Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-01
When You Pay
Your Income Tax
cererber That Other People Arent
as Interested in II az You Are.

,<vu YOU noticed how hard II
te lecn for some young men
4 women not TO mir the fact
thoy lad to pay an income tax?
alIa,tion that they are OF those
to-do people whom the govern
~ regards as opulant enough Ia
,skcd to bear special burden for
conduct OF the war naturally fills
m with pride. The young man
no IS married and discovers. after
liking with the inComc-taX expert.
hat when he has been allowed tn"
IRA thousand dollars a year for his
rtfe. he still has n taxable income
fcels for the time being like citizen
II some Importance The feeling
much more than offsets the annoy
ance of having to make the payment
of tho tax.
Next To feeling this satisfaction
comes tho pleasure of talking ahou
IT, And have you noticed that those
who do feel impelled TO let their
associates know that they have paid
an income tax always ContriNc to DO
81 in quite an offhand way? They let
drop something about when | con
sulted the income tax expert in a
vay that will lot YOU know indirectly
their importance
or course We all know that any
euch allusion to money matters. un-
loss when it is necessary as part OF
business transaction. is in bad taste.
The primary reason why We shnuidn |
talk about our incomes or the
amount OF money we spend is because
u4ually our object in 50 doing IN one
81 boasffulness We arc like children
who want their associates 10 think
that the toys they have and the
clothes they wear. arc superior -
hose Of the other children. only
chtldrcn are more honest than grown
folk The boy Of ton will start out
With new o,crcoat and. meeting his
PLAYMATE. will remark i hct my
father paid more for my overcoat
than Your father paid tor Yours. ami
the other little boy. even i he has 70
admit 10 an inferior ovorcoat. Is
uuite likely to remark. We'll, ] ho'
my father earns more money fhah
vour father docs Have YOU cNCi
noticed To what intricate manoouvcrq
-ome women resort to in letting their
neighhors know that thoy paid a
aood price for 4 hat"
Rut aside from tho fact that one
.-ualIv wishes rs boast when talkno
tsonev matters. there is also the
.smrtation to complain The woman
,,ho.c husband has 2 small SALARY
e.,ttnaa If tempted to spend mucf
t.a tolLn- her neighhors how sh'
sr. pre aui ehimps 10 make hot}
,ods aco. Nrd shc VII tell Won 4
Govt how much she paid for piece
FL ,.ihbou 20 mako over last summer
,laf cost oaly $2.9S when It va
nov
trd that IS iust as tiresomc am
as III bred as The other sort Q
ne, talk The pleasantest peopl
.o !. -scciafo with arc tho people VIII
t.rt talk of money q all Nhe'
,ou arc with them vou arc never re
u. rdod thar anything they do for yo'
7sts ANYTHING ~ al IL Won 80 4
Ee thoatcr with tbem they neve
mention the price Of the tickets an
On arc never told how much hutte
and eggs and chickens are a poun
when you are dining al their house
\o. YOU have no Tieht 70 harden YOU
friends with a knowledge Of You
financial affairs and on the othe
hand even an intimate friend has n
riEht 70 know such things. There
a dclicacy Of feeling that often pr'
vents lifelong friends ever fro1
knowing or caring 10 know tt
amount OF each others income.