The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 12

JOE’S CAR ‘Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat, Off. Up In The &® Air Martin Green {want AM EVENING Gown — ONE THAT WILL STAND THe. “Test AT A DINNER, ON “He ‘AVENUES MADAME WOULD ‘Look CUARMING IN “Ay t og WoULd SOMETHING IN A “) PALE LAVENDER. APPEAL ? Evening By Bide Dudley PossiBLY MADAME, HESITATES BECAUSE, OF “te PRICE ? Copyright, 1m (New Vi Orr eee Wahl Hoenry’s Cure. E had his troubles—bet your w York Hyering Wo: H York Byening GREATION | WELL ~ MY Good HUSBAND HAS A MILLIONAIRE FRIEND WHO HAS ASKED US TO DINE, SO 4 MUST BE CAREFUL FOR 66QECRETARY OF THD TREAS- URY MELLON," the pilot, “must hare opened & lot Of people's eyes when he said in his annual report that the high sur: on incomes instead of yielding big returna to the Government are actually impairing the Government's THE OTHER. When ev'rything went wrong, But Henry had a cure for them, ‘le didn’t sing a song:- Nor did he quaff the flowing bow! To turn his woe to joy, He'd merely hunt some poor child ."" said the observer. “And what does Secretary Mellon recom- Adoption of means to collect Not enthusiastically, What does he suggest to remedy a has allowed surtax collections on big incomes to resem- ble a commutation ticket on the 30th of the month? Well, I'll be the patsy and ask the question myself. does he suggest? “There is only suggests that the surtaxes be materi- ally reduced. And there you are. course, he docon't say that !f the sur- taxes are reduced the big earning corporation: and individuals will find @ way of evading them any- how. But, in the light’ of experience, it is reasonable to suppose that they And give the kid a toy His barn might burn with all his} iy ction which The rain might spoil his wheat, Or maybe his best hog would die— The one he'd saved for meat; "Twas then he'd use his trouble- No more would woes annoy, He'd merely hunt some poor child Do You Like LIVING IN “THE, COUNTRY Luke? And give the kid a toy AY CeeTaiey | DO You Miss It's almost Christmas time again, When Santa makes his call; Perhaps your woes have multi- “The first nine pages of the New York classified telephone directory are devoted to a list of public accountants who are telephone subscribers, or ad- vertiee in the book—nine pages ot them, and most of them specialize in showing people and firms and cor- porations how to evade thei: income and profits taxes. dreds—perhaps thousands—of others who are not in the telephone book, because they have only desk room or carry their offices in their hats. “kocountants were comparatively scarce until we passed Jaws taxing tmoomes and profits, and their activi- ties were confined almost exclusively to balancing or untangling books or straightening out figures, The income and profits tax laws bred new ones warm weather breeds mosquitoes. And the most successful of these new aeccountants—they uro ‘as numerous, comparatively, in every city as in New York, Washington swarms with them—are those who specialize in profite taxes and hew to dodge them. “Secretary Mellon, after saying that the more important of the meth- ‘Jods used by the tax dodgers are ue- ductions of losses on sales of capital esstts with the fallure to realize un capital gains; exchanges of property and securities so as to avoid taxable gains; investment in tax exempt se- curities and division of property; cre- ation of trusts and tho adds, ‘Not all these things can be ontrolied by law or by regulation.’ “Which, it would seem to the aver- age simple minded citizen, means that the tax dodgers have the Government licked. Of course this does not .oply mall income or profits tax- payer—the salaried man, the profes- sional man or woman, for instance. ‘They can’t afford to hire expensive experts to show them how to dodge their taxes and they wouldn't profit any if they did, because In so far as taxes of that sort are concerned the law {s sound and effective. “In England, where the surtaxes are bigher than ours, the Government col- lects, When they slap a tax on over there tt sticks as long as it ts . eeded and in recent years the very rich bave been forced to sell part of their prop- erty every year to pay thelr waxes. Apparently Secretary Mellon does + Wish to see anything like that hap) in this country.’’ “T see,"’ said the pilot, ‘that I.sst- dent Harding entertained Cleme .ceau And backed you to the wall, If so, remember Henry’s cure, “Twill fill your heart with joy If you'll but hunt some poor child And give the kid a toy Th re aro hun- OBSERVATIONS. Moore, Seer of London, says Pro- Aibition here will fall next year. ought to—it's being tipped on all According to a Chicago man, acience bas prolonged life twelve yeara in the past balf-century. Chi- cago is probably to blame for his LITTLE MARY MIXUP WHERE ARE You .Mart-? OH we sHe'D BREAK A PLATE ANYWAY AND CET. Docken A&A WHERE CAN THAT, CALD BE? ste s SO CRAZY TS BARN PENNIES TOWARD 4 Hew Doe ANd Wher AQ THe TMG CcomMES sHE/’ WELL. How ARE } 1 You ARE GOING THE PENNIES “BS EARA THAT cenr, COME ON AND DRY THESE Dishes your New The Brooklyn Rotary Club says a man fs absolutely worthless when he Evidently ther: good in a yowling cat, after all. James Allen of Harlem took a walk yesterday minus pants. Must have bought his clothes at a store where they sell suits half off. Happy Neighbors. Ker piano, a reg'lar tin-pan, Made ev'ry one frantic at Nan, As his bride one fine day 4 youth took her away, And they made up @ purse for the MIGHT AS WELL Do 17 MYSELE a1 Rensete he = TELEPHONE LOVE. “Time” Means Only One Thi MR NICHOLS— bo You KNOW WHAT TIME ‘IT 1S ral $ L NEVER CALLED ON FRITZI IN MY LiFe THAT THE OLD MAN DIDNT GIVE ME THE RUSH t DARN HIM AN PET IO Gooner Fatrzi ! > SEE YA ToMoRROW! ) Tt was the dark- haired stranger addressing Mary. “Won't you two come to my Mary and Abba Dabba decided to see just how movie homes looked, so they followed him into a beautiful residence. On the wall in the sun parlor was a “Do not spit on the floor or Mary was astounded. Did this sink think she was going to spit on his property? should say she was NOT. Turn- ing to Abba Dabba, she said: “Tt must be a pecullar family.” Abba saw the point, but she Why she did not answer was, of course, a secret. Had she answered, it-might have meant much to Mary, for at that moment she felt a highball en- tering her hand. For the land's sake! Mary going to drink in Holly- wood? Ab, do not imagine the gtr! too simple! KATINKA U HAVENT A CHANCE, FERDIE - 1 WANT To A BRAINY MAN! HOH! IF THe ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ln r : WELL, IVE STARTED “To ELEVATE L |/LOWBROW" AMD’ HIGHBROW ARE BooKs HYSELF ALREADY — I WENT | [Sood FoR Your | | WHAT- OPERA (Div You see ? ONE WHO READS DEEP | BOOKS, ENJOYS Good LECTURES, UNDERSTANDS | OPERA, ETC! IF You CouLD ELEVATE YouRSELF/ LECTURES AN OPERAS — ITLL BE A CINCH! IVE JusT GoT A DOLLAR ~ Tur START ON » HY UPWARD JOURNEY ¢——~ watch out,” said the observer, other break like that and Willem Randolph Mearst is Mable to run out on him and leave him flat." story could be got out of this affair, We got a tip that a fellow named Egge ie going to win and it might be a good id come down and interview him for 1 could get onto a wheel and talk to him while riding along by hie side. I'd probably say; ‘Wi Eggs, thie is a lot of exerci He would have a lot to aay and | could make ry out of it, Then, if you get a tricycle, the wife could ride along side Egge and ask him As their host's imported from Germany, came into the room chasing’an opossum, Mary fust “Toot, toot!" she yeiled. Abba Dabba grabbed the dog by the tail and twisted. It all seemed so absurd. (To be continued.) NUTT’S DOPE. writes Jefferson Shrewsbury Nutt, Specie! Cor- marry the girl of his dreams ir. 1822 (N.Y. Eve. W, And the Last Train at Night ! Q { MY “TRAIN: For WH’ OFFICE Via? IN “7H Moreen’ WG Nicte. BY .- NoT BREAKING | & PLATE ¢ b | ALWAYS ‘YoLD YoU THERE |S Witt Mary EARN ENoue: Yo Gert Tat DOE oR NaTY Heee s THe score Tapary SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT BOY) BID Act mY WATCH STOPPED, AND WHEN | fl ASK HM THE TIME HE RUSHES hour LIKE THE HOUSE IS ey ICTIN TO} The High Cost of Raising a Brow! I DON'T KNoW THE NAriE — THe PROGRAMS WERE FIFTEEN CENTS EXTRA! respondent of thie column, now could get the band to play ‘Send in Bogash, ©. “I and the wife understand there is a sixty-day bieycle race going on at Grand lace, New York. Dudley to the Chair’ and | believe the wife would sing it, if you'd wend her $11 to get a new pansy- is fine most of the time. One of heard hie daddy talking about it the neighbors’ chil to a lot of ladies at a Bewing Circle meeting. THE HIGHER EDUCATION. N ONE of the palatial homes of the AND NOW PERMIT US to suggest that {ft is better to opposite, likewise fortified! The host was bewailing the enor- Uncle tma went “How's that?” mons cost of keept: his so. t - = OF Heeping Hia'som ab cole) sivven «gaia hia host,.é there tank I new rich a man sat before a blaz~ ing fire, a cigar between his teeth, @ liqueur at his elbow, wanted to see my uncle point waist to appear in, just loves that song and her voice recee—a bad over, Much excitement but could seems to ! and her that @ good learn nothing.—Jeff “Such expenses!" he cried, ‘“And] Scotch, $2 item in the bill the worst of all in the languages,’* ‘Languages?’ repeated his friend ‘London Anaway