PORNIC PRANKS.

NZ Truth, Issue 138, 8 February 1908, Page 6

PORNIC PRANKS.

Married Women's Wickedness. There are men and men m hotels ; there are women, and women m ho- i tels ; there are dainty mashers who ' serve as barmen and assistant barmen, and . others who i act as both porters and barmen, and other things besides, and who - inveigle the married woman into acts of unlawful lust, and who spoil homes . and husbands and happiness. They are the curse of the community, these married women, who aren't looked after by their best halves, and who consequently commit high inglorious immorality with all the capability m their power. Such are women of the unsweatened robe. They are absolutely ho class, and when solicitous man comes along they are a prey to his ardent desires, and they are pretty ardent, too. There is a certain hotel m Christchurch which is known as a sportsman's hotel ; there arc many such, but this is one of the best— in ' the proprietor's opinion. But. that doesn't matter. He keeps barmen, Barmaids and auxiliaries and other fundamental persons that were born on a log of wood and pays them pretty fair ; but when they get right off the wicket, you might as . well try to strike a streak of lightning with a cricket ball. When women come into a back room m a back door of an hotel anything is likely to happen, and it generally happens. And on, this particular occasion a couple of married women entered a certain hotel by the back way and went into a rear room, where you only have to ring the bell and put down the cash and the drinks are forthcoming. It appears that this place— a prominent hotel— is NOTED FOR T^E MARRIED WO MRN who frequent it from the rear. And they were served by permanent b_erslingers and temporary ones, who do a sort of double duty as floor-swash-ers and dr ink-slingers. Well, tv/o of the latter, who haven't been m this hotel long, have been taking married women out into the yard and the stable of a night, whenever opportunity offered, and have been indulging m gross immorality— a licentious crew they were— but eventually the;.- were bowled out. The light fixed m the yard was put out at half-past nine o'-

clock, and the mistress of the no tel was looking out of the top window. She saw the two Jezebels enter the stables, followed by their faithful followers, and she forthwith informed her husband, the licensee of the hotel, of the circumstance, and he forthwith repaired to the rendezvous. There he discovered t\>o men and two wojnjn m a most disgusting position— from an immoral point of view— and tilings were not too pleasant. The men, or alleged men, were kicked from there to Halifax, and the women were' let out, and some clothes were kicked after somebody, and the women haven't been m since, and . perhaps they aren't particular about the matter, albeit they are a bit ashamed. The lights go out at Christchurch at 10 o'clock at night, and had obey not gone out sooner nothing would have been noticed, but it meant the sack to two 'individuals, who ought to have been married or should have been or who didn't oughter. Bxit what does it matter from a newspaper man's point of aspect ? There is so much immorality m the world that he doesn't know what to do with it; he can't pawn it ; he can't *t ; ck it up the spout for sixpence. He can't denounce it under less than a few bob, so the sooner a few bob is lessened to coppers and morality, and decency and self-respect and everything that will keep you out of Hell tlie better.