Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-24
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teracting argument needs be brought &c
bear. The attractiveness of the storm
should be explained to them. The great
ness and grandnesS of the electrical force
of heaven should be pictured, and the thun-
Ger may be the great drums Of heaven ana
the lightning the rockets of the sky. The
sting may be removed from all the things
We are accustomed to fear. Our mind Is
what it most earnestly wishes to be. and
if it will think only good the results Will
be good.
My Friend
Should be the one before whom I may
think aloud, and 1 should be to my friend
one In whose presence those garments OF
discrimination, formaity and hampered
thought are cast aside, while perfect sim
plicity unfolds to me the real and equal
being who knows that know and under
stand the heart longings and the mental
suffering and the soulful feelings the nor
NAL being, the being in depression, and the
being in eXaltation, who knows that ne
cannot say or do that which 1 as friend
will not be able to understand. Such
friendship is rare and most excellent. Such
Is the kind Aristotle comprehended when
he spoke of friendship composed of a
single soul inhabiting two bodies, Many
of us prove unequal to the union and SO
our friendships are but transient guests,
and we are led to join hands with Elmer
son and believe with him that friendship,
like immortality of the soul, is too good tc
be true.
Sincerity is the first demand made of a
friend. There can be no hiding of ou1
thoughts under hundred folds
Friendships must be woven out of stern
material. They cannot last when united
by glass threads or frost work. That pass
Ing shfp-the fellow-being of acquaintance
merely, we parry with a thousand little
deceits. Him we compliment and mark
with secret satisfaction the luster it brings
to the eye and the pride it lends to >he
chest. We tell him of the hours amusa-
ments, for we like to see him smile: we
listen to a recital of his business affairs
because we are gratifed at his confidence,
but to our friend, the one to whom we
would prove most helpful in bad forums
We must be honest, loyal and helpful. we
must live and feel, dare and not change
be steadfast in calm and storm broad IN
generosity, deep in truth. and live in uni
versal tenderness that is a pulsating re
ality.
One author will claim that friendship
must be q compromise. that each has 10
descend to meet the other while one ex-
ponent of new thought in America decla res
only that soul. can be my friend 10
which do not decline and which does not
decline to me, but, native of the same ce-
lestial latitude, repeats itself in me-"
To some such friends have been dreams
ana tables, but they exist and are the
very wine of life
CleanSe NOW Me
From secret faults should be the daily
prayer of the one who would live the ideal
IN real life. Secret faults are the worm
eaters of right. living. Be not deceived.
They steal in private and betray publicly.
l. is difficuIt>to replace the weekday gown
of print for the Sunday silk and bear the
change gracefully.
There are those who are struggling for
supremacy over the faults seen with NOR
tai eye and count not those known only
and as Cicero observes: 1T is difficult &C
persuade men that the love of virtue Is
the love of themselves.
Self-respect should flee from secret
faults. How do you impress yourself!
That should be the first concern, and II
the standard you place for yourself is high
there need be no thought of how you i'm
press others. In the privacy of your bou-
doir, with no eyes to see and no ears to
hear save those of the four walls you can
not afford to disrespect your presence there
by breaches of etiquette that would offend
public good taste. The self is saying to
you: You are inferior to your associa tes
Some day the mask will fall"
Secret faults mean the undermining of
the self, which IS the great heritage of crea-
ton. self-examination at the close OF
each day not as the world knows you but
as you know yourself to be: to take stock
OF the assets of your secret life will prove
a fertilization for the morrow. Too many
fear such an inventory. At night the divi-
bends of moral achievement may be esti-
mated, when one has begun al the first act
and answered questions something like this:
What have been doing? What have L left
undone that / ought to have done?
MAUDE WINIFRED ROGERS.