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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

Dear Miss Brookq.
This IL the hrst time I bavs snts, Cd
ysur corner, but l have read 1t every
week and think your arc very
clever and interesting. CD Please tell
me Of some cute costume to wear ut a
character ball. ca I am is years OIL
and am 8 IT, q inches tall. Do you think
I am 20 much too tall7 Yours very
sincerity, BETTY. Utah.
Thanks Betty. Sorry but I cannot an
swer but two questions. Send me your
others later. will youf "a The Dutch
costume Is very pretty and easy to copy
I would be glad to send you a small
booklet of fancy dress costume designs.
The price is 10 cents. (2) The average
height of a girl of 10 Is 8 feet and 2
inches. SO you are quite tall for your
age but that does not matter. Exercise
In every way will make you supple and
graceful, and when you are that. you
can scarcely be too tall to appear to
advantage.
Dear Miss Brooks.
would thank you very much II you
would answer these questions. "a.
Would you go with 4 boy younger than
you are? l would be very glad IL you
would publish the song stumbling"
and the poem The Children's Hour"
Thanks in advance. SUSIE. Utah
Space will not permit the answering
of but two questions. If you watch you
will no doubt see the birthday reading
for September. % 1t altogether de-
ponds upon how old you both are, and
also upon your individual dispositions
Personally / do not think a few years
either way makes a great deal of diff
erence. (2) The song stumbling" can
be purchased at the music shops for 40
cents, so I cannot print 1t here. but
would be very glad to have 1t sent to
you. 1 am very glad indeed to publish
Longfellow's beautiful poem. THE Chill
ren's Hour"
Between the dark and the daylight.
when the night is beginning to lower.
Comes a pause in the days occupations.
hat is known as the Children's Hour.
I hear in the chamber above me the pat
ter of little feet.
The sound of a door that II opened, and
voices soft and sweet.
From my study I see in the lamplight.
descending the broad hall-stair.
Grave Alice. and laughing Allegro, and
Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence; yet 1
know by their merry eyes.
are plotting and planning to-
gether to take me by surprise
sudden rush from the stairway, a sud
den raid from the hall
BY three doors left ~unguardsd they
enter my castle WALL
They climb up into my turret DER the
arms and the back of my chair
II / try to escape they surround me;
they seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour me with kisses,
their arms about me entwine.
Till L think of the Bishops of Bingen. In
his Mouse-tower on the hin
Do you think. oh, blue-eyed ~bandittf,
because you have scaled the wall, /,
such an old moustache as 1 am is not a
match for you all?
have you fast in my fortress, and will
not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon in
the round-tower of my heart. /
there Will 1 keep you forever, yes.
for ever and a day,
rill the walls shall crumble to ruin, and
moulder in dust away. +,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Man Worth While.

The man who speaks his positive
convictions is worth a regiment Of
men who are always proclaiming their
doubts and suspicious
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Dear Miss Brooks:


I have been reading you corner.
"Just Between You and Me-" and have
read some very interesting points,
would you mind answering one or two
questions for me? % Is 1t right to give
presents to q boy and not receive any
from him, and would you please send
me q copy, or have 1T written In the
paper, OF II Amt Nobody's Darling?"
(2) Would you tell me a good costume
to dress for a character ball or Mas
querade ball, and also give me the de-
scription and how to dress for it7
Thanking you for YOU advice and wish
you a happy and prosperous New Year.
Would like those questions and
in next paper.
GOLDEN LOCKS, Duchesne. Utah.
"a No 1t is not right and 1 should
think one would not care to do it. (2)
Your song can he had in the music
shops so 1t cannot appear here. Price
40 cents. VII be glad to have 1t sent
to you IL you wish. (3) 1 can also send
you a small booklet on Masquerade
costumes for is cents but space will
not permit of a detailed description OF
costume and how to make 1t. Had
you enclosed your name 1 might then
been able to do so. AS ] can
answer but two questions I hope you
will submit your other question later.
Always enclose your name, dear.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

Dear Miss Brooks:

Although I haven't ever written to
you before. I have been very interested
in your corner. 1 hope you will be
glad to welcome me. l would like you
to answer a few questions If 1t isn't
too much bother. az Can you tell me
anything that is good for dandruf? CD
How old should a girl be before she
goes to the dance and dances?
MABEL, Idaho.
You are very welcome. "a VIII have
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Tho Boycott.

Tho Boycott.
The word boycott means to combine
to refuse to work for. deal. OF as
sociate with or assist a person; q
species of accommodation to placa
merchandise under a ban to prevent
Its sale 1t was a method of intimi-
dalton adopted by the Irish Land
league In 1880, and Captain Boycott
was one Of its FIRST victims.
Net Guilty.
Conducter-Shamekin Shamokini
Irish Psssengsr-No, playing cards.
Penn State Froth.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Meridian, Idaho.
Miss Brooks:

Dear Miss Brooks:
Miss Brooks can you give me the
name or the words to this song? Here
are a few lines to 1t and 1 can't remem-
Der the rest.
1t is Christmas eve again with its glad
ness and it's pain
1 wonder. girly, where you are tonight.
1 hope you're happy there. that you
never have a care.
But some day when beauty's gone you
will cease to roam.
Then If you should need q friend until
life for me does end
I'll be waiting here to welcome you
back home.
Thanking you very much / remain
as ever. TRIxIE, Provo.
hank very much for the song.
Trixie. How nice it is to help each
other, isn't 1t? The song has been print
ed and l am sure white Rose" enjoyed
it. 1 hope we will be as fortunate in
securing yours for you. as l have not
been able to find 1t.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Dear Miss Brooks:

WIN you please answer the two fol-
lowing questions? () Is 1t wrong 10
use powder and rouge? ca Which is
proper when dancing, for the girl or
boy to go backwards, or doesn't II mat
teri I hope 1 haven't put you out much
by asking these questions. but I need
some good advice. 1 wish you much
success in your york.
DOT. Idaho
"a Yes, dear. 1t really Is, II you are
Just a young girl. Wrong in the sense
tina you attempt to hide your real and
natural beauty by q very poor imitation.
for there is no substitute which can
compare with the fresh girlish beauty
of youth. 90 The customary manner
is for the lady to go backward In the
dance.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Dear Helen Brooks:

Lear 6elen orOOkh-
This is the first time I have written
to you. 1 hope l am not too much
bother to you. VIII you please answer
me some questions? "a Is 1t proper to
sauce your mother or any one else? (2)
old should you be before you stop
playing with dolls7 Yours truly,
MISS DOOR-KNOB, Idaho.
You are most welcome Miss Door
Knob and 1 love to answer your ques-
lions. but I am compelled to limit my
answers to two questions, 80 l will
answer two of your questions and ask
you to submit the remaining four at
some future time. "a 1t is never prop
err to be saucy or imprudent to any one,
especially your parents or elders, and
It is a habit which IL once formed Is
very hard to overcome, so l advise that
you watch yourself carefully in this
respect. (2) Play with dolls just as
long as you enjoy It, g You viii
never be too old to play with dolls or
any other girlish pastime which o
enjoy. 1t will keep you sweet and
and carefree.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
AN ADMIRER.
New Albany, Mi
Dear Miss Brooks:

Dear Miss Brooks:
This is the first time I hav entered
your corner. but / ave read about how
you have helped so many others that /
would like to ask a few questions. %
What should you do IL n boy kisses your
hand In school? (All did was blush.)
CD What is Mildred Davis and Har-
old Lloyd's address,? 1 hope 1 haven't
taken too much room.
A BASHFUL GIRL. Idaho.
~ There wasn't much to do after
he had kissed your hand. He probably
did 1t to tease you. There is no cure
for blushing. other than to try continu-
ally to overcome self-consciousness.
Forget self In an effort to be really in
teresting and jolly with your friends.
Do not take everything your friends say
and do too seriously. You will find that
the more you associate and mix" with
people and make the effort as above
stated, you will overcome this painful
seeming affliction. Butt is much
better to blush, my dear. than to become
loud and boistrous. (2) Harold Lloyd
and Mildred Davis may be addressed at
the Hal Roach Studios. Culver City.
Calf. Sorry, but l am compelled to
limit my answers to two questions, as
stated in rules at head Of column.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

NippD"A wemal always wants the
last word" Tuck-"And man can save
a lot of time by letting her have It,"
Halls Catarrh Medicine
Those who are in a run down" condi-
ton viii notice that Caterrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease, It Ia greatly
Influenced By constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic. which assists
Ia improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 10 Years.
II. J. Cheney g. Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Never Judge what she thinks By
what she says
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

to ask you to send your name for tho
answer to this question I can give
ysu the name of = very splendid dan
drug cure. CD You should DO at least
sixteen before attending a public dance
and should then be accompanied by a
chapsrone. A dancing party. occasion
ally, In the home OF friends. would be
permissible at fourteen and fifteen.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Dear Miss Brooks:

Dear Miss Brooks:
1 have been reading your corner,
Just Between You and Me-" and find
1t interesting. VIII you please answer
the following questions7 % VIII you
publish two song? The Drunkard's
Dream and Two Orphan Children7 90
Who wrote the last verse of Hello Gen.
trail. give me Heaven? Thanking you
for your kindness,
BROWN EYES.
Space will not permit that your songs
appear in this issue, and perhaps you
had best send me your name, so when
1 find them / can send then direct, as
I cannot get all the songs requested In
the paper. (2) The last verse of Hello
Central, Give Me Heaven" was all I
could remember of the song the nrst
verse has appeared since.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Miss Brooks:

LIE oiOOkos
l have written to the Just Between
You and Me Corner" once before, and
received such good advice, that l am
writing again and am asking a favor
this time. Viii you, or some of the
readers give me the poem Forgotten? r
1t is in THE Rosary."bu l am unable to
get THE Rosary" now and should Ike
very much to have this poem printed or
sent to me-. / believe someone asked
for the poem Camille" some time ago.
1 will be glad to send this poem to that
person. Thanking you, 1 am
ANOTHER SHAMROCK"
Meridian, Idaho.
If the poem. Forgotten" is in tho
book, The Rosary" 1 have failed to
see 1t. but perhaps 1 may locate the
song later somewhere. 1 do not re-
member nor do 1 rave filed a request
for the poem you SO kindly offer, but
perhaps some ono seeing this will be
glad to have it, SO 1 will appreciate 1t
If you will send 1t On. Thanks very
much.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

apa 6FeIHn9 bso-
a younrster who stuck at the SPELL
ing of "scquaiatanee" was advised by
his sether TO consult a dictionary. This,
however. failed to settle the point. and
rather himself called for the book to
he brought to him.
"siny boy" he snapped. "Of coHrss,
you wouldn't find 1t under A. Sure
y you know better than that Look
under .Ak.'"-Lendon rft-Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

Dear hiss Brooks:
/ have read your letters a great deal.
and l would like to ask o n question.
Would you please publish the song.
Lullaby" from "Ermine?" I thank you
very much. Yours.
JUNE BUG, Piute, Utah.
As the song requested can be had In
the music stores l cannot publish 1t
here. The price is 10 cents and I will
be glad to have 1t sent to you IL you
wish.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16
Dear Miss Brooks:

wish.
Dear Miss Brooks:
I'm not writing to you for advice
but just to let you know that I'm en-
Toying your Just Between You and
Me-" although / am far. far away.
get every question almost that ever
bothers me answered by you. although
never do write. My father has lots OF
relatives in Utah and he. also, was
rsarsd there. so therefore he take ths
1t takes IL a long time
20 get here. bat your section is the first
hing | look for. i am fourteen years
Of age. have black hair and blue eyes
I'm not so very tall and am no ~"happer.'
My highest ambition almost is to visit
once more out West. I've been out there
once. but was only a small child and
l cannot very we'll bring back to mind
the beautiful land. May you still SON.
tinue your same success.
AN ADMIRER.
New Albany. Miss.
I am more than glad to welcome you,
my dear, and let US sincerely hope your
ambition to visit us once more may be
speedily realized. And oh, how glad
am that you are not a "dapperi' How
glad we will all be when she ceases to
exist. when she is back to normal way
of dressing and normal ways of acting.
and normal ways of thinking. And
that time is comingl The short skirts
are going. the bobbed hair is going and
soon the iapper will be gone and in
her stead we will again behold the
sweet. modest, sensible girl of yore-
just as chic. just as up-to-date in every
way, but wholesome and good to know.
Perhaps l can be of service to you
some time. so 1 will hope to hear from
you again.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-02-16

Provo.-Deputy Sheriff Karl Bos-
hard returned from North Tintic
where he located a still made of two
copper boilers. He brought the still
In to the sheriff's office, aud was
unable to find the wners.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11

Westinghouse. William L. Horn
aday. the naturalist and director of
he New York geological garden, writ
ing in a recent number of Nature, ar
raigns the automobile and the auto
matte shotgun as destroyers of wild
life which threaten its extinction and
recommends a reduction of so per cent
in all bag limits and the length of all
open seasons
Hunting by automobile, rapidly on
the increase, Doctor Hornaday SAYS,
enables a shooting party 10 cover
many times more ground than could
be covered by a hunter afoot or on
horseback. Added to that, he says,
the modern rifle kills big game al a
quarter of a mile or more and the auto
matte shotgun sprays pellets of lead
like water from a hose sprinkler" He
recommends reducing the capacity of
automatic and pump shotguns to two
shots.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11

Above is shown eight-yea1 old Lii
liam Palen of indianapolis, who was
blind since birth me who recently
was given sight following a delicate
operation performed by DR.. Joel Whit
acre. The child was blind at birth,
and when four years old was aban-
doned by her parents. Her pitiable
case was brought to the attention of
Doctor Whitacre who performed the
operation, removing cataracts from
the eyes and thus giving sight.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11
EXPERT WILL TELL BUSINESS
MEN ABOUT RETAIL CREDITS

One of the features of the weekly
chamber of luncheon to-
morrow will be a ten-minute talk by
R. w. App1egate, who is in the city
as representative of the United Gre
ditors association. Mr.. Apologize
will talk on retail credits, and it is
desired hat a large attendance of
business men be present.
At this meeting arrangements will
be made to meet the Idaho Special,
which will bring in several hundred
students from south Idaho for the
opening of the University of Idaho.
The luncheon will be served by Bob
Woods, of the Varsity Grocery.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11
DEMPSEY WEARS
BELT FOUR YEARS
SOME INTERESTING HEAVY
WEIGHT BOXING HISTORY SINCE
SUILIYAN'S DAY

New York-(A. P.)-Heavyweight
boxing history has been traced back
more thar a century, to 1913, when
the gam first flourished in England,
but the worlds championship held
today by Tack Dempsey, dates back
only about three decades, to 1890,
when John l.. Sullivan became gener-
ally acknowledged as king of them
all.
Seven have held the heavyweight
sceptre since the reign of the "Bos-
ton Strong Boy" and all but one have
been American ringmen. Bob Fitz-
simmons, the lanky Cornishman, was
the only foreign pugilist to hold the
title.
Jack Johnson, famous fighter,
and Jim Jeffries, each held the cham
pionship for seven years, longer than
any others before or after them.
In the last championship fight
with bare knuckles, Sullivan knocked
out Jak Kilrain in rs rounds at
R~ichburg, Miss, July 8, 1889. Sul1f-
van held sway with the gloves until
1892 when the title passed to Cor
bett.
The list of principal fights since
18e in which the heavyweight crown
was at stake. follows:
f1892-James J.. Corbett knocked
out John L.. Sullivan in twenty-one
with big gloves.
1Ss4-James J. Corbett stopped
Charley Mitchell in three rounds.
*1897-Bob FItzsimmons stopped
James J. Corbett In fourteen rounds.
H1899-James J.. Jeffries stopped
Bob Fftzsimmons In eleven rounds. |
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11
Bear Punctures Tires
of Car Which Hit Him

Kane, Pa.-John III. Newell, of Buff
falo, motored into Kane and told of
meeting q big bear on the road Is
miles from here.
He said that as he rounded a curve
he saw 100 feet ahead a large black
bear at a point where high banks bor-
dered the o for a considerable dis
lance. He speeded up the car and
started in pursuit. He soon caught up
with it and struck the animal. The
Infatuated bear turned and snapped at
a front wheel, puncturing the tire in
three places.
The pea then scrambled up the bank
and disappeared into the woods. New
ell offered as evidence an almost new
tire with three holes in it.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11
CHILDREN TO BE
TAUGHT SAFETY
Anti-Accident Study Will Be
Part of Regular Curriculum
in Public Schools.

Atlantic City, n. 1.-Two million
school children this fall will begin thu
study of accident prevention as a par
Of the c%urricula, Marcus Dow of New
York, president of the National Safety
council, reported recently to the execu.
tive committee and directors in ses-
sion here. Special textbooks have beer
provided and other instruction by drill,
slogans, statistics, organizations, de
bates and other features which are in
tended to reduce drastically the esti-
mated annual 10000 fatalities among
school children.
School officials and teachers Joined
in mapping out the program and a
textbook covering virtually every form
of accident n prevention vas CON-
piled intended to appeal to the chill
dren's instincts for self-preservation
and self-impressions, said the report.
Use English Glasses.
For example, it is continued, Eng
Iish classes offered an unlimited field
for work in accident prevention
through reading, composition, speeches
and debates. Drawing had an equally
extensive scope through posters, on
struction, sand-table models, scrap
book and bulletin boards.
An arithmetic class, it was found,
could use accident statistics of the
city, state and country as a basis for
groups, problems, learning meanwhile
to keep an accurate account of acct
dents so that the extent of the acct
dent situation might be known. 1t
was found civics could include the
study of municipal governments agen-
cies for the protection of lives of
citizens. Safety is emphasized in geo.
graphy through the study of forest
fires, and floods and peoples of various
climates and countries.
Study Current Dangers.
Each month of the schoo year will
be devoted to study of the accident
danger most imminent at the time.
These will start with street dangers,
and continue through the list of fires,
weapons, burns and Scalds, poisons
and APPROPRIATIONS, electric safety, fall
Ing objects, railway tracks and trains,
accidents in play and drowning.
Mr.. Dow disclosed that in some
cities where safety education had been
tried out, fatal accidents among school
children had decreased nearly half.
In Cleveland UGH deaths decreased
by ISL in the year. A so per cent re-
duction resulted from six years of
school safety work in Detroit, he said,
and st. Louis also had made a good
record. The larger cities whe school
superintendents have taken up acct
dent prevention instruction included
New York, Chicago. Cincinnati, Buff
falo, Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston, Lou
Rochester and Baltimore.
The American Museum of Natural
History, Mr.. Dow added, had cooper
lted with the council in preparing ex-
libits showing protection among ami
mails, and showing the connection of
preservation of life by present-day
nethodS.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-11

t899-James J. Jeffries defeated
Tenn Sharkey in twenty-five rounds.
1900-James j.. Jeffries stopped
James j.. Corbett in twenty-three
rounds.
19O2-James ]. Jeffries stopped Bob
F'itzsimmons in eight rounds.
19O3-James j.. Jeffries knocked
out James ]. Corbett in ten rounds.
1904-James J. Jeffries knocked out
Jack Monroe in two rounds.
1906-Tommy Burns beat Marvin
Hart in twenty rounds.
1907=Tommy Burns beat "Phila-
delphia Jack" O'Brien in twenty
rounds.
1907-Tommy Burns stopped Bill
Squires, of Australia, in one round.
*190S-Jack Johnson defeated
Tommy Burns in fourteen rounds.
1909-Jack Johnson knocked out
Stanley Ketchel in twelve rounds.
1910-Jack Johnson knocked out
James ]. Jeffries in fifteen rounds.
1912-Jack Johnson beat Jim Flynn
in nine rounds.
1914-Jack Johnson beat Frank
Moran on points in twenty rounds.
*1915-Jess Willard knocked out
Jack Johnson in twenty-six rounds.
1916-Jess Willard defeated Frank
Moran by popular verdict.
*1919-Jack Dempsey knocked out
Jess Willard in three rounds.
192O-Jack Dempsey knocked out
Billy Miske in three rounds.
1920-Jack Dempsey knocked out
Bill Brennan in twelve rounds.
l921-Jack Dempsey knocked out
Georges Carpenter, of France, in
rounds.
1923-Jack Dempsey won on points
from Tom Gibbons, of st. Paul, in
fifteen rounds at Shelby, Mont.
*TitIe changed hands.