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Show 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 care-fully and promptly all questions submitted to me. Your questions must be limited to tivo, 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. , - p. ITier are dozens of different styles an4 fe, terinls from which to choose. THE TITANIC. Within the dungeon of the deep. There sleeps the Queen of all Uw seas, SVbo swung assurance at the swa-f Of KHojtly peril on the breexe. And dared ti?e element to ply Their angrervd forces at her head That she might battle and defy And lo I one battle If ft her dead I With all the graces of a court She slipped the tethers of the tide And glided far from out the port That bound her power and her prld And with the promise of her youth And all the future in her swav, ; She strode In triumph over truth And tossed the danger with the tprmyl Within, her heart was great and gay, Without, her sinews stretched lu le&rth. The very heavens seemed to play Beside the pulses of her strength I And through the day and through the nWbft Of billowed pleasure undismayed. Her throb of fervor set to flight The toll of fear, and fear obeyed. Pence! While the even waters glide By quiet stars from night to day; Peace I While the measured hours stride In swift descent upon their prey ; And there in shrouded Bilence steals The stealthy espion of the sea. Whose frozen mask afar conceals The dark decree of destiny. Peace I While the miracle of man Yet flies her flag in majesty; Peace 1 While she breathes her final spaa Serene unto eternity ; And then the muffled knell of doom. The flash of fate, the riven rod, The plunge unto the gulf of gloom. And lost the rcry touch of God 1 A thousand lives embosomed are ' Beneath the wonders of the wave, A thousand spirits vanished far Beyond the waters of the grave; And sunken in that solemn keep, Dear Friend: "Just Between You end Me" is Burely an interesting: corner. I am a newcomer and will be rlad if you can furnish me the Information In-formation I desire. I am married and have two babies, but stDl have time to enjoy th old time sonirs and poems. Can you please end me the words to the song "Poor Little Joe," and to the poem entitled "In the House of Too Much Trouble"? These two pieces wilt come! under my observation if printed in the Preston News at Preston, Idaho. Thanking you in advance, and hoping I may call again, I remain, Yours truly, MRS. WILFORD HANSEN. Mink Creek. Ida. X have the poems, you desire and they will appear here ihe very first time we have space for them, or if I have to keep you waiting too long will send them by mail to your address. I am indeed glad to know you find helpful and interesting things in my corner, cor-ner, and still more glad that your duties and cares have not taken the poetry, and music from your soul, and hope these will increase as the years go by. Dear Miss Brooks : 1) I am very lonesome and am looking for something to occupy my spare thoughts and time. The other day some one said : "Find a hobby, find a hobby, find a hobby t" But I can not find one. Can you help me. Miss Brooks? (2) I was born on April 16, 1903, I think I was born on Friday but am not sure ; What day was I born on and what are my lucky months, day and colors ? I enclose a thousand thanks, they are invisible so do not let them escape. COUNTESS GRUFFANUFF. How fortunate you i. re to have time for a hobby. It seems impossible for me to suggest anything, not knowing your disposition or characteristics. Of course your hobby must be something that will improve you mentally and physically, so I can think of nothing better bet-ter than the study of some subject which you are especialy interested in. By searching your mind you will find there is some one thing which is occupying your mind and in which you are more interested than anything else. When you have located what this is, begin a sort of "research" work. Search for everything every-thing which has a bearing in any way upon this subject. There is a parcel' post library here, where for a small membership fee you ean have books mailed out to you to read and then return. Get the habit of writing your thoughts on paper, and who knows but what you might sometime write a series of articles on your "hobby"? U I have given you any food for thought and can be of further fur-ther assistance to you, write me. (2) You were born on Thursday ; your lucky months are June and July, your day is Tuesday, and your flower the Amaryllis ; your colors pink and white. Am sun I gathered up all the thanks, and thank you. Dear Miss BrookB : Will you please find me the words to the title "A Man's Answer to a Woman's Question," Ques-tion," if you can. I will be greatly obliged and for which I wish to thank you in advance. ad-vance. We get some valuable information from reading your little corner from time to time. Yours very truly, C. B. LAYTON, Kaysville. Ut. Are you quite sure this is the correct title to the poem you wish ? If so I am unable to locate it for you, for which I am extremely sorry. It ia necessary to have the correct title, the first line or the author to successfully success-fully find a poem. I am happy to know you are being benefitted by my corner, and if you ean give roe any further information regarding regard-ing this poem I will be very glad to do everything every-thing possible to find it for you. Dear Miss Brooks : We are thirteen years of age and would like to know how long to wear our dresses. Dear Miss Brooks : I received your answers to my last questions and they helped me very much. Would you please answer a few questions for me again ? (1) Is it proper to go with the boys at my ; age ? I am seventeen years old. Is it proper to go with a boy that is one year younger than yourself? (2) I was born in January; what is my lucky day, number and color? (3) Is there any specified meaning for the name Lila ? What is the lucky number, stone and months? (4) I am not going to school now ; I have graduated out of the eighth grade and went to one year of high school. Would you advise aB to what to do 7 I am working at a job where I am learning a good t.'-ide: in another year I will be able to go and work in the factory where I will get good wages. (5) Please send me a list of games I could play at a birthday party. (6) Please tell me how I could fix my hair. Last time I didn't send my age, but I did this time. (7) Is it proper to receive presents at Christmas or on your birthday from boys you are well acquainted ac-quainted vith, and is it proper to send presents pres-ents in return? Thanking you in advance, WANDA, Utah. (1) Yes, Wanda, at seventeen it is quite proper for you to go occasionally with a boy friend. It all depends on you and the boy interested whether he is dne year younger or older than yourself. (2) For one born in January, the lucky day is said to be Saturday, the months March and November, the colors garnet, silver, gray, brown and black, and the flower the snow-drop. (3) I find no especial meaning for the name Lila. (4) You know so much better than I what you can do, my dear, but it is always advisable to go The carcass of a vessel vast, Where only the weeds and fishes creep i Among the port-holes of the past I No marble monolith may mark, - i Brave sons 1 the traces of your doom. Where but the caverns of the shark ' Return the eehoes of the tomb, And bulfra broken bulk of steel Crushed in the sea's eternal bed, Shall tell the distant ages still Where tender homage may be led. And yet, about that shattered shell j Whose glory crumbled in an hour, The waves may wind a coral spell And weave a poem into power, Until the heaving depths of. slime And clinging beauties of the deep ' Shall hold a monument sublime TJnto your ceremented sleep. ' And here, since every sorrow swings Some note of beauty on the tide, And not a dark despair but brings A feeble glimmer to abide, Bereaved, benumbed, all hearts may toi About the courage of the dead. And honor strength that died enrolled To yield the weaker, life instead. And while the winds and waters merspv In mournful requiem of sighs, And chant a great eternal dirge Of far regret unto the skies, The wave of all the ages still Shall Bweep the reef of msmory, ' And yearning breakers curve and thrill In music of your eulogy I M. C. Lehr. Dear Miss Brooks I am a constant reader of the letters "Between "Be-tween You and Me," and I have been very interested in them. I would be very glad if I could enter into the corner : I have a few questions I would like you to answer for me. I was born December the first, 1902. Can you tell me which are my lucky months and days? If I hadn't told you the year I wa3 born, how old would you judge me to be by my letter? Hoping you have oceans of success in your work, I am, O. G., Utah. Glad to welcome you, my dear. February and June are supposed to be lucky months for you, and Thursday the day, while the garden anemone is your flower, and your colors ars gold, red and green. My dear girl, a letter such as yours might be written by hundreds of girls between the ages of ten and twenty, and the writing is often very similar, too, so it is very much of a "guess" when I attempt to tell you how old I think you might be. and what are the latest styles. Please answer n the next "Times." Yours truly, J. W. and J. S. So much depends on the individual as to height, size, etc., that it i3 difficult to say just how long a girl of thirteen Bhould wear he- dresses. Just below the knees would be a fair rule to go by. A few of the "latest" ideas are the long waist, the full skirt and the old fashioned .bertha, not foregetting the large, decorated sleeve either loose at the wrist or held by a cuff. Sorry I could not get your anBwer in the last issue. Always send your names. It insures you more prompt service. Dear Miss Brooks: ' We are also thirteen years of age, and would like to know If It is proper to go with the boys, and would like to know how old girls should be before getting married. Yours respectfully, PA and MA. Well, Pa and Ma, I can tell you what you should be doing now and for at least thre more years, and that is studying. Have your mind so full of study and the desire to excel In your school work that there- is not the least space to think abor boys and marriage. Pardon me if I tell you that the penmanship and' composition of your letter strongly indicate in-dicate that this is exactly where your mind should be. If you do devote your time and attention to thoughts and efforts for the improvement of yourselves . in every way, you will be much more capable of answering these same questions much more satisfactorily to yourselves than I can possibly do. and will be much more worthy of the position of a helpmate and homemaker. Dear Miss Brooks : (1) I should like to hear your opinion as to what is the proper and most accredited course to adopt when one has been crossed in love. (2) How may I obtain a sweet and lovable disposition? I have 'tried to be cheerfu when first arising in the morning, but something is sure to happen to change my plans before the day is done. Please answer an-swer questions at your most conveneient moments. mo-ments. Thanking you in advance, I remain a devoted reader to your most useful information. informa-tion. Yours truly. to school just as long as you can. It would surely seem best for you to finish high school at least, if you possibly can. Lack of education educa-tion is a handicap all through life, and you feel this lack more and more as the years go by. (B) It is difficult to explain a game properly without taking too much space, and as you have overstepped your limit of questions ques-tions by five I will have to refer you to the games described in last week's paper. This applies to number six also. . (7) It is never proper to receive or give presents of value to boys. If you are old friends and wish to exchange ex-change such gifts as books, pencils, etc., it is quite proper. I am happy to have been of service to you. Dear Miss Brooks We have been reading your corner for some time and have been very interested. MIl you please answer these questions? (1) How can you make divinity without using corn syrup? (2) Is it possible to be really in love at 16. ? (3) How can you make a boy interested in you ? (4) How can you get a date when you want it? (6) How is it proper to accept when a boy asks you to go some place? (6) After you entertain boys, is it proper to give another party before they return the party? (7) Is it proper to call a boy on the telephone? (8) If a boy steals a ki33 from a girl, should she be offended or how should she act or what should she say? Thanking you, we remain, re-main, J. and D., Mt. Pleasant (1) I have not let located a recipe for divinity without using corn syrup, and when I do I'll send it right along. (2)1 do not think so, my dears. Imagination plays you many tricks in this respect about this time, but don't take any of them seriously. (3) Oh, dearie me, how can I tell you 7 By being interesting, in-teresting, might say. (4) You cannot always, my dear girls. (6) If you wish to go with him, thank him for the invitation and tell him you will be very pleased to go. (5) You could scarcely "count" parties, could you? You have more than one boy to your party and you could hardly expect them all to return in like manner. Give a- party when you most conveniently con-veniently can, regardless as to whether you "owe" one or not. (7) No, not to make a practice of doing so, only when it is really necessary. (8) If she were the sort who would be offended by such an act, I do not believe he would have the chance. A girl should so conduct herself that there would be no thought on the boy's part that he could take such liberties with her. Dear Miss Brooks : This is my second attempt at writing you. and I know my questions wi',1 be answered just as satisfactorily this time as the first, (1) What will remove grease spots from wallpaper? wall-paper? (2) Please tell me of some way a young girl can earn money. (3) What would you suggest as suitable gifts (Xmas) for girl friends ? Hoping I haven't caused you too much bother, I remain, BLUE-EYES. Moroni, Ut. Glad to welcome you again, Blue-Eyes. (1) To remove grease spots from wall-paper make a thick paste of powdired pipeclay or French chalk and water. Spread thickly on the grease spot and let it remain for several day3. Brush olf. and if any of the spot remains, apply paste again. Another method iB to take several sev-eral folds of blotting paper and lay over the spot ar-d place a hot iron over the blotting pnper until the grease is removed ; move the blotting paper several times, as in thiB way It will absorb the grease more quickly. (2) So much depends upon yourself, my dear, that I can scarcely suggest. I do not know your ge or your qualifications, and the possibilities in a small town are very limited. Had you thought of taking subscriptions to popular magazines or orders for a reliable hosiery company? (3) Something which you make k always so much mora acceptable than what you buy, so why not a pretty unbleached apron with the colored applique or some pretty "underthir.tr," from cumi-jole to fancy garter? MARGIE, Springvillo, Utah. (1) Well, my dear, I believe the most "proper and accredited" course to pursue in & case of this kind is to "right about, face." 6mi!e, and immediately forget all about it. You know it would bs an awful thing to really take anything of this kind seriously, and let it spoil you, so when a really, truly nice man came along you would be so forlorn for-lorn and utterly impossible, that he could not care for you at all; wouldn't it? (2) You know, a lot of people Beem to be afflicted with a desire to be cross and Burly in the early morning, so if you can ward it -off until later in the day you are doing quite well, for maybe you can skip a whole day, some of thse days. And, you know, something is always happening to everyone, if they will only let it. But it is our business not to let it; - It is overcoming the desire to weakly submit to the temptation to do the thing which we know is wrong, in no matter what form chat temptation comes, r-hich makes U3 l?rjw big and fine and loving and generous to a 1 with whom we cor.ie in contact. If tr is seems to be your weakness to let tilings croav you and make you unti-ving aiid unlovable unlov-able tnen you must ri3e in your strength of the- -,-ght and overcome it This is the only way t can be done, deirie, so let's start now. Thanks for your nice little compliment. Dear Miss Brooks : I enjoy reading "Between You and Me" very much. Will you please answer some questions for me? Can you tell me something that will i darken the c-yebrows and eye lashes? Could i I dye them? Is vanishing cream harmful to ( the skin? Also publish tht vcrds to "Down Ky tV, Silvery Rio Grande." Thanking yott I in advance, I am yours truly, j FRECKLES, Sprinjrville, Utah, j You cannot dye the eyebrows and eye lashes successfully. The eyebrow pencils are used to darken t-em. Yes, vanbhing cream is harmful, as It cloes the pores and causes ! blackheads. Is ' Dcvrn by the Silvery Rio I Grande" a song 7 1 do not find it under Boofry. Coud you tiv nie the author's name? |