Eureka Reporter | 1909-11-12 | Page 7 | In the Field of Friendship Section

IN THE FIELD OF friendship T there ere we e are in contact with some of the finest issues of life the field of friendship Is a wide ona one and all our neighbors both near and ar should be candidates tor for adais slon ion there the appearance of cold the passing salutation empty of everything save chill formality have larger possibilities behind them ban we are wont to imagine at any ate to believe so honestly and con Is an indication of an ac lve faith and is far whole somer than thary the suspicions that do their utmost to naster us it is only through this be liet lief that we shall bring ourselves in contact with some of the finest issues of life and come to understand the unities and harmonies of existence nevertheless elss it is well to bear in lind the important fact that man Is ot our only friend and neighbor neither patience nor investigation la is essary to the discovery that all ail things about us are capable of ng neighborliness and dispensing it 0 those who are wise enough to take id tol vantage of the hospitality that Is constantly proffered the towering rees though they do not seem to ower as high as they did when we were vere younger the humble creeping vines the delicate flowers that spring up in III a night casual and ravishing the whole movement and rush of na ture in her vigorous and insistent moods belong to neighborliness in the most significant and satisfactory sense it is something of a relief to discover that we need not depend en on man for companionship though beyond all doubt the best of his kind are to be treas treasured pred in what ever relation or condition they are axe found the late joel chandler harris