A tale of a tub.
One of the conditions imposed upon inmates of the new Benevolent Rome at Ohiro is says the N. 2 5.. limes that they shall he cleansed immediately upon entering, for which purpose baths are provided for their reception. On Thursday evening some of the former inmates of the boarding-out , establishment patronised ' by the Benevolent Trustees were sent up to the new Home, and among them was one elderly gentleman who at once created a difficulty. In fact; He objected to the bathing regulation; for close on a quarter of a <sentury he had done without it, and at his advanced age he protested, such a course of action would be nothing short of downright cruelty. He was
not going to be washed, and he thereupon commenced a vigorous struggle with the euemies who surrounded him. But it was no use ; washed he must be, and washed" he was, and ho was taking an ailing yesterday afternoon, while the ceremony of opening the Homo was in progress. He was accompanied by another elderly individual who had not been completely washed previously for 46 years, bnfc whose objections were also overcome in a similarly vigorous manner.
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Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1893, Page 2
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199A tale of a tub. Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1893, Page 2
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