UNHOLY HAGS.

NZ Truth, Issue 74, 17 November 1906, Page 6

UNHOLY HAGS.

Streets Cleaner by Two Toities.

Two unangelic souls are just now bewailing their loss of liberty m •Lyttelton.. "Liberty of the Subject" is a principle that doesn't appeal to the bench when women of the town are concerned m Christchurch. The situation was an old one : two stray crumbs belonging to the social loaf hadn't been behaving as they should, and the law sooled itself on to the pair. So Louisa Mary Clarke and Martha Johnston appeared m the dock charged with being idle and disorderly persons within the meaning of the constitution, or something, m that they had no lawful visible means of support, and habitually consorted with prostitutes. . Neither of 'em looked enticing enough for one to invite them to

A HIGH-CLASS BALL ; they hadn't their Cup dresses on, and their faces cried aloud for massage— „ with cold, water. Multy Mary and mumbling Martha pleaded not guilty, and it took a force of three, police to prove the contrary. Gibson first spoke his little piece, and said that , the pair lived together m a house m Madras-street and ware absolutely no . class. They looked for. pairs of pants .m the streets— or the owners thereof . — nightly, and were well-known prostitutes, consorting with others of their kind named Moss (not a Jewish harlot, surely ?),• Hunter and Ballantyne. The three latter called at the prisbner's house vary frequently, • either to leave their cards or have • afternoon • tea. The women m the dock had followed

THE GOOD OLD, GAME {or a very considerable time. The prisoner Clarke was once a respectable married woman, it appears, but her husband didn't keep a tight rein on her, as he was a bit loose himself, and had got his deserts a while back for consorting with prostitutes. A nice specimen of manhood he is. At any rate, there were five children of the Clarke marriage, and the woman was trying to keep them by taking to the streets. However, as

% A HARLOT'S HOME was obviously no place for the youngsters the police stepped, in and took them from her, the magistrate ordering them ..to the Receiving Home, where they now ate. Complaints had been made by the neighbors regarding the conduct of the woman Clarke's domicile, so proceedings were taken. Two other members of tie force, Ward and Connal, gave the two accused very bad testimonials, and left the box uncross-examined. And as neither had anything to say, Bishop, S.M., gave them his benediction and three months. There is no immunity from paol these times when the mere male, especially the strange male with •money, must be protected, from, harlots ; cohseqiientry the immoral, couple left for gaol without giving due notice of quittance to their landlord, leaving their old togs behind to ■ pay ithe rent. ,•■'■■■