Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — FRIEND VS. ACQUAINTANCE. [ARTICLE]

FRIEND VS. ACQUAINTANCE.

Consider Judiciously What Friendship Means to You. It is a great thing to be able to know the difference between friends and acquaintances. Those who help you develop the better side of your life, who would have you love your family and be honorable in all your relations with your fellow men are the only friends worth having. Avoid the man who would have you do wrong, because he will betray you when It serves his purpoee. Consider Judiciously what the friendship means to you, of those whom you have been calling friends, determine definitely whether or not they can be depended upon under all circumstances. Remember you will have no trouble in finding plenty of men and women who will do favors for you if you are in a position to grant special privilege*. but this class of “so-called friends’ will fall away when they find they cannot use you. or when your position in life has so changed that you cannot do something for them. Look sharp id picking your friends and acquaintances: see to it that the fundamentals of loyalty, honesty and integrity are deeply grounded in the character of those in whom you place your faith. —Common Sense.