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Show "0NCE0VERS" Summertime is here and there are many little week-end parties and many joyful reunions. Carry with you a determination de-termination to speak only good of those whom you meet and of whom you talk. You will cement old friendships and make many new friends quite worth the while if you keep firmly to this resolution. resolu-tion. Of course, it would make a delicious morsel, and perhaps a mild sensation, if you were to tell some of the things you know ..ml a lot more that you have heard about Bill or Bertha, when you stop co think it over, you will appreciate j that a wise forgc-tfulness of your friend's shortcomings might be good j for you as well as for them. j Talk about your friends as you would J like them to talk about you. Don't go into a sick room with a long- drawn face. Have a smile. Keep smiling. Talk of cheerful things. Don't spe:k about the good tim-.-s be ing enjoyed by friends of the patient, in which it is impossible for him to participate. par-ticipate. Instead, tell of plans which are to be carried out as soon as the ill j person recovers. Have some good news from friends ; and tell the good news in an entertain- j ing way. j Refrain from subjects which might ! excite. j D.m't stay too long, Frequent short I 'calls are better. Long ones tire the J sick. Above all, smile', and bring with you the contagious medicine of joy. |