From the New York Times:
Won’t Pay Tax On Babies.
Socialist Town Council Thwarted by Indignant French Mothers.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times
Paris, .— The Socialist Municipal Council of Brest has imposed a tax of 6 cents daily on market vendors for the right to wheel handcarts through the streets. The ordinance applies to baby carriages, and mothers and nurses are up in arms at the demand that they pay 6 cents every time they take a baby out for an airing.
The first attempt to collect the tax was made yesterday, and all the women refused to pay.
