El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-14
Mrs. Poet Airs Her Views On
Thoughts OF Reporters Wife

] WHEAT does 2 reporters vile think
w aboul2
What's that. you say7 A re-
7 reporters wife doesn't think, OF she
would not be a reporters wife. We
/ viii admit that love is blind, also deaf,
{ dumb, and paralyzed, but In this day
{ Of surplus women. being a reporters
/ wife is better than working all the
{ rest Of our days
First Of an. we arise with the re-
I porter and hunt the collar buttons
that he so wildly filings around the
room in his mad rush 20 get some
sleep before IL is time 70 get up"
Z After locating said collar buttons and
putting them in his other ss1rt, we
I proceed for the steenth time to in
form him that "the towels are where
they belong, honey and as usual he
finds them without further informa-
ton as TO their hiding place
Prepares Food
Sometimes he takes a bath, under
Z protest that fat men should not take
so many baths. During this time, IL
they are lucky enough 20 have an
apartment, friend wife. amid signs
and yaWnss manages TO remember
that reporters have abnormal appe-
tites and must be fed. AIRS. Reporter
then fries three eggs Che weighs
twice what she doesl, burns ND a few
slices Of toast while hunting the SOAP
3
a kimoua and a smile. informs kind
hubby dear that breakfast IS ready
Nov the apartment may be a beau
tlful dream Of long ago. and their
Castle IN spain" may be only the four
drab walls Of family hotel In that
case we don't fry the eggs nor ruin
the toast but Oil how we'd ike 70.
With "cau me up. snOoks," the re-
porter IS of TO his daily grind OF
searching for news (which Is 50 often
found In Juarez). Do reporters 90 TO
heaven3
But we are wandering away from
our story. What does a reporters
wife think about2
Well for one thing we wonder
while picking up the vet towels that
the reporter left scattered around
where we are going to get one TO dry
our face on A man must have in
vented or discovered towels he IS
50 adept AZ using them And while
hanging up his pajamas we think
Another button gone. Does he cut
them OFF, And We make MP our
mind to lie awake some night and see.
But we viii sew them on again when
they come home from the wash. so
why IVORY about that today
Hunt Up Breakfast.
Then we start out 20 breakfast (the
apartment being thing OF the past)
and wonder why We didn't ask this
man first II he owned a house Going
up town 20 breakfast. every morning
isn't very thrilling We are getting to
be an ornament in the park. but there
are worse things so we win enjoy
ourself now Who is this fat woman
we see every morning and why Is she
so interested IN the aIigators2 Why
doesn't that little boys mother send
him 10 school OF Is he playing hockey?
And that tall blonde man who walks
around and around2 But we were
never interested in tail blonde men,
anyway.
But we are hungry again. so It
must be lunch time. Why didn't we
marry a rich man and spend our
mornings IN bed and have our food
brought up % us2 Also the morning
papers and our mail2 Did you ever
notice how much mail the folks get
who can stay in bed till noon2 And
that It IS always served to them on
silver tray2 oh. yes, we could stay
IN bed all day II we liked, but who
wants 20 stay in bed and be hungry
Lunch over, and we viii 90 window
shopping. It is lots OF fun After see
ing all the pretty things in the win
doWs we imagine we could have them
n We would only 90 TO the trouble 70
pick them out and have them deliv-
cred, and we find we don't want them
az all We picture ourself IN all the
pretty frocks and hats and see the re-
porter all dressed Up IN a silk shirt
and IS tie Do men ever buy five
dollar ties2 We wonder.
Hopes 60 Up
Somehow the day slips by and the
sun drops behind the hills and we sec
the people nocIzinE toward their
homes, and then-why, it's time for
our hubby 10 quit We VIII slip
around TO the office and surprise him l
Maybe after dinner he viii take us 70 Z
a movie or '-sumpin"- Our hopes sail I
high and we rush into the office only f.
70 be Informed by the office boy that /
he's IN Juarez; went after a story" I
What we think now won't pass the /
censor.
SHIP TEXAS COTTON ABROAD.