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Show This is your corner. Make use of it for your information on question that are puzzlin you. It will be my pleasure and privilege to answer carefully care-fully and promptly all questions submitted to me. Your questions must be limited to two and your jail name and address must accompany each letter. For special information send stamped envelope. All communications will always be held in absolute confidence. , . , . , . v All letters should be addressed very plainly m pen and mk to TTn RmnU TW 1545. Salt Lake City. . .,? To BROWN EYES, RoberU, Ida.: One of your sonirs has kindly been contributed by reader and it therefore follows here: JTJST AS THE SXTN WENT DOWN After the din of the buttle' roar. Juat at the close of day. Wounded an bleeding upon the field, Two dieing sokliers lay-One lay-One held a ringlet of thin array kah One held a lock of brown. Bidding each other a last farewell Just as the sun went down. Refrain : One thoosht of mother at borne al; Feeble and oW and gray. One thonaht of a sweetheart he'd left 1m town Happy and yovn and pray. One kissed a rinRlet of thin pray hair. One kissed a lock of brown. Bidding farewell to the stars and atripes ; Just at the son went down. One knew tbe joy of a mother's One of a sweetheart fair Thinking of home they lay side by id. Breathing; a farewell prayer; Qne for hia mother so old and pray. One for his love in town Tt.jy closed their eyes to the earth aad skies Just as the snn went down. Rtefrain. My Dear Miss Brooks: I am a stranger, but an attentive reader of your helpful little corner. Th two songs that you were unable to find, "Just as the- Sun Went Down," and "Down by the Weepinp; Willows," I am familiar with, and am sending send-ing them to yon. I also wish to ask you i: I (1) Will you please tell me Shirley Mason's address and I am aware that you have answered an-swered this question a number of times, but somehow J do not understand how to curl one's hair to look like a "national hair bob." Would it be too much trouble to print It again? I trust that I may be of service to you again in regard to other songs, as I am familiar with a number of those old ones. Ever, DULCE, Roberts, Idaho. I thank you so very much for sending the two songs. I hope I may be able to help you as much tn return. Shirley Mason's address is. The Foi Studios, Western Avenue, Hollywood, Holly-wood, Calif. It is necessary that you have a very heavy head of hair to successfully dress it In the Na ional Bob effect Separate the hair j at the back of the head into two parts, cross them and arrange each part in a coil from the center to the ears. Then curl the ends In small curls and fasten with pins all across the back over the coils in Irregular form, pinning each end of curl in plaoe. I hope I have made this plain enough, and if you have heavy hair so thei-e are many ends to curl, it is very pretty. Perhaps you have some combings which you could have made into a few curls to help out if you lack a few. Could I ask for a few more songs if you happen to have themT "Down by th Silvery Rio Grande," "Joy Finds Us After All" and "Little Red Canoe." Mrs. Wilford Hansen, Mink Creek, Idaho. Following Is the poem you reoKsted sometime ago. The other one will appear just as aon as we have space for it. POOR LITTLE JOE. Prop yer eyes wide open, Joey, Fur I' re brought you sumpin great. Apples 7 No, a heap sight better 1 Don't you take no int'rest? Wait I Flowers, Joe I knowM you'd like esa Ain't them scrumptious Ain't them bight Tears, my boy T Wot'e thsm fur, Joey T There poor little Joel don't ry 1 I was skippin' past a winder. Where a bang-up lady sot. All amongst a lot of bushes - Each one climbing from a pot; livery bah had a flower on H Pretty ? Maybe not I Oh, no 1 Wish you eonld a eeen lem grrowtn'. It was ruch a vtlumin' show. fVell, I thought of you poor fellex, Lyin here so sick and weak, Never Vnowm' airy comfort. And I puts on lots ef check, "MiMus," says L "If yon pleas, mum. Could I ox you for a rose? For my little brother miss as Never sed one, I suppose," Then I told her all about yon How I bringed you up, poor J-e I (Lackin women folks to do it) Sich ar" imp yea was TiBtH. yea knrw Till yer got that awful tumble, Tst as I had broke yer in (Hard work, too) to earn yer HviB Blackin' boots Jor honest tin. How that tumble crippled of you, So's you couldn't hyper much Joe, it hurted when I seen you Fur the firnt time wUh yer crutch. "But," I says, "he's laid up now, warn, 'Pears to weaken every day ;" Joe, she up and went to cirfctm' That's the how of this bokay. Say, it seems to me, nle feller You ia quite yourself to-night ; Kind ' chirk it's been a fortnrt Since yr eye? has been so bright. Better? Well. I'm glad to bear it 1 Yes, they re might pretiy, Joe Smellin' of em's made you bappy ? Well, I thought it would, you know 1 Never see the country, did you? Flowers growin' everywhere! Sometime when you're better, Jory, Mebbe I kin take you there. Flowers In heaven? M I s'pos b ; Dxmno much about it, though ; Ain't as fly as wot I might be On tbeni toptcR, Viltle Joe But Tve heard it hinted somewhere That in heaven's golden gates Tlringd is ever lustin' cheerful B'lieve that's wot the Bible slates. Likewise, there folks dr-n't git hnngry ; So good people, whr-n they dW'S, Finds themsel ves well fixed forever Joe, my boy, wot ails yer eyes? Thought they looked a little nlng'!er. Oh, no I Don't you have no fear; Heaven was mnrle for surh as you J Joe wot rruikta you look bo i r ? Hrre 'wal.e up! Oh. don"t lwk that way! Joe, my boy I Hold up your h'-a x I Here's yer flowers you've drepped 'em. Joey I Oh, my God, enn Joe be d-Md ? PEI.EG ARKWRICHT. Vr Mtss Brook, Pleas give me a eomrU-te list of Z;ne Orey' u')ok and la the raer thai h wot hpw. 1 thank you very much. Sincerely ALICE, Delta, Utah. ' The following is a complete list of Zana Grey's, books in the order in which they were written. His first one was Betty Zane, written writ-ten In 1904, then followed Tht; Spirit of th Border. The Last Trail, The Last of the Plainsmen. Plains-men. The Short Stop, The Heritage of th Desert. The Young Forester. The Young Pitch -I er. Riders of the Purple Sage, Desert Gold Light of the Western Stars, The Lone Star Ranger. Rainbow Trail, The Border Legion, Wildfire, U. P. Trail, Desert of Wheat, Tales-of Tales-of Fishes. Man of the Forest, The Young Lioi Hunter, The Red-Hoaded Outfield, The Mysterious Mys-terious Rider, To tho Last Man, The Day of tha Beast. Dear Miss Brooks, This is the first I have written to you, hops-I'm hops-I'm welcome. I have a few questions I wish you would please answer. Write me the word to the song "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight" To-night" and to the song "Ain't We Got Fun?" Just another question. Please, writ roe a story about, "My Share in Making the Highway Safe." COWBOY, Echo, Utah. You are welcome, Cowboy. The song yon wish "Ain't We Got Fun" can be had In the-music the-music stores for 40 cents so 1 could not prin it here. "Where is My Wandering Boy Tontght" will be printed soon or sent to you direct. In regard to the story, I could not very well "wrlU-this "wrlU-this for you, but if you care to write it and send it in to me I shall be glad to examine it for you. Dear Miss Brooks, I have read "Between You and He," for sometime. some-time. I enjoyed it vry wetl, and I would thank you very much if you will amwer my question for me. (1) What it the best powder to use. What is the best cream t use. (2) Will you please print for me the song, "That's-Where "That's-Where My Money Goes." Thanking you la-advance, la-advance, I am A GIRL FROM IDAHO. There are many good powders and ereamt, and the b?st is the one which is soothing and beneficial to your particular skin, Thls-you Thls-you will have to determine yourself by trying them. It is best to use a cream and powder of the same make and if you find that the-cream the-cream irritates or the powder does not go on smoothly, try another line of preparation. Some powders and creams are much "heavier" than others and I could not tell you iuat what ones would be be3t for your skin. (2) Your song will appear later if it can be found. I am very glad you enjoy our corner. Dear Miss Brooks, Can you tell me if the Peras of Joyce Kilmer have been bound in a book and If so-where so-where I can get one and at what price? He made the Supreme Sacrafice on Ftetnders-Fields Ftetnders-Fields like so many, but I love his poems av Hi ten The roar of the world is in my ears, t Thank God for the roar of the world! i Thank God for the mighty tide of f2arsf ; I Against me always hurled 1 ! Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless aWfe And the sting of his chastening rod Thank God for the stress and pain of life, i And Oh. thank God for God. I am a widow nearly 72 and my hands art stiff with hard work and a bit shaky, but hop you can read this. , S. H. CROSBY. Eagar, Arisona. I am happy to say Joyce Kilmer's Poem may be had in bound volumes, and havr written you stating the price, and where they may be had. They are beautiful. Yon are wonderful to write se beautifully not many letters which I receive are written better. I am sure It must be such a pleasur at yoor age-to age-to be able to spond some of your time with tb beautiful in poetry and literature aa you do. Dear Miss Brooks, I have been interested in yn comer, ani have been reading the queatiam but there? has been a auestion or two that puczie mt I am a boy of seventeen years f age, and: I want to go with a girl. Will it be properj Cor me to go with a gfrl that is about fomteen, or wait until I can Arid a girl that is the sam age as I am. I remain JACK, af Idaho. ; Weil, my dear boy. you do not neeessarfly :have to wait to find a girl just yoor age, alj though I am sure it would be quite proper for yon to wait a while, as you are quits yoang, and your little friend of fourteen is entirely too young to go with the boys. Of course tt,i quite propsr for you to escort a girl to a party occasionally, but do not think of goin with any one girl steadily. i Dear Miss Brooks, Will you answer these questions for(me? My hair b bobbed, could you tell me bow longAa permanent wava would etay in it, and how much it would cont to have one put in? My b:ur is also very dry. Do you think tltat vaseline, vas-eline, applied two or three times a week, dtrrk-ens dtrrk-ens the hair? I want mine to stay blond, but several of my friends say that vaaeline darkens it. With many thanks S. O. S., Drigsts. Waho. ' A permanent wave is supposed t last ahout months. It will cost $1.50 per euri and it tnkes from fifteen to twenty curls for the frtrot and sides. Vaseline does not permanently cWken the hair but it has a tendency that way. I would suggest as a better plan that yon brush It thoroughly every day for at least ten minutes with a medium stiff brwtle brush,, bing sure that you reach th toaJp. Also massage tha scalp gently with tips of fingers every day. I am sure you will find that if yon continue this treatment there will b nufficient natural oil to take care of it nicely." |