New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
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ots Is being discussed ID London pa
pers. 1T Us said that the present
Chancellor Is IN favor Of forcing them
10 contribute the same amount IS the
married man toward the expenses of
the state.
'F' in "The London Globe" claims
that. the oppressed mddle-cass house
holder groaning under the burden Of
heavy prices and increased taxation,
will agree that the untaxed bachelor
wlll in future be the only kind Of man
worth knowing.
at would be monstrous to disturb
his equilibrium he Cor she) says.
The proposal to tax him could have
originated only in the brain Of one
of the Ancient and Dishonorable Or
der Of the Henpecked Husbands,' who
getting even with one whose freedom
he envicd-a method singularly in
keeping with his own craven spirit
AS for reasons-some time ago I
visited the Palladium, where one Daisy
Dormer lifted up her voice and sang
(ln the character Of a bus conduc-
tress) something to the effect that
there was no half price for children
over thirty-the child in question be-
ing bachelor, and somewhat dilatory
in producing his fare. Now if no half
price, ! ask with all due Difference to
the opposite faction, why taxes? Have
his enemies ever really considered this
lily of the field? How he tolls and
(generally after closing time) spins +?
Have they never noted the assiduty
icb ka \, al ~
consumption of cigars, cigarettes, and
tobacco in all its various guises, heed
less of the warning conveyed in the
various brands under which it is purr
veyed, a. 'Flor-de- Rhubarb, 'El Cabba-
glere,' etc.-caring nought for the an
gina pectorls that dogs the footsteps
OF the deVotees Of the (ofttimes un-)
fragrant weed-a aughing to scorn the
smokers throat that must ultimately y
be his-happy in the knowledge that
his martyrdom is lnsurlng the steady
flow of grist to the ENehequer mill,
thence TO now ~ the form Of twenty
five shlllngs weekly unemployment
dolea lnto the poekets Of the tired and
lazy aNvng our 'aplendld women wide
lreahj
again, can it be that his devotion
10 the practice Of placing government
Ale out ol The feueh of lhoae II might
harm has eseAped tho notice ol his
tlndueefA % they imagine for one
moment that he would consent to
transform his lieor into a bath Aponge
except for tho opportunity II uIlorda
him of honphling his IelloW-mhh
through the medium Of the beer tAs =
VIII they always remain ohliviouA Of
the fact that what sustains him IN
all HIS trials Ia the knowledge that his
self-sacriioirg efforts result in sub
stantipl additions To tho funds of the
nation, and that aftor making due
pruVlaon for their own salaries the
gifted, and astute, persons who kindly
direct our destinies VIII distribute
these moneys IN tho form Of pensions
10 aged and decreplt ioafers, prizes
for prodtoers, etc. In inviting tha at
tention of the henpoekod fraternity TO
the foregoing merits of the bachelor, I
would huggeAt that he IL already suf~
Nciently taxed. a certain memorial,
which Is at prosont nn eyesore 20 GER
tain dialoyal persons, should he forth
Wth east down from it's pedestal and
replaced by molten image Of "a twon.
tlulh century untHXod bachelor IN fun
roFnlu done In solid brass, hia foot
upon the neck Of the dnstard author
Of the foul proposa to tax his kind.
The words Nome me impune luccaslt'
are auEgeated as Il suitable motto for
such IL monument