Evening star., 1922-01-22

to lay aside somewhere between is
and 20 cts.
1t was dureing the holidays that the
details about this generous action of
the govt. was printed in the papers
and I remember one thing it said was
that on acct Of they being about 100
million people in the L. S. and the
reduction in taxes was going to
amount to 700 million dollars, why
therefore everybody in the country
would be $500 to the good. was not
amongst those that thought maybe
they would send a man around to ask
US IL we wanted the $500 in large or
small bills, but did expect to notice
a slight change FOR the better in re-
CARDS to the price of different articles
which a man buys TO enjoy ME. That
is, till a few days ago. when, I seen
printed list Of some OF the articles
which the govt. pronounced tax free.
ITEM No. / was soda water which l
am told they has been 10 per
cent tax on same for several yrs. but
which they have now took the tax
off same. Well friends they could
plaster a tax of $4,000 drink on
this Iucios beverage without hearing
a suuawk from me. The 2 easiest
habits I ever swore off was soda
water and cubebs and after a man
gets past 80 yrs. old the bear mem
sc fn
the stomach and bring spots in front
of the eyes.
The next item I come acrost was
eye glasses and it said they had been
taxed per cent but now you could
get them at the ord time prices. Well
1 suppose when this become known
they was a wild rush of eye glass
fanciers to the google district but
personly my visual orbs retain their
boyish vim though the ear lobes and
nasal appendage may be the worst
for wear.
Well, amongst the other items that
the taxes was loped off of was UNI
brellas costing over $500. fans cost
ing over s1.0o and house coats or
smokeing jackets over $1,000.
Well friends l am glad to say that
I come from a family that knowed
enough to stay in out of the rain and
don't need no umbrellas but even II
they was a law that everybody had
to own one it would take wonder
full salesman to make me invest as
high as $500 in same and as for fans
they's always a breeze on Long Is
land, and if they wasn't we would
try and manage to stir one up with
a good old fashion palm leaf. As far
as smokeing Jackets or house coats
is concerned, I would like to catch a
member of my household spending
any such sum as $1,000 on a garment
which they wouldn't nobody but
male movie actress dast put on.
WELL another item was theater
wv tickets, and when I seen that
one I SAYS here Is where a person
may be able to save few dollars,
hut reading on further you come to
where it said that the tax was only
off free admissions or admissions OF
10 cts, and less. don't know how
conditions is around other parts of
the country, but here in Great Neck
the only shows that you can get into
for 10 cts. and less is mystery shows.
The mystery 10 where are they.
Rut how about the reduction in r.
R. fares and Pullman tickets: Well
friends only expect to make one trip
This yr. and the tickets for same was
bouehten in December before the tax
was took off. According to the ex-
perts the govt. will pay me back the
differente II I write and ask them for
same, but I have heard about other
people who the govt. owed them
money and when they got 1t they was
so old that the shock killed them.
All and all judgeing from the items
that was printed in the. list I seen.
why it looks like the treasury dept.
has got it in for me personly as they's
nothing which they have took the tax
of which have got any use Tor.
though of course they wasn't room
in the paper to print the whole list.
but 1 bet I could pretty near guess
some Of the other articles. like for
inst. circus tents and stone crusfers
and ear mulfs and maybe such every
day necessities like han6 cuffs,