Miss Brooks Corner Teaches Hearts and Homemaking
A long readers’ page offers advice on romance and manners, including letters to Miss Brooks from Utah and Wyoming readers. Topics cover courting, dances, weight queries, and song requests, with answers about tactful refusals, appropriate dress, and where to find celebrity photo addresses in Hollywood studios.
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Ponte Ou
Belen Brooks
Salt Lake
Miss Brooks
MM. C
Utah
M. C
Uniesk
Hip van Winkle
Niles Welsh
Bert Lytell
Wallace Reid
Ro@oiah Valentino
Buck Jones
Riles Welch
United Studies
Hollywood
Calif
Wallase Reid
Rodolph Valentino
Lasky Studio
Vinett
Hollyood
Charles
Buck") Jones
Fox
Western Ave
Usem
Wing St
Wanda Hawiey
Miss Brooks Tam
Gitten
Golden Locks
Sympathy in the gutter prompts crowds and a police inquiry
A Saturday scene in a farm gutter shows a large red faced woman with a cart marked Disabled Policemet. Bystanders drop coins into a collection fund as a uniformed officer arrives, asking what is happening while the woman explains she “diluted him” last night and is collecting a fine.
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Olgie
London
Fresh Charm to Old Shaw in a Crowded Ball Game
A humorous spoof recounts a baseball game between an American and an Australian team with an umpire, an outlandish ball call, and a mobbing of the umpire by the Americans. It includes witty exchanges, a critic’s jab at a novelist, and a London humor cartoon vignette about happiness and humor.
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Eltanecher
Praver
Ping
Engueiaun
Sad Result of a Reform Endeavor Portrait
A reader recalls a failed marriage attempt to reform a young talionaire, noting that the plan backfired as the partner’s fortune diminished. The exchange highlights a cautionary tale about transformative marriages and shifting fortunes.
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Talilionaire
Making It Snappy Comedy Line From Columbia Jester
The Columbia Jester quotes a brisk line about a man uneasy with the world and wanting to give him the girl. The fragment hints at satirical wit from a campus humor page.
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Our
Columbia
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