Show how to make new friends we had just moved into a ne new w house in a new neighborhood in a new town a little western city without any of the advantages of a more erudite community the sec ond day we were there she came bearing gifts a glass of jelly she had made from wild chokecherries choke cherries the autumn before she was just a little count country ry woman she had always lived there she ever been more than fifty miles from home had never seen a railroad train or an airplane had been only once to the movies but I 1 never met one of more cosmopolitan mo politan personality of broader vision or of more supreme happiness you be with her for more than an hour without c catching the spirit of her infectious laugh augh ol of her rare and rollicking good humor or some of the spirit 0 of her amazing charm yet she was a woman who had lived all her life without advantages one evening as we sat on the porch I 1 questioned her closely about her philosophy of 0 life and the genesis of her personality and I 1 believe that what she told me will go with me as a source of inspiration and help as long as ai I 1 live I 1 also be believe 1 eve it may likewise help you all her life she has merely made it a point to make a new friend of every ever new person who moves into the community it was the reflection of her friendship toward others that made her eyes shine her conversation sparkle with good fellowship and the humor that endeared her to everyone within a radius of a hundred miles she drew you like a magnet her charm was irresistible and all she had bad done was to make a new friendt friend 1 I suppose in her life that some persons had taken advantage of her friendship I 1 suppose she had been cheated and robbed as I 1 have as you have maybe you and I 1 have become a little bit embittered because of it not she she found the new friends she won outweighed the loss of those who were faithless to her trust if you will assume that everyone Is your friend and try to make new social contacts every day it will do some m mysterious Y ster lous and very good things to your personality it will make your personality warm a and d friendly and will draw persons to you from every walk of life far better bette than any a academic ell demic rules of psychology Is the simple rule of cf the mountain woman which 1 I learned as dusk fell and the rabbits came out to play if you want friends you have to show folks you are a friend I 1 guess that Is all there li Is to it |