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Rh and a little of it there, there is left a portion not altogether desirable which is to be given to Prince Charming when he comes to claim his bride. I like a girl to have many girl-friends; I do not like her to have a girl-sweetheart. There are but two people in the world to whom a girl should give her confidence—the first is her mother, the second is her husband. To the first belongs her life while she is unmarried; after that she must find in her husband the one person to whom she can tell everything. And she is a very foolish woman if she ever whispers to either mother or woman-friend the confidential life of her husband and herself.

Many, very many girls may say, "Oh, it is very easy to say tell your mother everything, but suppose she doesn't care to hear it?" Now, I just want to ask you one question: Have you ever tried to make her your confidante? Have you ever tried to tell her how your life goes along, the acquaintances you make at school, what interests you. or even the little compliments that are paid you by young men, and about which you are, properly enough, a little shy? Don't be satisfied with one trial and feel repulsed because she happens to be too busy, or too much troubled about something else to pay strict attention to you, but instead, take another time, and when you try this and keep on trying you will gradually