The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13

gether another. The latter is not so frag-
ile as the former. An old man and a
young woman, says the New York Sun,
can be the truest and best Of friends; two
old women can be thoroughly sincere and
and faithful In their friendships and two
young women can be the same until they
become interested in the same man. Two
men who are friends often become inter-
esteS in the same woman but the bond
between them may not be broken thereby
Let two young women who are friends set
interested in the same man, and there's
very different story to tell.
why is it that We never see two young
women loyal and true and faithful in their
friendship for one another, as we men
are?' man often asks.
1t is because there is a marked differ
ence in the quality of mans mind and wo-
mans. Since women are creatures of faith,
it would seem more natural for them to
be better friends one to another than men;
but they aren't Woman has more faith
when II comes to unseen things than man,
but man has more faith in the things and
people around him than his sisters and his
cousins and his aunts, to say nothing OF
his wife and mother. Faith is the basis
of friendship, and without it honeyed de-
clarations. such as women are wont to
make, avail nothing.
An old woman told young girl some
valuable things about this matter of
friendship recently. Between the two
there exists one of those ideal relation
ships which ally youth and age giving to-
one the wisdom of many years and to the
others the joyousness of a few.
IT wonder why it is" said the girl, that
friendship between women of the same age
is so different from friendship between
men of the same age, or between
men and women. Now, don't feel at all
toward my young women friends as 1 do
toward my men friends. There are great
MANY things that I would tell the man
that I wouldn't dream of telling the wo-
men. A thing is safe with woman as
long as things are running smoothly be-
tween you and her, but as soon as there
is little spat or spirit of rivalry springs
up over clothes or beaux or any old thing
over which women vie with one another
she forgets all about her pledges OF loyal
ty and uses your confidence against you.
Mind you, I'm talking about myself as
well as every other woman in every other
country of the world. We are all in the
same boat Something seems to have been
left out of our composition when it comes
to implicitly trusting another woman of
the same age and attractions"
"rn tell you what it it, answered the
old women. 1T is faith. Women GER
tainly are queer. They can believe in all
sorts of queer gods and creeds and have
perfect faith in miracles and man, and yet
they cannot trust their feminine fellow be-
ings, unless the said beings are years old
er or younger or decidedly unattractive.
The reason you tell your men friends
things that you won't tell your women
friends is because you have faith in them,
and you have this faith in them because
they have faith in you. Faith begets
faith. To have friend you must be one.
You can't expect women to be true to you
unless you are true TO them. II every wo-
man had perfect faith in the goodness and
sincerity of every other woman of her ac-
ouaintance, friendship between woman and
woman would be far purer and stronger
than friendship between man and man or
woman and man. One woman can under
stand another can put herself in her sis
ter's place, can feel not only for her but
with her as man could never do;
but, alas, and alack we don't
do 1t because we lack faith in one an
other. Faith helps us to draw to us what
ever we actively trust in. Faith. you
konw, means something besides fidelity;
1t means trust. You become friends with
man, and his inherent faith in you
gives you not only faith in him, but faith
in yourself, and your friendship fiourishes
and grows strong. You meet a woman
of your own age and you lack faith in
her and she lacks faith in you. and to
cover this up you VOW and declare that
you will always be true TO one another
come what may. Faith is one of the
most powerful magnets given to human
beings, for it attracts to itself whatever
or whoever it earnestly and persistently
desires II you wish to establish a true
relationship between yourself and other
women, cultivate a spirit of faith in your
own sex, and preach and demonstrate
that spirit to them. Another thing:
Don't have o'emuch faith in man. Lop
off a little of the fidelity and trust that
you give TO the rib sex and give II to the
women folks, and things will adjust them
selves more fairly and evenly.
mot for worlds would l have YOU lose
your faith in men, but don't believe
everything they say. Above all things
never accept an excuse a man offers with
your mind. Accept 1t with your Inns YES
but not with your mind or heart. What do
/ mean? Just this: If one Of your men
friends, usually very attentive. should
stay away from you month, say. and
b come back with the thinnest of excuses
you would not only accept IT graciously
but would actually believe in it. Don't
It's all right to accept It with your Inns
but not with the mind. If a woman
friend should neglect you two weeks Won
wouldn't take stock in any excuse that
she might offer unless you absolutely
knew II to be true. The woman's excuse
is more often genuine than the
mans Men do what thov
want TO do. If man really
wants to be with you nothing short OF =
wide separation in miles will keen him
away. Death itself won't do il unless he
happens TO be the corpse. So dc At believ4.
I'm his excuses unless they are really very
ingenious. Now, j know a BROOKLYN law
yer. a brilliant fellow who has had
meteoric career. and really while. IL | were
girl / wouldn't accept his excuses.
must say that / could not fail to respect
and admire them. Only the other nigh
/ heard him make an excuse
20 a girl, TO whom he'd been
very attentive, for not having
been around TO see her in a month Of