The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-05
DAILY NEWS LETTER
General News and Gossip
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By DAVID NJ. CHURCH. international News Service Stah co,
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 Lone on, Oct. 5-It used to he the wa war that bore the burden of blame -,o,, -or et etSfythlng wrong in Great Britain, iioM tney are blaming the taxes
 Hlgh taxes are causing a long con- unued and gaowing howl of protest ana whenever anything goes awry inc answer always is: well. look at our tax rate.''
 Lord Decies gives an excellent ex- ample of this willingness to blame everything on taxa tion eve are becoming shabby generation said sneo nUlo pecies. put would venture to coming a shabby generation is So economic re ason-the tax gatherer is
 Several dnkes and lords and titled persons have remained in London during the shooting season and have openly told their friends that high taxaGon makes it impossible for them to aHord their former sports
 From canny Scotland comes a wall mat the Scotch whiskey trade is fall ing off due to the high taxes upon sR!rlts The distillers claim that o[lnkers are not taking to Scotch wh1skey any more, but are ordering small quantities of cheap wines which they jazz up" with methylated spir- US. It is reported that during the nrst six months of this year there was a decrease of 900,000 quarts in inc consumption of whiskey
 The tax question is getting to be touchy point with the British and IFS bound to cause some trouble for the politicians when the next general election comes this Winter.
 IL looks as though Jack Dempsey will have slim picking if he comes to England this Winter to stage a few nghts. The announcement of Jack kearns that he is bringing Dempsey 10 England to fight Beckett and Car pentier has been greeted by English Why doesn't Dempsey stay at home and fight Wills?" There is unanina- ity on the part of the English sport Ing writers in warning their readers that there is no one in Europe who can give Dempsey a good battle, an5 they are frank to state that any fight Dempsey may arrange over here will hardly be worth the price.
 The English boxing fraternity is getting pretty cold on heavyweight bouts, and unless the prices are made very reasonable they won't pay to see Dempsey fight ''set up."
 There is some compensation in be- ing Lord Chancellor. The Savoy Hotel prohibits diners from. taking dinner in the Savoy. restaurant unless they are in evening dress. Lord Bfrkenhead, who has a good deal of independence, recently wandered into the restaurant for dinner wearing a brown lounge suit. There was a hurried council of maitre de hotel, head walters, ordinary walters and bus boys It was finally decided that no social strictures could be held to apply to the Lord Chancellor and he was permitted to order his dinner n the full comfort of a lounge suit. Half way through the dinner Lord noticed that he was the sole occupant of the restaurant not n evening dress. He withdrew to the grill where he finished his meal n comfort and with plenty of lounge suited companions.
 The weekend in England is a very ! serious business. No one thinks of 1 working after Saturday noon. The | init in week-ending has been achiev- 1 Id, however, by the undertakers of l Portsmouth, who are threatening to l a rule that there shall be | 10 funerals on Saturday afternoons, 1 heir weekend. Now if they can ,nly arrange 1t So that there will be 10 deaths on Saturdays or Sundays will be lovely,
 Ambassador Harvey hasn't an bounced any plans for a house-warm- ng, but his friends believe that when le returns from Scotland and takes ID his abode in the new American that there will be a party which will set a new pace for Eng Ish society. The new embassy, for nerly the home of J. P. Morgan, has een completely remodeled and, yhile 1t is still handsomely furnished, many of the ornate furnishings of the forgan regime have gone. Second Iand dealers are offerinp a wonderful tapestry WI Ich formerly overed the walls O. MT. Morgan's ave cost $1Oo a, " i'd. Ambassador Iaryey will have to sleep in less