The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
FURTHER TAX RISE
FEARED IN FRANCE
Every One Believes Income Tax
Rate Will BE Increased
Before Long.
DEFENCES ARE NEGLECTED
Disclosures Made in Senate
Cause AnXiety-Many Amer
leans i'm Paris.
DEFENCES ARE NEGLECTED

PANS. July 1S.--Although the week
contained q three days holiday In celebra-
ton uf the anniversary Of the fall Of the
BastiIle. II has not been a Joyous period
ut seven days for the country. which has
seen Parliament vote an income tax.
which will go into effect on January I.
The tax is not heavy one. but this form
Of taxation IS distlstcful to the French
mentality and. besides, no one expects that
it Will remain very long At the present
low rate
Another thing which annoyed the French
people is that they learned from the de-
bates in the Senate that the defcnces OF
the couutr! have been so neglected in re-
gard to war materials that the sacrifice
involved by the increase In military SER
vice from two tn three years H. practically
useless. The disclosures made In the
Senate. which the Government was unable
To deny or even to minimize. were doubly
unfortunate. inasmuch as they came out
on the eve OF President Polncares visit
10 Russia. as it Ia thought that they will
strengthen Russia's hands when the rep
reseutatives OF tho allies discuss Joint
military action.
Alice Doyey. the principal actress OF
the pink Lady" company. Is spending
the summer in Paris with her aunt Mrs
Starr Miss Dewey IS studying Madame
Butterfly" under Mime. Neinschenk. but
has no intention Of trying for grand opera
Ut present. She will sail for New York
on AUGUST on the liner La Provence for
rehearsals " a piece. which has not yet
received a name by Harry g. Smith and
Ivan Cnryll
Jerome Myers. Mrs. Myers and little
Virginia Myers are Installed in an apart
ment in the Latin Quarter for an inden-
mite stay Virginia Myers has danced for
friends OF the family in private but has
not yet appeared In public. She gave an
entertainment at the chateau OF Eugene
Tllman recently. and surprised her audi
rnce by the manner In which she used an
old World background to enhance tho dra-
matte effects Of her dances. Mr. Myers Is
drawing central market scenes.
Active practice is going on at the Racing
club I'm the Latin Quarter OF the baseball
teams which will start on their annual
exhibition trip TO Etretat Dieppe and
Deauvlle. There was practice game
to-day in which Baron de wardener
pitched for the Quarter against n team
Of eN-prizetighters. Tod Sloan. the for
mer Jockey, was the captain of the latter
team and Young Ahearn pitched. Among
the PLAYERS on the team are Willie Lewis
and Tom Kennedy.
Frank A Munsey has gone TO Carlsbad
Francis l.. Wellman. former Assistant
District Attorney Of New York. and Mrs
W,llmau. have gone TO Bruunen
Mrs Lewis Cass Lcdyard has gone &c
Wiesbaden.
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Terry are at the
Hotel Plaza.
Frederick Potter IL at the Continental
Miss Dorothy Kessel Is at the Hotel de
Crillon
Mrs. Cyrus Mccormick OF Chicago is AT
the Hotel Majestic.
Mr. and Mrs Chauncey p Mccormick
are on motor trip to Frankfort.
Charles w kraushaar has gone to
Holland
F. Hopkinson Smith spent few days
at the Hotel de Crillon. He is sketchine
for book on European cathedral in
teriors. lie has already made sketches
in England He will go to Rome after
finishing his work in France.
Ausel Phelps and \. j. Duane of New
York are automohllng In Normandy.
Mr. and Mrs. l. u. Trowbridge are a
the Plaza
Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Natabe are auto
MODELLING toward Aix-lcs- Bains
Edward W Pcnheld is at the Hyse'
Palace Hotel
Mrs Joseph T. willard. wife OF tn,
American Ambassador to Spain, is at tn,
Astoria.
Mrs Alfred q. Vanderbilt is at tn,
Astoria Hotel