El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
BABYPRENIUM
IS CAUSING
TROUBLE
English Women Protest at
Husbands Collecting Fund
for New Babies.
ENGLISH FEEL LOSS
OF THE TENNIS CUP

Of the British islands have a new
- and novel grievance. It is in
| cidentaI to the workings of the
/ Lloyd George insurance scheme which
among other things. gives thirty
! shillings to every insured woman on
childbirth. Now the question is shall
the woman or her husband collect the
| money?
About the time the law was to go
into effect this paternal government
plastered the country with posters of
the size and general appearance of
those the advance agents paste upon
farmers barns, bearing a picture Of a
crowd of cheerful looking women all
holding fat babies in their arms. The
purpose was to call attention to this
maternity benefit of $3.50
The husbands of the mothers now
claim that the money should be handed
to them and thus far they have been
prompt in collecting it whenever a
household has been blessed with Off
spring. Many of them have been
equally prompt about disbursing 1t,
and that has caused the trouble One
man is said to have used this WlndtalI
to clone with another woman, and
cases of the head of the family treat
ing himself to q spree have not been
Questions have been asked in the
House of Commons with the object OF
having a rule adopted by which this
maternity benefit will be paid only to
the mothers, and some Of the women
societies have taken up the matter ana
doubtless they will gain their point
Feel Loss of Davis Cup
The loss of the Dwight F Davis cup
emblembatic of the worlds lawn tennis
championship in doubles, which went
July IS to a team of American players,
has been followed by the usual stream
of journalistic criticism devoid, how
ever. of that acrimony which marked
British comment on the outcome OF the
last Olympic games
The chief subject of this postmOrtem
investigation is the American ''smash"
service An anonymous writer in the
Standard began the discussion by de
nouncing the smash service as a
trick stroke which should be barred by
legislation. just as the spot shot was
in billiards. The correspondence thus
started has gone merr1Iy forward Win
the opponents of the famous service
apparently in the minority. me as
cussion has brOadened until II includes
the question of the propEiety Of IN
GLIDING lawn tennis in the playing
curriculum of the public schools ana
the problem Of replacing the present
English veterans with younger
Underlying all of the criticism and
suggestions are indications of dis
appointment over the defeat Wnlch
lead some correspondents to deplOre
the whole controversy as evidence that
the English are bad losers
One thing in which practically an
the critics agree is that Maurice Z.
McIoughIin. one of the American
players, has proved himself the sen
sation of the year on English courts
One critic declares that at his best the
Californian is the greatest player that
ever lived. being better than either
of the Dohertys in their prime. and
that his worst only the players IN the
very front rank of worlds tennis nave
any. chance of beating him. This critic
points out that Anthony F. WnoinS
only beat Mclaughlin after the Amerl-
can had played through all the rounds
Parke defeated him in a five set match
in which the Californian took the
majority of strokes and games
Hat Question Revised
The question of the etiquet Of the
hat in the House of Commons has
again been raised. by commoner KING
wearing his hat in the distinguished
strangers gallery
TTnfortunately. before the speaker
could rule on the question which was
raised. Mr.. King disappeared from the
gallery and the affair was dropped,
but old members of the house insist
that Mr. King was well within his
rights. A member of parliament is
privileged to wear his hat anywhere
within the chamber, provided only
that he is seated But if he rises from
his seat or moves from his position he
must uncover during the process II
a division has been called and a mem
her wishes to raise a point of order ne
can do so only if he is wearing nat
In strict parliamentary euqueJ
should always raise his hat
when he is referred to by the speaker