El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09
BIZ Grace Darling.

NE OF the pleasantest roads in
life is that which IS called the
~ Friendship Route. and it leads
TO the Valley of Peace and Calm Con-
! tent
A great many girls complain to me
that they are lonely; that other girls
! do not like them; that they are left
! out of all the good times that girls
/ have when they foregather in dove
parties and they ask me the why OF
this
1t is because these girls have never
Travelled the Friendship Route. and
am going to try to tell them how to
do it,
To begin with, If you mean to travel
the Friendship Route. you must pre-
pare yourself for the journey You
must put kindness IN your herat.
helpfulness in your hand and wear a
smile on your lips and the look Of love
in your eyes.
The girl who goes forth loaded down
with selfishness. and envy, and spite.
and greed. finds every door on the
train along the Friendship Route
barred to her.
She never gets aboard. no mater how
pretty and clever she Is, nor how
many fine clothes she has nor how i'm
portant her father may be Some times
the other girls play around with her at
the station. and eat her lunch. and pre-
END they are going TO take her along
with them. but when the signal bell
rings for the real Friendship train 10
start they slam the gate in her face
and she is left
She is not dressed for the journey.
for no one can go on that excursion
who doesn't wear the full regalia OF
qualities that make people lovable.
Why Others Miss.
Other girls never reach the end OF
the Friendship Route because they in
sist on travelling in private car. They
pride themselves upon being exclu-
sive. They shudder at the thought Of
rubbing shoulders with the common !
herd They shut themselves up in their /
shells like clans, and refuse to be even /
civil to another girl until they know /
that she is as well born. as well edu- J
Gated. and has as much money as they /
have.
You see these poor little private car 1
girls at school where they flock by !
their dull and dismal selves. You meet 2
them at summer resorts. where they sit /
solitary and alone turning up their
pinched little noses II the common
girls" who are having loads of fun |
with other girls and BOYS they have ]
got acquainted with at tennis or in
bathing. or out boating. or in the hotel !
ball room. or somewhere else on the
everyday passenger coach of the
Friendship train, where YOU don't have Z
TO know anything about anybody ex-
cept that they are human and acreea-
bic like yourself
or course it's fine and grand 70 ride
on special private car. but it's mighty
lonesome. and the people who do il
have such bored faces. Just notice
them.
Then when YOU travel the Friendship
Route YOU have TO pay the regulation
fare. The interheart commission has
made a rockbound ruling on that point.
and has settled the denomination OF
the coin with which you must pay your
way.
II is unselfishness- Unless you are
willing TO sacrifice yourself for others.
unless you can prefer another's hap
oiness 10 your own. unless Won are
wiling TO help others. you can never
ravel on the Friendship Route.
No Passes Issued
\ great many girls think that they
an get passes over this road. Never
vas greater mistake The girl who
hinks that every one should always do
yer way. that she should have the pick
II the beaus and most OF the CANDY.
nd that she should monopolize the
Mirror IN the dressing room. and have
oot. may possibly get aboard the
rlendship train. but she Will be put
If al the first flag station
Then YOU have got to work YOUR wav
n the Friendship road. No dead beats
re allowed. Love never comes to us
S a free gift. II is always a debt And
e always have to earn whatever af-
ection We get So If you want the
IRIS about YOU to love you. do some
hing to make them love you
II you are at a dance. and some mis-
-aole little wall flower is eating her
cart out in modification because no
ody has asked her TO dance Introduce
'me man friend Of yours TO her and I e.
axe him dance with her II a new I =
ri comes to work where YOU do. speak !.
her and help her learn the ropes in j
lie office or store b
II girl has had a bit OF good luck. h
'ngratulate her upon 1t and tell her ii
~ are glad II another girl is in I
ouble. sympathize with her. Don't "
INK because you have no money to
We. You have nothing to give. There 2,
e more people starving for a word m
5! npa tiny, and understanding. and 2,
'preclation than there are starving | a,
r bread. =