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Show - Dear Keader: This is your corner. All questions submitted will be cheerfully cheer-fully and carefully answered, except those seeking medical advice. Names and addresses of business firms cannot be printed here, but w31 be' sent if a self-addressed, stamped envelope accompanies the request. Questions are limited to two. Full name and address must accompany each letter or no reply can be made. All communications are held strictly confidential. In requesting poems and songs, the correct title, the first line, or the name of the author is necessary In order to find them. Please send stamped, addressed envelope also with these requests, so they may be forwarded directly to you. Address letters very plainly, with pen and Ink, to Helen Brooks, Box 1545, t Lake City, Utah. Dear Miss Brooks: V Tour corner has helped me in maify ways, but as yet I have never wrlttja to you. There are a few questions which I would like you to answer if you will. (1) Is It proper to chew gum at dances or In any other public placet (2) If there is an entertainment In your home town Is It proper to go elsewhere else-where to a similar entertainment? Thanking you in advance, I remain, BROWN EYE3, Idaho. Chewing gum in any public place Is vulgar, Brown Eyes. If one wishes to chew gum it should be done in the privacy of one's home or better still, room. (2) It would show more loyalty to your home town, to attend the entertainment enter-tainment given there, but circumstances circum-stances might make it all right to go to the one out of town. You can better judge of that than I can. Dear Miss Brooks: We have been reading the letters In your corner and we enjoy them. May we join? We want to ask you a few questions. (1) Is it proper for a boy to kiss a girl after taking her some place? (2) Is it proper for girls of 14 and lfl to go with boys? (3) Should a boy and a girl go any place without other people? (4) Should a girl go car riding with a boy .fter a short acquaintance? Thanking you In advance ad-vance and wishing you success, M ETTA and JAZZ, Idaho. Yes, surely, you may Join. (IV Hardly proper, girls, but quite a popular pop-ular pastime it seems. (2) I do not think a girl of fourteen should be going go-ing out with boys. It is all right for , a girl of sixteen to go occasionally. '!) ot st thi" age you mention. (4) No. Why? Just read the papers, dear, 'tins que.-tion is .answered in soma way In the dally papers nearly every day-terrible day-terrible accidents, kidnappings, etc., etc. I'leaso don't do it. You are ever so welcome. sort! I can have Just as good a time at a dance or partv as anyone. PRISCILLA, Wyoming. Dear Miss Brooks: You ask for expressions on the subject sub-ject of petting. I know a girl that liked to be petted and she had lots of beaux but she soon got too old for the "swell lovers," as the little lady calls them, and the better class didn't want such a cheap girl for a wife or one that every body could play with, so she got left. With best wishes, E. E., Idaho. P. S. Miss Brooks, if I write all I know of my alphabet will you help me (ill in the rest? Just answer in your column. I do not know Just what you mean in your post script, so shall have to ask you to explain, then I will be glad to help you if possible. Dear Miss Brooks: 1 have enjoyed reading your answers every week, and I am sure you are doing helpful and satisfactory work In so ably answering all the many questions that are asked. I can't think of a question to ask now, but there is an old-fashioned song I would like very much to get the words of. I can't remember the titles but the chorus goes like this: "There are friends that we never forget, There are friends that we ever hold dear; ' Though we meet with a kiss In a moment mo-ment of bliss, And we part with a sigh and a tear." I am enclosing the words to one of the songs requested. With best wishes, MARVA, Utak. Thank you for the song, Marva, and I am very hopeful that some of our generous readers will recognize and send in one for which you ask. I do hope my corner Is as helpful as you think, and appreciate your kindly wishes. Dear Miss Brooks: I have derived much pleasure from "our" little corner and feel that I should do my part to help it "grow," so I am sending In two of the songs asked for last week. I would like very much to get a book of Scotch Kongs (such as are sung by Harry Lauder) and If some reader has one and wants to sell, trade or loan it, I would like to hear from them. (I want words and music.) Thanking you In advance for the favors and wishing best success to the corner, I remain, BONNIE JEANNE. Idaho. How sweet of you, Bonnie Jeanne, to wish to help our corner. Thank you so much. It Is Just such thoughts and deeds that kavc made our corner possible pos-sible and made it grow. I have only one of the songs you wish now, so will hold your envelope for the other one which I am sure will soon arrive, and wouldn't It be lovely if some one should have a book of scotch songs such as you wish! I am sure the rest would be easy. I will gladly forward any Information Infor-mation anyone may wish you to have, right on to you. To DAWN, Smlthfleld. Vtah. and Violet, Jackson, Wyo: Having finally received a copy of "Spotted Fawn" I am glad to reproduce It here: SPOTTED FAWN It was a hundred years ago. When by the woodland way. The traveler saw the wild deer drink, or crop the bolnchen spray; Beneath a hill whose rocky side o'er bowered a grassy mead. SONGS AND POEMS RECEIVED The following songs and poems have been received during the past week, and I wish to thank each one for their kindness In contributing them: Little Black Me. As Your Hair Growl Whiter. Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight. Snow Deer. Rainbow. Hand in Hand Again. REQUESTED SONGS AND POEMS: These songs and poems are on the requested and To-Be-Found list: For Every Boy That's on the Level. Is There a Kiss For Me Tonight? Song or poem beginning: "I can ride the wildest broncho" Lonesome: Cho. "Oh I'm lonesome for you, "Oh, I'm lonesome 'tis true," etc. Goo-Goo Eyes (Coon song.) Are You From Dixie? Tomorrow. Anchored: "Flying with flowing sail Over the bounding Sea." That Salvation Lassie of Mine. Why Should I Cry Over You? Old Glory. In the Valley by the Mohawk. Dear Miss Brooks: I am a girl of fourteen. I weigh 115 pounds, and I am about 62 Inches In height. I am bigger than my sister who Is sixteen and weigh more than my sister that Is eighteen although she Is taller than I. I get "poked fun" at sometimes for being so fat. Do you think I am any over-weight? I have quite dark skin, brown eyes and medium me-dium brown hair, my face Is not too long nor round. I think I look better with my hair puffed out on the sides than I do with It Just combed back and braided. Could you suggest a girlish fashion In which I could comb my hair without snarling it? Wishing you much success I am "A UTAH GIRL." Tou are about nine pounds overweight, over-weight, my dear, which isn't so much and don't yu let them tease you about it but get real "busy" and see If you can't lose" that nine pounds real quick. If you are now eating lots of sweets, fats, white bread and potatoes. Just forget them and substitute all the fresh green vegetables and fruits you can; take all the exercise you can, and take It strenuously, not forgetting a dally walk. Let your other exercises be whatever Is available to you whether It be swimming, horse-back riding, tennis, etc., but try to do something like this Tery day. If you do this I am very sure you will soon "reduce" the necessary amount. Suppose you try arranging the hair by parting It straight down the mldole of the back, braid each side close to the ears and roll the braid In a knot over the ears, arranging the hair about the face In a soft, becoming manner, by either parting part-ing it In the middle or on the side with a few bangs If you like them. Hope this proves to be a becoming style to you. It Is simple and girlish. Dear Miss Brooks: Having found many pleasing answers an-swers In your "Between You and Me" corner, I am going to ask you a question ques-tion for the first time. (1) When It Is time for your boy friend to leave your house at night, which fine should make the first signs of this fact? (2) What Is the proper thing to say at this time. Wishing you much success In your work, I remain Ami fenced a cot tune from the wind, A deer wus wont to feed. She only came when on the tneiul The evening; moonliprht lny, and no man knew the secret haunt in which she walked tiy day. White were her feet; Her forehead showed a spot of silvery white That seemed to Rllmmer like a star in autun-n s hasty nlpht. And as here sung the wlilppoorwlll, She cropped the sprouting leaves. And here, her rustllnff steps were heard of still October eves. Once In autumn's golden time, she rang the wild Invade, And found the pheasant nor the deer, and wandered homo Bguln, N'ext evening shown the waxen moon. Henido the silvery-footed deer there Kth'cA a spotted fawn, The cottage dnme forbade her son to aim the rifle here: "It were a sin," she said, "to harm or frlKht that friendly deer: This spot h.is been my plen.s.int home ten peaceful years snd more, And ever when the moonlight shines she feeds before our door. I love to watch her as she feeds, and think that all Is well While such a rentle creature haunts the place in which we dwelt Next evening shone the waxen moon as sweetly as before: The der upon the grassy mead was feeding- full In slKht. Me raised the rifle to his eye and from the cliff's around A sudden echo shrill and sharp cave back Its deadly sound. Away Into the nelg-hborlnjf wood the startled creature flew. And crimson drops of moisture lay amid the glimmering; dew. Next evening: shone the waxen moon as sweetly as before, The deer upon the grassy mead was seen again no more; The red men say that here she walked, a thousand years ago; They never raised the war whoop here, and never swayed the bow. At night, the red men came and burnt the cottage to the ground And slew the youth and dame. "A WONDER." Utah. Tour boy friend should take hl leave not later than l().::o, when making mak-ing a social rail, and should he not i do so. It would be quite proper for you I to get his hat and smilingly Inform lilm you do not make a practice of keeping later hours than this; ask him j to call again, and bid him good night. To "A. B," Enoch, Utah: My reply to your letter has been returned marked "Unknown." If you still wish this Information, In-formation, please send me your correct addreMH. I have necessarily had to cut down some of these letters In regard to 'liet-ting," 'liet-ting," ow ing to the lack of sp.i e. Helen llrooks. Irnr Miss Urooks: This is the first time thnt I have ever written to you, but I have been reading your corner for some time and I have received much helpful advice from It I saw the letter from the girl who wanted to know why petting was wrong, so I thought I would oiler my opinion on the subject. I do not think petting Is right because I think ii lowers a boy's opinion of you and I am sure It lowers your self-respect. Then it a boy Is the petting kind he usually V the kind that will talk about a girl after she lets him pet her. Some gli-lt-say that they aren't as popular. Well. they aren't In a way but thev can always be sure that boys respect them even If they do say they are stow I have gone s with a boy who respects re-spects girls enough to not be the petting pet-ting kind and I like him better than any boy I have ever known. If the boy a girl goes with Is the right kind he will not drop her when she refuses wholesale petting. The Idaho girl said she liked to be petted. Well. I will admit that one can get a "thrill" out of It but I don't think I am missing anything by not allowing it. I arr. almost eighteen and I have been going with boys about two years and I have decided that I like the kind thnt are not long on petting best of all. I suppose sup-pose the Idaho girl would say I was j mid-Victorian but I am nothing of the Iear Miss Brooks: I have read your corner for sometime and have enjoyed it very mu ll. If I will send you the song Plae Ulrd. may I Join? (t) 'Where could I buy the book "t'n the IIert of Thunder Mountain." Moun-tain." by Kane Grey and how- much would it cost? (1) How old do you think -I am hy my writing? Good luck, From Kl,OXiY, Wyoming. Thank you for the song, and sending it surely entitles yu to Join, but you would have been utdi-onie anyway. (O The book "Heart f Thunder Mountains" Moun-tains" is not by Zane !rev, but by K. A. Hlngham and was published in 1U17. It may be had lo-re In alt Lake for S.'ic rdus postage. If you care to have me, I will be glad to buy It for you and 1 have been interested in your corner for gome time. I never have written, before snd I hope 1 will be welcome. (1) I was born May 2'.', i:i.1. What day of the we-k wns 1 born and what are my colors? My eyes are a dark; , gray. (1!) if a person i- ...in w .at, should they eat to get fut? Wishing; you HUfi-evg. I re rim I n. M it'K KV", Utah. You were born or. Thursday. Mickey, and your colors are suppoa' d to be red 1 and pale yellow. 1'irlnk lots of water, ' and buttermilk ami sweet rrenm. Mix a half pint of sweet cream and a quart of buttermilk and drink al least this amount daily, and twice that would be , Letter still, A very good book on this I uuMcrt In "Met and Health," by l.ulu . Hunt I'etAi-s. I'erhapg you can gut thus I at jour Library, mail It to you. (il) About 3d, aren't you? Dear Miss Rrooks: Here I am again bothering you. but I promise that when I write again, j there won't be so much trouble about asking uuextionH. (1) Have you the song, "Midnight on the ltlver of Venice'.'" Ve-nice'.'" () Will you please ask some-one some-one to write to me, wtio is H and a girl? I think may bo you can ask In the paper, please. Love and best wishes. i from, NET NT.KX, Idaho. You haven't bothered rue at all, be-cauxe be-cauxe 1 .lust nlll not be bothered. (1) I do not have this song, but perhapi some of my readers have. (2) Hare II I is, you see, in the paper. |
