The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-12-31
HER NEAREST, DEAREST FOE

My very chains and I grew friends,
So much a long communion tends
To make us what we are; even !
Regained my freedom with sigh.
It is natural for a girl to be fond of
! chum, but the trouble is some maid
ems do not choose their bosom friends
wisely. There is a class of girls who
have a deep-seated influence over
chum. Even though they show now
and then that they might, if occasion
demanded, sacrifice chum for their
own interest, they have woven the
| chain of so-called friendships so tight
| ly around the other that there is no
breaking away from 1t.
A girl meets nice young man, who
becomes interested in her and asks
permission to call. When he pays his
visit he finds two pretty young girls to
entertain him instead of one. He is
| introduced to the chum, who Is not
averse to bringing herself forward
completely overshadowing his hostess.
When this occurs repeatedly, the
young man may be pardoned for the
! belief that the girl whom he has come
to call on Is not smitteR with him and
| is really Interested in making match
| between her chum and himself. In
| fact, the chum leads him to believe
this as he sees her home.
Gradually he breaks of calling upon
| the girl who first attracted him, trans.
ferring his calls to the home of the
| chum. The girl who watches and
waits in vain for his coming confides
to her false friend the misgivings
| which cause her heartaches. Her near
est and dearest foe drives in the
| wedge which sewers them widely
apart. Pride steps in, and the maiden
| who has looked and been pleased
passes the young man with cool bow
when they meet on the street.
| 1t is pleasant for a girl to have a
| chum, but when the knowledge comes
| upon her that the chum is false to her.
| she should not tolerate her private af-
fairs being dominated by her. Hav-
ing an admirer may be the turning
point of a girls life. Friendship be-
| tween man and maid is far too sacred
| for a chum to interfere with. Many
| a romance that might have ended in
marriage has been shattered in this
way. The blow dealt by the hand OF a
friend hits girlish heart the hardest,
inficting wound which always leaves
a scar in the shape of bitter memo
ries.
| Girls are wont to exchange conf
| dences with one another in regard to
heart affairs. While this confidence is
usually respected, and is supposed to
draw them nearer together, yet, If
they have falling out, the false chum
blazes the others secret to her dear
| four hundred friends without COM
junction. There is no foe like the
foe who was once friend.
If such a contretemps occurs in
| girls youth, her confidence in women
and their motives is forever shaken.
| She will not even believe one who is
| for Der good. She will lose faith in
lover, no matter how earnest he may
be, If he casually makes the remark
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| tive. The chum who takes a lover
away from another girl seldom ever
finds that she has driven a good bar.
gain with fate. Cupid is exacting, and
usually pays her back in her own coin
soon or late. Friendship is sacred; 1t
keeps the heart warm and. next to
love, Is tender and sweet. In the lives
of young girls, it has it's dividing line.
over which the one or the other should
be too faithful and true of heart to
cross There are men enough to
choose from without girl deliberate
ly planning, to take her chum's lover
from her. It's game that never plays
out well.