The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Talking
Things Over
Mildred ]. Bronson
True Friendship"

Il order TO Have Friends, thou
must first show myself Friendly"
The most priceless, the most valu-
ed. the most hoped for thing in this
world today, is Friendship, True,
Genuine, Friendship. Thee is moth
ing, absolutely nothing, that can take
It's place We must however, stop to
consider that there are many kinds
of Friendship in this world, but that
it is only one that is of any value.
That is the Friendship that is going
to stick through any kind of trouble
or hardship, the Friendship that is
always ready to lend a helping hand,
or say a kindly word, the Friendship
in which there is nothing tc lowly or
no place too unrefined for them to
go into. to help their friend.
This is the kind Of a Friendship
that many are seeking for today. but
that very few find
You hear people today say, my
friend viii do this for me and my
friend will do that for me-" but are
they sure that their friend will do
this and viii do that, in fact, to
make a long story short, are they
sure that this person is not just a
to is really their friend? Are they
friend of the hour?
Are they sure that if they were in
trouble, this friend, as they call them,
would come willing to their rescue?
No, they are not sure until they have
put that friend to a test.
Now, we will travel back just a
little to my opening verse In order
to have Friends, thou Must fist
show thyself Friendly" In order to
have friends, thou must first prove
to be friend thysef. Put this pues-
ton to yourself. "Am l a true friend
to anyone. "Is there anyone that
really feel | would do anything in
this world possible to keep them
happy" If you are not a true friend
to anyone, how can you expect any
one to be a true friend to you,?
Did you ever stop to consider that
if we could do away with all this
false friendship, this snake IN the
grass friendship, we would help rio
the world of one of the greatest evils
alive, today? Pretended Friendship
Do YOU know what | mean when !
say pretended Friendship? mean by
this. People who pretend to be your
friend, laugh, eat, drink, make mer-
~ with you, while in their hearts
they are planning a way to u your
throat. q way to lower you into the
gutter and once they have you there
to do everything in their power &c
keep you there. This kind OF q
Friendship is a menace to society
and until it is cleared away, we car
not hope for social betterment among
orr race. or in fact, among any race
There is only one solution to q
nroblem and that is to study yourself
Find ont what kind Of a friend you
are. Find out if you are n OF
those snake in the grass friends, tna'
laugh in a persons face and inward
w at the same time, figure a way &c
! hahn that person. If you are, clear
vour heart, get the malice and hatred
out of your system, for as long as
Won are one of these ~so-called 1rlenos
YOU are helping this VI to grow. =
0 clear yourself, make yoursen .
true friend. Then there will be one
lass Of this false friendship and II
nallv If everyone makes up his mlno
70 not be one of these so-called friends
there will come a time when there
will be nothing bue true friendship
There is sothing sweeter than true
friendship. Take for instance 9
mothers love for her child. no matter
how homely, how sickly or how low
" her child is, there is nothing to
vulgar or lovly for that mother to
do for her child. This is the kind o.
Friendship we need in this world. To
have a true Friendship between two
peoples there must be love. The
kind Of love a mother has for her
child If we have this kind OF love
for a person, then we will not prove
to be a false friend. Don't help
lower the value of Friendship. Don't
put it on a lower standard Just BE-
cause of q thoughtless deed or act
II you for one momest think that you
cannot be a true friend. rather than
react against the true lay Of Friend
ship, stay by yourself. Don't pretend
to be q Friend