The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
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Our friends are our best helpers. They may not always like the same studies. and the same recreations. but there is one thing in which they do not differ from ourselves: they Will l have the same standards of honr. A truthful girl canot make friend of hyprocrite. nor an honest girl asso- ciate on familiar terms with one who cheats. You will never find two girls united in strong friendship when one Is coarse and vulgar and the other mod est and refined.
 In friendship like attracts like. There has to be similarity of principle and motive. You and your partner must both be sincere, both try to do the best of which you are capable, and both combine to help one another toward the best things. Unless this Is so you may be acquaintances, but you cannot be partners.
 Without our knowledge we gain or lose through our friendships. There is Janet. who is very easily impressed. I can tell at a glance with wkat girls Janet has been associating when she comes to see me. after the absence of a week or month. If she has been very much with Hildah she drops her final g's and says mornin' and even in instead of morning and evening. If Sarah has been her chief companion, she has adopted the broad a and uses it unsparingiy. If Mildred has been her partner for the time, she has long o's and rolling r's in her vocabulary. Very few girls take the color of the last girl they have been with as Janet does. She will do this all through lift. for Janets soul is an instrument that responds as the keys on the plano do to every touch.
 Her cousin in in contrast to this and belongs to an entirely different type. She is an up and down sort of girl who stands on her own feet. and re- ceives comparatively little from other people. The teachers say that Janet is more receptive pupil than Marjorie and much more easily taught. Marjor- ie's own mother often wishes that she were more flexible ai-d less self-cen- tered. She needs a partner with personality stronger than hers. and nature open to outside influences. but It will not be easy for her to find and choose a mate.
 Do not let anybody laugh at you be- cause you are enthusiastic in friend ship. Do not let anyone make a jest of the happiest and best thing that comes into your youthful lives. The friendships of the schoolgirl may last always, or may be forgotten few years hence. what becomes or tncTH hereafter Is of no moment at this time. the important thing is that you shall have friends with whom you can talk and study, who will share your ambi- tions and guard your innocent secrets and help you play the game to advan- tage, where you are. now. Do not let anyone come between you and your dearest friend Avoid envy and jeal- ousy. and off your friend Is better than you and gains more prizes and reaches a higher mark in the class take pride in what she does and be above any thing mean or petty on your own &C., count. Your partners triumphs are your own.
 I am glad to note that schoolgirls are democratic. They never choose a partner because her father Is rich, or her uncle is famous or decide against one because they never heard of her people. They care nothing whatever about her dress. but they do care about her manners and her ways. Personal ity counts for much with schoolgirls, They are careless about social distinc- tions but they choose for friends those they love best