his Re Recently he has called me up and wants me to go out with him bim again I do not tr trust t him although he says he hes s II cares for me It seems to me menow now and has seemed so 50 all along that th there re will never be anybody else for whom I shall care are so so much I dont don't want to to- put myself myself my- my self j in a position t to be fooled a a second time I What do you think Miss Blair Is Is' Is it Just to please his own conceit con con- celt that he is trying to go out with me again or what Would you advise me meto to go with him or Just to keep on trying to put him out of my heart It t seems to me now that I shall never be able to d do that Please tell me what to d HEARTACHE Nevada rost roat certainly for tor the present at I est I should not let him i know now y tie state of m mY own heart That which bas been considered very serious and inviolable to YOU has hasby hasby by him been lIghtly treated and thrown aside If thIs is the essential es- es nature of the yoUng man It were better th that t. t tou ou refuse all future advances for your trust or at least your love will be put to shame and rout JIt the future On the other hand It If he was drawn aside for the time being by aan infatuation which he has come to tore re Uze as' as such and is is really sorry and as much in love with you as formerly It might be well to him another r chance without however however how how- ever seeming too glad to get him back For It if he has to suffer tor br his mistake he hel will vill not b be so apt to tomake make another of the s same me mag- mag After all yoU must b b the final judge for you k know ow more abo t hIs nature than tha I or any out ut- ut side aide judge could know If you feel eel that he Is so shallow as to to try merely to please hi his vanity by being seen again in your COpany CO- CO company com com- pany d p t con lder- lder giving h him m that ge Rarely Rarely Rarely-is Is It possible possible ble for people who have onCe been engaged d to to go on being friends It 11 is like trying to drink water after having been accustomed accustomed- to rich red wine One has too many memories to to combat One can of f course carry carryon on the semblance of friendship but after aU all It is only a sham And you ou have this to con con- console sole you that no pain lasts forever for for- ever and bat in the end will wUl emerge finer and stronger for having haying hay hay- ing had the experience nce Dear Miss Blair Will you please tell me which of the words In parentheses in each of the following sentences sentences' is correct and why 1 There comes Or come a crowd of boys and girls 2 There is or or are a wail and sigh 3 There is or are sun and dust and smoke Thanking you VP V. V p. p 1 There COMES a crowd of oft t and girls girIs Because the predicate predl- predl cate ate v verb rb mus must the subject subject sub sub- noun in person and number Reconstruct the sentence to readA read read- A crowd of boys bors and girls there comes comes Crowd is a collective noun requiring the singular verb comes There is only the anticipative anUcI- anUcI subject and lends no idea to the sentence 1 e. e 2 2 It depends the subject back of the statement as as to whether IS or ARE AnE should be used It If the speaker heard a wail first and immediately later a sigh and spoke of them in the order of ot their occurrence he would say There is a wall wail and sigh But it If- he thought of of the two things things' wall walland walland and sigh sImultaneouslY he would say There are a wall wail and and sigh very ery frequently when the sentence sentence sen- sen tence begins with the i introductory I tory word there and and when in inconsequence inconsequence I consequence the verb precedes the subject there is danger of using a singular verb wIth a plural plura subject su- su sub sub- 3 3 The same rule applies for 3 If H sun dust and smoke are thought of consecutively and spoken of in in the the same manner manner the verb will be Is It thought of simultaneously and spoken o oIn og ogin In that order the verb wIll be beare beare are Very welcome Dear Miss Misi Blair I have come to you again for help How can you remove an orangeade stain from an silk all flat crepe dress It did not discolor dis dis- color the cloth but it looks like a water stain Can you wash all all- silk flat crepe without ruining it Thanking you in advance BLUE EYES Try fastening th the spot a vessel of water water with clothespins clothespins and nd as it becomes moist from the steam sponge with a. a soft cloth up and down with the grain of the goods until the spot disappears Most 1 flat crepes will Willi wash unless tIe the coloring in them Is such that it will fade Very wel wel- come ome Dear Miss Blair Although I have never entered your corner before I I. I read it all the time and have received much helpful help help- ful advice Now I have a problem that is 15 worrying me somewhat somewhat some some- what and hope you you can give me some advice on it I have a boy who will not be 6 until the last of the year and I am wondering whether or not to send him to o school Or will they take children who arent aren't 6 years old when school 1 starts He is a strong healthy boy and is very anxious to learn I have havo been teaching him at home and he has learned very rapidly Some people tell me not to send him for another year but I hate to see him miss out on the whole year Any suggestions you can give me meon meon on this will be appreciated A MOTHER I am informed by the board of oC education that it If there is room for them in the beginners beginners' class children chil- chil dren In good healthy condition so near nOar the he age of 6 will be admitted Where a child seems ready and eager to learn and has no no physical handicaps I should advise that you send hIm to school Some children at 7 are not so ready for school as asare asare are others at 6 or under CIrcumstances Circumstances CIrcum- CIrcum stances should govern cases cases and It by explaining the situation tIe child can be admitted it is Is my ny opinion that he should go Very glad to have come Ith your 1 pr problem blem and trust that aU all wn will w work rk out out- satisfactorily Dear Miss Blair This is the first time I have e entered en- en your corner and I hoped hope I am welcome Just one question May MayI I h have ve the name name name- of a training hospital hoe hos pital at Fresno Cal where girls and wom women n are being trained for nurses Thanking you yu in advance NEVADA Hospitals l listed sted In Fresno are Fresno County County- hospital hospital- Union hospital hos- hos pital and San J Joaquin 1 hospital Write them for for particulars Always welcome to the tue corn r r- r Dear Miss Bi Blair ir I read in yo your r column where a areader reader would like like- a recipe for or bread and butt butter r pickles and as asI I have it thought you might be glad t have it too This This' is one that cam came from New England and that has s been used successfully for years Fifteen c cumbers cucumbers small small- dill size 5 on onions ons slice both fine on potato rj 3 cups cups- vinegar vinegar vine vine- gar 1 2 12 cups cups sug sugar r 1 teaspoonful each of ginger of-ginger mustard seed celery seed ground ground- black pepper and salt 4 1 teaspoonful s soak ak C cu- cu and andon on onions ons n in salt water for thirty minutes drain and boil in vinegar and spices for ten minutes min mm- utes se seal l in hot sterilized jars Jar Pickles made in the morning can be eaten by y the same same night HOUSEWIFE Thank you Hous viCe for submitting sub sub- the the i ripe ipe Others Other also phoned concerning it givIng th the same recipe but with different proportions One relder stated that she did not bolt boll the cucumbers and onions in the vinegar gar but ut poured It over them boiling hot after soaking them in salt water for tor an hour and dr drain drain- iri ing We to the readers for tor their kind ready pd hIp l' l ID in ing g giving ving us t the e asked for recipe Dear Miss Blair BIair 1 I read in your column a request for a simple remedy fo or warts war and thought I would send you you one one that thata I Ia a friend gave me It was to put a drop of castor oil on the wart each night before going to bed This c cm n be do done e by it from a toothpIck A READER Sounds muc 1 more simple than ours of of silver nitrate with Its discoloring dis dis- coloring stains We Ve hope it removes removes re- re moves warts as well and many thanks |
