A DIRTY HABIT
«0 TH« EDITOB OF TK» PBESS. Sir.— Recently there appeared in your paper a letter complaining that dogs were allowed in the streets of Christchurch. The writer bemoaned that the powers that be allowed animals with such filthy habits access to our I wonder how your correspondent compares dogs with some humans whc walk the city spitting expertly and filthily as they £o—sometimes in the ftitter, but more often on the footpaths. • Dogs filthy!—ye gods. It may be beside the point to mention that I have never seen a woman practise this high art of spitting—ir the words of Lindsay Gordon: How queer that such a difference should be Between a human he and human she —Yours, etc., A DOG LOVER. April 29. 1938.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22389, 30 April 1938, Page 20
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127A DIRTY HABIT Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22389, 30 April 1938, Page 20
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