The Washington herald., 1910-11-20
THE VALUE OF IT A LIVE SUBJECT

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go TO your neighbor in his need and ex-
tend your hand Give and We shall re-
eeive" is the law in making friends and
in keeping them. Try it, 1t will be worth
the effort. for the value of true friend
ship is inestimable and its influence for
good in our lives inimitahle.
FRANK 0RoURKE.
| Friendship is the highest compelling in
f1uence in our modern world It Is. so to
speak, the altar on which the most price
| less incense is burned. Knowing this TO
| By true. we should value friendship as
! one of the sweetest and most enrlching
OF life's pleasures. Tt is even more than
pleasure, for II properly directed Il brings
/ out the best that is in us and helps us 10
realize our aims. We are losing the bet
/ ter part OF friendship, however, unless
we take time for an occasional talk.
/ brief visit, and the sympathetic message
| in time of trouble and show by similar
acts of kindness that we realize the
value of friendship. one Of the highest
| tributes paid to friendship is in the words
of oliver Wendell Holmes:
Fame is the scentless sunfower,
With gaudy crown of gold,
But friendship is the breathing rose.
With scents in every fold
! a. b. FITZGERALD.
The value Of friendship cannot be meas
ured or EXPRESSED in dollars and cents.
One friend u the right kind. at the right
time, born OF long and good companion
ship, is Of greater value than the largest
money inheritance or possession. The
| friend. tried and true. win recognize your
| needs without being told OF them and in
/ spite OF an attempt 10 hide them from
him. and VIII minister unto your needs
as a privilege. This is true only Of the
| highest type Of friendship; but that IS
! the kind for optlmists 20 find and foster,
and this may be begun in the homes OF
all and can spread TO gO0dly proportions
| This high value on friendship is not new.
bat is the verdict OF the master minds Of
the age, Robert Hail said, Friendship
is the cordial Of life. the lenitive Of our
| sorrows. the multplier OF our joys"
Pope. a man whose success In life is
I reckoned very high, as judged by his ac-
complishments. said: Il am man Of
desperate fortunes-that is. man whose
friends are dead: for I never aimed at
other fortunes than in friends.
Where true love bestows its sweetness.
Where true friendship laws its hand.
DWells all greatness. all completeness.
| All the wealth Of every land
Shakespeare said, lie who steals my
purse steals trash" and also, "You shall
perceive how you mistake my fortune;
am wealthy in my friends
Ms. ALTA MIDKIFF.
Friendship. thou constant, ever-buruing
light
Thou are the link that makes the whole
world one.
AS when the evetide fades into the night.
Through thee the greatest battles have
been won
Along the way that leads to heay'n's
delight,
For somberest thought. and darkest OF
all hues
Wax glorious golden. in thine own pure
light
From time when dawn-star melt in the
blue.
TIL all the earth is but a mound az fire,
Forever Wilt thou hold thy gentle lieu
Nor wilt thy love for mortaIs ever tire.
Friendship, with thee, l pray thee, take
me, too
And teach me all thy constant loving
way.
And let me by thy side forever stay.
CLARINNE HUNTER.
we can live without friends. we can
live without books" Would the empti-
ness Of such an existence be living?
Friendship is invaluable. for il sweetens
life Books are friends they broaden our
mental horizon. one OF my most valued
friends Is a thousand miles away but
her letters are white-winged messages OF
love. an ! can feel her presence. An
other seems 20 know just when I need
her Sometimes Il IS bunch Of flowers
a word Of advice OF comfort: always ]
am strengthened. Friendship Is not "a
shadow that follows wealth and fame,
but blessed reality. I have seen the
shadows OF sin and darkness, but God s
earth-angels were there 10 raise the
fallen and cheer the faint"
MH. g. E. MCLAUGHLIN.
Friendship is an attachment between
persons being intimately. acquainted. and
is formed generally through admiration
OF some quality or qualities possessed BY
one person which the other admires. and
the affection Of a true friend is one OF
the few things that cannot be bought
and held with money.
Very few of US have any friends, not
because we do not care for them, but be-
! cause We nave never tell III worth our
while or necessary 70 cultivate among
our numerous acquaintance ties OF
friends zip. We can never tell when we
may need one. and when the time comes
: and we find we are without any. then
only do We realize our loss
Men may be constantly together for a
| lack OF other cOmDaniOnShlp and still
have no ties Of friendship between them
each not approving OF some fault OF the
, other
} The many people whom you meet In
your everyday routine. no matter how