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Show Dear Reader. This Is your corner. All questions submitted wijl bo choor- j fully and carefully nnswered, except those seeking medical advlco. l Nnmes and addresses of business firms cannot bo printed here, but will J bo sent If n self-addressed, stamped envelope nccompanles tho request. ' j " Questions nre limited to two. Full name nnd address must accompany i each letter or no reply can bo nude. All communications aro hold strictly confidential. 1 In requesting poems nnd songs, tho correct titlo, tho first lino, or the name of tho author is necessary in order to find them. Please send stamped, addressed cnvelopo also with these requests, so they may bo forwarded directly to you. Address letters very plainly, with pen and Ink, to Helen Brooks, Box 1545, Salt Lake City, Utah. SONGS UECEIVED I how dearly you lovo her, but be con- The following songs anil poems have tont with this for about two morn . ueen raceivea during the past we and I wish to thank each one for tli kindness In contributing themt On the Hanks of the Urandowlne, Taps. Kiss Mo Again. th Ulrd With tho ltroken IMnlon. ig Sunshlno of Paradise Alley. ,,i Mother o' Mine. 'u My Old New Hampshire Homo. " Long, Long Ago. of The Cottage by tho Sen. 1 California and You. 90 SONGS REQUESTED .'0 Those songs and pooms are on requested nnd To-Bo-Found list: - Mammy o' Ml no. Flower of Arahy. '0 When Tou'ro Gone I'll Not Forgei id (Answer to When I'm Gono You'l ,n Soon Forget.) Through tho Night. 10 I Wish I Knew, x. Don't Turn My ricturo to tho Wat ty We're Just Plain Folks. . In tho Harbor of Home Sweet Hon Preaso, Mamma, Preaso Kiss Mo Dood-nlght. lo How Much for a Ilachelor? ,n I've a Longing In My Heart for To lIJ Louise. HI Ole Olson. , Through an oversight, when I asl 'u last week for tho song, "A Llttlo Cr to Hhall Lead Thorn." I neglected to at 0- thnt this wns a different ono from ono I had asked for bofore, The 11 line of tho ono my reader wishes n it is as follows: Title, "A Llttlo CI r- Shall Lead Them-," First line: "It ono blttor night In winter, tho w blew fierce and cold." 10 to Songs havo been received with o the following signatures attachod, i I take this opportunity of express es my appreciation for tho Interost tnl 10 In the readers' requests for son ,s Thank you. A Reader. Glonns Fei Ida.: Mrs, E. H. F.. Wolfhale. Ar 11 X Y. 55., Los Angelos. Calif.: Mrs. M. U, Salt Lako City; An Intores Itoador, Montlcollo, Ut.; Dlxlo, George, Ut. Doar Miss Drooks! Wo havo been rending vour cor and thought we'd like to join and I you a few questions: (1) Is lt pro to ask your friend back to your ho aftor being out car riding In the aft noon, for tho first time? What wo you do to a person It he was jeal of you? (3) In whnt way enn you ' n fellow's heart? Wo remain an o your friends, TWO LITTLE STARS, Myton, U Always glnd to welcome new qu ttoners, Llttlo Stars. (1) It Is qi propor to Invito your frlonds Into y home. It Is always proper to bo g clous and hospltablo, and mnko nil y frlonds feel wolcomo to coma to y homo any time they wish. There scarcely anything which will mnko i hold friends so effectively as this mosphoro of hospitality pervading homo. , (2) I do not Imagine I wo ce do much of any thing, dear girls, is- copt leave him pretty much nlo t0 Jealousy ls a form of selfishness wh should not bo tolerated. (.1) Thore ways and ways, girls, and 1 advise t til you follow your own sweet way. If t does not affect the ono you havo mind, try It on another boy, who p '" haps has a moro suscoptlble heart. id Dear Miss Drooks: . This Is my first attempt to write hi you but hopo I am welcome. (1) H ll- tall and how much should a girl we that Is 10 years old? (2) If a boy t ... a girl to write to him and gives 1 ' his addross, and the girl writes and st answers, would you advise tho girl id write again? Wishing you luck i success In your work. I1R0WN EYES, Idaho. You are wclcomo and hope you co again. (1) Tho avorage height ol girl of slxtoen Is about 02 Inches i b- the weight Is 112 pounds. (1) 1 should have told the young man to would answer his letter utter he I first written to you, but as you hi already written to him first, and he I , answered, lot It go at that, and wi again If you wish to do so and ho I oxIirt'Bsod a desire for you to. Than Hrown Eyes. id Dear Helen: U Would you plense help a stranger . you havo helped many others. I u 2.X She Is 10. I lovo her and i loves me, Aro we too young iq 10 married? I never knew another ( that I evon cared for, but my heart I . found the girl of my dreams now, -u haven't proposed lt to her, but she m so different that I'm afraid If I w p. she will want some ono else moro own ago, bettor educated and w moro money and one who dances. I Is riovor beon to high school. She Ii !y aophomoro. If wo do marry I Inti ... to put her clear through school. I Ii almost paid for a pretty home wh a I know she will like. 1 don't want :h for her money because she hasn't a v I know I am rospected and I can obt a recommend. Please tell me what do. Yours enviously, TROUI1LED, U Id And so you think you havo found girl of girls! And you ask me If aro old nnough to mnrry. This wc )e" bo n difficult question for me to 10- ctdo fbr you. However, I havo y (0 lettur to Judge you by, and I am cllnod to think you nr old enough. ek, years, wouki 11 not no mucn ueiier to er have her And somo one. she might lovo better before you mnrry her than f terwnrd? You can afford to wait, as you will bo but twonty-flvo thon and In those two yearn tho llttlo home nest con bo made cozier still, and If the love you think yours now should turn out to belong to anothor, you havo been saved the greater pain at least, becauso to know her to be unhappy with you j or seek happiness with another after tho rnRrrlugo vows, would Indeed bo tho greater pnln, would It not? Your lovo i seems trup bluo, and your plans for tho 'oUr little swootheart sound wondor-fully wondor-fully unsalflsh, but as I soo lt, my advlco ad-vlco would be to JUst wait a llttlo whllo at least. What do you think? Can , you soo It this wny now? I shall be f very glnd to hear from you agnln nfter you havo thought it over, may 1? Dear MIsm Drooks: . Here comes another "questlonor." I guess you won't mind If I ask you two questions that I think Important. I0' I certainly enjoy reading "Detween You and Me," (1) What makes n per-son's per-son's mouth so dry that they can hard-ly hard-ly speak when they aro talking or U reading befora an audience? (2) What Is a becoming way for a girl ot fourteen four-teen years to comb or do hor hair when . lt Is not yet to the shoulders after lt Y;'1 has been bobbed, and what should bo ! Aont with the split ends or tho "knobs" on tho end of It? Wishing you happl-, happl-, noss and success, I remain, yours, irst "STENOG," Montpellor, Ida. Awfully sorry, Questioner, but your answers woro sent to the name you en-;n" en-;n" closed In your letter, and aro now re-,nu re-,nu turned to mo marked "unknown," hence this delay. You are welcome I . assure you, and I thank you for liking n'Jj my corner, and for your good wishes, jnu (x) Thero aro several reasons for tho ng mouth becoming dry wlien ono Is talk-lon talk-lon Ing or roadlng before an audlenco. ' First, It ls partly due to nervousnoss r; and "stngo fright." Then, tho mouth lx-' being open so much, the glands nro ox-posed ox-posed to tho nlr, nnd this quickly dries a? up "omo of the moisture Nervousnosa W1, and fpnr Interfere with tho glands discharging dis-charging ns much moisture as they, otborwlio would. If you will hold your mouth opon n llttlo bit, you will notice how quickly It becomes dry, and people K Who sloop with their mouth open find e' It absolutely dry when they wakon. uso I'popio who nro ncoustomod to spenk-05": spenk-05": Ing and feel no timidity, generally ul" havo a pitcher of water on tho stage ous when thoy aro making a talk of any lvln length, ns no doubt you hnvo noticed, vor (oj n S qu0 n problem to know wjint to do with bobbed hnlr when It begins to grow out. However, If you are at all eJ clevor In doing 1141 your hair, I think If mo y0U w te n n tho back, having nrst our curled It, and then nrrango tho short r- curls across tho back pinning thorn In our place, that you will nnd this rather a our nlco wny to do It.-Or, If you cannot mako ' tho pins stay In In this way, wenvo ina your ri,bon In nnd out nnd arrange the nt- hnlr so It enn bo pinned abovo nnd bo-tho bo-tho low It. If your hair Is too. short to do u'u this nlcoly, about tho only thing you ox" can do Is to hnvo your out hair mado ne. into a National Dob, or curls. To got oh rid of tho split ends, tho best way Is nro to hnvo It singed carotully. hat his This Is my first ontrnnco Into your corner. I hnvo enjoyed the Information er- from your little corner and now I hopo t am welcome, u) What should you say to a parson when you refuso to dnnco with him? (2) And what Is tho to proper thing to say to your partner ow after tho dance? Wishing you success IB" In tho future, I remain, H I1ASHFUL PUG NOSE. Myton. Ut. Iier You n r welcome, gtrllo. (1) You ho ihould not refuse to dance with a boy to unless you have a very good reason, mu if R is a public dnnco you should not dnnco with n young mnn unless ho has ueon properly Introduced by a mutual rno frlond and It Is not thon proper to re-" re-" fuse to nccopt his Invitation to dance, 1 "d if it is an Invitation affair lt would bo ou Improper to refuse to dance with any-rou any-rou ono present. Of courso In overy caso iad if you nro 111 or too tired to dance, this wo is sufficient excuse and you may say, lias "thank you so much, but I am so vory lt tired, I feel that I cannot danco this one lias (2) In accepting a young man's Invlta-ko, Invlta-ko, tlon to danco you may say "Thank you, I will be dollghtod to danco this with you," or something similar. Your acquaintances ac-quaintances vary so much In dlsposl-as dlsposl-as tlons and manner, that you cannot well am uso a sot phrase In these things, she vary them to suit tho Individual. It In got customary for your purtnor to thank tlrl you when the danco Is onded and you has may answer by saying "Oh, I onjoyed I the danco very much Indeed," etc., etc Is varying It. also to nt the occasion and alt Individual. Only two questions nre al-her al-her lowed ono porson nt a time, dear. I've Doar Miss Drooks: a I wonder If you could and would loom! lo-om! cate the following songs for me? Tho iv nrst Is "Tho Outlaw," and the bogln-Icli bogln-Icli nlng lines go: ' her "A rider stood at tho lamp lit bar, ny. Tugging tho knot of his neck scarf aln loose, to Whlto someono sang to the silver strings In the moonlight patio. t. Tho other I do not know tho name of tho but It starts like this: you "Tho Rldln' Kid from Powder niver. mid Ain't got no lungs nor nary llvor do- Somo snys It was a bluo cayuso." etc our Thanking you In ndvnnco. Slncoroly In- yours, but ALICE. Ft. Drldirer. Wvn. |