The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
Single Women
Pay Big Il Taxes

who are married but who make re-
turns separate from their husbands.
Purposely, the figures ere combined ST
that the income of each cannot be as
certained, but each of them has an In
come somewhere between $1,000,00O
and $1,5O0,000 year. In the same
class is single woman.
The next In line are two women
classified as heads of families; which
means either widows with children, or
daughters supporting parents broth
ers, sisters or other relatives These
two ladies each receive income of from
half to three-quarters of million dol
lars year.
Who Are They7
Now comes fascinating groupl
There are Is single women In one
classification each of whom has from
half to three-quarters of million dol
lars income year with no one to sup
port and, apparently, not care In the
world. Who are they? The printed
column of statistics reveals nothing.
Are they actresses? Are they stars Of
the movies2 Are they only daughters
of fond, deceased parents2 There are
15 Of them somewhere in the United
States. You may be run ovee by ones
automobile.
There seems to be no lack Of mill
group, that is, class Of women who
have approximately $1,0CC 900, the
single ladies again predominant. Mil
lionaires usually have incomes of
about 100000 year. There are 1911
Of these single women who have such
incomes. Wives making separate re-
turns rank next. They number 174.
The way in which family cuts down
ones opportunities to amass a fortune
is strongly exemplified in the fact that
there are only 30 woman heads of
families who can lay claim to the mil
honaire class.
Here is curious fact which the In
come statistics reveal The term mil
lionaire has become a popular one in
the United States. 1t has a certain
glamor. Apparently both men and
women have striven particularly hard
to attain this classification. They have
bent every effort to reach it and, hav-
ing done so, have not been 81 eager to
60 higher This is revealed by the fact
that the numbers of millionaires are
out of all proportion to the income
class either Immediately below or i'm
mediately above. This would indicate
that the million mark has become a
standard.
Take the single girls, for instance.
| There are 81 In the class just under
the million mark, 181 in the million
class and only 5S in the next higher
class. In the group of wives making
separate returns, there are 6S In the
submilfion class, 174 in the million
class and only 81 in the next higher
| class. The same is true of the heads
of families. There are 20 in the sub
million class, 90 in the million class,
and only IL In the next class above.
The rule is even more marked in the
case of men. In the submilIion class
there are 65S men, in the million class
1872, and in the next higher class only
366. These are married men. The
single men Ahow 113 In the submillion
class, 296 in the million class and only
78 in the next class.
This is the more striking in that the
income classes, as to every other
graduation of income, rise in about the
same ratio. All except that million
mark
Many Are stenogrsphers.
Probably the most fascinating fact
about the income of single women is
that the great bulk of those having In
comes are in the stenographer class.
This is a new economic development
of the utmost interest. Only a few
years ago there was no such class of
money earners at all. They are a new
social phenomenon in the world. The
statistics do not classify occupations
closely, but shrewd guess can be
made from the size Of the income.
Without exception, the most numerous
class Of feminine taxpayers are single
women with net incomes ranging from
$1,000 to $1,000 a year. 1t seems OBJ
| vious that these are the stenographers
and private secretaries that decorate
the offices of modern business and help
make the wheels go round
It Is the fapper classl And these