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Show IS THE BARMAID TO GO? A bill is before the House of Commons providing for the gradual abolition of the barmaids of old England. The-Eastern press is having its fling at the bill. The wonder is what prompted such a measure. The Constitution of Great Britain is unwritten, and yet it is the most binding thing in all the United Kingdom. King-dom. The status of the barmaid is unwritten, but it has held its sway serenely until we think the barmaids bar-maids can claim that the time limitation for it has passed. "We think it will be a great misfortune if that one cheerful appendage to the British bar is obliterated. Barmaids are generally pretty, at least, when they begin their work. ; They have a certain kind of dignity dig-nity about them which compels respect from local rowdies. They are a civilizing agency in old England. Eng-land. They work for a pittance from 10 in the morn-, morn-, ing until midnight. "We do not see why they should be disturbed. ; . It would be proper for the House of Commons to shorten their hours and recommend an advance in their wages, but the idea of abolishing them alto-" alto-" gether strikes one as did the news a year ago that England had determined to do away with land fortifications forti-fications and rely upon her navy for defense. If she does away with the barmaid what can she substitute to keep in order the toughs that drink gin and beer in her dominions t |