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Downed The Janitor

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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An amusii-g incident occurred in & London "mansión," or apartmenthouse, recently, that is believed to ba the first step in an uiiwritten oode oí fiat law. A servant niaid was refused admission the other night at .he residence of her master by the janitor on duty because his sense of decorum waa outraged by seeing the young woman shake hands with her sweéthear' at parting. The exhibition was too much for the ideas of this coaflrmed misogynist, and he used forcé to protect the, house agalnst such a demonstratie iumate. The girl slapped his face and then had the man summoied for assault before a justice. It lien turneé out that this rancorous porter had kept her standing in the street till k In the morning, and she had only succeeded in gaining an entrance by sendiag a telegram from the aext station to her mistress, saying she was walting at the door. Mr. Janitor was promptly fined flO and costs, with the alterntive of going to jail.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register