HEAVY PENALTIES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 217, 13 October 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

HEAVY PENALTIES.

Happily stolen kisses are seldom .»> tragic and widespread in their consequences; but it would I*' no difficult matter t) fill many columns with stories which illustrate the wisdom of. obtaining jKrmission before indulging in such perilous pleasures. An Australian who, a few years ago, snatched a k:=s from a pretty girl in u moment of irresistible temptation, learnt a h&son which ought to last as long ns life tself. To quote a description of the penalty he had to pay: "In the first instance he was haled before a mag">trajc and heavily tiu/.'d. Then he tn« horsowlrpped by the girl's brotaer, and thrashed by his own wife who refused to spend another hour under his roof. The clergyman of the parish ba.sed ,i severe homily on his labial lapse and th* local Press went for h'ni in a score o» scathing columns; while, as final retribution, the caterpillars devoured everv blade of the malefactor's wheat crop! More recently, an amorous man-mil-lioner of Paris "was condemned to pay .'575 francs for kissing a round score of his work-girls without their consent, and an Ohio maid-oi-all work recei ed £•1,000 for a similar liberty taken by her employer. Even a maid may have to pay for a misguided oscillatory impulsel as was proved when Blanch Nelson, a Chicago young lady, was fined ifive dollars for saluting a clergyman against his will; and when Etta Asnkraft, of Kansas, had to pay a similar sum merely for throwing a kiss to •. nvsogynistical tailor.