Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-03-08
$500 A YEAR.
MOTHER AND WIFE.


FsSs~etisa 80 whssh fhey Are ntsaasa Ia
th@ AnEls- ladisn wamAa.
!. To the dancing. flirting. pleasure
loving portion % the male sen the
Anglo-lndian mother will always be- .
disappointment She will never have
her card allied at least a week before
the ball comes OF Coz the good reason
that she never goes to balla She will
never stand In draugh,y verandaa with
what she calls wrap" across her fair
shoulders and talk inane nothiugs to
her partner. while far into the night
the weary band plays galops aud
walizss that grow more aud more out
Of tune. She will never keep her hus-
band waiting long. weary hours. while
she ruins her health by turning day
into night by tho frequent dances she
attends No man will ever pay her
compliments. though every ana oan see
.he Is pretty enough to receive them.
To ball-loying undrr-seeretarie.. una1.
ccptionabls aidos.de-camp. spnrred cav
airy officers and gallant antediluvlan.
In the shape Of well-nigh retired Goa
onels. she will always prove . dlsap-
poihiment aud an aggravation. A star
shining on them az an unapproaehable
distancs-a scent a mountain flowers
That rests on them Tor a moment an
unattainable good that under no cir
eumstanees could ever have been
theirs because they are aware that she
add her thoughts and simple asplra-
hons are abovo and beyond them.
How often have sssn her going
about with her big little family. sur.
rsunded by natives ~ different eastes
and kinds She grcets mo with pleas
ant smile on her face; she stops a mo.
ment aud seems 10 ask me Just the
right question and say Just the right
thing and when. having said good bye.
pause and look back on her aud her
train a children and followers, hope,
when ! at last make up my mind 20 for
sake my baehelorhood. may be blessed
enough o. iind such a wife as sha. You
know that neither YOU nor I nor any
other man considers her husband >. =,
worthy ~ 49, sssass. tfutn our point of
uew. could scarcely be-but he IL
good fellow enough. and that is tho
best Wa, In cur generosity. can say of
him. She considers him a thousand
times better than herself She treats
him a. such a woman would treat
man she loves. though. q course. none
Of us men can understand for q single
moment how she eau love him.
She i an excellent us,koeper, not
disdaining thr lower portion of her
womans work She i. generous and
gentle with her servants and her table
- always good. but "a IL ~ a mother
that she shines the most Iler chill.
dren are like her aud she u like them.
They obey her because they love her.
and her reprOof IL q greater punishment
IN them than any blow would be. She
has never tsfs tttsm - aervantA They
have lived their Indian lives with her
- their companion. AMI boys and girls
alike have 20, the Impression % her
true womans mind She has taught
them their arst lessons and under her
they are Ia different and interesting
stages of Mayors spolling-book. from
"Ba. Ei. b.. 10 words of alarming
length and hopeless pronunciation.
In the family shs l. perfectly happy.
Talk of balls. big dinners. picnics and
luncheon parties she has other atirac.
tons and she does not need these 10
help her to pass her life. Look al het
nov In her happy family circle, soc
the peaceful, untroublcd smile in her
sweet eyes and a. you look. remem.
ber that she will never be 80 happs
again. C hambers' .ioarmaL