Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1891-11-05
/" THE EDITORS WIFE. -
Rather Hard on the ssOld Man"-Mrs.
r. NJ. White Tells Tales
Out Of School.

The following paper was read last
week before the Northeast Missouri
Editorial Association in conven-
ton at Moberly, by Mrs. R. M.
White, wife of the editor of the
Mexico LEDGER
THE EDITORS WIFE.
The noblest sphere of woman is
wife and mother at home. An
editors wife, you see, fills the no.
blest sphere in life-if she has
children and a home, and most
editors wives have both.
An editors wife has the ordin-
ary trials, worries and pleasures of
other wives, but has the largest
field for usefulness and good offer
ed to any except, perhaps, the
minister's wife.
Her husband being public man
his wife knows all the people in
the community, rich, poor, high
and low. Her opportunities to as
slst in charitable work are without
limit; her chances to speak en-
couraging words to the sick and
needy are unbounded. In all
movements tending toward better
ing and elevating the masses
she has the same opportunity 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
subscriber, prepare and cook the
"biggest turnips'' raised in the
country, bake pies from the
"largest pumpkin" grown in the
world, ETC., ETC.; she may even
have to get up cold mornings and
make the fires, as do I, 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 I have
mentioned, some editors I know
expect their wives to be omnipres.
ent and "omni" everything else.
We hear forty times a day, more or
less:
"Now, you must go to Mrs.
Smiths funeral there won't be
many there. I am too busy to 60
myself"
"You must call on Mrs. South ;
they have just moved to town and
I want her husband to take the
paper"
"You must go to see Mrs. Long
and family they are very poor
and need assistance"
"Now, don't fail to buy your
groceries from Mr.. Pay Cash he
gave me an advertisement to-day"
"No matter whether Mr.. Fash.
ions cloaks fit you or not, you
must buy from him /; he subscribed
for the paper yesterday"
Snow, be sure to 60 to Mrs.
Lofty's blue tea to-day her peo-
pie are influential and I want them
as friends"
"By-the-way, you must 60 to the
party tonight, headache or no
headache. I want you to help me
describe the toilettes."
/ "I wish you would organize a
charity committee-no difference
if your kids clothes do need patch.
ing-as the poor in the west end o.
town need attention or they will
Freeze"
"Wish you would call on Mrs
Dashaway her husband is goine
to run for Office and I want pull
(whatever that is) with him."
"Be sure to find out when Miss
Pretty Face is going to marry;
want a SCOOP"
"When you are down town thi'
evening drop into Miss Paris Mil
linery's store and incidentally tel
her you thought she had closed up
as you did not see her advertise
ment in the Tratthteller. !"
"Dor't fail to send q present II
Miss Sweets wedding; her fathe
owes me load of wood for the pa
per and we need it."
"You must not buy anythin
more in St. Louie; you must patron
1ze home industries, no matte
about the price or style"
"Old Moneybags stopped his pc
per to-day and you can't have tha
new gown I promised you."
ALI these and a thousand othe
things are expected Of some ed
, tors wives, besides the other regr
lation duties required of a wife
. mother and housekeeper. And 20
are expected to smile all the tim'
: too.
Yet, being only an editors wife
it would be impossible for me
!, say whether other wives are happ
er than editors, wives or not.
think, though, true happiness do'
not depend on wealth or ease I
much as on ones self. Conten
: lment with ones position in life
+ the key note to happiness. Othe
g may have more glittering gold an
= fewer of the stern, rugged realitie
a of life to battle with. but there ie /