DARWIN VINDICATED.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVIII, Issue 14882, 18 October 1912, Page 3

DARWIN VINDICATED.

[to the- editor] Sir, —I desire to raise my voice in indignant protest at the conduct of a bard of hohb!e-de*hoys and hoodlum , who—in 1 heir vulgar efforts to assume the role of humourists— sue* ceeded only in creating a nuisance of the most disgusting character, at ihe entertainment last evening. That many of our respectable citizens, who attended—in some instances accompanied by their wives and daughters—tor the purpose of enjoying a musical treat, should be subjefted to the infliction of the objectionable conduct of a band of Jqrrikitis, is— to my mind—a deplorstate of affairs. - Their ape-like ijfjfduct, combined with the apparently inexhaustible capacity for

consuming peanuts displayed by these clowns, brought before my mind a Vision of Darwin, soaring triumphant

above a cloud of scepticism and adverseicHlictsm, 1 would advocate that thtTsehtesponsibles—in thee\ent of a repetition of this behaviour—be haled forth by our constable, on the end of a pitchfork,(to obviate the risk of personal contamination), and subjected to a thorough hosing at the bands of our local fire brigade, thence driven lo the pound, and drafted out judiciously by the poundkeeper. The least dangerous could then be liberated in the bush —there, to develop tails, and consume nuts to t-heir hearts’ content; but, at all hazards, prevented from entering the society of respectable people. The incurables could be handed over to the children on Guy Fawkes Day, dressed so as to bear some resemblance to human beings, to adorn the bonfires with. I would not suggest the river, as I do not believe in the pollution ot waters in any form. - lan, '" c - ..indignant.”