| Show scene at a public meeting A me meeting eting was yas was held at the wellington hall dover the other evening under the presidency of Tl zerman Yerman alderman aiderman rees J T P to advocate the claims of women householders householder s to the parliamentary suffrage ge after tero opening dg the meetings meeting the chairman an ald aid caid ladies ladles arl all and gent gentlemen emen before we proceed fu further A 1 I have ave a very solemn res responsibility pons I 1 it y to perform I 1 see seo a metropolitan politan spy epy policeman in this room and I 1 protest against his presence here lye hav have not come here and the wives and women of dover have not come here to be scanned over b by a spy policeman I 1 shall ask him to withdraw arles cries of turn him out and a voice from the end of or the room it s a public meeting let the man stay Is 13 it not as free for him for asp the chairman I 1 make this declaration cl that we have a metropolitan spy policeman in the room he should not be amongst the ladies of dover 2 and I 1 call upon him to withdraw J inspector coffey who is charged with the duty of carrying out the contagious diseases act who was standing amongst the audience near the bottom of the room showed no signs of withdrawing A voice Is there a spy here 1 the Cb chairman airman nirman I 1 happen to know him and I 1 say it is against the ge and it is against the morality of the people of England that when the fhe ladies of england meet there should be a spy policeman in their then midst I 1 again ask him to withdraw Che cheer cheers ere ers and cries of turn him out A voice point him out M mr r rees the tho chairman no 1 I as chairman of this meeting request him liim to withdraw and if lie he after that takes the responsibility of remaining I 1 will telegraph to colonel henderson and ask if it is by his order that ilic people of dover should be insulted by having a metropolitan spy policeman in a meeting of this character cheers f inspector codney coffey still kept his position standing as before the chairman I 1 as chairman of this thia meeting have given you mr coffey notice to withdraw and if you yon donty dont the tho responsibility will rest with yourself this tills is a public meeting called for a particular purpose and your position in this town makes it out of place should ha be here ina in a meeting of 0 th the e wives and daughters of the tradesmen and people of this town cries of turn him out and foint him out the chairman chair man mau 1 I win will not haxe have him removed the responsibility rests nests with him 1 object to his being in this rne rue meeting eting of which I 1 am president I 1 object to the meeting 9 being spied and looked over by him he has not the authority of the mayor of dover to be here ills his duties lie in another direction I 1 shall leave the matter for the present and will invite you toa toj isten to miss isabella tod inspector coffey still kept his place but some time tinye after durin during 9 the proceedings he left tile the roo room the chairman said 1 I will only detain you now with one word with reference refe rence renco to the observation which I 1 made as to tb the e presen presence ce of the spy in the room I 1 have to r ay say in relation to that that while I 1 live as an englishman and am associated with my fellow follow countrymen I 1 will on their behalf ask them to join with me ine in resisting an insult offered to the ladies of england before the presence of aspy a spy whose duty lies in another direction it was an affront to tu thosa those present in the room those men who held up their hands and did not resist that ann aff affront roul rout I 1 I 1 don dont envy the feeling of their theu manhood man hood bood london paper ONIT ong porm porn OF ov femal E there are a number of women who are constantly advertising for situations as housekeepers for elderly gentlemen or widowers or gentlemen invalid wives etc these are in ill nine cases out ef of ten frauds one gentleman relates his experience with this class he is a widower widow dr an elder in a presbyterian church arld and the father of four children childred two of them at home and two at boarding school owner of an elegant home to which he is much attached he advertised for a housekeeper and after duly considering the character and capacity of several applicants chose a middle aged woman who seemed to fill the bill the first few days she suited him admirably and he began to think he had a real treasure but before the first week was ended the woman manifested a desire debiro for more intimate relations and neither his unaffected dignity nor his sincere honor seemed to repress her inclination to familiarity iber her advances advanced indrea increased so rapidly that the gentleman was shocked and warn varn warned ed the woman accordingly instead of de her ardor was more intense than usual and bhe ehe prepared a plan by which she shei though bough to entrap the old gentleman she actually hid bid away n his room at night and just as she was about to retire to bed lie he emerged from place and began to scream evidently it was a atair for a waiting girl giri who had been beeri hired by the woman the day before instantly came camo to the door and was let in by the housekeeper the tho scene seene was quite dramatic the old gentleman in his ro roae rope pe de nult milt non for a word the woman in half dress charging him with seduction and the domestic in the hall ball unable to say a word the mail man ca came me to his senses senca however ordered all hands bands out of the room dressed himself and went out in 6 search arch of a policeman and had bad the woman arrested on a charge of attempted robbery then her plot with the new mew girl and her antecedents were ferreted out and her perfidy exposed it cost him nearly to got rid of her and a lawsuit but he did effectually aw ineta iveta york cor chicago tribune 1 |
