The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-30
Make Friends.

Make Friends.
81 will give you an unfailing key to
success said an experienced man to
his young friend make one ncc
friend every day, and retain all you
make" Three hundred and sixty-tive
friends year would certainly be an I'M
portant auxiliary to the "productive re-
sources" of IN ambitious young man
making his may in the world. But then
comes the question: How are these
friends to be mate , 1t will be easy
enough to retain friend once earned,
but how can this very excellent pre-
scription of making friends be car
ricd out? There may be many
ways in which progress may be had i'll
this direction, even ii the task should
not be literally accomplished. Let lis
look at the matter in II rational way.
To commence with, civility is an OK
crllcnt bait with which to catch friends
and ciyilty is cheap. Nothing is easier
than to keep supply constantly on
hand There are bogus articles some
times attempted to be palmed of for
the real thing, but they are all so base
that they are easily detected. Obsequ-
ousuess is one; hattcry another mock
modesty third ofliciousness fourth,
and soon. These may have the genuine
stamp" but their spuriousness is easily
detected True ciyility needs no false
| lights to show its points. 1t is the em-
bodimont of Truth, the mere opening
out of the inner self. The arts and
artificcs OF polished exterior are well
enough but if they are anything less
or more than fair exponent OF inward
rectitudr, their hollowness cannot long
escape detection. Shakespeare has said,
" A man may smile, aud smile, and be
villain :" but all the world knows that
there is n wide difference between the
smile of villain and that of an honest
man.
Courtesy, which is the natural out
growth Of inward gentleness, bears its
characteristics by the artless child as by
the grown man. Civility, therefore, to
be effective in this quest, must have the
sub-stratum of goodness. 1t must be
pervading and uniform, not exceptional
and titful. 1t is all very well to lay tho
blame of an unreliable and explosive
temper upon weak digestion, or that
crash humor" inherited from others ;
but its disastrous effects are all the same.
The worst tcmpcrs are made subservient
to we'll settled and persistent prln-
ciplc of right doing and that is the
only thing which can be relied on. The
whole question therefore resolves itself
into this formula.
t To maize friends, Do right.
To Keep friends, Do right.
A FKEycG girl is the dependent and
companion of her mother. She Is
brought I'D under her eye ut home. or,
) if abroad. under female supervision
| similar to that of her own mother. LII
; NAV be in convent or in pension.
> Wherever the place, the mother is prac-
tically justified in stating that her
daughter has always remained under
her own eye. The enjoyments OF the
French girl. the occupation of her leis'
ure moments, the indulgence OF hel
tastes and emotions, are those OF he
mother. She promenades with her, nc
companies her to amusements, and to
certain extent participates in the enter
tainment of her friends. The Frenc
= girl is the pet OF the family circle, II
= terested in its ceremonies, familiar wit
L. tho lows and sorrows OF all its conne'
T. tons, and cognizant OF all its lnteres
y according to the station of its sever
: members. She is not allowed to 81
III what French parents call oblectlonab
nj plays, to read lcentious novels, or Co
Is verse with men haphazard in Sener
lie society. The main thing in her edic
al- ton is development of the sympatiiie'
orrseable manners, and physical an
=: mental purity.
~, FAINT not the miles Of heaven ar
M few and short. There are many head
a living in Chrst's bosom, but there
- room for yours among the rest.-R'"
ertord.