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188 read and the plays you have seen, or if you talk to him about some question which has interested you and about which you have a decided opinion. In this way you will become companionable; and, let me tell you, that while it is the easiest thing in the world for a young girl to get a sweetheart, it is only by becoming his good friend that she can keep him.

"But," says some girl who has very independent ways, "why shouldn't he cater to my ideas; why should I cater to his?" Oh, my dear, what a mistake you are making. You are not catering to his ideas, you are only doing that which is right and womanly, and endeavoring to keep the love which you have gained. You may discuss nothing more serious than the difference between yellow and brown hair, and your sweetheart may say to you that brown locks are the loveliest in the world, and his eyes may tell you the reason why he thinks so. Then you may defend golden hair the evening through, and when you two part you have had a met little time, you have made your sweetheart forget the cares of life, and it has been entirely because you talked about something that each was interested in. Another evening it may be a book; another evening you may let him explain to you all about the politics of the country, and still