A SCENE AT THE "CITY."

NZ Truth, Issue 87, 16 February 1907, Page 6

A SCENE AT THE "CITY."

A Strange Lady and a Strange Baby. H6telkeepers generally have to put up with a great deal m this wicked world ; they are harrassed m every direction and have some strange experiences now and again, but they are wnerally equal to all emergencies, j And they certainly need to be if

the experience of Mr Sutton, of the City HoteJ, Christchurch, can be taken as a criterion. The other jday a well-dressed lady turned up .at his establishment, accompanied by a lit--tie girl, and requested to bo supplied 'with accommodation. This was granted; and it then appeared that | the was a single woman. However, ' she seemed to be all right, there being nothing out of the way about her, rtid the inference was that the child was temporarily under her care. Well, she was, but it was m a different sense to that inferred, for although a single female she was the child's mother. Late at night, a row proceeded from her room and on innuiries being instituted as to the cause it was found that the woman had given birth to a child and was Iving on the floor-. ■ Naturally everything that was possible was done for her; * . MEDICAL AND NURSING ATTENDANCE being procured, . and she had to stay at the hotel until she was strong enough to leave. The sudden happening naturally caused enquiries to be made as to the reason the patient chose a hotel to get over her trouble. The fact was then elicited that tjie 'farther^ ot^femne^ected' % aßtfitibif*ttf the "population was living m the cityHe' was at qnce communicated with and there was. a pretty torrid interview as may", well be Imagined. Ho was;-asked'what he meant by not malting , proper provision for his child, and he promised to "see. about it." ,Which was a pretty cool, reply under the circumstances. The fellows' conduct . was inexplicable ; his plain duty was, of course, to see that his paramour v/as taken to some proper place until her trouble was over. Instead, of which he ■ callously allowed 'her to shift for herself, with the. result that the unfortunate girl picked upon Mr Button's caravaiisary as a lvinffrin home. She showed sense. anVhoflr, as she might have been treated a -great, deal worse m many other places. For Mr Sutton 's sake, we hope that other .unfortunates won't take this as an intimation to "go &hd db. likewise. f>