The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone
out.
A bank of credit on which we can draw supplies of
confidence, counsel, sympathy, help, and love.
One who combines for you alike the pleasures and benefits of
society and solitude.
A jewel whose luster the strong acids of poverty and
misfortune cannot dim.
One who multiplies joys, divides griefs, and whose honesty
is inviolable.
One who loves the truth and you, and will tell the truth in
spite of you.
The Triple Alliance of the three great powers, Love,
Sympathy, and Help.
A watch which beats true for all time, and never "runs
down."
A permanent fortification when one's affairs are in a state
of siege.
One who to himself is true, and therefore must be so to you.
A balancing pole to him who walks across the tight-rope of
life.
The link in life's long chain that bears the greatest
strain.
A harbor of refuge from the stormy waves of adversity.
One who considers my need before my deservings.
The jewel that shines brightest in the darkness.
A stimulant to the nobler side of our nature.
A volume of sympathy bound in cloth.
A diamond in the ring of acquaintance.
A star of hope in the cloud of adversity.
One truer to me than I am to myself.
Friendship, one soul in two bodies.
An insurance against misanthropy.
A link of gold in the chain of life.
One who understands our silence.
The essence of pure devotion.
The sunshine of calamity.
A second right hand.
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As a result of offering a prize for the best original
definition of "A Friend," several years ago, London
_Tit-Bits_ came into possession of thousands from all parts
of the world. From these the foregoing were selected as the
most striking. The prize was awarded to the first.
Dress For All Occasions.
A Brief Code of Sartorial Etiquette for Men and Women--What to
Wear, and When to Wear It.
_Compiled and edited for_ THE SCRAP BOOK.
"What shall I wear?" is often one of the most perplexing questions we can
ask ourselves. Nothing gives one sensations much more unpleasant than to
find oneself dressed inappropriately for any occasion. Men suffer on this
score, even as women, and are frequently as much in need of help.
To be well dressed does not necessarily mean that one must be "got up
regardless" in the extreme of fashion and with the utmost limit of
expense. Style consists in knowing how to wear your clothes as much as in
knowing what to wear. But no matter how stylish in appearance a person may
be, if he or she is wearing the wrong things at the wrong time the effect
will go for nothing.
The following hints will, therefore, be found of service, for him as well
as for her: