Show L I 1 I 1 UK and f dear rader R ader this is your comer cor iier all questions submitted will be cheerfully and carefully answered except those seeking medical advice names and addresses of business firms cannot be printed here but will 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 I 1 line ine or the name of the author is necessary in order to find them please send stamped adIr td dressed essed 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 salt lake city utah REQUESTED SONGS these songs and poems are on the requested and to be found list Dark town St ball the mustang gray the lone cattle P trail poem when pa shaved ott off his whiskers Wl Wi SONGS RECEIVED the following songs and poems have been cen received during tho the past week and nd I 1 wish to thank each one for their kindness in contributing them meet me ale in st loula louis common bill NOTICE words to popular or stand al aid d songs son gs which can be had bad from brills trills music le sto stores r so ca cannot n not be furnished through this column only the words worda to such old songs as are 0 out u t 0 of r print a and nd difficult to find can be furnished through ugh this column helen brooks to MIKE payson utah lovely of 0 you to copy the song tor for me mike alike and I 1 shall surely endeavor to reciprocate by sending the reading just as soon boon as I 1 can get it for you dear miss brooks I 1 hope I 1 a am welcome again am IT 1 are articles article of wearing apparel such as neckties etc appropriate gifts tor for an uncle 2 1 I am fifteen years old five feet six inches in height now how rn much uch should I 1 weigh thank you miss brooks A SCHOOL GIRL al always yx welcome 1 yes dear articles of wearing apparel make very appropriate gifts tor for uncle father or brother 2 you should weigh pounds to CLARA latuda ut I 1 will make every effort to locate your songs dear indeed I 1 am interested and my sympathy goes out to you and yours in your trouble I 1 sincerely hope brother has entirely recovered from his illness dear miss bliss brooks I 1 am here ahre again with an important question why to Is it wrong to say ought to could it if you would give more than one reason and make them very plain it would make me very happy PATTY utah ought to could sound right does it but why lets go to webster the old reliable and see what he says about each of these thesa words ought and could ought present tense or past participle of owe or may be used as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive to express moral obligation or practical obligation to do something could As A an auxiliary ithe verb in past pas t tense ense or in the conditional present tense anse of verb can now webster 8 tells us that th the s infinitive of the verb can Is a obsolete that it it used any more the verb can has no infinitive but it if we use the auxiliary verb ought it requires an infinitive and can or could has no infinitive so we cannot use it but must select some other word or combination ot of words to express our idea hence we should say 1 I ought to be able here we have the infinitive to be and this is proper it sound better perhaps a similar mistake will explain it t better to say 1 I ought to could Is 18 just as incorrect as to say 1 I ought to was aa was Is past tense and we must use the infinitive in connection with ith ought hence should say 1 I ought to have been Is this perfectly plain to you patty I 1 hope so sometime ago a reader asked for a so aone ng entitled sweet belle malone malona and I 1 have wondered since no one seems to know one with such title if 1 the sons song belle mahone Is not the one they had in mind at least I 1 sm am printing it below hoping it Is the one they wish BELLE MAHONE by J H Alc Naughton soon beyond the harbor bar shall my bark be sailing tar far oer the world I 1 wander lone sweet belle mahone oer the tha grave I 1 weep goodbye good bye hear 0 hear my lonely cry 0 without thee what am I 1 west sweet belle mahone chorus sweet belle Afa magonel honel sweet belle mahone wait for me at heavens gate fate sweet belle mahone lonely like ft a withered tree what hat Is all the world to me life and light were all in thee sweet belle bell mahone alabone daisies pale are growing oer all my heart can oer eer adore shall I 1 meet thee never mort more sweet sweet belle mahone chorus calmly slumber on only one I 1 call my own while in tears I 1 wander lone sweet belle Alati maheno one faded now seems edema evry thing but when cornea comes eternal spring with thee ill be wandering sweet belle mahone chorus dear miss bliss brooks 1 it you go 90 to a dance with a girl friend alend and meet a boy that you have never seen been and he be asked to take you home would it be all right to go e wit n him 2 what should you say when you meet some rome boys in a 21 car and th they a Y want you to so go car riding with them can you guess what grade I 1 am in k and also alao ray my age at this writing I 1 am as ever BERT and BILL utah all ah girls your questions answer th themselves em selves in a way the very fact tb that at you are uncertain what to do in the cases you mention should show allow you that you should not accept in either case because there Is a doubt your conscience Is trying to tell you it Is rl not 0 t a sensible sane or proper thing to d do 0 this same fact indicates to me you are too young probably 11 14 to be at tempting sued such social diversion as the public dance and certainly not unescorted walt ft while girls and ob rv the conduct of the girls in fit your neighborhood and elsewhere who are r true blue whose conduct Is in above reproach at all times i then choose which course you wish to pursue and let there then be no quibbling with or concessions made in the question 0 of t right and wrong as there Is a rf right course and a questionable course always in moral conduct the choosing of the right mode of conduct brings w with ith it a feeling of contentment and satisfaction and confidence in self that there can ke he no comparison with any other course it Is not necessary to sacrifice popularity or to be a prude to do this tor for you can at the ime s time maintain a happy wholesome pleasing and attractive personality it you are it 14 bert you should be ba in the n ninth in th grade or junior high tell dili bill my brain refuses to function when it comes to guessing sex by the handwriting all his or her handwriting indicates to me Is that there la is great need of improvement in pro sorry but both the songs you request are very late ones and so the words cannot be furnished here my dear miss brooks we are two young girls away from home and would appreciate any advice you can offer to us we are acquainted with some very interesting and nice young construction engineers working near our town As you know they are quartered in railroad cars on the tracks in the city yards they have invited us to a dinner party in their home some night real soon will you please tell us it if it would be proper for us to go wo we read your column constantly and will anxiously await your decision thanking you in advance we remain a sincerely cincere M AND E wyo I 1 am truly glad to hear from you girls and now that you are away from homo home and have conducted yourselves in such a manner as a to attract two such interesting and intelligent young men as these two must necessarily be by all means continue to hold their attention and respect by not accepting their invitation unless of 0 course their plans are and doubtless this Is the case to have some married couples present one lady among their number acting as hostess la in which case ot of course it will be perfectly all right often young men are careless about these things not realizing the merited criticism such a course will bring upon the girls and themselves I 1 sincerely hope you have a very pleasant time as such an occasion could be made a very welcome and enjoyable change chance in the daily routine for all of yom jos it if I 1 can be of help in any way any time 1 feel very grateful and happy to lend cheerful service dear miss brooks I 1 am entering your corner again with one of my friends 1 Is it all right tor for a boy to kiss his girl goodnight it if they have been going together tor for awhile 2 when you go eo to a dance and you are introduced to a fellow should you talk to them or should you just answer questions that they ask you will you please tell me a few things to say while dancing 3 should girls age 14 wear high heeled pumps it so what kind are stylish for girls our age 4 what are the most popular colors to be worn this season we hope we will not tire you with our questions we remain ANXIOUS AND PATIENT dj idaho a 0 1 U what does your conscience say on this subject girls or I 1 wonder it if a conscience Is such an old fashioned tiling thine to have that the development of 0 it being done any more yet I 1 wonder without a sense of right and wrong just where we will land oh well anyway you girls eirls have a conscience or something equivalent because you ask it if its all right surely girls it if you have read my corner at all you are aware that I 1 do not think this wise tor for I 1 am sure this Is the one hundred and oneth time by actual count that I 1 have advised against this practice 2 horrors can you imagine or rather put yourself in the other fellows place and imagine yourself meeting someone lor for the first time wh who say a thing except answer your questions you have to hustle to think up questions fast enough enouch and you make your escape in double quick time I 1 would im afraid I 1 tell you what to say you see bee I 1 dont know what the latest scandal of your community is who has married who has died or any of the towns doings or activities 3 ah ha I 1 thought as much fourteen years old see answer to bert and bill high heels are worn only tor for evenin evening s and dressy wear end and girls of fourteen wear them yes suede satin an and daid kid are all popular 4 all shades of brown dark blue and dark green are good for general wear while all shades are used for evening and party dresses yellow I 1 jade ado periwinkle orchid eray cray and fawn leading dear miss bliss brooks I 1 have been reading just juat between you and we Is tor for nome time and im very interested im very backward in carrying on a conversation with girls how can I 1 overcome this handicap avish wishing i ng you carloads of success with your efforts to answer questions I 1 arn am SLIM utah this Is an awful bugbear it slim this hallucination that you cannot carry on a conversation you have a votes voice and all the organs to make speech with what you lack Is in confidence what you have too much of Is conscious consciousness nese of self now when you have equipped yourself with something to talk about and have made the necessary effort to express yourself you will have gained confidence and will at the same tm time lose self consciousness tiie the above Is literally true you can no more overcome this handicap by refusing to practice and exerting will power I 1 to a so so 0 than you could learn to wa walk I 1 ke or or articulate r tic by refusing to tr try y in order to have something to talk about read all you can call be observing absorb all the knowledge possible from all source BOU r aps cps and then practice in y your ou r home expressing yourself in the b best e 8 t possible language at all times when n you have imbibed confidence and pride from your efforts the rest will be e easy BY thick you much for sending leading the beair aona |