The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-03
UNABLE TO STATE
HIS WIFE'S INCOME
HumorOusly Wonders What
Tax Collector Will
Do About It.
CRITIcISE LORD ROBERTS
FAMOUS SOLDIER FAvoRs CON.
SCRIPTION PLAN IN ENGLAND.
BY PHILIP EVERETT.

London. July 2.-Defying the risk OF
being forever considered a ncn-pecked
husband. Bernard shaw has notified
the London tax collectors offiss that
he canno: make his wife tell him what
ne. private income Is.
in letter TO the official mentioned.
ne writes; II am quite willing to
have my wife's Income deemed to be my
income, and 10 pay the AK on &C.. but
you have gone beyond ruts-yOu have
required me TO ascertain the amount
81 my wifc's income, which 4 have no
means OF doing.
er 10 obtain from my wife a return OF
her income. DO they give me that
ros.er7. II 60. can you -efer me to the
observe that L claim neither ex-
emption nor abatement AMI am ready
q lay when you assess me-.
Then followed personal Interview
~ which the famous playwright mace
these points.
= have absolutely no means OF as
asking her Tor the Information.
she keeps "a separate banking ac-
count. at a separate bank.
Her solicitor Al not my solicitor.
II can make a guess az her means
from err style Of living. exactly as
yond that ! have no more knowledge
OF her income than 4 have OF yours.
n have asked her to give me a
"she refuses on principle.
1T Is in the power Of the commits
Elorera 20 compel my wife 20 make
must not communicate that disclosure
90 me or to any other person
Seems an Impassc.
"Ali I can do for you is 20 tell you
ascertain her Income and make me pay
the tax on &C.
Even this you cannot do without a
violation OF secrecy. as 10 viii be pos
siblo for me by q simple calculation TO
demand
rived from property = large part OF
my own ig q tIuctuafinE income de-
we'd from the prccarious profession Of
play wrighting. My income may I'm any
year be- much smaller than my wifo's
In which case 7 shall have TO pay on a
much larger income than enjoy
Vow comes the question OF what Is
20 happen 20 husbands in my predica-
mcnt. Let US suppose that the inter
pretation ol the law can De strained "a
the point OF inducing the courts 90 en-
Join me 90 make tho required discios-
urc. I am unable TO obey the injunc-
ton. because no man can tell what he
does not know. go 20 my wife and
tell her that I shall be put In prison IA
she does not tell me her income.
"she replies that many women have
gone 20 prison Tor the cause and that
% is time that the men should take
their turn. Am 20 iauCuash In Jail. 20
the delight OF the whole suffragist
lmpossibiiities7
Take the obvious alternative. Sup
pose the courts cnjoin my wife 20 dis
close her exact income TO me. She re-
fuses. She is sent TO prison. She
promptly resorts TO the d. niger strike
Must Feed urS. shaw.
'Nfr. Lloyd-George and Mr.. Winston
Church. uaEv tutu ether f1rclbly 90
feed her. and be banlshcd 10 South AZ
rica a. their unfortunate colleague. ths
Niacouut Gladstone was hanishod by
Lady Constance Lytt0n. or else sur
render at discretion.
Il suggest that Mr.. Lloyd George
had better cut the Gordlan knot by
hurryiug through n short act makine
married couples independent OF ort
another an their liability TO super-taX
alton"
The new wonan's theatre which Is
being constructed Ia this city Is ex
pccted Co De ready for opening on Tues
day. October T. The theatre Is 20 10
known as the little theatre. as many
theatres In France and Germany are
called. II viii not confine its program
70 any class Of play. comedy or traE
edv. TT "a play possesses the quality oil
getting close 60 life or is play likell
10 De better understood and appreci
ated In "a small house. 10 viii be Eiver
hearinE there. The auditorium OF thf
little thf tire differs from all the the
aires On London iu that its stalls flOol
81 above instead Of below the level 81
the street. There are wide corridors
large tea rooms and n foyer. and thr
audience is Co De encouraged 20 move