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Show IIF CLOSE IFRIENDSJUARREL Ul Next to love, friendship Is sweot-H sweot-H est. Thero Is nothing In this world II ' so comforting as to have ono true, Hi earnest friend to whom wo can freo-llll freo-llll ly unbosom our innermost thoughts; llll sotno ono who rejoices In our Joy find sympathizes with us In our little nil trials, soothing our heartaches and gently allaying our fears. In tho excitement of tho moment wo may, in a burst of confidence, un-fo.d un-fo.d to this second self tho secrets which It were wiser to hravo kept locked In ono's own breast. From that moment ono Is over In tho pow- !" cr of tbat bosom friend. Thero Is no I keener blow which can strike a heart than tho discovery thnt the sympathy of the bosom friend lias been mislead-I mislead-I lng. m. We can pcrcelvo tho first slight jl I coldness which enters In acting as a III I wedge to Blowly draw our hearts as. under. A slight dissension may causa tho breaking up of a friendship which It waB bclloved would last as long its time. Tho advent of a man who seems equally Interested In both may turn this tldo of friendship in a single day. The little rift In tho lute can widen. Whllo thero aro many bosom friends who would bo faithful until I death, still no woman should trust llll them with affairs which not only con-HI con-HI cern her own unhapplncss but perhaps per-haps a husbhnd, a relative, or soma other near and dear friend who has no idea that their misfortunes are knowjn to some one who has no In-In In-In terest In them or in their futuro welfare. wel-fare. A mother Is tho best and safest custodian for secrets; or a loving sister. sis-ter. If ono has not theso dear ones to confldo In sho shall keep her vlttil secrets locked carefully In her own bosom. ji OIvo unto your bosom friends your smiles, words of tenderness, but never nev-er tho secrets which you would not have revealed In tho after years. Thero Is always Bafety for women In having man' warm, genial friends, &nd In not depending upon any particular par-ticular ono for sympathy and tenderness. tender-ness. It Is tho nature of womankind to exult In her power. Sho who HI holds your secrets holds you In leash. Closest fronds nro liable to fall out. |