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Show iBorotljp Mix Wfeg A WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND (Copyright, 120. by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) A woman who Is charged with having hav-ing murdered a rich man who was her protector, demands to be tried by a Jury of women, because she says that only women can understand a woman In her position well enough to be merciful mer-ciful to her. Yet this poor erring creature has committed the cardinal sin in the code of women- Hhe Is guilty of husband stealing. Pe Iw .' a a'1 - !-!, and she took a husband away from a wife who bad grown old. and worn, and haggard, working, and ecrlmpins, and saving to belli him pile up t he fortune that he squandered on thla other woman. One mlaht think that of all things and who will Invite you the oftrncr tt htr house, the shabbier and more forlorn for-lorn you get. And In business It Is other vomer who push women up the ladder of success. suc-cess. Let a girl show any ability, an) induatry, any s?m bit Ion to rise, and some woman above her will open thi door of opportunity to her. It H tii busy forewomen who teach green little lit-tle girls their trade, -it is the girli who have jobs who are on the lookout -for Jobs for other girls. tt Is women who go down Into their lean purses and help other women in need. Everywhere, a woman's best friend Is a woman, and the woman who puts her faith In other women's Justice and kindness, never has reason to regret it. on t&rth, much an on would Oar tha untemperM Juitlc chit a Jury of women wo-men could dfftl out, but thin woman knowi bettor. Sh understands tht psychology of her mi, and ahowi an almost uncanny wisdom when hs appeals ap-peals from Caesar to Caesars wife. ONLY WONA.t KNOWI. For It Is only a woman who knows how (treat and many aro tho temptations tempta-tions that beset a poor and pretty younc flrl. It Is only a woman who knows how easy It t for such a fir! to Inks the downward path, and how hard to keep In the straight and narrow nar-row road. It Is only a woman who can understand how a rlrl can sell her soul for a yard of chiffon and a pair of danclns; pumps. It la only a woman who knows how many men there ars In sheep's clothlna, seeking; for unprotected unpro-tected Iambs to devour. To men, women are lthr irood or bad. If a irl ftos wrong;, they set i her down as wholly vicious, but women wo-men know that most of the bad wo i men ars not reallv bad of Intention. They ars only weak, and they ars ths victims of snvlronment. AT A XV COST! A woman's play time of life Is so short. In the ftw years of her early youth she must have all ths fun, all ths admiration, all the adventure all ths romance she will sver havs. What wonder, then, that ths foolish amnns; them, who lock ths wit to drivs a a"ood hariraln with Fate, buy at any cot tho clothes that enhance, their beauty, and the pleasure they crave and must have now, or never? Men cannot understand this, bscaussl their personal appearance does not , make or mar their chance In life. Nor I do they have to make their aentlmentnl I hay while the sun of their youth and beauty shines and so they Judft more harshly than the woman dos the poor little butterfly who barters her all for the sake of flaunting; her xaudy wings fdgj an hour In ths sunshine. YYAUF.ft or SI We And women know, as a man never knows, that "the waves of sin Is death" to a woman. They havs seen the look of the damned in the eyes of their sister, sis-ter, of ih street. They have heard that laughter that Is sadder than the sound of sobs on a woman's lips. They know that no child mors rut hlemtl y breaks Its toys, and cants them aalds whn It Is tired of them, than a man dos the woman who has been his plaything, play-thing, and so evvn good womea pity bad women more than men ilo. Of course, this Is not the old theory. That Is. that women are hard and cruel trt nlhsr WAman a ei.l thai onmaa'a In. humanity to woman makes countless thousands mourn. If this was ever true. It Is not true now. Woman everywhere are stretching stretch-ing out their hands to other women, try In ir to heip them, to comfort them, to uplift them. There Is not s charity for th betterment better-ment of unfortunate women that does not owe Its origin snd lis existence to the work of sympathetic women. It la women who reach down to the women In the gutters snd try to pull them up to a higher level, and It la men who are the chief obstacle to the rehabilitation in sitctefv cf the woman who has sinned. Women are willing to forgive the Magdalene if she repents and de- ; slrea to atone for her past, but men i will not lt their wive and daughters associate with one whose garments are m u d be pa 1 1 e red. You often hear a silly woman sav that she hss no women friends, that alt of her friends are men, and that when she wants to ask a favor she goes to a man for It. PAIR WEATHRR TfRlRXD. Fools. Hhe knows not what she save, and she soon find nut her error Jf she hss need to put friendship to the test, i Men ars but fair weather friends to women. A nun enjoys the society of a woman juet aa long as she makes no demands upon him. While she is at her best, happy and gay. and prosperous, and well drea-d. rrady to listen to him with a sympathetic sympa-thetic ear. he la a charming and interesting in-teresting friend Itut let the evil day come, and all this Is changed. If ahe Is In need, he will lend her monev. once or twice. If she is sick, he will evnd her a hunch of flowers. If her heart Is broken, he will write her a note of condolence, perhaps. And that's all. He will dodge her as If ahe had ths plague, rathtr thaa listen to her tale of woea He would walk ten miles to avoid hsvlng her ween over him. and when she become shabby, and a borrower bor-rower of small sums, his office boy gets orders to say that he Is perpetually Out. Ies only a womaa friend whose friendship will aland the test of listening, lis-tening, hour after hour, to the selfish monologue of grief, whf will let you I weep out your heart upon her bosom, j i |