DEFINITIONS OF "A FRIEND."

London TIT-BITS offered a prize for the best explanation of the meaning of the words "A Friend." The winning definition is given first, followed by some of the best of the others submitted.

HE 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 lustre the strong acids of poverty and misfortune cannot dim.

One who multiplies joys, divides griefs, and whose honesty is inviolable.

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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 tightrope 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

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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 acquaint

ance.

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.