THE STREET SLATTERNS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 7 February 1918, Page 3

THE STREET SLATTERNS

.VIKTs.H'IC TO SOLDI ICRS. la ;iii, editoijin! l . the "Weekly .()(-- pa'-eh.'' says: Lot us take a. waik down the St :d. Atty clay will do. or tine, rain or .shine we sl:a!J sen tlvei same disgraceful cond< i/on—-of the pavements. | l ,,| '(iin whence do they eome--'.b v , dii iy sluts i'J 1 ' tiftfXMi to eighteen • oars of age Why shmilU tlio busiest tl'.or. otiglrfare- in Loudon b/>! obstruct od item nrd-day to mid-night wlrtb gangs of young female and (h-itves lying in twos and threes for Colonial noVlxts pass'ng through London or Jieff. lor a- 'e\v days' lea ve Y A fool '.ou!U noti mistake, them. Tin v are young, nvjs'Jy very ugly, nth p.n ugliiess bred of er.'mjnal or semi-eriui-ir.br'ug'ng, shabbily but often "iashiiioiia.Wy'' dressed, with t'ii'y and somet'mes fa: es—sla'tens ■ail of th'."m. And these >ai<> i.he English girls \y<permit Colonial so'divers .to moci;> on lOiu - pavements', while plans are ai!an>j;•!.'d to^eo^^ei^ta plane where they can )><;• .robbili by these women, and. g-J'ls, nonie. of whom, most oi term ! perhaps, are sent <m.t oil their jire-da. torv .exprd..ti : oivs by harridans who 'if /n as a; .s-pvW does 'l'or a. Ily. Tlio seiinilfd, both mi the Strand and \V«-tCjC;oo road, lias buen going ,n» for two .-^A^iij,-.r\ ; al-, tirre an a.U'.l -a as to vL- - t.lh-er iliiO men or t-he women are in blame. But- nothing is done. ilV.sstax<ts are as fuil .iMCTot-o;' the Hip.evt.-s 'in Sfifeii -'of heali b as well as tvi' mmifcy. JU t-bey a. ]ir'i;tiisb, r .-soi(1j r or l>p<;au.«e lie; pay abqul nif t l "' amount a\yard°d th M-lrl-ier. ' f ..r y - nWii, who lias coiiie'tfr&m the ends a? thexeaiMh in dd'eiice of li'ly.'Pcv and freedom, • gets first., iidea ,pt what, he I wiv-ch- is vlli-e.soe^l:ree»,.:jis,!-it- ! tt-riis to ply tlirwr Trado of robbery Jn the streets oi ijho capita,', oi the Enip't'e lie is sworn, to defend. Why, when''•Colonial soldiers, coin© to Lundon, d,'> wo do sq'lftt-le to l.etp them to spend '.lhvjr Wt*: leave horo, flee from the harpi'es who live in kl'or.oss upon th-> plunder they se-ur-J i'tom these men Y Why, too. when the nation is (-ailing for 'ahour,'do .wo allow tbe cap'Aia'. to bo . infested by idle -wenches, strong oiiongh to helji in the worti <;f wiinalng the war? If the .Defence, of the Realm Act ;s .not, strong enough to put an end it> tli's scandal, it should bo amended so lit at these idle vampires shall be swept iuVio a ueib and made to I'.'ivi'ii. t-herlr brei.l as honest women and g'rls do. How much, long_ w'is the scanda,' to go on?