The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-30

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 make friends
 And give your hearts to, when they
 once perceive
 The least rub in your fortunes, fall
 away
 Like water from ye, never found
 again,
 But where they mean to sink ye.'
 whatI devote one day fortnight paying cal1sl In other words, gading from one house to another to chat with women one has little or no inter est in save that they are in the social swim, was there ever such a waste of timer
 That is one mans opinion of the so- cial custom of paying and receiving calls. In a lengthy letter on the sub ject he goes on with the tribulation 1t entails upon husbands .It encourages extravaganza in wives,'s he argues. .sThev want fine clothes to walk in. to ride in, to talk in. Their homes must be furnished as handsomely as those they visit, and. the spreads women try to excel each other in giving keep a man of moderate salary poor. Start move to abolish this method of keep ing up friendship. Men keep up friend ship from boyhoed to old age with never a thought of being entertained in None aonther's homes wife has the eompanionship of her husband and
 
 There is another viewpoint which has not been considered The woman who devotes herself to her home, not caring to go beyond it's four walls, will soon or late lose her interest and grip upon the outside world. All too soon she will become old, fretful and uneompani ab1e, following the tread mill of work, work work. The house may be scrupulous1y clean, but it will cease to become attractive. The con- versation at the tea table will be an | irksorne repetition of the ways and meansN of accomplishing the household drudgery from day to day. Women must have contact with oth- CT eheefy, happy hearted woTnen to give them new thoughts. bring whole- some laughter to their lips; and sun shine to their hearts. Visiting other welI-kept home is lesson and ex- ample to the wife and mother to make her own fireside- equally as attractive to her husband and children, and her person quite as beautiful to their eyes. Each friend upon whom she calls has something a little different to talk about. She gains much by exchange of ideas.
 -Companionship of congenial women forges between them golden chain whose links time but makes stronger. The loss of fortune by one or the ot1- CT but draws them the, closer to- gether
 1 The older a woman grows. the more she feels the need Of staunch, true wo2 men friends. If poverty drives her to a garret they will come to her in her 1 hour Nof need, mtnistertng to her for the tender remembrar1ce they have of 1 her when time was young, fair and 1 joyous with both of them in the days | of auId lang syne.
 Every woman should gather about her few good and true women friends, and. be chary of allowing new I ones to crowd out the old. As to the I cost of her clothes, she who calls should not permit her raiment to be more costly than her husbands purse can afford. The same rule holds good for the menu she offers her guests. Life should be happy each day, but l no pleasure should be carried to ex- trernes. The wife who pays calls keeps 1 her circle of friends, which is more often that not greatly 70 her 5husband's interest both in business and other wise.
 When a certain custom stands the strain and ravages of years, one may safely come to the conclusion there is much wholesome good in it to recom- mend it. Next to love there is nothing