Show wives and daughters of army officer officers if there are any women in fit america more fortunately and happily situated in life than the wives wh ea and daughters of the om cere cers of the united states army they milt will have to be looked for through a lick atle scope leveled to the plane of the horizon and then will not he be microscopically found there them is a chivalry though chivalry may bo be jeered at that surrounds the wives and anti daughters of our army which makes them content under the hardships of moving if not wholly or happy la in some well favored and desirable garrison the w wife ife leing being a sensible woman and an all american girl marrying an army officer soon catches on knows how much hr h r husband gets and that he lie is sure of it and can regulate household expenses or the messing arrangements accordingly the daughter of one officer envy the L girl arl of another of the same regiment because she knows just how low much both papas get the social life of the army I 1 therefore Is largely without bickering or false emulation and the social fea features of the army are ot of a family character in ft regiment or at a post let ft it drop at thit tho the praise of en to bo be bestowed upon arm army Y women they are jolly forgiving can adapt themselves to every circumstance and they are the most motherly women in the world when they become tho the wives of colonels looking after urchins from west point as it they were the apples of their eye especially if they have daughters ol 01 a marriageable age st louis republic |