Prostitution
Maoriland Worker, Rōrahi 7, Putanga 304, 13 Hakihea 1916, Page 11
Mō tēnei niupepa
Prostitution
A woman there was who was pretty and proud; .Too pruua w ui'e'e everyday taskj iii« t» in mc crowa, a. IXMH WHO WIW WVlU'iilg U. UiabJi. Anu tue woman sold out for her iaith iv tno man, cne uia-n sold her out with a shrug ; And tjnj .uiiU put the womau ut once uuacr bau x'iil aim twpt in tho grave eliu ha 4 auy. Uut her brother was clever; he cared not for looks, And ho cared not to work with bis hands; So he courted a sheepskin, some leather-bound books, And the fees a profusion demands. The- man sold his wit* for the few that he won; Tho man sold his fellows for gain. But tho world wroto his epitaph boldly, ""Well done!" Why shouldn't a man .sell his brain P —Robert Whitaker,
