DIRTY DAMES.

NZ Truth, Issue 125, 9 November 1907, Page 6

DIRTY DAMES.

AH-Wanteda "Charnst."

; There; were a few bright, beauti- • ful girls had up m Christchurch this week, and .they all wanted a ''"charnst." To call them girls would M>e an absolute misnomer ; they were ; old battlers with the word sin paint- .< ed on their mugs and a picture of on their hearts. There was \ nothing to recommend them, and the •Police Court records certainly would,n't, and it usually isn't the best recommendation, and its presentation, like the presentation of a debutante at a is accepted by the Magistrate as the young and unfrivolous maiden is by the populace at large, but these! girls fade with a great fade and! an experience of the world makes them worse, and they go to a worldly hatles which means ostrascism, and social ostrascism means .worse than hell. Be that as it may, Ethel Cabill faced Beak Bishop on a charge of being an idle and disorderly person, having no lawful means of support, and THE HATCHiET-FACED PERSON, with a voice like a broken file admitted the awful slander, but said that as she had only been out of gaol a couple of days, she wanted a ""charnst." It appears that Ettie had done seven months washing and ironing and looking after the ' slugs m Cleary's Garden, all because she was a prostitute or something akin thereto, and Bishop, S.M., took compassion on her and convicted a;id discharged her on the major charge, but fined her half a quid, or the usual on a charge of being boozed within the meaning of the blasted Act. A very old friend m Bella McKegnic appeared to answer her second charge of inebriation since July last. Well, July, the savory month of winter,, was m v her favor, and as the

police testified m a biblical pianotoned voice that she had been keeping quiet and living with the mater, the grey-haired harlot was given a chance also. Bishop was m the mood to give chances that morning. However, Mr Bishop said that the fact that THE GIRL HAD KEPT STRAIGHT since July was a record for her, so she must have a - damned bad record. Bella must keep off the pot. Convicted and discharged ; but next time look out, Bella ! An ill-frocked dame named Carrie Corbett, with a chiv that betokened anything from a lamp-glass to a tote that rings on smiles after the race is run, next appeared m the dock. Carrie, who didn't have her bridal raiment on. denied that she was alcoholically incapable m High-street, Christchurch. and averred m an innocent tone of voice that she was absolutely incapable of doing such a thing, but when the arresting constable told the Bench that the gentle lady: was lying down on the footpath and there was a large crowd around her and that they were a very curious looking m.ob, who manifested great interest m Carrie's manoeuvres and her language, which wasn't prayerful, the S.M. fined her- .half a sovor. the usual.