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Show Dear Reader: 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 will ba 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, ddressed 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 15-15, REQUESTED SOXGS These sonprs and poems are on the requested and To-Re-Found list: Part of "Haunted Woods:" In olden time a hunter By the side of a woodland dwelt; With him lived the little family Of his wife and babies three. First lines: Take back all kind tokens you gave me. First a rins? and the lock of your hair, etc. "The Old Tramp" First lines: "Have you any cheese to go with these pickles," As he pulled one from the jar. SONGS RECEIVED The following songrs and poems have been received during the past week, and I wish to thank each one for their kindness in contributing them: Mary of the Wild Moor. If We Only Understood. In De Evening By De Moonlight. Sadie Ray. NOTICE Words to popular or standard stan-dard songs which can be had from music stores cannot be furnished through this column. Only the words to such old songs as are out of print and difficult to find, can be furnished through this column. Helen Brooks. Dear Miss Brooks: I come to your corner again, nad hope It won't be too much trouble for you to answer two questions for me. (1) What Is the meaning of Lora, Dona, Max and Kate? (2) What should a girl nine years of age weigh? I weigh ;2 pounds and am 52 inches in height. Is that the proper weight and height? Tour trulv. BLUE EYES. Utah. No trouble. Blue Eyes. (1) Sorry, dear, but Kate is the only name you Inquire In-quire about which has a special meaning. mean-ing. Kate is a diminutive of Kather-lne, Kather-lne, meaning "pure." (2) The average height of a girl of nine Is 49. 01 and weight is 57.4. You are above the average av-erage height you see and should weigh 64 pounds, being only two pounds short of normal Dead Helen: It was my first time at writing to you and I didn't know about sending the stamps for songs so please excuse me. Will you? If you were me would you associate with a girl that smokes and chews tobacco. I don't think I care to do those vulgar things but if I don't she says I am too much of a baby. Shall I associate with her? (2) I am pretty near fourteen and I have gone riding with a few boys. Is that right if they are good sociable boys? Does It hurt for a girl thirteen years old to powder? My school teacher said it wasn't proper. I must close hoping these questions won't bother you at all to answer them. I remain your friend, DOROTHY. Utah. You were welcome to the songs just the same, dear, but thank you for sending send-ing the stamp now. (1) No. girlie, I am very sure if I were you I would not associate with a girl who smoked and chewed, because I could not, she would be too repulsive to me. It is difficult to Imagine a girl who indulges 1n such practices as having much refinement refine-ment in speech and actions. Do you enjoy being with her and does it make you a baby, because she says you are? Have a mind and will of your own, dear, and let others think what they will, so long as you know you are In the right. (2) I cannot approve of a girl 13 or 14 going riding with boys, dear child. Circumstances have a great deal to do with these tilings. Dorothy. Is there no mother or elder relation or friend who could advise you about the imprudence of such a course? It does not "hurt" especially for a girl of 13 to powder If she chooses to do so, but why do you wish to conceal your youthful youth-ful freshness and beauty of skin, which all older persons desire so much, by covering it with powder? Dear Friend: I am writing to you to get the meaning mean-ing of my name and symbol. Florence is my name and Violet is my Symbol. Your friend. Florence. Idaho. The meaning of Florence Is "blooming." "bloom-ing." In the language of flowers the Violet stands for faithfulness and modesty. To Ida. Tooele, Ut. I hope your songs j have reached you ere this, as all but three of the many you requested were mailed to you on October 22nd. The rest have not been found yet. To LOLA. Utah: Thanks, my dear, for the song and your kind offer. It is splendid of you to wish to help, and I hope I may be of assistance to you In some way. May I? Dear Miss Brooks: You are s"r-h a dear to help everyone with their troubles that I am coming to yon with mine. I have a boy friend whom I admire very mueh. In fart. Miss firooks. there is no one whom I ' like better. He Is a perfect gentleman at all times. I went with him last winter for a while hut I thought I liked another fellow better than he, so I quit him and went with the nt her fellow. I treated him very cool until lately. We speak now and I have come borne from parfU-s with him and have nked hltn to corne and see mo but It don't peem to do any good. Now. Miss I'.rooks; ran you tell me how to gain ills true friendship and he friends with Mm? Wishing you success, 1 remain, one of your many cnll'r. WAIT IN' i".. Utah. Even If you did thlnl: von liked another an-other fdlow better, wn-. 'Ms a II Y good ptciis'i for treating your f .rrtier friend "cool?" You had every rlrht to be Kr:iclous nnrl pleasant, and i-lve whatever what-ever time you desired to another young num. but you rrallv had no right to mlstrciit the other young man when he ,n1 nlwavs been a perfect rnll'innn r) his treatment, of you, do you think? I'ersonally I think It very nplendld of Mm to aliow you much connhlerul Ion as he has. Ercuse me, dear, for scolding scold-ing you. and I cannot see as there Is a thing you can do now, except be your own sweet self and trust to the same qualities which first attracted him to you to "do it all over again." You know the days of witchcraft and love-potions love-potions are past, and I can work no "magic" to bring about an adjustment of affairs as they once were. I can advise, however, against continuing to invite him to come to see you, and showering him with your attentions, as this course win most certainly have just the opposite effect from what you wish. If this boy is anything like the sort of a boy I take him to be. To IDAHO PEACHES: Thanks, my dear, both for your generous words and the song you enclosed. When may I return the kindness? Dear Miss Brooks: (1) Would you please tell me what a woman who writes poetry Is called? (2) How old do you think I am by my writing? A. jr., Idaho. (1) She Is called a poetess. (2) I "guess" you are about seventeen, A. M. It was sweet of you to copy the Bong for me, dear. Thank you much. Dear Miss Brooks: You have helped so many with your excellent advice I want to ask you some questions. (1) I had my hair cut last August and it has been coming out. It didn't seem to come out right after it was cut but it has been falling quite a lot lately. My hair was very thick before be-fore it was cut. (2) When one bsa the hair on the back of the neck clipped has it a tendency to make it grow down lower and stlffer on the neck? I will come to you again when I am in trouble. Yours. DAISY, Utah. Welcome, Daisy. (1) Very often the hair has a "season" of falling out. Did it never do this before It was cut? I would not advise using the vaseline too often and do not shampoo more than every three weeks. I see no reason why the treatment you have been giving giv-ing it should cause the hair to come out. Do not brush too vigorously, as you may Irritate the scalp. Massage the scalp gently with the finger tips and see that it is free from dandruff. (2) Clipping the hair does cause It to become be-come coarse and stiff, yes. and as the clippers are run down farther on the neck, it causes the hair which would otherwise be unnoticed, to grow In coarser and stiffer. which makes it appear ap-pear to be growing down farther on the neck. Dear Miss Brooks: I wrote to you once before and received re-ceived very satisfactory answers. Now as I read you corner each week. I do not find any of the girls having the same trouble that I do. I wonder why. I have gone with different boys in the last two years. Most of them were several years older than I, and I find it hard to keep your advice not to go with a boy steady, because when I go with a boy one night he usually wants me to go again. I hate to refuse and so It is every time there Is anything to attend. I wouldn't mind If It would stop there, but as soon as we get quite well acquainted they want me to pay more attention to them than to others. Now, don't think I'm popular because I never have chummed with the girls who can go with one boy tonight and some one else tomorrow. Nor I never felt that this wag exactly proper. I mean I never felt that I wanted to go with just anyone that wished to pick me up. Besides I could not do this and still go with some who I really feel are gentlemen. They don't object to me having friends but Insist upon them heing the kind that know how to treat a girl. There does not seem to be very many of this kind of boys, at least they don't want to take one girl and then another, and I don't feel that I would gain anything by giving up these friends for another class. Do you? And how can I keep this class of boys from wanting to be more than Just real good friends? Thanking you for the helpful advice I am sure to receive. I am, MICKIE. Ore. It is most regrettable, Mleklo, that you have gained the erroneous Impression Impres-sion you seem to have gained from reading my advlco to other girls. I do not know your age, but you will notice that my advice along those lines has been mainly to the very young girl: the One Who InKlslH noon amlnrr j out with boys when as young as fifteen, and even younger. It Is not wise for girls this age to check all boys from her list of friends or beaus, except one; but rather when other boys appear whoso society she enjoys, add him to her list of good friends and pals. In this way she can surround herself with a number of congenial friends, who feel free to call on her, or lnrlte her to a dance, party or show. Jf In the months or years to come there develop a feeling stronger than mere friendship friend-ship for one of these, or any one else. It is then time enough to dwindle down to one "steady." Hoys should have the same privilege, and I do not understand your distinction of "class of boys" In this respect. I most certainly admire your class of friends, and would ns-Hureilly ns-Hureilly not advise you to consider any young men who do not know how to treat a girl In a gentlemanly niannor, hut why he need ho less a gentleman simply because he spends one evening this week with you, and. ono next week Willi your girl irlcmd, I cannot see. Young girls and boys are too prono to ! iouk upon evoryono who shows them the slightest attention, as a poiinlhle lover or sweet hen i t, husband or wlfo. The association together of young hoys and girls In a companionable manner Is youth's most onjoyahlo time, because It Is the moiit carofreo period, so lot It bo a tlmo of "good times," an association asso-ciation of friendly pals, reserving the sweethoart and lover, husband and wife thought for more mature years. I do not know how you can keep these boys from Tvnnflntc to he more than Rood friends, but If you do not wish them to be more than this you can frankly toll them no, which la the best course. I bellevo. And now have I been liolpful In clearing these questions up for youl I hope so, and will be glud to hear from you UKuln. |
