A Pleasant Change.

White Ribbon, Volume 2, Issue 18, 1 December 1896, Page 7

A Pleasant Change.

One of the most remarkable features of the election, throughout the colony, was their orderliness. Time was when an election day was characterised by drink and rowdiness. Self-respecting women shunned the streets leading to the polling-booths. An election crowd w'as marked by horse-play, drunkenness, clouds of flour and soot, and the odours of decaytd eggs and vegetables. The advent of woman has changed all that. Ihe aspect of the concourses of people on election day was that of holiday makers the people were welldressed, happy, and good tempered. Conservatives and Liberals, Prohibitionists and anti-Prohibitionists were to be seen exchanging the courtesies of good society. We ourselves went through two large and dense crowds at a late hour of the night, and although the pressure at times was great, the utmost courtesy and consideration was shown. i