El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-22

Stores Are Barricaded to
Prevent Windows Being
Smashed by Suffragets.
OPIUM SMOKING IS
BECOMING POPULAR


bears the appearance Of a city
- barricaded for riots, since the
militant suffragets declared war on
windows. Jewellers have stationed
guards outside their establishments to
pull down their shutters at the first
sign Of determined looking
woman taking aim with
brick and women carrying
heavy handbags or packages are
looked upon with particular suspicion
when they appear on the shopping
streets.
One Of the big shipping offices on
Cockspur streets, which neglected to
board up its windows after being
warned that the suffragets were bent
on window Wrecking. lost two win
doWs. valued at $500 each. Other firms.
however, prOfited by the warning and
sent hurry orders to carpenters for
board protection to exposed windows
In the shopping districts many Of the
merchants have hired special guards
who Turk about in secluded spots ready
to pounce upon any suspicious looking
woman who may stop TO gaze into the
windows.
At nightfall business London be-
comes desOlate with every blind down.
and dark and forbidding shutters OF
heavy boards have taken the place of
bright windows filled with displays Of
retail merchandise.
Opium Smoking Increases.
Opium smoking is becoming so pOpu-
lar in London that several Of the. dens
in the WhitechapeI district are said to
be catering exclusively to aristocratic
patrons of the pipe. Two of these were
visited lately by an investigator. who
urious manner. The victims kOf the
habit can indulge their dreams in sur
roundings which should appeal to the
most fastidious devOtees of the drug.
he
gan to arrive, stealing in furtively af-
ter leaving their carriages some dis
tance away. A nearby tradesman de-
clares that IN the daytime no one ap-
proaches the places, which do not en-
courage visits at such times because
Of the danger of police interference
Both of these palatial denS are run
by Chinese. Low divans stand on car
pets so thick and soft that no sounds
cushions are placed for headrests, and
rich curtains hang over the dOOrWayS-
No smoker need move from his couch,
as numerous attendants. moving at the
prepare the pipe for each customer.
According to the Investigation, the
patrons of the place are business men, I
young men about town. and even mem
bers Of noble families Some of the
visitors are merely looking for a new
sensation. but most Of them are hope
less victims of the habit It is said
that the dens are enormously profit
able, for each smoker pays from 81
Hymn Book Censorship.
A censorship of the hymn book has
been proposed by councillor Hopkins.
Of the Nottingham county council The
proposal came as the result of COM
plants against certain hymns IN the
books used by the schools Of the cOun-
tV council, and in yOicing the Objec-
uOns the councillor declared that the
good religion nor good politics. His
chief objection was directed against
the following lines:
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
God made them high and lOwly
And ordered their estate
Hopkins asserted that the Almighty
did nothing of the sort, and he de-
clared the following verse to be equal
" offensive:
May we to our betters bow.
Subject to thy parents thou
Several church dignitaries agree
with Hopkins. but they maintain that /
the censorship should not be left to /
Rev. Arthur J WaIdron. vicar Of /
BrixtOn, has expressed himself as be- |
hymns, many of which he deems alb /
sOlute balderdash, which people rush 4
through without the slightest appre- 1
recently: I am with the man who I
objects to the verses quoted. I do not I
think God made men either rich or i
poor; men have done that themselves
Many of these hymns are bad theology, !
bad economies and bad everything"
Fear Education Test.
Shipping men and immigration eX- !
perts here predict that the passage Of /
the United States will mean a falling
off Of over 100000 annually in the 4
number Of foreigners entering Ameri-
can ports
This means a serious loss to the /
steamship lines, not only because Of
the d1minution in numbers. but also l
nave 10 return at their expense all
those who fail to pass the test. Real
lZlng this, some Of the companies are
already making arrangements to sub I
Jet applicants for passage to a test
which will be as rigid as the eXamina- |
lion conducted by the American Off
estimated here that lines carving /
Storage traffic from Russia. Portugal !
and Italy will he the heaviest suf-
Australia is also making the wav Of
me Immigrant hard. and the new Aus
-rallan health certificates will bar
getting in under the present regula- !
lions Even once in the country the !
immigrant IS not safe, for he remains
SUBJECT TO the test during his first year !
# residence. It is no secret here that I
Australia feels herself aggrieved by the
lass of immigrant which the British
sles IS supplying, and it viii cause no
surprise If she discOurages assisted /
emigration in the future. Some of the
-eSluenI Australian government off
Gals have discovered that the best I
ype OF emigrant. who neither desires /
Tor requires assistance, is going to the z
United States, and as Australia needs !
his kind of settler rather than the I
manual -laDorer, desperate efforts will
'e made to divert him to the Antip-
des
Maternity Benefit n Help.
Distrust and open hostility for the
health insurance act has turned into /
something like joyful incredulity in |
he typical working class districts of !
london. This change of attitude has (
)een mainly due to the PAYMENT OF ]
he maternity benefits. for the OPERA
ion of the sick benefits will be more
radual and not so conspicuous as the /
0 shillings which is paid without 4
question for every baby born in q /
Working class family.
Hitherto it has been the practice Of !
wives 10 save OK cents !
-eekly from the food money to, pro-
tde for the newcomer. and this has
leant priyation for the whole family.
his unecOnOmic plan has been lsuc-
eeded bV the maternity benefit Of the
lsurance act, and many familiesl al
rays on the verge of hunger find !
themselves relieved at a time u hen /
lOney is most needed.