El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-21


o LONG as we love We serve;
~ so long as We are loved by
- some one 7 would almost say
that we are Indispensable; and no
man is useless while he has a friend"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jeanette is q very charming girl.
and yet I have never regretted her
complete lack OF devotion TO me
Jetnette's friendship IS a very expen-
sive thing. and no busy woman can
afford 10 pay the price % It
Jeanette has read Stevenson's quo
tation, has learned It BY heart and
makes It the basis OF all he'd demands
on people. Demands mind you. not
requests. Jeanette claims service
from her friends IN terms OF what she
thinks they owe her-she gives ser
vice In terms OF what she thinks they
ought 90 want: and she sets herself
up as a very unselfish woman and
very generous friend
To my way OF thinking, pretty,
blue eyed raven tressed Jeanette is a
complete vampirel She stands as the
sign and portent OF everything a
Trend or lover ought not 70 be
At Christmas time, jeanette gives
you a magnificent leather bound set
OF Stevenson which she cannot afford
and which she knows you know she
cannot afford. Her air OF generosity
makes you squirm- Your own gift OF a
pair Of silk stockings looks so cheap.
You are TO- ced 10 spend all the year
trying to pay Jeanette back for her
generosity.
oeen cruelty tlouted by the man she
loves She needs your consolation and
help She feels you owe IL to her 10
come 70 her she insists that she Is
paying you q real compliment when
she breaks in on your rest with her
hysterical demand.
All OF Jeanette's Christmas Gifts
were so lavish and generous" that
she IS hard pressed for money for
months afterward. You are invited
TO dinner IN honor OF a great poet.
You want TO look well and so you
wear your handsome black velvet
dinner gown
jeanette phones as you are about 70
leave WIN you call for her. as she
can't afford a taxi and she knows YOU
won't mind picking her 10. BY the
way. what are YOU Wearing7 Oh. YOUR
black velvet, Well, then she won't go;
she has nothing but that shabby old
green crepe-de-chine and she's be
ashamed TO be seen next 20 so much
splendor. Jeanette makes you feel
that you are an unfeeiinE wretch.
You change TO your brown satin,
mating your weakness and her whIn-
ing alike The taxi waits Is minutes
while you effect the Change of COS
tune. 1t waite 20 more while Jeanette
goes back 70 don her slippers and
take off her hat: then IL goes three
miles out OF its way to pick W a
girl Jeanette has promised to call for.
You arrive at the dinner half an hour
late, thoroughly chilled from your
long sojourn in the taxi and depleted
as to pocketbooS because OF the extra
fare jeanette has run up for you.
Thinks She Is Devoted Friend.
And yet Jeanette feels sure that she I
is o devoted friend. Hasn't she i'm /
proverished herself to give you (
beautiful Christmas present. Has she +
ever refused anything you ask OF her.
As matter OF fact, you never ask /
anything OF Jeanette. You are utterly /.
terrified at the mere thought Of put {
ting yourself under obligations to her I
Let US go back to the quotation OF I
our dear friend, R. L. s: so long a. /
we love We serve; that is mutual. is I.
u not2 We give and take service. I
But II we were to exact t., the service I
would become tyranny, not service. ]
50 long as We are loved by some |
one, would almost say that we are /
indispensable" While someone pours [
out on US affection and devotion, we 4
have real place IN the scheme OF I
lie We matter, we count. and in po- /
sesslng friendship we are OF use.