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The Washington times., 1921-07-29
Washington Women AS
Cigarette Pufers

One press association sent from Washington dis
patch conveying an impression that washington
is such a wide-open town and SO metropolitanly
unconventional that cigarette putting by women, in
public or in private, meets with objection. The
dispatch stated that just and just one woman
out of large numbers Of both at the House com
mittee hearing Congressman JOHNSON'S BILL
voted, in hands-up referendum, in favor OF the
Mssissppians proposed measure.
1t would be misleading if that dispatch gave an idea
to the nation that Washington women, rule, are
cigarette buffers, and fighting before Congress
to prevent discontinuance of free of the weed in
public places. Nothing could be more foreign to the
facts. Whatever may do in other Cities it Is
comparatively to women smoking cigarettes in
hotels restaurants or elsewhere in this city. And in
their homes the of Washington just as free
from the habit those of any community in the world
But women in this city do not feel that they should
be subjects Of restrictive legislation just if they
babies young children They know the pro-
prietes of life and their ideals high They feel
though that if there to be ancigarette laws here
these laws should apply to men and women alike
That's why the johnson bill not favored at the
hearings held by Congressman FOCHT'S Committee on
the District of Columbia.
Proposed legislation of this kind accomplishes no
earthly good It is harmful in that it suggests to
thoughtess girls that cigarette putting in hotels may
be quite fashionable 1t brings out that innate aversion
of all to interference with personal rights If it be-
law, highly improbable it would make recruits
for the small number of females who smoke cigarettes
in public or private.
Women not to be Congressionally stamped as
weak to be unable to do what they think right
Laws do not improve the morals elevate the customs
of people Too often they excite spirit of opposition
that increases rather than decreases vicious habit
We've all got views the subject of women smoking
cigarettes and in this city the preponderance of those
views is pronounced to be well known, but we
also know that it is foolish mistake to single out
women the objects of any law concerning personal
hat he
laws for the improvement of mankind generally then
the proper begin with is the male for the simple
that the female is infinitely BETTER purer nobler
and less addicted to dangerous habits.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
Limit Tur-Free Securities

q ENATOR SHOOTS purpose of amending the Fed
era Constitution to prohibit the further issuance Of
~ tax-free securities by the Federal Government, the
States municipalities is clearly justified by existing
conditions although realize the force of the objections
urged against it.
There today upward of of tax-exempt
securities in existence Of this amount $4,000 100000
represents the national debt and between 900
and securities issued by States counties and
municipalities The National Government loses in the
neighborhood of $60oOO0OOO year in taxes upon the
income of the owners of these securities
The theory upon which certain classes of public securities
are thus exempted from taxation of that in taxing
them the State in effect taxes ITSELF the security will
sell for more when issued if tax exempt.
Experience, however has frequently shown that this
enhanced price is not generally enjoyed by the State
other political unit issuing the bonds by later pur
chasers.
The profit upon those forms of Liberty Bonds which were
issued "tax free slight to the nation in comparison
to that made by those who speculated in them
Moreover the existence Of these bonds had tendency
steadily to deprecate the market price of other Liberty
bonds which the nation retains its right to tax
which bought as patriotic duty by millions If in
vestors, to their loss.
1t is this quality Of competition with other securities
which makes the tax-free bond economically harmful
Next to the desire to live and to perpetuae the race
there is unfortunately wish universal among welto
do people as the desire to escape taxation.
Moreover to be strongest among those who can
best afford to pay.
Accordingly the existence of great body of securities
into which the mumlionare may put his money affects
unfavoraby the securities of railways and other public
utilities which it necessary for the general good should
be kept supplied with funds
The joint stock land banks important to the farmer
are unable to sell their cent bonds at proper prices
when put into competition with tax-free securities
Of the taxexemp securities issued cannot be
taxed but future issues may be- The tendency of taxree
securities to pass into the hands of great capitalists Who
thus enabled to avoid paying their of the expense
of government proportionae to their wealth is source
Of continual popular irritation.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
-~R. LEGMAN ASKS:
nv evil q sales tax (instead

49, of an excess profits taxi
benefit the consumer when he
buys a pound Of butter, pair of
shoes or hat for his wifei Will
the merchant sell me pair Of
shoes for So and absorb the 2
per cent tax, or will he make it
an even 1925, as he always didi"
In the first place, no tax is good
tax-to the taxpayer. 1t is at best
a necessary sacrifice. The question
then is whether Mr.. Legman would
pay more for his wife's hat or q
pair Of shoes or a pound Of butter
under sthe sales tax than he does
now. If he would pay the same,
he would be neither hurt nor
helped; if more, he would be hurt;
if less, he would be helped.
On all the articles he mentions he
already pays tax when he buys
one of them. He can't help paying
a tax. Nobody can. Upon the So
pair of shoes-as taxes and added
profit on taxes passed along-he
pays a final sales tax of $1.49, be-
cause the price Of the shoes, which
would be $3.50, has been increased
% per cent by taxation and added
profits based on passed along taxes.
If there were eight sales between
the first hide-seller and the final re-
tail shoe sale, Mr.. Legman would
pay an accumulated sales tax of "a
cents. In other words, he would get
his pair of shoes for $6.75, instead
of So. And even if the retail dealer
had the customary nerve to. add an
other quarter, just to make an even
figure, Mr.. Legman would still be a
dollar ahead.
Mr.. Legman viii recognize the
fact that no general tax on gross
sales can be followed out through
the turnovers of one specific small
retailed article, like pair Of shoes
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
Illness Also
Has Styles
THERE are styles in sickness, as

"1EnE are Styles IN SICKNESS, as
in everything else.
Indeed, to the realm of style
there are no known boundaries;
upon it's dominions the sun never
sets, nor the moon, either, and of
Style may be said what "the judi
cious Hooker" said of Law, that call
things in heaven and earth do her
homage, the very least as feeling her
care, and the greatest as not exempt
from her power.'
For there are styles not only in
haircuts and hats, but in sore heads
under them; not only in shoes and
stockings, but in bunions; styles in
poetry and fiction in the highbrow
magazines, and also newest things
in slang and swear words; styles in
women, varying from the generous
charms of Fatima, the fat favorite
of the discriminating Turk, to the
bony slimness of the bran-eating
movie heroine; styles in books and
in boats, in tooth brushes and glass
eyes; in dogs and democracies;
styles in gowns that support the
shops on the Rue de la Paix and
Fifth aveaue, and styles ranging
from the imperial magnifcence Of
Fatty Arbuckle's special-body lala-
palooza to the swarm of gnatty
flivvers that is the life of the suf-
urb; styles in noses and newspa-
pers; even styles in religion, for
an attendance upon the services Of
the Established Church is a social
requisite of English county squire
dom, while in Zion City one cannot
expect to move in the best circles
except he attend the Dowie Taber-
nacle and sit under the eloquence
of the Reverend Voliva, who seems
to be an expert judge of styles in
hell.
So it is not to be wondered. that
there are styles in complaint.
A good many epidemics are mere
style-rushes.
In the good old days when the
advertising columns were crowded
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
HUM A n
William Anterior Du Puy

Opie Read author of ''The Jucklins" 'The
Carpothagser" and many other romances which.
two decades ago. delighted the reading public.
having now reached the age of sixty-nine, is
living quietly in Chicago, revolving mostly
around the Press Club of that city.
Not long ago he and group OF friends
discussing the fine art Of farins we'll when
II seated with his feet under the table. They had
all heard Of meals that cost s25. but none Of
them had personally experienced one Of them.
no man could order sufficiently delicate and
costly morsels and make a fair pretense at eat
Ing them to run the bill up to such figure.
Opie Read thought it could be done Where
upon some profgate offered to lead the novelist
to the most expensive restaurant in the city and
pay FOR such a meal
They went out Read studied the bill of fare
for q while, figured with the walters pencil.
Then he dashed off order.
Ham and eggs" read,
The price seventy cents. The order came
and consumed. The menu again presented.
Read studied 1t for a while and asked for another
order Of the He ate the second plate and
went out satisfied.
The hurnor Of the South" says Senator John
Sharp williams, of Mississippi, III of a variety
quito quaint and distinctive. It's best exemplifier
was Abraham Lincoln. All the stories that he
told were Of the Southern school.
During all my years In Congress have known
but two men who were true humorists. whose
tories spruns sra s05sn Wncs e. sftsra ,S or
and Private John Allen, Of Tupelo, Mississippi.
They were not of those who store In their
memories the anecdotes that they hear and pull
them forth when an occasion presents. These
masters evolved their own situations as they
went along and brought stories forth pristine
and virgin"
Senator Joseph s. Freling huysen, of New
Jersey, personal friend Of President Harding.
II the fourth man Of his family to hold a seat
in the upper house Of Congress. General Fred
srick Frelinghuysen. whose term began in 1898,
was the first
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the
telephone, In a Scotchman by birth, but came
to the United States when a young man. He
was professor of vical physiology in a Boston
school. He In now seoenty-four years old and
spends much Of his time at his farm in Nova
Scotia.
Dr. John James Tigert, recently appointed
chief Of the Federal Bureau Of Education is not
yet forty. He used TO be all Southern fullback
Nune a wicked basketball and, after going over
to England As a Rhodes scholar, rowed with the
crew of his college, played for Il in tennis,
cricket and baseball. A quite athletic youngster
one would say, has succeeded DR.. Claxton
TABLOID FAIRY TALE.
without looking toward the millinery shop
SUITABLE EPITAPHs
Luke Hoozis died
OF Matrimony-
One Of his wives
Found she phoney.
THE WAGES OF SINN.
MRS. jacques Sim, of Camden has been grant
Cd $40 a week alimony, Just half Mr. Sim.
WnrnaSCAmdAn Herald.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered u. 8 Patent OfncA
BY K. G. B.

Dear X. C. B.-This morning July 15) on
the way from the ferry to Sheepshead Bay
Station ! was caught in the rain and the only
shelter was blank wall. For ten minutes
pressed against the wall as closely as could.
Then fom house aIross the street tripped
Then from house across the street tripped a
in blue raincoat and with an umbrella.
~My mamma wants to lend you this UNI
brella," she told me, "and III 60 up with you
to the station"
And so she did. OF course, couldn't thank
the mother for her thoushtfulness, nor could
/ properly thank the little girl, but took
with me into my days work the smile of the
little girl and I've wondered If you wouldn't
write something and tell them that and thank
them for me, for I'm sure that mother must
be reader of your column.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
LIVES OF. No I

Lives Of centipedes remind us
That they've got us beat each time
Think Of all the little footprints
They leave on the sands Of time.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
ANSWERING Questions in
Regard to Sales Tax

VI pOuAu VI UutVcI, Will dUSolutc
accuracy. We can only take figures
in the known lump and strike an
average for each article. But prac.
tically the figures on pair of shoes
are correct.
Mr.. Legman is in the meat bust
ness. This will interest him as well
as other folks who buy meat. These
are official figures on steer killed
and sold, and a calculation of the
turnover taxes finally paid by the
meat consumer.
Live weight of animal, 1902
pounds. Cost to packer, $196.41.
Expense, killing, preparing and
selling beef and by-products, $17.85.
Sales receipts-By-p $46.5S;
dressed beef (710 pounds metz,
$170.33.
The tax on sale to packer would
be $l.96. The tax on sale of dressed
beef to retail butcher would be
$1.70. If the retail butcher sold at
an average of 40 cents a pound, all
cuts, his tax on the whole beef
would be 1924. The total taxation
on the beef from the cattlegrower
to the consumer would be $3.50
or little less than / cent a pound
on the final sale to the consumer
which the consumer would pay.
As present taxes and added profits
go, the real sales tax the consumer
now pays on a pound Of beef-and
of which the butcher by no means
gets all-is about Z cents, averaging
all cuts at 40 cents a pound.
The retail butcher could sell the
same meat at an average of IS cents
pound, all cuts, and make the
same profits, owing to wholesale re-
auctions, and his customers would
have paid the sales tax and be
cents pound better off.
We hope this answer will help
Mr.. Legman and others to see that
the sales tax would benefit the
masses and not the classes.
with descriptions of the various ills
that could be cured by Celery Com
pounds, Stomach Bitters and Pain
Killers, whenever old Mrs. Gum
nudge read Of a new disease she
went and had it, so she could take
the wonderful medicine and expert
ence the amazing cure. One must
have ones adventures, and when all
else fails we can be i'll in new ways.
A French doctor recently divided
his patients into two classes, "the
Tant-pis and the Tant-mieux," the
meaning Of which, as near as we
can guess. is that some are offended
unless the doctor says they are in
very dangerous case, and others af-
feet to believe there's nothing much
the matter with them.
One physician who thought he
would be very polite but was un-
skilled in the subtler reaches of
feminine psychology, assured his
patient that the trouble, she was
having was "quite common" She
being worth a million dollars and
accustomed to only the most ex-
elusive Injuries, was piqued. Why
should she have plain ordinary
disease that any stenographer might
havei So there is snobbism even in
ailments.
A wise doctor will give his
patients their head a bit in choos-
ing their complaints and the serious
ness thereof
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
TABLOID FAIRY TALE.

WITHOUT IOWaTu millinery
window his wife rushed on and met him on lii
SUITABLE EPITAPHS.
Luke Hoozs died
OF Matrmony--
One Of his wives
Found she was phoney.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29

only time you want to
" turn other cheek IL
when barber Is massaging
yes- -.----.--..
The Washington times., 1921-07-29

When Geraldine eloped
Her pa was full of glee.
He danced around and sanei ~..-
- No Wedding Bills for mel" IA =
The Washington times., 1921-07-29

WIN LeiihociAus TAXING
w four-year recess. Wash
ington throbbles with hum
drum Of industry. Fly
buzzes loudest when he's
caught on Tanglefoot.
DISARMAMENT has Con-
~ gress more puzzled
than flea on iron deer.
II Daniel Boone had gone
West without his musket
squirrels would have chas-
ed him East. II Daniel
had carried two muskets
he wouldn't have known
which one to use.
TAPS, English. Germans
- are waiting for us to
disarm so they can come
over and pick all nice cur
rants out OF our cake.
Claws and teeth may be vul-
gar, but you never see any
lions hanging up in butch
ar shop.
EUROPE Is In favor Of
II disarmament. For Amer
lea. Nations OF world are
meeting In Geneva this
month. They will quarrel
about peace. Japs will ar
rive last. Be first to leave.
HOW does amba ssador,
IA official mouthpisce Of
nation. arrive at peace con-
ferencef On swanboat
decorated with lilies Of val
ley? Nope. He paddles In
on battleboat garnished with
little sisters of Big Bertha.
OHOOTING off mouth IL
~ fine target practice, but
you have Just as much
chance of hitting Aurora
Borealis with eustard pie.
Generally notice that boys
who chirp disarmament are
same lads who had --LATEST
feet last WARP
CCREEN door will keep
~ mosquitoes out, but
when burglars come around
you need Yale locks. Trea-
ties are only scraps Of paper
that haven't yet been torn
up. You always pipe most
fishermen in shade Of No
Trespass sign.
only time you want to
" turn other cheek IL
when barber Is massaging
yeu- -.-.------.--.-..
The Washington times., 1921-07-29

What has become Of the old.fashioned feilo,
wno TOOK MS girl 70 prayer'meetinG and got
thrill out Of sharing a hymn book with herr
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
CONSOIING

Landisdy Ito Tilted maident-Now don't YOU b.
down earted dearfe. You'll get over It, why
look at me. 1 was Tilted by three fellers. an
ad two breach o. promise cases but biess YER.
I've Lived to bury . couple o. hushanda.s
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
THE WAGES OF SINN

Mrs jacques Sim, of Camden, has been grant
Cd $50 a week aiimony. Just half Mr.. Sinns
NaSsaSCAundsn Herald.
The Washington times., 1921-07-29

No man tells his wife everything. sh
doesn't give him q chance
The Washington times., 1921-07-29
MIR. B. Baer
PEACE DOVE AMONG
CROWS.

MYTH Democrats taking
w four-year recess, Wash
ington throbbles with hum
drum Of industry, Fly
buzzes loudest when he's
caught on Tanglefoot.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
JAS. GRANTHAM CALLED

James Grantham, 46, son of Mrs.
Mary Grantham, of this city, passed
TO his reward Tuesday evening. fol-
lowing an operation in the local hos
pital.
He was born at Baron Furnse,
Lancashire. England. September 1875.
When he was about q years OF age,
he, with his parents. came TO America
and settled In this city where he has
spent most Of his life.
In 1910 he was married to Myrtle
Green of Trementon. through which
union six children were born. Most
of his life has been spent In farming
and mining. He was good church
worker and at the time OF his demise
he held the standing Of an elder in
the l.. ID. s. church.
At the time of the Spanish Ameri-
can war he attempted TO enlist, but
when he failed to get admittance
there he Joined the Fifth Artillery.
where he served for some time.
was injured when loading ship.
For this he received pension.
Besides his aged mother and wife
he IL survived by six children. all
under 10 years Of age. They are:
Lawrence. Goldie. Lucille. Edna, Jesse
and James, the youngest Is months
old. He IL also survived by the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: William
Grantham Of Park City, John Gran
than OF Duchesne. and Mrs. Jane
McAllister of Garfield.
Mr.. Grantham had been iii for
some time with gall stone trouble.
Saturday he underwent a successful
in and the end came late Tuesday
night.
The funeral will he held today at
the Third ward chapel at 2 D. m.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12

Come Dance Beneath the Noon
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
ARM|ST|CE PROGRAM
SUNDAY EVENING

III ye break faith with US who die,
we shall not sleep tho peoples bloom
on Flanders Fields"
What is more fitting at this time
than to be reminded of our silent
pledges of faith to those who fought
and gave their lives, that all Nations
might enjoy the blessings Of peace
and happiness?
Sunday evening. Nov. 10, at 1880 p.
m. in the Stake Tabernacle. the Am
erican Fork high school will help
you spend an enjoyable hour in COM
memoration OF the world war Ar
mistice.
The following program has been
arranged:
Music.
Hail to the Dawn"-H. s. Chorus.
Invocation-Student.
Music.
Invitation of the Bells Ladies'
Chorus.
First Armistice Day in France -
Mark Clarke.
Music.
Saxaphone Solo-Jesse r. Steele
Patriotism in Our Language Mr..
Bramwell.
Music.
Who is Sylvia"-Ladies Chorus.
Reading-Miss Lucille Rogers.
Disarmament Problems Principal
p. NJ. Nielsen.
Music.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
DEMOCRATS ELECT

.a,ued from Am. Fork list page
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12

About twelve automobiles full OF
Fern Bureau members OF Davis Co.
came to American Fork "Wednesday
10 visit and inspect some of the
chicken and hog raisers Of American
Fork. The places visited were those
Ihc'on ring to Jack Thrasher Luther
GiddinRs. Harry Chapman and Robt.
l.. Ashby to see their chickens
and thew also visited Andrew Pulley's
and \. p. Warnick's places to see
their hogs. There were about rs
persons in the party. The trip was
arranged by Luther Giddings.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
Citizens Ticket
Elected at Alpine

There having been but one ticket
nominated In Alpine this year, the
following were elected Tuesday:
Mayor-Wm. b. Smith.
Recorder--James b. Smith.
TreasurerMay II. Marsh.
4-Year Councilman-Jos. r. Marsh.
2-Year Councilmen--Arthur Forbes,
Frank Healey and Don C. Strong, Jr.
The voting took place in the City
Hall with Mrs. Belva Strong. Mrs.
Matilda Wilkins and George u. Bur.
CESS acting as Judges of election.
In all there were 43 votes cast, of
which number were scratch, the
remaining sS being straight Citizens
tickets. At
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
II. s. Chorus.

II. 8. Chorus.
Patriotic Drill March Physical
Education Girls.
Community Singing-"America."
enediction-Student.
The monthly stake union and priest
hood meeting will be held in the tab
ernacle Sunday. There will be nc
ward sacrament meetings.
The meeting last Sunday night was
given by the Mutuals with the Second
ward in charge.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
CARD OF THANKS

We wish 10 thank all those who
hnlned rs during the sickness and
death Of our husband and father.
Also for the many floral offerings.
Mrs. VIM. ". Robinson
and Family
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
FOURTH WARD TO PRESENT PLAY

The Fourth ward Dramatic COM
pany will present the play entitled
Light House Nan" sometime the lat
ter part Of the month. The play 10
under the direction OF Mrs. laura
Timpson and is being given for tho
benefit Of the needy Of the ward.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
Lehl Il Republican

khi-The Republicans won in
tuesdays election against the Citi-
sens The officers chosen were as
follows: Mayor. Joseph S. Broad
vent; four-year councilman, Sidney
0llchrist; two-year councilmen, ].
n Butt. Leroy Davis and Charles
Colledge; recorder. A. r. Gaisford;
treasurer, Mrs. Martha Ball.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12

Thompson; auditor Mrs. Ruth Far.
'rer, no opposition. The vote was
heavy
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12
Heavy Vote At Provo

Following is the result Of
tuesdays election in Provo: Mayor.
o. X. Hanson, 1917 votes to $40 for
John 8. Smith; commissioner, George
?. Billings, 1864 to 1881 for Tom
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-11-12

OF the ozV VOTES cast zio were
blraight tickets; OF this number SO
we're straight Republican, while 1T
we're straight Democratic tickets.
Pleasant Grove Republican
In Pleasant Grove straight Re-
publican ticket was elected.