Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — The Friends of Youth. [ARTICLE]

The Friends of Youth.

This Is one reason why the making of new friends is so muqh easier in youth than later on: Friendship conies to youth seemingly without any condition? and without any fears. There is no past to look at, with much regret and much sorrow. We never look behind us until we miss something. Youth is satisfied with the Joy of present possession. To the young friendship comes as the glory of spring, a very miracle of beauty, a mystery of birth; to the old it has the bloom of autumn, beautiful still, but with the beauty of decay. To the young it is chiefly hope; to the old It is mostly memory. The man who Is conscious that he has lost the best of his friends, naturally lives a good deal In the past.—Hugh Black.