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New Zealand Tablet, 1 June 1916, Page 31

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* And No ’Usband ’ We have recorded several stories of the entertaining experiences of English visitors to the homes of Tommies who are at the front, all going to show with what cheerful resignation the English working women are enduring the absence of their husbands. Here is one of the latest : ‘ A sympathetic visitor asked a charwoman whg.t she thought of the war. The reply was much to the point: “Wot! a pound a week and no -usband? Why, it’s ’eaven. It’s too good to last.”’ The Editor and His Friends The Catholic editor has his full share of candid critics, but even the most peccant of us have not often been favored with r such a pointed missive as that directed the other day by' a reader of Catholics and Prohibition to the editor of that strenuous American bi-monthly: ‘I do not want your'crazy paper. . , : . I have enquired at various times as to who you are and every time I - was assured you are a crazy fool. K . v Am I going to stop something I enjoy because you are not to be trusted with it Go and have your beer. Be a man, not a fool.’ There is, at least, no

beating about the bush in that gentlexcommunication. * Occasionally occasionallythe editor has a directly opposite experience, and it sometimes proves

even more upsetting. Such, apparently, was the case with the Kansas Tribune, which relates the following veracious story: A fellow dropped into the office the other day and ordered the paper, and we were well pleased. • Said it was a good paper, and we were glad. Said it was more than worth the money to any man of intelligence, and we were tickled. Said it was the mainstay of the town, and we were super-tickled. Said it was the greatest booster and the most reliable townbuilder and developer in this whole community, and we yelled with joy. Paid for his paper, andwe slid gently to the floor in blissful unconsciousness. Nature had reached its limit.’ No doubt it was a shock, but most editors will be willing to take the risk, and we hope no prospective subscriber will be scared by our recital of the incident from putting us to the test in similar fashion. \