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Show Tins your comer. Make use of it for your information on questions that arc pu7.zling.you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer .carefully .care-fully and promptly all questfons submitted to me. If a more detailed answer than can be given in these columns is desired, send a stamped envelope and H will be given prompt attention- All communications will always be held absolute c6nfidcnce. I All letters thould be addressed very plainly in pen and ink t I Helen Brooks, Box 1545, Salt Lake City. a6,Ct Dear MUs BrooW;. ' I hava Juat got t writ to you todar.I find your Irttnrv are o nice, I iret great pleaiure when I read them. 1 never let one put. It jiut iremi like I have had a long vlilt when I eel through reading your letters. Welt, I would like to know if you could give me a good cream' pie recipe. Apd, MIm Brook, I think I am too fat...l dm five feet two lnchm tall and weigh ISO pound. Don't you think to. tooT Alio, la It the style to have bobbed hair and rolled down stockings T Borne of the girls do that in our town. I want to thank you for making our paper so interesting and giving as a chance. GRACE. Wendell. Idaho. You are surely generous In your words of cheer and appreciation. Please accept my thanks and I hops my corner will continue to bo Interesting . to you. If I were you t would not worry in the least about the few extra pounds u are carrying. Probably your particular type needs them. I would suggest sug-gest that If you are addicted to eating' many -"sweeta" you avoid them as much as possible and take plenty of outdoor exercise. If you should continue to gain I would advise )u to read the magaxlne "Physical Culture. I woiild not go so far as to say bobbrd hair and rolled stockings are "good" style, bat "some" of the girls da It hers, loo. and I lure heard that they do la ether places, but It is really only a fad and Ms on the wane, for which I am truly grateful aren't y out.. For they are not very attractive, do you think T Your cream pie recipe follows t Seven-eighths Seven-eighths cup sugar, one-third cap flour, one-eighth one-eighth teaspoon salt, two eggs, two cups scalded scald-ed milk, one teaspoon vanilla. Mix dry Ingredients In-gredients add egg slightly beaten. Fcur on gradually the seeded milk and cook fifteen minutes in doable boiler, Mlrrlnr constantly until It thickens J afterwards stir occasionally. Coot and flavor. Dear Friend t I am a girl of fifteen and I am keeping company with a young man of twenty. I reallxe I am rather young, but my Prnts are quite taken with him and they wish him Cod speed to propose. Now la case such luck should happen, what would be a clever answer? I th.nk you In "-vane Your question U interesUng Indeed. I have heard of a proposal being planned, but yours U the first I have ever heard where a clever answsr was being planned. Yea neglected ne-glected to stato whether you were thinking or accepting or refusing tho anticipated Propf- consequently 1 would have to think of both a clever refusal and also one of acceptance, u you will writs again and state which i yoa axe pUnnlng on, I shall endeavor to think one up for yea. Dear Miss Brooks! I hava seen your aoclal corner In our paper nd I think it U very good and Interesting. 1 am going to ask you a question whlon ( think you will answer. I am a Bee Hive girl and toe our next meeting my teacher has asked me to take a question for a subject, sub-ject, wbJeh Is: "Know and explain the customary cus-tomary foima of reopect due to the Flag. I. haven't been able to locate all that t would like to know about It, so I thought you would be kind enough to give ma some help, thanking you in advance. M. S AImo,!dabo. While there Is no federal law in force pertaining to the. manner of dlsplsjtng, hanging, or saluting the United States flag, or prescribing any ceremonies that should be observed, there aro many regulations and usages of national force bearing on the subject, sub-ject, among which are the following: Jn 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 dons quickly. It should not be hung where It can be contaminated con-taminated or soiled esstly, nor draped over chairs or benches for seating purposes, and no- object or emblem of any kind should be placed upen it or above It, The flag should not be festooned orer doors or arches Always Al-ways let the flag hang straight. The flag should never be raised by any mechanical appliance. When the national color are passing pas-sing on parade, the spectators should, If walking, halt, and if sitting arise and stand . at ttlention and uncover their heads. Old, fadeit, or wornout flags should not be used for banners or other secondary puhmmm. When no longer fit for display thi flag shpold be destroyed prirstely. The flsg should bs'nolsted briskly at sunrise. Irrespective of the weather, and lowered at sunset, I hops thb supplies the Information yon, lacked. I am always at your service. . My df ar 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." Flense tell mo the things that boys like In a grl and what thty dislike,, VUh ng you a happy and noted success, WONDEMNC, Spanish Fork, Utah So ycu are wondering, too, little girl. This Is rather a difficult question as there are so very many dUTerent boys. But nevertheless I have talked with lots rf bo)u so I think I can tell you. what kind of a girl mint of the b-ys like best. First and foremost they like the girl who Is quiet and reflnrd In her 'manner not loud and boisterous; then cones modeity In dress and speech; and, unbelievable unbeliev-able as It may seem,. they like moit tho girl who Is jolly and entertaining In a crowd rather than the one they can single out and take to a secluded (or unsecluded) cerner and "spoon with. Now truly, aren't thre the traits yru like rcost in a boy. It lsnt the rud'sli tpe I am trying to picture. There U a happy medium between this type and the one who tries to be corup'cuou In her manner, man-ner, dress and sprsch. I hope I have rrade myself understandable to you and hope you are Just the sort that the b-iys like best. Thanks for your wonderful good wishes. Dear Miss Brooks: I hope my question will not put you to so very much trouble. Win you plc.ie d verlbe twenty wild flower which grow In the state of Utah and wh'ch one do yvu think ought to be the national flower T Alv, describe six native graisrs, two native mosse. two sedges and two ruhe or salt bmhftq, I thank you very much. SOMEBODY. Utah. Your questl'n would require so much space. Miss Sors-bodj, that I am afraid I cannot answer.it Just as yoa have asked it, but If you will send to tbe Salt Lake Public Library Li-brary explaining Jutt what you want, they will send yi'U a book covering year question, 'and all you will have to do Is pay the prtae and return the book. There are so many beautiful wild flowers In Utah that It would be extremely- difficult to select out of all ut one for any purpose, but I think they did not make much of a mistake when they selected the state (low t, 3o yen I Dearest Miss Brooks: - ' ' I'm tho lonesooirst-rrlrl In Uic United SOrTkll Just because I can't win the affections of at n'ee young gentleman who Uvea thirty mllca away. He eema to care for mo at one tuna and then agatn.be acts J'Ht the opposite.! .Do you think It would be wise for me tol try to win his affections, and bow con I do It? He maXos mo promise not to go wltli other oth-er fellows, which I do, but no ateps out with) other girls. So, dear MUs Brooks, I'd be tickled to death for Information kadlng met to "how to win h'j affection." With oodlca. of love and many thanks, DEAN,- Preston, Idaho. What an awful predicament to ke Int The United States Is quite some place and I feet sure there are a number of lonesome people in It. so cheer up for If yon knew" the csuse of some of their loneliness yoa might think you had no cause to be lonely t all, Now let's see about this nice young gentleman. Me Is an unselfish sort. Isn't ho, to exact a promise from you, not to go, out with other "nice young gentleman-! Wh not get him to make a similar promise to you? . Now my dear, no doubt you think 1 his affection Is worth winning, and If ae, let I me give yoa a bit of advice. "Step out with the nicest young man yoa know and when B your friend thirty miles away find oat yoa do not Intend to be his slave, he will make' up. and if he has the least particle ef affection affec-tion for yoa he will do quite differently from! tho way tie has been doing, I am sure. Do' not for a moment think yea can win any) man'a affection by becoming his slave anal being meek and submissive to all has wtshesU And now let ate whisper another bit of advice ad-vice to you: A selfish man makes a most unsatisfactory husband, so when yoa fall 1m love select one who can give a little thought to yoa Instead of himself --l .t |