San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-17
THE EDITORS WIFE.

Northeast Missouri Press Association
by Mrs. r. NJ. White, wife of The
editor of the Mexico, Mo-, Ledger:
The noblest sphere of woman IL
wife and mother at home. An edi
tors wife, you see, fills the noblest
sphere in life-if she has children
and home, and most EDITORS wives
have both. An EDITORS wife has the
ordinary trials, worries and pleasures
of other wives, but has the largest
field for usefulness and good offered
to any, except, perhaps, the ministers
wife.
Her husband being public man,
his wife knows all the people in the
community-rich, poor, high and
low. Her opportunities to assist in
charitable work are without limit;
her chances to speak encouraging
words to the sick and needy are un-
bounded. In all movements tending
toward lettering and elevating the
masses she has the same opportuni-
ties to assist and lead that are offered
her liege lord. OF course an editors
wife may have to take care OF the
children, do her work, cut the wood
brought in by the delinquent sub
scriber, prepare and cook the biggest
turnipsn raised in the country, bake
pies from the "largest pumpkin"
grown in the world, etc. She may
even have to get up cold mornings
and make the fires, as do |, but never
theless, wife being the noblest sphere
of woman, it is better to be an EDITORS
wife than nobody's wife at all.
In addition to the duties l have
mentioned, some editors l know ex-
pect their wives to be omnlpresent
and 'omni' everything else. We
hear forty times day, more or less:
Now, you must go to Mrs. Smiths
funeral; there won't be many there.
] am too busy to go myself"
You must call Oh Mrs. South; they
have just moved to town and l want
her husband to take the paper"
"You must go to Mrs. Long and
family; they are very poor and need
assistance"
"Now, don't fail to buy your groce-
ries from Mr.. Pay Cash; he gave me
an advertisement today"
mo matter whether Mr.. Fashions
loaks fit you or not, you must buy
rSns mn MN hn subscribed for the paper
yesterday"
NOW De- Sure to 90 to Mrs. 1.ofty's
blue tea today; her people are In
fiuential and l want them as friends. ="
"8y the way, you must go to the
party tonight, headache or nc head
ache; want you to help me describe
the toilets.n
81 wish you would organize char
ity committee-no difference if your
kid gloves do need pstching-as the
poor in the west end of town need
attention or they will freeze"
"Wish you would call on Mrs.
Dashaway; her husband is going to
run for office and want pull what
ever that is with him."
"Be sure to find out when Miss
Pretty Face lie going to marry; 1 want
q SCOOP"
when you are downtown this
evening drop into Miss Paris MILNE
ry's store, and incidentally tell her
you thought she had closed up, as
YOU did not see her advertisement in
the "Truthteller."
Don't fail to send a present to
Miss Sweets wedding; her father
owes me a load of wood for the paper
and we need it,"
"You must not buy anything more
in st. Louis; you must patronize home
industries, no matter about the price
or style"
"Old Moneybags stopped his paper
today and you can't have that new
gown promised you"
All these and thousand other
things are expected of some editors
wives, besides the other regulation
duties required of a wife, mother and
housekeeper. And you are expected
to smile all the time, too! Yet, being
only an editors wife, it would be i'm
possible for me to say whether other
wives are happier than editors wives
or not. I think, though, true hap
piness does not depend on wealth or
ease as much as on ones self. Con-
tentment with ones position in life
is the keynote to happiness. Others
may have more glittering gold and
fewer of the stern, rugged realities OF
lite to battle with, but there is nc
reason why anyone should be better
satisfied or happier than an editors
wife. And he, the editor, with
"a guardian angel DER his life pre-
siding,
Doubling his pleasures and his cares
dividing"
is the satisfied being he looks. Tt
the unmarried editor I would say
pattern after your married brother
Ego thou and do likewise"
FORCED TO THE WALLS.
The entire stock of the -.Houstor
Street Jewelry Store is offered for sale