BARMAIDS.
" Busy, Curious, Thirsty .Fly." Pretty, witty, neat-robed lasa, Must you cease to fill my glass 1 Must the ruder hand of (nan Henceforth pass the flowing can 1 Ah ! why should man, and why not maid, Ply this iawful awful trade ? Will the moral atmosphere Float around the bar more clear When the gentler sex resigns The crystal throne which she outsbineß~ When barmaids leave the bar they've swayed Since ever drinks and bars were made!
Oh ! Mrs Leavitt, Mrs Ward 1 Now, don't you think it's rather hard That you who strain your tender throats For woman's freedom, woman's voteß, That you yourselves should blindly make Fresh chains for those you seek to break 1 Our Hebes may not be, 'tis true, So very wise and good as vou, But then they know (what you may not) That women all can't ciroose their lot. Necessity knows no choice of trade, From factory girl to ladies' maid. The barmaid only wants you, pray, To raise her status or her pay (And not to take them both away). And whan you call her "such and such" She says—" You do protest too much." Oh, Mrs Leavitt, Mrs Word ! Pray do not be so precious hard. V. D. —Oiimani Mail.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1356, 23 June 1885, Page 3
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209BARMAIDS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1356, 23 June 1885, Page 3
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