DESTITUTE—BUT DRESSED!

NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 9

DESTITUTE—BUT DRESSED!

5= «—^—^— - 1^— — — . SS || (From "Truth's" Special Wellington Representative.) || i| What is a destitute person? Maintenance Officer Manning, at II |i Wellington the olher day, put a very unusual specimen of a "destitute iji || person" m the box m a maintenance case m which the wife and the || II husband were at loggerheads over the amount per week. _ || II The onus* was on counsel for the husband, said Mr. Manning, to jU II prove that the lady m the .case was not a .destitute person. || II Doing his level best m this direction, Lawyer P. Jackson got the || II lady talking quite a lot. „..,. ' A , 11 She denied having just returned from a delightful run +o the || H Dunedin Exhibition; denied also that she had recently paid, a visit to || ii sunny Hawke'a Bay. . . „ „ , „ „ , , H If "You know," said counsel, smiling cynically, "you don't really look H ii like a destitute person, do you?" Witness smiled challengingly. if Ii Did you get that £140 fur coat since you left your husband? — || |i I purchased, that before. I think it is the third winter I have had it. §1 II And that is a strikingly good hat you are wearing, is it not? — The §§ Is hat is really an old one — one that I had given to me. fi II Your shoes appear to be the very latest, too. How much did they || II cost you? — Somewhere about £2 12s 6d, I think. H ii "Yeas," drawled counsel, allowing his eye to run over her fine silk || I| stocking*, smart frock, exquisite back fur coat, and small toque. \\ || "Yes," he drawled again, as the lady m all her glorious "destitti- §| 11 tion" stepped out of the box. || S ■■!■•■■■■ ii MtiMSStiSiS! !■«■ iiMMiHiilii! ■•■■ i««It!ii«!Ii •■■!■« tiIiSISIS ■! •«! till ■■■■■■ri»*i*irmtata«itaißi niinuin miii niiiiiiii m m iimi itu iiiiiiiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^