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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 95, 26 April 1886, Page 2

fIHANGEoir CONSULTATION HOUKS D R.-LK WlB Late Government Medical Officer, Rotorua Hot Springs), MAY BE CONSULTED :- At Kesldenoe, Symonds-strees--8.30 to 9.30 a.m. 2 to 3 p.m. 6 30 to 7.30 pm. AtHaslett's, Chemist, Queen-street— 1 to 2 p.m. daily. TTWBVONPORT, NORTH SHORE Db. PARKINSON may be consulted at his residence, Viotorla Road, during the winter months at the following hours :— Morning .. .'. .. 3to 10 Afternoon .... .. -1 to 6 , Evening ?to 9 [Advertisement.] |^|NLY A WOMAN DRUNK. Only a woman drunk! What ot that ? Tie a common sight, fifteen thousand a year ot these, Forty-one looked up each night. Our olvllised Christian London sees. One token, while nine ln like plight Sot on. or reel home at their ease. Only a woman drank! Sat look at the ohlldren there, Trooping behind with oaUons gieo, Mocking her ourse whioh shrill through the air— An object lesHon in paganry. Free eohools of morals, a prospect fair When wives aad mothers these chiloren be. Only a woman drank! Why not 1 For a mother's "nourishing" stout, And the sip of gin (or a childish treat. And the sooial glass of the " Sunday out. And tho "drop together" when neighbours meet. In the course of nature will bring it about, That the innooent child grown tho dead of the street. Only a woman drunk 1 Did the parents give precept alone 1 Was the taaohar cruelly dumb, And gave tor the toead of example a stone ? Wm tho ri^tifsra ot sisterhood numb ? Did. respectable fHondis merely utter a groan. And always I*s. ' Go," never " Come V Only a woman drunk l But tomebody's slater I think— And I had >ne aweetest ot all XUI the married a rascal who taught her to drinkThen strife—a divorce—deeper (allBat -why am I drawn to this orowd and yet ■brink?— Oh God! It >« she—that thing whom they call jest " Only ft woman drank!" j&jj. Hkv. J, W, HOB6LEY, M.A.