The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-22

Militant Suifragettes Cause
Merchants to Take Ill
Precautions

~ ~os w SN1oOSA SeOo1et1
have stationed guards outside tAeil
essaht.saments 70 pull down thets
shutters 1t b srst agn OF . deter.
mined hooking woman eAkiag ain:
with a brick and women caVryfns
. handbags OF packages ara look
Cd upon with particular susptcioa
when saey sppeas on the shopntns
One q sac big shtppias o@ces on
coekspur which neslecfed 10 board up
.tts Windows after being wafned that
the cunraxestes were ben on window
foss two windows valued IT
$500 each. Other firms. however,
psoaesd BY The warning and sent hnr-
~ orders TO carpenters for board pro.
lection to exposed vindovs. In the
shopping districts many Of the mer.
chants have hired special guards VINO
iusk o ia secluded Spots reoAy to
poUnee upon any suspidous-loohn8
woman who ma stop to " into the
AT nish.faiI business London be
comes desofate With every blind down.
and dark and t~orbiddinE shutters OF
heavy boards have taken the place
OF bright windows filled with displays
OF retail merchandise.
opfun saohdng Popular.
Opium snokins 10 becomins 50
popular in London that several Of the
dens in the Whitechspel district are
aid 20 be catering sxclustvely 70 arts.
socratfc patrons Of the pipe. Two Of
these were visited lately by an in.
.esttgator. who found them furnished
IN h most luxurtous manner. The
victims OF he habit can indulge their
dreams 10 surroun6ings which should
appeal 70 the moot f%sstidious dsvo-
Shortly alter dark the patrons be-
gan 70 arrive. stealing In furtively
after leaving their motor cars and
carriages some distance away. A
nearby uadesman declares that in the
daytime no a spp4oaehes the
placea which do not encourage VISITS
at such times because OF the danger
OF police tnterferencs.
Both OF these paaattal dens are run
~ Chinese. Low divans sand on
carpets 80 thick and soft that no
sounds OF footsteps can be heard:
soft silken cushions are placed for
h~eadrests. and rich curtains hang
move from his couch. a. numerous
attendants. moving 1t the motion Of
hand. cook the opium. and prepare
the pipe for each customer.
According to the investigatton, the
patrons Of the place are business men.
members Of noble families. Some Of
the visitors q r merely looking for .
new sensation. but most Of them are
hopeless victims Of the habit. It ID
q d that the der- Ire enormously
profitable. for each smoker pay from
- to 33s nightly for his e~ntssulin-
Censor Hymn Work
A censorship Of the hymn book has
been proposed by Councillor Hopkins
Of the nottingham county council.
Tho proposal came as the result OF
complaints against certain hymns il
the books used BY the schools OF the
county council. and in voicinE the
objections III councillor declared that
neither good religion nor good poll
tics. His chief objection was directed
against tho 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 Almight,
did nothing of The sort. and he de-
clarsd the following verse to he equal.
iy 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 DO left to
laymen.
Rev. Arthur j. Waldron. vicar Of
brtxton. has expressed himself as be-
Ing in favor Of = censorship Of all
soiute bAlderdash, which people rush
through without the slightest appre-
citation Of the meaning Of the words.
The vicar said recently: x Am with
the nan who objects to the verses
quoted. ! do not think God made
men either rich or poor: msn have
hymns "a are bad theolox Wa' BAD T. e ee
omics and bad everything"
Falling on Predicted.
Shipping men and immigration
perts here predict that the passage Of
the education test for Immigrants
into the United States will mean a
falling of Of over 100. 900 annually
in the number Of foreigners entering
American ports.
This means q serious loss to the
the diminution in numbers. but also
on ccoun Of the fact that they will
have to return at their expense all
those who fail to pass the test. Real
izInE. this. some OF the companies are
already making arrangements to sub
1ect appIlc4nt1 TOT passage 10 q test
which will be a. risid AZ the exam
ination conducted by the American
officials at the port Of debarkation.
It Is estimated here that hines carry
ing steeraSe trafic from Russia, Por-
tukal and Italy will be the heaviest
sufferers.
Australia also In making the way
of tho Immigrant hard. and the now
AustraliAn health certihostes vii bar
many who would have no dthnculty
getting in under the present feguiA-
tons. Even once in the country the
immigrant 10 not safe. for he remains
subject to the test during his first
year OF residence. It 10 no secret here
that Australia. feels herself asgriAvsd
by the GLASS of immigrant Which the
British isles is s~upplyinS. and It Will
cause no surprise &c she discourage
assisted emigration In the future.
Some Of the restdent Australian gov
ernrnent ofieials have discovered that
the best typs Of snnissaat. who ueithel
desires o rsqutrea assistance. u 20.
in9 10 the United 0tetes. and a. Aus.
tralia needs this kind Of settler rather
than the manual laborer. desperate
efforts will be made 70 divert him ia
Distrust epd opsn hostility Tor The