El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-13

GLeTIS good and safe rule said
Rusxin. Ito sojourn in every
place as If you meant 10
spend YOUR life there. never omlttlne
an opportunity OF doing Kindness ol
speaking a true word or making d
friend"
There are many stopping off places
in the course Of this journey we are
All engaged in. Some are evidentIy ~
h. Of months and years duration AIlu -
al some places the stop is so shOrI W
consider IL useless TO exert OqIs r,e
10 make friends. or to make nome.
4 Greater mistake was never H iSLS-
Il is a lack OF permanency LhaI u
results in a lack of cnaracJeI- II -
the feeling of here today and gone 70
morrow that gives birth to an Ia
comes under the head Of selfisnness'
narrowness and indifference -, IL
What is the use. the one WI l,e 90
who arrives at a stopping off place,
"of making friends? L may not Do
II is as important to make friends
for tomorrow as to make frienos Ior
I have lived many years I recent
" heard a white haired, gentle Volced
woman say. and I have made many
observation-disclosures in ambition some
In hatred some in love, and some IN
material gain. But / have 1ound thal
the investment that has paid the pest
Of all was that I made in frlends-
It Costs NOthingg Pays Well
It is an investment that requires no
expenditure of time or money
Just a little expenditure OF thoushI-
fitness. a kindness. or a true WORD,
and every stopping off place, De II
ever so brief. is marked by a friend
It becomes no longer memory OF
enforced exile among strangers; II De
comes a pleasing recollection OF
And I would not have YOU end your
sojourn with making friends-Whicn,
though the greatest OF all. Is not All
I would have you make Of your
abiding place, no matter how tempo
rary. a home.
Women who travel much. and who
are cOmpelled by circumstances to
lodging houses and hotels, have ap-
plied this advice of Huskin 10 their ma
terial possessions
They are prepared TO sojOurn there
as II IL is TO be for life, and carry
with them q pretty picture or two,
little odds and ends OF draperles- pno-
tographs and all the little knick
knacks which will go in one corner OF
a trunk and which make a strange
room look like a home
As quickly as If the traveller waved
an enchantress' wand, the look or a
temporary abiding place Is gone. ana
homelike room takes its place.
Little pains. but big gains. for no
one can do her best when oppressed
by the feeling that everything around
is only temporary
Such an atmosphere is conducive to
disregard OF others. and a too concen-
trated regard Of self
II one thinks. What's the use OF
hanging UP a picture2 There is no
one but me TO see it," the next thought
Is. What's the use Of being kind and
polite and agreeable 1 won't be here
long,
Outward Things Help the Heart.
The outward evidence Of home and
permanency result in an inward ambi-
ton to match Ii.
If the eyes get a hOmelike feeling,
the heart seeks II. also, and finds II in
making friends Of those who were
strangers yesterday, and who may
never be seen after tomorrow.
There is little counts more in char
acter building than this feeling OF per
manency. The girl who learns her
first lesson I'm the book with the be-
lief that she will go through Il TO the
end has a lesson learned well.
The girl who has a position down
town and does her work thinking that
she may not be there more than a few