Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1882 — Borrowing. [ARTICLE]

Borrowing.

Perhaps the girl readers are not addicted to this exasperating habit, and do not need this talk. There is, however, among my aquaintances a maiden who makes herself one of my greatest trials. She asks for my scarf to wear to the city, for my shawl when she visits her aunt, for my hood when she goes skating. One of my dresses figured at her cousin’s wedding; one of my neckr ties is seen in her photograph; she protects her hands with my mittens, walks dry-shod in my rubbers, and warms her fingers in my muff. Yet she is so helpful, and sociable, and amiable, and returns so readily aud neatly each article borrowed, that I seldom venturo a refusal, especially when I remember that her wardrope is scantily furnished. Still I often take myself severely to task for allowing a girl with such excellent traits to pass into womanhood with this disagreeable one. So full of the hope that she will see this talk, I send it on its mission, trusting \t will help some maiden to become a more agreeable woman.