Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-16

Nevertheless. the statistics can bo
studied 10 bring interesting facts 70
light. They indicate that tho richest
woman in the United states, or Of
Ieast. The woman who received the
| greatest net income. was single. The
! sta,istics do not reveal whether she
was Young and beautiful. or for
bidding old maid What they do re-
veal is that she had an income some
where between S2,000,000 and $S'OOo'7-
900 n year. This does not moan that
she merely was worth between w.
600 600 and $4,000. 900: but that each
year added that vast fortune 10 ber
estate.
The next richest are two women
: who are married but who make re-
turns separate from their husbands'
Purposely the figures are combined 80
that tho income of each cannot be
! aacertained but each Of them has an
income somewhere between sl,ooo'oVo
and S1.500.000 a year. In the Same
, class ls n single woman.
washington, oct. 1G.--More than half
{ million single women in tho United
I states pnid income tax in 1920 ana
2 mnay Of them paid on incomes OF fab
q ulous size. The precise number is BOB
] 600 and tho aggregate of their in
comes reached the astounding total
g Of 1924, ,955,727.
J. These are all in the class which
n statlstlclans Of society would class
o ordinarily as dependent females; "
:. that is they are not rich wives nor
I heads Of families. For tho fun tOtnl
o Of women taxpayers the others must
10 be added. Women heads Of families,
that is. widows with children or
It daughters supporting parents. paid tax
l. to the number OF 132.1sl and their
l aggregate net income amounted to
D $685.. s.3G4.530.
In cases where wives have estates
u or earnings separate from their hus-
! bands they frequently make separate
y returns. Those doing 40 in 1920
p numbered 77,55s and their aggregate
u income S534.s .405. These figures
u reveal that the single women were the
u richest Of all by many millions All
y OF tho fair sex combined paid taxes n
=" the government on net incomes aggre-
eating s2.1ss.1G .1G0.6G2. but the wives
y and widows together only showed
three-quarters rs much income az th'
- girls.
'e The year 1920 is the latest foI
which income statistics are available
The government in issuing thes'
- statistics II compelled 20 put them Fl
such form that the identity Of the rici
g. recipients OF tho great incomes is no
80 The next IN line are two won1e-
n, classified as heads Of families; whicl
- means either widows with children
or daughters supporting parents
brothers. sisters or other relatives
u These two ladies each receive IN
comes of from one-half 20 three guar
% ters Of million dollars year.
Who Are Theyl
~ Now comes a fascinating wro-Ip
no There are Is single women N on
classification each Of whom has fror
q half 20 three quarters OF million dol
p lars income a year with no one 20 cup
40 port and. apparently. not a care &
=, the world. Who are they? Tho pr,nte
column OF statistics reveals nothine
!. Arc they actresses? AFRO they star
- OF tho rnov1ee7 Arc they only daugh
ters Of fond. deceased parents? Their
~ United States You may be run ovt
by ones automobile.
There seems 10 be no lack # m!
- lcnaires among the women. In N
group, that Is a class Of n5men wt
have approximately $1,000 900. n
single ladies again predomi nate III
iionaires usually have incomes
about 100000 year. There are i
- of these single women who have sue
incomes. Wives making separate =,
turns rank next. They number Il
ad The way In which n family cuts dow
ones opportunities to amass a fortu1
he IS strongly exernplified in the fact TN
there are only so women heads
is families who can lay claim 10 the mi
honaire class.
Here is a curious fact which 4
or income statistics reveal. The term III.
honaire has become popular one
nd the United States. Il has a certa
glamour. Apparently both men Al
nd women have strlven particularly ha.
TO attain this classification. tn,
have bent every effort u reach
,ur and, having done so, have not be,
so eager to go higher. This IS revea
hit. ed by the fact that the numbers
milliona!res are out of al proportiC
vn, " the income class either immediate
% below or Immediately above. Tn
would Indicate that the million ma,
nd has become a standard
Take the single girls. for instanc
~. There are 81 in the class Just und
the mill!cn mark. Isl in the miili,
Tho class and only 5S in the next high
class. In the group Of wives makil
separate returns. there are is in q
..,. sub-milliOn class. ia in the mllu,
49," class. and only 81 in the next high
class. The same IS true OF the hea
'''N OF families. There are % in the su
=, millsn class. so in the million cla.
'"' and only II in the next class abov,
The rule is even more marked in Z
case Of men. In the sub-million ella
''''' there are 65S men; in the million ella.
1879, and IN the next higher cla
N''A only 366, These are married men. T
&c; single men show 113 in the sub-m
'" lion class, 296 in the million class a
only IS in the next class.
This Is the more striking IN N
the income classes. as to every 9th
.,.,. gradation of income rise in about {
'''" same ratio. All except that MILL
mark.
Probably the most fascinating T,
about the income OF single women