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Show 'A h THE RICH, COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH, UTAH This is your corner. Make use of it for your information on questions that are puzzling you. It 'will be my pleasure and privilege to answer carefully and promptly all questions submitted to me. Your questions must be limited to two, and your full, name and address must accompany each letter. For special information send stamped envelope. . All communications will always be held. in absolute confidence. All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink to Helen Brooks, Box 1545, Salt Lake City. 3 f -- By JOHN DICKINSON Dear Min Brooks: ; I have been very much interested In your corner and would like to ask you a few questions. (1) What is the Nobel Prize! To whom was H awarded and what for? (2) If a hoy should take a zirl home which ehould eay goodnight first, and should the girl thank him for bringing her home ? JUNIOR, Utah. re(1) This same .question was answered cently and T gladly reprint it for you. (1) The Swedish scientist, Alfred B. Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, died in 1896, .bequeathing his fortune, estimated at $9,000,000, which should yearly he distributed to those who had contributed to the benefit of mankind to the greatest extent, during the year immediately preceding,' under the following classifications : (1) For the most important discovery or invention in the domain of, physics : (2) In chemistry; (3) Inphysiologyor medicine: (4) For the most distinguished literary work of an idealistic nature: (6) For the most effective work in the interest of international peace. The value of each prize is on an average of $40,000. The last year on record is Hist of 1920. C. E. Guiileaume, a Frenchman. was awarded the prize in physics: Prof. A. Rough, a Dane, in medicine: Knut Hamsun, a Norwegian, in Literature; M. Bourgeois, a Frenchman, in Peace. There was no prize awarded for Chemistry for that year. The following Americans have been awarded the Nobel prize during former years: T. W. Richards. in chemistry, 1914 : A.. Carrel, in medicine, 1912 ; Woodrow Wilson; in peace, 1918 ; Eiihu Root, in peace, 1912 : Theodore Roosevelt in peace, 1906. (2) If your friend has escorted you to a party or any place of amusement a mutual expression pf having enjoyed the evening is all that is necessary, and your friend should not tarry too long after returning home. Say good night aa he leaves.. SHERMAN HREB WISE MEN, as everyone knows, paid homage to Jesus at his birth. Their story is told in part thus in the Gospel according to St. Matthew : Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea- - in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise men from the Bast to Jerusalem. ' Saying, where is he that is of the Jews? for we have seen his star . bom Kin In the East, and are come to worship hiqi. When Herod the King had heard these tilings, he was troubled, and ail Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded ef them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea, fer thus It Is written by the prophet. And then, Bethlehem, In the land of Judea, are not the least among the princes of Judea ; for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. TheA Herod, when he had privily called the wise men. Inquired ef them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said. Go and search diligently for the young child ; and 1 when ye have found him, bring me word again. that I may come and worship him also. , When they had heard the king, they departed, and, lo, the star, which they saw in the East, went before them, till It came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with ' - exceeding great joy. : . And when they were come into the house, they i saw the young child with Mary his mother, and .. fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had . opened their treasure, they presented nnto him gifts: sold, and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned ef God in a dream that they . abeuld not return to Herod, they departed tnto their own country another way. These Three Wise Men were named Melchior, Haspar and Balthasar. They are sometimes called - the "Three Kings of Cologne." Their bdnes are aid to rest in the cathedral of Cologne. This is -the finest specimen of Gothic architecture in Ear- - ope and Its building took poore than 600 years , IMS to 1880. Anyway, skulls purporting to be i theirs were exhibited as late as the Eighteenth , century. Te touch them was to be healed. An old prayer charm reads: Te three holy kings, v Kasper, Melchior and Balthazar, . for ua new Bray ' And in the hour ef death. r A Early tradition supplemented this account by adding a fourth wise man. And the story of this fourth wise man is one for ns all to keep in mind at Christmas time. This fourth wise man started with the other . three to make the journey to Jerusalem and pay to the new-bor. homage King. But he never ...reached the manger where lay the child.' Instead . he sacrificed hla life to render service. Never-- l theless, before he died he was granted a vision of .the Oirist. Henry Van Dykes "The Story of the Other Wise Man" tells the tradition most exwell: cellently v Detained by his efforts to save a dying stranger, Artaban becomes separated from his companions. . He, therefore, seeks the Christ alone, traveling Horn place to place, feeding the hungry as he goes, clothing the naked, nursing the sick, comforting the oppressed. L One after another he spends for others tha .previous gifts which he had hoped to offer to the ,Chri$k At last he surrenders his one remaining peart In order to ransom a tormented slave girt. Struck on the temple by a falling tile, he lies bleeding and breathless. But be bears a Voice commending him. Unable to believe the testimony ef his own ears, the Other Wise Man murmurs : .Not so, my Lord I For when saw I Thee an hungered and fed Thee? Or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? When saw I Thee a stranger, and took Thee in? Or naked, and clothed Thee? When saw I Thee aick and in prison and came nnto years have I looked after Thee? Hiee; but I have never seen Thy face, nor ministered to Thee my King." ' But the Voice replies: "Inasmuch as thou hast done It unto one of the least of these, my brethren, thou bastv done It nnto me." fa i) bard to imagine the Fourth Wise Man ro- , -- n . . , Three-and-thir- ty , Some of the biggest and oldest of them are 35 feet in diameter end at least 6,000 years old. So you see many of these Big Trees in Sequoia and Yosem--Itwhen national parks were not even middle-ageChrist was born in Bethlehem. This particular Sequoia Christmas tree wtu planted in 1800. From a seedling it has grown to a height of more than 60 feet. A thousand years from now it will probably be nearly 300 feel tall and have a diameter of 18 or 20 feet One wonders if there will be a similar Chrlstmat d celebration in Yosemite valley then a thousand years from now. Why not? Christmas will still be celebrated then if the world endures. And our nineteen national parks have been set apart by congress as public playgrounds for the people forever. So, if the United States of America endures, why not a Christmas celebration In Yosemite A. D. 2S22? All that seems to be necessary Is the planting of a Sequoia seedling every thirty years or so. g 4 , fur-cla- - . Without Christmas tree, holly and mistletoe Christmas would seem strange Indeed to most Americans. The balsam fir is most used for Christmas trees, but doubtless almost any kind of evergreen can be used in an emergency. And some of the municipal and community center Christmas trees nowadays are of great size, espe-dall-y .when they are set up outdoors. The photograph of the Christmas tree reproduced herewith is worth Studying as something quite out of the ordinary in several respects. In the first place, In the original photograph three separate exposures of the plate were made the first for the building and Its lights ; the second for the Christmas tree and its lights, and the third for the moon. Each exposure varied in length to suit the different degrees of brilliance. .And where do you suppose this unusual photograph was taken? Why, at the annual Christmas celebration In Yosemite valley, Yosemite National park, California. Most people think that ail the Rational parks are dosed in the winter time. Well, they are not Rocky Mountain National park in Colorado has a carnival of winter sports in February.' Mount Rainier National park In Washington has winter sports and a ski tournament ns late as July. And Yosemite is open the year round. And Yosemite's Christmas celebration includes a fat d Santa Claus who drives up in the jolly, way in hie sleigh and distributes his gifts to the village children. But that isnt all about this unusual picture. What kind of a tree do you suppose the Christmas tree Is? You could not guess if your Christmas gift depended upon your guess. Thats because it is the only one of Its kind In the whole world. This Christmas tree is nothing less tknn a living Sequoia tree. The Sequoia (Sequoia gl gun tea) is Ik oldest and biggest living thing in the world. . Christmas and mince pie I Nobody ought to have to tell anybody that Christmas is the time fo$ mince pie. Why, the. two go together Just like Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie and the Fourth of July and spring lamb and green peas. The first mince pie of the winter should grace the Christmas board; any housewife who giviw her family even a taste of one before Christmas day should go with out a new Easter hat thats the punishment to fit the crime. . And any man who eats mince pie at a restaurant or at his club before Christmas da; should go without mince pie all winter. However, if he should, bis punishment would likely fit the crime. For nowadays the making of mince pies IS largely a lost art. The ordinary restaurant mince pie. is nothing but minced fruit. There is a saying that every really good woman cook must have a temper. Muybe. Certainly she should be nice snd plump as If she ate her own mince pies and thrived on them. -- And its' easy to tell by watching a woman make mince pies whether or not theyre going to beo success. If she goes at It, you know, as lf.it wore sort of a religious rite oS If the fate of the nation hung on her work why, ail is welL Pies like mother used to make i" Tenderloin of beef nnd Northern Spy apples and real cider and everything else to correspond Maybe mother, used to bake her pies a dozen at a time and set them nway in a cold store room to freeze. Maybe mother got her mince meat ready and set it aside In a big stone Jar to ripen. It doesnt make any difference. They were real mince pies when thejj got to the CJirlstmas dinner. The rooks of them ! The smell of them I - The taste of them t - Yum, yum I There's a memory a fellow can carry with him to his grave. Do you remember Izaak Waltons friend Dr.- r rper ... ini Dear Miss Brooks,'. Lefe thow him outen de do in de aan. (1) Could you tell me what Clara aad MarWe do want stragglers 'roan' hyeah ; garet mean? (2) Why do some people act let's gin him 'way to de buggah-ma- nl indifferent when you talk to them sometimes. 1 know hes hidin erroun hyeah right neah. (8) Could you tell me how old I un by my Buggah-man- , buggah-ma- n, eomd In de do, writing? Hyeah's a bad boy you kin have fa to ant. BEAUTY, McCammon, Idaho. Mammy an pappy do want him no mo, The meaning of Clara to "bright and of Swaller him down fom his ha id to hto feist! (2) There are earkm Dah, now, I Fought dat youd hug me up close. Margaret, "a pearl." Sometimes they -- art Co back, ol buggah, you sha'nt have dto boy. reasons my dear girl Be ain't no tramp, ner no straggler, of eo'oe; weary and do not wish to talk, or tky He.' pappys padner an playmate an Joy. be too busy to be interested, (t) No, X Urn idea. Come to yo pallet now go to yo ree ; Wbht you could allua know ease aa claah mi skies; Wbht yon could stay yea a chile on my breas Little brown baby wif spa kiln eyes I , Paul Laurence Dunbar. . .. 1 - Dear Mbs Brooke: I have only rend eeie list a4 your questions and answers, but think them really fine, and am going to ask a few myself, (l) 1 am 16 years old; ean ride a horse, handle a gun or a Bps with perfect ease. My home to In Arisons. Last summer a motion picture company mrde part of a play near where I wae After Showing what I could do 1 staying. was given a job in a minor part I did all This fall I started In the second year right high adiool at Phoenix with a 'desire to finish high School, but a few days ago I received a letter frsn the same company offering me a job In n picture which will begin soon. I had a talk with one of the men and he said very , Bot-tele- and his famous appreciation Of the strawberry? Weil, Its quite evident the good doctor never sat down to just the right kind of a Christmas dinner or he would have Ignored the strawberry a$ unworthy of Ms cleverness and would have said in stead that doubtless God could have Inspired some heaven-bor- n cook to make a more appropriate de rert for Decomber 25 than mlnoe pie bat that doubt less God payer did. I hope my advice may prove of value to and with this foremost in mind, I advise youyou, to at least finish high school. You will still bo young enough for a een "career, and no matter how great your talent to for this or any Other profession, lack of education will always be a serious handicap to your advancement Pursue yout.gtudies still further, if possible. , While the actual offer of a job naturally gives you a just reason for feeling that you have talent, and may seem alluring to you, yet it takes much more than the abilities you mention to become more than a mere extra in a "wild snd wooly" picture. The person you talked to should ha given credit for at least giving you fair warning that your advancement depends largely upon whether or not you escaped the grim in your first picture, shouldnt he? I always marvel when I, see a picture such as you have performed in, just how any of them escape, but I. suppose yod feel just as sure of performing your stunts perfectly, aa those who perform the less hazardous ones. (2) If the limit has been reached, something MUST bo done, surely. - I have been laboring under the imthat man a was very much pleased pression when he was spoken- to thusly. Bet I suppose it DOES become tiresome after a time, and she should at least vary her mode of paying you compliments. She also seems to have no idea of the fitness of things," as to time and place; But really, Buoky, I imagine it to the very fact that she sees it does embarrass you that she persists. The only thing to do is to avoid her as much as possible, or better skill- - dont let it embarrass you, by taking it as joke, and give her tit for taf that to, answer her in like manner but he sure to bo Dear Miss Brooks: ' gentlemanly about it. This would be good I have read your corner every week in the practice for your part on the screen, to Gunnison Valley News, and have received much act as you do not feel, and feel as you do not good advice from it. Will you please arower not or am i mixed a bit in that? a few juestions for me? (1) On what day did Nov. 29, 1896 fall, also Oct. 13. 1897 T Dear Miss Brooks j (2) I was born in July, what are my lucky I am writing you lo know if you will please months, days and colors? (3) Can yon judge send' me the 'copy ol the song The Baggage by n.y writing how old I am? Wishing you Coach Ahead the fyrst line to, One dark success in your work, stormy - night, as the train rushed "onward. JUST ME, SWAMPY. If you cant find this song, please send me the Yes indeed, I will answer your questions. one Break the News to Mother. 1 am Swampy. (1) Nov. 29. 1S9S. fell on Sunday, sure you can find' one or the other. I will be and Oct. 13, 189?, on Wednesday. 2) Your very pleased, to get it. Im sure glad to get tha lucky months are supposed to be February and suggestions you give me. 1 sure do appreciate September, your day Monday, colors green and it. I feel welcome to write russet, and your jewels emeralds and black write such nice letters back.- - you because you Hoping to receive onyx. (3) I can "guess, but I wouldnt care one song or both 1 remain your true friend to bet on its being correct. About twelve BROWN EYES, Utah. how nearly right am 1? Thanks, Brown Eyes. Am sending' yon the In the song Dear Mize Brooke : Baggage Coach Ahead, but will 1 have been very interested in "Our Cor- have to send the other later. If it ean be found. ner" for some time, and I have decided yon could help me with two very puzzling juestions. Dear Miss Brooks: I am very interested In your corner and (1) I was born on !the 10th of Msrch, 1906, whet is my lucky day and what day I born would like to ask a few questions. What to on? (2) What can I do to make the boye Constance Talmadges age, her addrms, and to dance with me? Outside of the hall room she married? JUST BOY. they treat me very, nice, and are very sociable, but when I am to a dance they never dance Welcome as ean be. Just Boy. Constance with me. although they are still sociable. I Talmadge is twenty-tw- o years old and ean bo do not think' it is because I am not a pood addressed at the United Studios, Hollywood. dancer, for I can dance as well or better than California,' and IM break it gently she to eeveral girls with whom they always dance. married, or was. I understand she to seeking Thanks, Miss Brooks, tor Uj u tune. 1 v,u; a divorce and may have gotten it by this time. come again, if I may. Yours truly, ... A QUESTIONER. CURLEY, Tooele, Utah. . One of my readWelcome to our corner. Surely you may ers has kindly contributed part of the aoqg corns again. (1) Yon arrived -- here on Satwhich she thinks to the one you asked for urday and tout lucky day is said to be Wed- some time ago. I hope it is. and perhaps nesday. (2) This IS a pussling question to someone else will send the rest of K. We be suie. Just why they should not ask you will hope so, anyway. to dance, when they treat you nicely elseAFTER ALL. where, is Indeed- - strange, and I am afraid you' You've been crying now 1 can see ; . are about the only one who ean pubble it out Don't deny it now, come to me. 1 can only suggest that you be pleasant nnd Though the ikies are' gray and clouds ham agreeable and improve your dancing still low. mere. If yon dance well it would seem that Dry those tears away, dont you know Dearie just the reverse would be true, for almost Chorus everyone enjoys dancing with one who dances After the night- time theres always a bright well, nnd they would therefore show you that , time, attention, even though for any reason they Shadows must fade and die : did not show you attentions at other times After the showers theres sunshine and flower and places. . Te prove that the storm has gone. After the yearning for . someone's returnins-Te- ar MRS. HEBER D. LOWE. Franklin. Idaho: will eease to fail. Following is one of the poems you requested After drops the sorrow a fairer tomorrow, some time ago, Longfellow's poem, "The finds ns after all. Famine;" to not recited to music, as far as I Joy have been able to learn. Your other poems will Dear Mist Brooks: appear soon. I have enjoyed your column and the last LITTLE BROWN BABY poems. I would he very glad if you would Little brown baby wif epaklin eyes, . - Come to publish one entitled, "The Old Settlers Story, yo pappy an act on hto knee. What yo been doin, euh makln aan pica? or tell me where It could be found. Very' respectfully, Look at dat bib yous es du'ty ee me. N. C., Colo. Look at dat mouf dat's merlassce, I bet. I regret that 1 find no poem by the title Come hyeah, Maria, an' wipe oft his bans. mention. Are you quite sure this to the you Bees gwine to ketch you an eat you up yet, so sticky an sweet goodness lant 1 correct title? You see it to necessary-t- o have ( Bein either the title, the first line or the author. Without- one of the thre& it to very difficult Little brown baby wif apaTtlin eyes, Whos puppys dartin' an who's pappys chile ? to find a poem. Perhaps eome one will recogthis one and send it to us, as so many nise Who to it all de day nevah once tries , have kindly done. Fer to be cross, er once loses dat smile? ' . Whah did yo' git dem teef? My I yons a - scampi JULIA, Logan, Utah: Thank you so muck ' Whah did dat dimple eome Tom In yo ehin? for your kindness and thoughtfulness in send-in- g us the song. It HAS lie! red, you may be Faopy do know yo I blleves yons a tramp; v r dummy, dto hyeahs some ol straggler got SURE. 1 appearing on earth at Christinas time with a message to all mankind? Certainly he has a message well worth delivering. Anfl certalnly.lt is a message well worth listening to. For from his experience he could say to ns : You have served God only as yau have served men. The Christian citizen should be serving God-irelation to his home, his community and his nation. There are those who are serving God by trying to improve the conditions under which their less privileged fellows live and work, by trying to bring more of Justice, beauty, peace and love Into the life of the world. It Is to be feared that most of ns fall far short here. But he is a poor Christian and a poor citizen Indeed who, having, can pass Christmas without doing something In keep-tawith the day for those who have not. Everywhere in our modern Twentieth century life we meet the very people-whoJesus painted in living words 2,000 years ago the prodigal son, who came to himself j the elder brother, who was angry and would not go in" ; jthe priest and the Levlte, who passed by on the other side; the good Samaritan, who was moved with compassion"; the Pharisee, who thanked God that he was not as other men are ; the publican, who cried God be merciful unto me, a sinner I At Christmas time, If at no other, it is well for us to be the publican and the good Samaritan. ,. but she seems to have no sense. What would you advise me to do, as I have reached the limit I will ask the other questions next time. Wishing you the greatest of luck, I am, A BUCKY ONEIL, Arizona. - (1) I have read your letter with interest likely j ; g not km to t your advice on what to do? (2) There to i girl in Phoenix who every time I meet her, in company or not, always tells me what a "handsome devil J am, and it greatly embarrass air. I hare tried to i plena PIANOS and PLAYERS Colombia, Sonora and Edlaon Phonograph-O- n very eaay forms Send for Catalogue DAYNES-BEEB- E 61 Sooth Main St. SiUSIC CO. Salt Lake City FURS ?)?.hir1est market price for tare aad write for a price list or ship to ua We can make up your tare and hide into robe, overcoat or other garments. Write ito cataktff. . I Amcrioi Bide ft hr Ca, Farriers Tanas 1 H West South Tempi Salt Lain City BUSINESS COLLEGES T" L. D. S. BUSINESS COLLEGE. School of Efficiency. AM commercial branches Catalog free. 60 N. Main St., Salt Lake City PLEATING CTT0NS Aocordian, Side; Box Pleating. Hemstitch tag. Buttons, Buttonholes, Kid Corset Partoe 40 E. 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