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Show This is your corner. Make use of it for your information on question! . that are puzzling you. It wUl 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 commumcat.ons will always be held u I absolute confidence. . , . , ' All letters should be addressed very plainly in pen and ink to, Helen Brooks, Box 1545. Salt Lake City. Xc&6?U-nL i Dearest Miss Brooks : I'm the loncsomest girl in the United States-.1 . just because I can't win the affections of a n'ce young gentleman who lives thirty milos away He eems to care for me at one timo, and then again he acts just the opposite.. Do you think it would be wise for me to try to win his affections, and how can I do it t He makes me promise not to go wltrt other oth-er fellows, which I do. but ne steps cut with other girls. So. dear Miss Brooks, I d b. tickled to death for information leading ma to "now to win his affection." With oodlea of love and many thanks, DEAN, Preston. Idaho. What an awful predicament to be in I The United States is quite some place and I feel sure there are a number of lonesome people in it, so cheer up for if you knew the cause of some of their loneliness you might think you had no cause to be lonely at all. Now lei's see about this nice young gentleman. He is an unselfish sort, isn't, he. to exact a promise from you not to go out with other "nice young gentleman?" Why. not get him to make a similar promise to you? Now my dear, no doubt you think his affection is worth winning, and if to, let me give you a bit of advice. "Step out" with the nicest young man you know and when your friend thirty miles away finds out you do not intend to be his slave, he will maka up, and if he has the least particle of affection affec-tion for you he will do quite differently from;' the way he has been doing, I am sure. Do not for a moment think ycu can win any man's affection by becoming his slaw and being meek and submissive to all bis wishes. And now let me whisper another bit of ad-' vice to you : A selfish man makes a most ' unsatisfactory husband, so when you fall in: love select one who can give a little thought to you Instead of himself Dear Miss Brooks: ' I have just got to write to you today.... J find your letters are so nice, I get great pleasure when I read them. I never let one pass. It 3ut seems like I have had a long visit when I get through reading your letters. Well. 1 would like to know if you couJd give me a good cream pie recipe. And. Miss Brooks, 1 think I am too fat... 1 am five feet two inches tall and weigh 150 pounds. Don't you think so. too? Also, is it the style to have bobbed hair and rolled down stockings? Some of the girls do that In our town. I want to thank you for making our paper so interesting arid giving us a chance. GRACE. Wendell. Idaho. You are surely generous in your words of cheer and appreciation. Please accept my thanks and I hope my corner will continue to be interesting lo you. If I were you 1 would not worry in the least about the few extra pounds jou are carrying. Probably your particular type needs them. I would suggest sug-gest that if you are addicted to eating ma" "sweets" you avoid them as much as possible and take plenty of outdoor exercise. If you should continue to gain I would advise yva to read the magazine "Physical Culture. 1 would not go so far as to say bobbed hair and rolled stockings are "good" style, but "some" of the girls do it here, too, and I have heard that they do in other places, but it is realN only a fad and is on the wane, for which I am truly grateful; aren't you?.. For they are not very attractive, do you think 7 Your cream pie recipe follows: Seven-eighths Seven-eighths cup sugar, one-third cup flour, one-eighth one-eighth teaspoon salt, two eggs, two cups scalded scald-ed milk, one teaspoon vanilla. Mix dry In-gredienta In-gredienta add egg slightly beaten. Pcur on gradually the scaded milk and cook fifteen minutes in double boiler, stirring constantly until it thickens; afterwards tir occaslonaUy. Cool and flavor. Dear Friend : I am a girl of fifteen and I am keeping company with a young man of twenty. I realize I am rather young, but my parents are quite taken with him and they wish him God speed to propose. Now in case such luck should happen, what would be a clever answer? I thank you in advance Your question is interesting indeed. I have heard of a proposal being Pncd but yours Is the first I have ever heard where , clever answer was being planned. J "I glected to state whether you were thinking of fecepting or refusing the anticipated Proposal consequently I would have to think f both a clever refusal and also one of acceptance. If you will writ again and state which you are planning on, I shall endeavor to think one up for yam. Dear Miss Brooka: I have seen your social corner in our paper and I think it is very good and interesting. I am going to ask you a question which I think you will answer. I am a Bee Hive girl and for our next meeting my teacher has asked ma to taJie a question for a subject, sub-ject, which is: "Know and explain the customary cus-tomary foims of respect due to the f lag. I haven't been able to locate all that i would like to know about it, so I thought you would be kind enough to give me some help. Thanking you in advance, ( M. S., Almo, Idaho. While there la no federal law in force pertaining to the manner of displaying, hanging, or saluting the United States flag, or prescribing any ceremonies that should be observed, there are many regulations and usages of national force bearing on the subject, sub-ject, among which are the following: In raising the flag it should never be rolled up and hoisted to the top of the staff before unfurling. un-furling. The flag should be free during the act of hoisting, which should be done quickly. It should not fte hung where it can be contaminated con-taminated or soiled easily, nor draped over chairs or benches for seating purposes, and no object or emblem of any . kind should be placed npon it or above it. The flag should not be festooned over doors or arches Always Al-ways let the flag hang straight. The flag should never be raised by any mechanical appliance. When the national colors are passing pas-sing on parade, the spectators should, if walking, halt, and tl sitting arise ana siana at attention and uncover their heads. Old, fadoil, or wornout flags should not be used for banners or other secondary purposes. When no longer fit for display the flag should be destroyed privately. The flag should be hoisted briskly at sunrise, irrespective of the weather, and lowered at sunset. I hope thif supplies the information you lacked. I am always at ycur service. My dear Miss Brooks: I have been an interested reader of your corner and would like to join in the confidence confi-dence talks "Between You and Me." Please tell me the tilings that boys like in a g rl and what they dislike. Wish ng you a happy and noted success. WONDERING, Spanish Fork, Utah So ypu are wondering, too, little girl. This is rather a difficult question as there are so very many different boys. But nevertheless I have talked with lots cf bojs so I think I can tell you what kind of a girl most of the brys like best. First and foremost they like the girl who is quiet and refined in her manner not loud and boisterous: then comes modesty in dress and speech; and, unbelievable unbeliev-able as it may seem, they like most tile girl who is jolly and entertaining in a crowd rather than the one they can single cut ard take to a secluded (or unsecludcd) corner and ''spoon" with. Now truly, aren't these tl-e traita you like most in a boy. It is not the prudish rjpe I am trying to picture. There Is a happy medium between thiB type and the one who tries tq. be conspicuous in her manner, man-ner, dress and spevch. I hope I have made myself understandable to you and hope you are just the sort that the boys like best. Thanks fur jour wonderful good wishes. Dear Miss Brooks : I hope my question will not put you to so very much trouble. Will you please drscribe twenty wild flowers which grow in the state of Utah and wh'ch one do you think ought to be the national flower? Also, describe six native grasses, two native mosses, two aedfree and two rushes or salt bushes. I thank you very much. SOMEBODY. Utah. Tour quoeti-n weaH require so much space, Miss Sorucbody. that I am afraid i cannot answer it just as you have asked it, bat If you will send to the Salt Lake Public Library Li-brary explaining just what ycu want, they will send you a book covering your question, and all you will have to do is pay the postage and return the be ok. There are so many beautiful wild Towers in Utah that it would be extremely difficult lo select out of a'l just one for any purpose, but I think they did not maka much of a mistake when they selected the state flon r. do you? |