"SATURDAY NIGHT"—ANOTHER INCIDENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 4

"SATURDAY NIGHT"—ANOTHER INCIDENT.

.■• Sir, —I was much,interested in your.article . "Saturday'. Night'.,', in ' Wellington .streets, in this morning's paper. .But your reporter.did not go far enough. ' Ho:should have, gono'to tlio corner of Cuba and Manners Streets and he would have seen the.following':—A little girl of. tender years, a large bundle of papors under her poor,-thin arm, a drawn, weary face, pale and white;'a tongue, as you say,' hanging out of her mouth; no hat' on; ,a. piece of dirty: rag tied round her faco, covering up running soros,'' .the; blood_.'., oozing' through the rag which she was wiping away' with her thin little fingers. • '■' A; shrill j but weary ; voicei calling: "l.yon' paper. '~'.■ Sport-. 1 'dition.'.' The! voice- proceeded from a poorlittle', dry; husky throat. A littlo further up the street stood a ;big; well-fed woman, hor eyes on the, littlo weary one.' Was it her mother? The band played (a Christian baiid) for the unemployed and their poor little children. Oh, for the pen of a Dickens to describe it I-.. But' we all went to our comfortable homes, and kissed our own-little o'ncsias they quietly slept in their warm cots.—l amy etc., ■■ :.'■'.•'. :'"V. ■;■'■ A LOVER OF CHILDREN. .July 26. ,■■-■''■. ; :/, -'y_ ., s ■>:< THE ;CURE OF CONSUMPTION. Sir,— Reading in, to-day's! Dominion tho report of a consumptive's case in Auckland has induced mo to pen a few lines: to your widely-read paper. I am convinced the way to stamp out this disease is to compel (whore necossan') all sufforers to enter a sanatorium.; Most people think this' diseaso, is not Wrablo. I will quote a fow oases of euros that I personally know of. I will mention no names, but will give .initials; the names you could hav.e, sir, if you require them, to prove that what I state is t-ruoi—. "D."—Left sanatorium two and a half years ago. No return of tho trouble; goes swimming, long walks, and play* tennis. "\V.' ! —Left sanatorium about same 1 time, and is still in sound health. This man has increased nearly twoiity-ono pounds • ■ in weight. . ; .'■'■-■■" ; ; ' "C."—-Spent some'weeks ui an annoxoto a hospital/'. and afterwards (always .'until curod) slept in a tent. Has effected I a comploto cure. • He now follows his trade as a carpenter. Ho does, not now oven sloop in a tent, so the: cure is evidently complete in .his'case.-. Both "D" and "W" .follow their usual occupations.-. :. "G."—This patient is of the'gentler sex. She is very widely known 1 throughout Australasia, and most readers will Ino doubt liave oil inkling as to whom ia meant.' Still;

her case was such a public one" that I feel ' I need offer no apology in referring to it. She was for upwards of three years in wit sanatorium, and was discharged a perfect •cure. Two of the above I'have spoken ,t« within tlio last two 'weeks.." Tho lady I ea* at Easter-time, on the beach in Auckland, and, she appeared' to me to bo in the best of health. The abovo will Bhow that some .-■', cnf/M at least caii be cured with proper' treatment and time, ami .time is a most lm- . •'.'.,'. portant factor in the treatment. <".''-.' ' I could give you a list of cases who have, been as cured, but have since , died; but I don't think-it necessary:in this letter. The trouble is that enough time is not given to effect a euro. Thoy get patched up, and go out into tho world again/and', havo to, compete with the strong and healthy for their daily bread.' Tho result is that they gradually drop back to a worse state than ■ ' the ono they were in before entering a sana- : torium. All tho. valuable; lessons taught thorn thoro aro of no avail. Somo do try for a time to oairy out the treatment, especially in connection with expectoration. . Somo use a liottlo, others old rag, but gradually these precautions fall into disuse,, and the old habit of expectorating. just, any- ■■ whore and anyhow comes into practioo. I ■■.'"" have frequently observed this: A man wi11..., not pull out his bottle or rag in a. train,:" tram, or cah; ho does not like to,,- and as ho • : must expectorate somewhere ho just does it - out of the window, and therein, is tho ■.',,',: danger. When a patient is very far gone in' .>:'.' tho diseaso, the expectorated matter is very" frequent (generally) and also. very dangerous to others. I will just touch on jny own CMe: I was discharged as cured after eight months' treatment, and although I can still earn my living (thanks to a good friend) I am now worse than ever I was, notwithstanding all that I was taught at the sanatorium, and I have tried very hard to keep the treatment tip. I have the very kindest feelings towards those under whoso care I was in the sanatorium, and cannot speak too well of the caro and'attention even th« humblest patient gfta rhilo there. What I havo written will seryo to show that we in New Zealand are only scratching on the surface, and to eradicate this awful disease decisive awl drastic measures must be taken. No doubt it will entail hardship to many/bnt in this case wo should seek to do the greatest good to tho greatest number. I will willingly consent to be isolated until I am cured or dead, because I know it would be for my own and the general good. —I am. etc., BOT. Palmerston North, July 26, 1909. THE REMEDY FOR SLY CROC-SELLING. Sir, —Laws made by the Government—Parliament—(who aro the representatives of the. people) arc, as a rule, strictly enforced, yet these laws are not always popular, and very often they would not be endorsed by a majority of electors. Laws made by the people—by a tbree-fiftbi majority of tho people—are clearly ideal laws, and in the fullest possible sense they amount to government of the people by tha people. Yet, when these laws—licensing— arc broken—and they are broken, and the breaches are winked at by the police in many cases—we have magistrates treating the law-breakers with leniency. These laws, which result from the_ express wish of tlio,people, should, be rigidly enforced. :As it is so difficult to secure oon- ' notions in these licensing cases, why should magistrates "be kind" to the scoundrels who arc responsible for holding up to ridicule—or endeavouring to—tho greatest _ reform, of modern times, especially when just now i> is on its trial, and upon this trial depends the ultimate success or failure of tho idea? Tho remedy is: First conviction for sly grogselling, three months' gaol; second conviction, six months' gaol; and third conviction, twelve months' gaol.—l am, cte., BUNG-HOLE. July 26. , , ISLAND BAY LAMPS. , Sir,—ln your issuo of July 24 appeared a letter re Island' Bay street lamps. Tho writer has not tlio courage to sign his name, but hides himself under a nom de plumo ("Sol");""lAhy"sensiUe 'man ucTo'ro making" . a protest first makes sure that ho has a knowlcdgo of what ho is talking about. 1 1 might say for bin infoimation that the City Council don't pay for the so-called extravagance that ho refers to. The street-lighting is let by contract at a price per lamp per 'annum. I hope this will suffice to remind "Sol" to mind his own business.—l am, ote., A. PARRATT. Island Bay, July 26. SIR ROBERT STOUT AND , "MODERNIST." I Sir, —"Modernist," another correspondent, ' I anxious juraro in verba magistn, comes I specially pleading the Special advantages, knowledge, official experience, and qualificationß of Sir Robert Stout as a sufficient reason for accepting a wild and extraordinary ' statement. 'In so doing, however, ho but | i intensifies the extraordinariness of the state- ' ment if it is to be taken seriously. But ( J this is impossible. Tho statistics, even though supplied, by alleged export statisticians, aro in tho condition of Te Whiti'e famous potato. , ' Liko his master's, "Modernist's" statistics are wrong. Ho oannot blarao the printer, for tho error forms part of a total given. ; Tho error is evidently designed to help _a previous writer in his chargo against Anglicans, just ns that writer, m coming to tha ' I assistance of Sir Robert, modified tho extra- ' ordinary statement to mnko it appear loss extraordinary. "Modernist" tells us ho does not suggest I that religion fosters crime. But oven this little discretion does not entitle him to serious consideration. He is exactly liko tho / | lawyer who protests ho does not want to put , , obstacles in the way but is busy raising them all tho time. Hence ho turns to the bigot of : former days to say that religion and mor» ahty aro not indvssolubly joined. Ho care, fully refrains from tho statement that Christianity has any good moral mflucnc'o what- , over. In fact, his very piotcst shows that J he feels conscious of having takon up a position ho is afraid his words will convict him of holding. Tim is tho position from which ho issues his defiance, and calls upon tho Row Mr. Harper to show why tho criminal '■ statistics are as they aro (or as "Modernist" asserts they arc). At any rate, "Modernist," vou aro wrong in yourjigurcs.l and so pleaso hold out your hand for telling i fibs about vour neighbours. For my part, i I see no difficulty in i tho question raised by ( ' Mr. Ostler,' nor in tho additional question of "Modernist"' why Anglican prisoners are more in proportion than dissenting. MemIwrship of the Catholic Church begins at baptism. (Need I say that Ido not use the word "Catholic" in a misleading local sense?) Membership of other religious communions begins at conversion and somo subsequent form of admission.' In the former case it continues, but in tho latter it ceases on defection. Criminals may thus dcscribo themselves as Anglicans, although they have loft us and grievously lapsed. It is not for us to out off tho branches that appear ,to our eyes to have lost' all lifo, nor is it for us to u'so compulsory methods of restoration. Tlio 1 final determination, of each man, whether ho , shall live or die, rests with himself. Be- j cause ho bolongs'to tho Church, tho Church < has its duty as regards him it must/be ad- | mitted, but tins' is a very different tbjng from saying that tho Church produces criminals. ' If "Modernist" asks why the Church does ; not do more, then I .ask why docs ho uso such strong endeavours >to prevent tho 1 Church from having a religious education for \ hex'children. Ho would knock down a safe- I guard desired by the Church, and thpn, m , mockery, exclaim: "Look what a lot of , criminals bear tho Anglican name I ".ho assigned an even greater proportion of criino to "Anglicans" (ns men, call us) by that l much would seem tho necessity for religious , inetruction to bo increased.—l am, etc., PHYLAX. ! July 26, 1909. ', Mr. Charles Russell considers that lessons ', ■' in the spending of money should be given to \ women. But surelv this is one of tlio things I that comes naturally to them P—"Punch. ' When ikinned your noso, and soro your oyes, « And choked your head and chest likowiso, \ Don't stop to vainly theqriso I On cause obscure; . , When pain and anguish wring tho brow, "iis time to jump, you will allow ■ Take my advico and get it now— ,' Woods' Poppermint Cow. 81 ' j . ' -1