DANGER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 4

DANGER.

Sir,—l would ' like' to call. attention;' .through,. your columns,;, to a matter, which* affects all those who aro condemned to penal servitude ill a railway carriago for'thirteen hours while travelling from New. Plymouth to Wellington. . There are amusements for tho traveller during this tedious journey; but I, question whether, tho' sadness of tho trip is not added to by tho wheciy screechings of a decrepit phonograph, ..which renders woird and'dismal effusions amidst much scratching. The performances of another artist on a till whistle aro - certainly more Melodious. Tho phonograph jig; operated; by . a :mah in a very advanced,'stage of. consumption, and. f he tin ..whistle by an . '.'.unfortunate person' .with dwarfed and twisted legs,, which are useless to.himi : Personally, ;I do not .miad .being ail' hoyed .by .strange and,horrible liaises, tor I have ''atfeiidGd l'arliainent .Triiilo the House was .in session and. listened painfully. to ,the .myaiicholyVeffusions of tome of our misrepresentatives. But what;.! do, object to is this : IRiat a man who Apparently is'a Sisf semiirator of consumptive ..germs should; come into "; a /.carriage crowded with , women • and children, and hand round to each a collectionbox, setting forth that -fact. . Perhaps the Government allow this (thing. to'bo done in order that ,there should be a' constant stream of newly-mado cehsuraptives to their boomed .sanatorrams.' With respect' to the other, I tremble when,l thinV what might be the refruits of having his deformity suddenly placed before a woman about to become a mother. Tho shock might reproduce .this sad picture, I know that; tkisse persons aro debarred by reason of, their pnyaieal disability from eamin'g tlieir -liring in the ordfc ll'ary avennee of lapour, and while I desire that .tho authoritios should prercnt anybody other than a. hoalthy minstrel discoursing un-' Bwect melodies in a train, I would suggest that,' for":tho benefit;'of, tho.healthy and:in erdor 'to'' prevent : .tho' distortion 'of', future generations, the., Government ;provide a homo for these persons; where" they will bis looked after—l am, etc., ART.