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Show This is your comer. 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. If a more detailed answer than can be given in these columns is desired, send a stamped envelope and it will be given prompt attention- All communications will always be held in absolute confidence. All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink, to Miss Helen Brooks. Box 1545. Salt Lake City. Dear Miss Broods: One of mi) friends an J myself have gotten into a discussion as to Tvhich is correct "between J?ou and me," or "between Jiou and I." Can you tell us, and why? Thanks. Anxious Grammarian, Manti, Utah. I am always particularly delighted to settle discussions, so am more than pleased to be able to quiet your anxiety on this question. "Between you and me" is correct, because "me" is the object of the preposition pre-position "between." "I" is in the nominative nom-inative case. A preposition requires a word in the objective case to be the object of said preposition, therefore "I cannot be used. Usage has caused the "I" in this case to seem to be correct, but thus far has not made it so. Come again. Dear Miss Brooks: I am a great admirer of Rodofoh Valentino and have wondered how old he is. Could )ou please give me this information if it is not loo much trouble? trou-ble? Pinkie, Spanish Fork, Utah My dear you are not alone in your admiration of this star and he seems worthy of it No trouble at all-Rodolph all-Rodolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta, Italy, on May 6, 27 year ago. Dear Mist Brooks: Will you please tell me the correct Way to eat olives? Also which is proper, when a man is walking with two ladies should he be on the outside or should he walk' between them? Thanking you very k'mdly for this information and hoping this will not be too much trouble, and with loads of good wishes, I am your, Clory Cray, Logan, Utah. No trouble at all I assure you, dear Glory Gray. What an interesting name, makes one want to repeat it Always eat olives by holding between be-tween the thumb and forefinger. When two women are escorted by one man, the women walk side by side not with their escort between them. Dear Miss Brooks: Will you .please tell 'me what causes worms to appear on sidewalks during and afUr rains? Miss C, Murray, Utah. Yours is an interesting question, and one which many people have, no doubt, wondered about but few have taken the trouble to investigate. Earthworms Earth-worms (to which you doubtless refer) normally live in very moist places, but when the soil becomes saturated with water, much of the included air is expelled, ex-pelled, thereby causing the worms to come to the surface to avoid suffocation. suffo-cation. By far the greater number of these worms seen traveling over the surface of the ground when there has not been an excessive amount of moisture mois-ture are diseased and are short lived. Write again. Dear Mist Brooks: Will you please tell me if hair that it split at the end will grow, and if there is any remedy to prevent it? Thanking you in advance for this information, in-formation, and, with fest wishet to you, I am, L. B., Castle Dale, Utah. Thanks ever so much for your good wishes. I hope I will be able to please you and hope you will come again- Hair split at the end will not grow. This condition denotes an unhealthy scalp. Clipping (not singeing) the ends oftentimes prevents the return of the trouble for some time, but scalp treatment treat-ment from a specialist in this line is the only cure, and is said to give permanent per-manent lelief from this trouble-Dear trouble-Dear Miss Brooks: Who is Senator Sorghum? Miss Lucy, St. Anthony, Ida, My dear, "Senator Sorghum" is a purely mythical personage. He is used in a political sense when referring to anyone as a petty politician. I hope this explains "Senator Sorghum" to your satisfaction. Call again. Dear Mist Brooks: I have often wondered who first discovered Great Salt Lake, but have never made much effort to look it up, so will lake advantage of your corner to gel this information. Peggy O., Payson, Utah. Welcome to our corner Peggy, and hope you will take advantage of it often. of-ten. James Bridger, a trapper, discovered Great Salt Lake in the year 1 824. |
