CLASS DISTINCTION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14017, 25 June 1913, Page 2

CLASS DISTINCTION.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Having gone to the trouble and extra expense of carly-door tickets for last night’s performance of the “Geisha,” and having as a result obtained good scats in the back stalls, a very large number of people, including my own party, were without any apology abruptly ordered into side seats to make room for College boys who were to come later. None of these back stall scats bore any sign that they had been reserved, and we of course refused to move. 1 feel sure that this indignity was not offered to us bv a rude junior usher at the instance of the officials of the WangaiVui Operatic Society, nut at the same time it was not pleasant to be ordered to forego our privileges for the benefit of those who for all we knew were admitted on the thirteen to the dozen principle. I may say that my wife was amongst those who lost her trip to the warship in the “Himitangi” last week because that vessel was held up for two or three hours, so far as the general public was concerned, while the College boys were being shown over the big vessel, a privilege not permitted the general public. This incident caused even you, sir, to use the unpleasant word “class distinction,” and College must inevitably suffer in the popular estimate if such occurrences become frequent.— Yours, etc., EARLY DOOR.