BIFF HIM HARD.

NZ Truth, Issue 62, 25 August 1906, Page 5

BIFF HIM HARD.

fl HE BLaODTHIRSTY WOMAN BASHER.

The Only Remedy To Settle Him.

Kr'tKuu Picarft writes : I have been watching the Max Miel-s-eh affair through "Truth" columns, since the gent from Kaiserland inserted bis fangs, into his better— yes, far better, I hope— half 's nose. Of all the gruesome, filthy, unnatural pigs Max can take the biscuit- but I'm not. going to make an attack on him alone, as he will be able to turn his attention to stone-bashing, for twenty-four moons as a change from woman bashing. Fact is, the woman grueller is a dlirty, chicken-hearted mongrel, as Max proved himself by starting to blubber for sympathy- when Justice was about to be meted out to him. Justice ! God, is that Justice ? Well, that's about the average for the woman walloper.

Present writer is not' at all <reflect-

ing on the gentleman oh the Bench m this particular case. Far from it. I am referring to all such cases, and I say that it is a shocking, cruel 'shame that .:. suoti shamefully lenient sentences ate passed on- such a form of carrion as a man who would deli-

berately bash, bruise, and kick a woman. I say emphatically

WE MAY WELL ALL BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES, Yes, all, that such a foully disgraceful state of things is allowed to exist. "Truth" has referred to this very matter time and again, but not m its accustomed straight-out, -dingdong style, to my thinking ; although

this cowardly assassin has caught it

warm from the jump. I say if we 'can't stand by and protect our women

better than we do, we had better climb back into the cradle again. Of all the putrid, dirty, unmanly form of cad that infest this plaaiet the woman smasher is the most damnable and most despicable of the lot. What would I do with the habitual woman walloper ? I will tell you. At the very least I would give him five to seven years behind the bars, and a good dose of -the foul, brutal treatment that he has been meting out to the woman who he has oft

times promised to. protect by the

marriage bond. What a hideous , farce, this class of monster makes of the marriage , sacrament, enough to

make those who act up to their pro-

mises and are a credit to the wedded A state almost regret they had to pass such a form ' that is abused by so many '

APART FROM THE MARRIED STATE.

I would make it a top crime of all for any being to bash a woman about, as it is well known that what, m slang phrase, we call a "bludger," or a species of un-human being that lives oh the proceeds of an "unfortunate's" prostitution, treats his unfortunate V, Victim worse than the. average man would treat anything m

.the. animal line. Aha ! I would pro- ... .tect,.the_m, .too. j^re. they not as huy "itfan as "tlurrest "ot, us? Perhaps you say no. Well, I differ. It is a mat-

ter of opinion, I suppose. In millions ,of cases, victims of circumstances,. 'Yes, give them the same chances that we all enjoy, and We will see a difference. F6w women ever aspired to become connected with the oldest profession the world knows of. Study life for yourself, and your opinion might alter. The way society is constituted at present I'm afraid it would be . a hard task for us- all to .have a halo around our thought-box, and a pair of wings sprouting. I've met such a lot of blameless souls on this planet— until I found them outr— that it makes me quite bored meeting them. But I'm off the trail. It's the cowardly woman * bruiser I am writing about.

Was down the line at Danrtevirke, the Village of sawdust, Scandy, and beer. Was startled by some monster smashing a deaf and dumb woman across the head-piece with a heavy slice of iron; and she just missed the Pearly Gates by a hair's breath. It was a vile and brutal as_ault. The beaks looked wise, and awarded him

a whole month ! !■!

And this class

of savage is being treated throughout .'_, the colonies precisely the same way,

-. and oft times gets off with a fine, ■ and, of course, his victim indirectly ■\ pays it. If he had overstepped the \ hair's breath m this case, and passed , his victim on to the Golden Shore, "the whole of the country would have ;been .;

RINGING! WITH HIS NAME, and his scalp demanded per medium of the rope with a stroll through the trap-door ; but, no, he comes, off with a month, and comes out of the cooler and deals but a fresh lot for revenge, as Max did. These are real gilt-edged facts happening day after day, and we may well be ashamed that it is so.

Know of a case where the missus gels it dealt- out to her regular by a dirty brute, who makes good money, and she has kept the mansion going by hard work since she was married. That's his idea of keeping a woman m trim. His father was a wife-bash-er before him, and apparently the old rhyme holds good with him—

A woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em, the better they be ;

but that's a bit, out of date m this

day. Of course, some will say there are two sides to a question. Certainiy, I admit that. Some women may be perfect torments, etc. Never mind, I care not ; the man who smashes a female of unequal strength to him and/ takes advantage of her weakness, I say he is the pure quintessence of a damned, dirty, cur. I have never noticed a dog bite its she-mate yet, but apparently some of the two-legged variety are more brutal than the dogs. I am referring to the habitual woman belter. Of course, m a flash

of rage anyone may lift a hand to a woman who taunts him to madness,- but go outside and lift it to a man if you feel that way— to someone who will return the compliment.

THIS IS THE REMEDY. How do we protect women from criminal assault 1 pimply by making the penalty so severe that, considering the size of the colonies and the

population, it is rare ; but make the same penalty for criminal assault as for common assault, and what would we find ? Hundreds of cases a week. I look on the party who smashes a woman about for years as worse, yes, worse, than the sex pervert, who, I candidly believe, is. more or less off his hinges to do such a senseless thing as outrage a woman. No doubt few will agree with me on this point, but it is becoming recognised by men of science that such is the case. Well, I say, make the penalty for common assault as> close up to the enormous one of criminal assault as possible, and you will levelthe thing down. So long as these silly, senseless, babyish sentences are dealt out to the most brutal form of cowardly fiend alive, just so long will woman-bash-ing continue unabated as it does at present. ' ,

If the woman walloper wants something to bash about I have much pleasure m" introducing ttf his notice our amateurs m the -padded glove line, and can assure- him he will get all the accommodatidn he requires from the followers of the noblest art going— providing it is not abused. The woman smasher cannot fight his way out of a paper bag, as a rule, and takes on a woman because there is no risk. What a form of mangy, dirty cad, to be sure.

HEAVY SENTENCES AND THE CAT

are the only remedies, and, I trust that the gentlemen m any way connected with the administratian of Justice will not for one moment imagine lam dictating to them. Far from it. I am merely drawing attention to a truly disgusting and heartrending state of things that we must put a stop. tOj and that for all time. There is no other ' remedy. Some hogs, when they get a beer or two aboard, go home and. smash things and it is time matters were straightened up- -*v ■> • ' 'Twas Judge itfettle, writer thinks,_ that gave some brute seven solid' years for a case of common assault on a female. Hats off ! I say, throughout Zealandia, to the right sort of Justice that we want ! / That olass of sentence would check this foul, loathsome form of slow murder, for all time. Some say that to- put the bread winner m gaol is depriving his family of a means of a livelihood. Bosh ! A family is better without such a friend. If that is the penalty they have to suffer, they are better without him, and his place is out of harm's way, and if it -would suit better, let him work compulsorily for his family behind the bars, and let the State assist m ..providing for them. This sort of brute must be put down. At present we are only toying with him. Make a substantial • penalty, and you will make the art of woman smashing a thing of the past, and women will enter the marriage bond with a feeling of security, and; the savage fiend writer so loathes will become ias extinct, ias the moa. Napier, Aug. 12, 1.906.