DRUNKEN WOMEN.

Hastings Standard, Volume XII, Issue 6006, 16 November 1908, Page 4

DRUNKEN WOMEN.

(TO THE EDITOR.) Sir, —" Traveller " appears to be one of those men whom I referred to in mine of the 4th inst., and shelters himself behind the custom which prevails in Old England I say this, that a man who could find something to laugh and jeer at when he sees one of our women drunk in a public place is not the class of rmn which any nation would be proud of, and if "Traveller" is one of them New Zealand has not gained much by his arrival, for we want citizens who realize that to build up a good strong nation require mothers who do not allow themselves to drink to excess, and thereby become unfit for the grand part which the women of NZ. have alloted to them. When we have the evidence that one is drinking to excess a patriotic citizen will have cause to look serious, and not for merriment. Tt is good for me perhaps I do not visit the places he mentions, I se-3 quite enough here, for last week in Hastings, there was to be seen three women, (apparently the wives of some of our citizens) all drunk together, parading the main streets, and to make the sight sadder, one had a go-cart with a baby in it, and two small children toddling alongside. These had a crowd of schoolchildren making a jest of them all. The shame of it all, I shall soon be ashamed of my country if this sort of thing increases for it is bad enough when men get drunk, but when women do so, the homes are soon ruined, the young families loose the most ennobling influences possible, and respect for their parents, consequently as a rule do not make good, honest, respectable, sober Thanking you in anticipation, Yours Etc., Observfr.