The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-29

| But some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own.''
 There are thousands of women, the world over, who make the pastimes of
 their lives the hours they spend chunn- ming with some intimate women friend5 No matter how many pleas ures classes of bright women have, 1 where they Igo to be benefited by changes, what new faces they see, i they long for the influence of some particular bosom companion from whom they have parted. Wives, as
 well as young women, often show an over-fondness for some one Of their own sex in whom they can conhde solemn secrets, counsel and when re- turning home, act like different per son, from suggestions; fighting their wrongs and stamping a foot rebel 1iously regarding an imagined gr1eV- ance.
 The soft-hearted wonan's friend of a year or ago may have left her a. prey to fears of having her best laid plans circulated in the ears of those shefwas scarcely acquainted with. She remembers, after days of tears and vows, never to trust her conddings ito another woman, having learned that she who retails falseness and adro1tly teurns the head of her too-trusting visitor, will never remain for a long
 
 her coming, and of different unfold ings, and wishes she could cast aside that unwelcome presence as a bauble of little worth.
 How can any female who has kept up such women's friendships befoo1 herself into the hope that it would not terminate for years disastrousIy to her? Despite all the promises never to divulge a word Of the others heart woes, the news Is carried of well stud led falsehoodS, of companions who tired of and tilted this bosom friend. just the ending of a few juicy bits of scandal. That's what the banding to- gether of women who cajoIe their hap less sisters and break up by artful in duence welded families and rend home ties asunder does
 The young girl who is inclined to wish that she had sister c0mpanioH more pleasing in company and of a jol1ier disposition when out among de- sirabIe comrades that she has, feels the need of cultivating a companion who is bright, attractive and can draw congenial young people together. She does not mean to be governed by her ways and have no opinion of her own- She grows interested through constant listening to her superior wis., dom and brilliancy The set in which she gfrequents praise her and she leads the list of invitations. With a deep drawn sigh her girI-chum is sure she could hardly exist without her by making her birthday and holiday gifts, often going without necessities to pay for them If she hints she would give anything if she could only afford to see some high-priced enter tafnment that is coming, shaking her head dolefully. before the week is out, a letter with a ticket enclosed is sent her by her sIave-chum-
 I can tell of many privations which some girls subject themselves to for the sweet sake of a dear young wo- man conpanian whom they cannot control over-lfking- Now and then we hear from wagging tongues of their losing appetites for their meals, until a sHmulant has been indulged in before they get up in the morn ing What a change it makes for girls when they cannot help liking be- yond control, all good, or indifferent, which their bosom women friends in spire in them Fr hen these women fall out, the willy spider has woven it's fatal web around the once bright butterfly, and it is all that can be done to get out of the entanglement unhurt- More than one girl wanderer realizes this in the passing of the h0Y70