Show GETTING CEilING ACQUAINTED IN STRANGE CITY IS WOMANS WOMAN'S HARD TASK Difficult to Form Friendships Among Neighbors in in Large Corn Communities mun pHD H problem of or getting getting- acquainted T THE I Is la ono one that confronts every ery woman who changes hor residence and aId takes lakes up her abode in a strange city If It she sho IB Ie not fortunate enough to nooses pos noo- possess lOBess lO- lO letters letter of or Introduction sess ses to others In the samo same town she Is vcr very apt to bo be doomed to a lonely existence for tor friendliness among amonS' neighbors Is al almost almost almost al- al most an unknown thing thing- the pr present Hent day da In town tho word neighbor has no significance except from a religious religions point of or view low socially speaking it has no application as aa regards tho those o who take house In the squares and streets and drives driven This Thin may be readily understood under under- stood The dweller In those these districts fashionable or unfashionable have hC boon bern taught from their youth upward ard that calling an as it In 18 understood In n tho country countr has no existence in tow town ton ii and t ne newcomers have hayo no part In tho the scheme scheme of or life as lived in town asfar as being aware who a Il next door neighbor may happen to he be Doomed to DI It goes goo without saying caving that those tholo who settle In town with tho the hope that by so doing tho they will will speedily form torm a circle of ot largo acquaintances among their Immediate neighbors are aro doomed to disappointment Whether hether a married ml couple or a bachelor girl Irl it 18 lIS all aU tho and their existence Is IB same ame entirely l Ignored on the right hand and on the left lett Perhaps apartment house dwelling has something to do with this The fashion of or housing a number of or families fam fain lUes und under the tho same roof loof Instead of establishing a a. bond of or fr friendship as asono asono asono ono would naturally suppose ha has In Instead instead In in- stead put up a barrier among the residents residents resi resi- dents that Is ia seldom broken down Families have been boon known to live In to Inthe th the same apartment for tor five or six years ears without knowing or speaking speaking- to toan an any other resident un under er the same roof I If ono one were to sU suggest est calling on tho tiro mistress of the tho next flat the tho average apartment house dweller would hold up her hands In horror In the suburbs things are ure almost on the tho same lines but hut perhaps not so ao strictly so as 1111 tho the dwellers In these thesa re regions now and again depart fr from tho the prevailing rule of not calling upon newcomers new new- comers and after a corta a lapse of time venture upon breaking the ice Ice Ico and taking tho the Initiative In the matter mattor of ot calling This change of or front comes about In Indifferent indifferent different ways Perhaps the heads cf ct two families are In the tho habit of or meeting meetIng meet- meet Ing InS over or every morning morning- on their wu way to II town and drift into a sort of speaking acquaintance with each other D By and b by tho they may lORY be bo accompanied b bj by their wives on stropping shopping e expedition and a sort of or springs up which sometimes develops into a calling acquaintance But nut this Is la a a. side Bide Issue and exceptional I and the tho rule In the suburbs s s today ay os It was j n for tor the residents resi dents not to call upon newcomers Tho Tie general opinion appears to bo that to real reside do within half hair an hour of town Itself Is a legitimate reason for observing observing ing tho the rules that hold good in town and that occupations tlonA and associations and tho the rush Tush of ot engagements render rendor calling unexpected and unnecessary sar It seems today toda as If Ie tho only real reul in the tho small mall neighborliness exist cr very toi towns ns remote from the lar large e centers of or cl civilization tt on X I rI How can one ono then become acquainted acquaint acquaint- ed cd with ones one's neighbors and enlarge ones one's calling list t Surely Surel there thor must tho the difficulty of ot overcoming bo ho sonic some wa way culty Thero There Is Js a way ono one that many women follow tallow It Is 18 this this simply Join tho thu nearest church of or your denomination to tho the rector known yourself t tion on make malo and through him you will meet moet others who worship nt at t the tho same altar l Many friendships have e been boen established established all strong one in this wn way and many women rector of or their church a have ha found round tho in valuable social friend as well as a ft religious re- re p. p II advisor This a advice hol holds i goodin good Lood h in both town an and suburb of or resi- resi visitors new Thu Tho hoi deutH in town arc aro usually their friends H from on thu tho country who wile pa pass s through occasionally and who make a n town point of ot UP old friendships In sometimes are this hi wu way new fr visitors to formed Those temporary and often otten do clo have a among town may to town residents and in consequence conse- conse quence ask sk them thoin to call upon tho the newcomers new new- comers not because they aro are newcom- newcom ors era but as a mark of or friendship to themselves es It Is not every ory ono one who will take toko this trouble to Improve the social position position position tion of or acquaintances who havo o taken up their abode In town town but when It Is done dono it en entirely alters the aspect of or life lIfo for tor the newcomers assuming that they have the gift to please and anel to In InI Ingratiate In- In them themselves olves with those who I will call upon them A club is another means of or enlarging ones one's circle of or acquaintances acquaintance I If you ou arc are musical Joint a musical club if literary lit lit- eraT then take your membership In ono devoted dc to such pursuits Suit your club to your our tastes and then make It tho the medium of making new friends |