A NUISANCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17732, 4 December 1919, Page 3

A NUISANCE.

Sir, —Wanganui, like every other place has its clique of "elite," calling itself Society, with a capital S. What constitutes New Zealand-So-ciety or what is the sine qua non of membership is not easy to say. To a casual observer of the local product, provide' one is sufficiently ' loud-voiced and empty-headed, one, has the main necessary .qualification ' for admrssion. to me tipper ten. THat '< certain clar ses of society should keep , to themselves everyone will admit. ] It is for this reason that we have , our prisons and our asylums. But' whether any section of the community should have the right to inflict its .good breeding on peaceful and orderly^ members of the general public is another question altogether. I was at a concert tho other night, and had the misfortune to be sealed near a herd of our social constellations. ■ The enjoyment of a good | many people besides myself—as I know from remarks T overheard — was entirely spoiled by a-stream of incessant and more than audible j conversation carried on by these i people, with the variation of a r(9ri- ! odical guffaw of inane laughter. This j is by no means the first time I have: known-the same thing to occur. J recommend to theatre managers and others in a similar position that, in the interests of the large majority of their audiences, they should take it upon themselves to suppress this nuisance. Public opinion has no weight with the offenders. They are above it.—l am, etc..

PLAIN MAN

(We r-e afraid the nuisance complained of by "Plain Man" is not peculiar to any one section of the community. Irresponsible young people, a. T-d some who ai*e not young, lacking in manners are to be found in all classes of society.—Ed. Chronicle.)