TRAMP, MALE OR FEMALE.
MANY WOMEN ON THE ROAD.
For centuries tho word " tramp" had a masculine meaning, but now it may apply with equal ease to either of the sexes. . 'Hie Rev. Frank Jennings, known as tli« tramps' parson, who recently completed a long holiday as an ordinary English tramp, admitted on his return that he was surprised to find the largo number of women " on the road." The hedgerow and the haystack seems often to offer a more welcome shelter to theso women—the victims of industrial struggles—than the roof of the workhouse. It is frankly stated among them that whereas none are refused admittance into charitable institutions, many prefer to starve in freedom. . In official circles the opinion is that some women are as much professional tramps as the men themselves. The total in the casual wards ot on for the month of September was ; At tbe beginning of the recent Eutish summer the number of tramps accot for in returns made to the Min ry , h Health was 11,353 but thence total has diminished by more tha
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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