Phillips County herald., 1922-11-30
Flappers' Income Would Pay In.
terest on Allied Debt, U. S.
Figures Indicate
MANY IN MILLIONAIRE CLASS
All Of the Fair Sex Combined Paid
Taxes to the Government In 1920
on Net Incomes Aegregatlng
$2,fea, 100, ,662.

tDem pulu on incomes OF fabulous size.
The precise number is 503,690 and. the
aggregate Of their incomes reached
the astounding total of 81, ,264, 1885, ,72T.
These are nll in the class which
statisticians of society would class or
dinarily as dependent females; that
is they are not rich wives nor heads
of families. For to the full total Of
woman taxpayers the others must he
added. Woman heads of families, that
is, widows with children or daughters
supporting parents, paid tax to the
number of 132, ,1S1 and their aggregate
net income amounted to 1888. .384, $780,.
Lead by Millions.
In cases where wives have estates
or earnings separate from their hus-
bands they frequently make separate
returns. Those doing so in 1920 num-
bered 1853 and their aggregate In
come 1854, $40, ,405. These figures re-
veal that the single women were the
richest Of all by many millions. All Of
the fair sex combined paid taxes to the
government on net incomes aggregat-
ing $2,1SS, ,16O, ,662, but the wives and
widows together only showed three
quarters as much income as the girls.
The year 1920 Is the latest for which
income statistics are available. The
government In issuing these statistics
is compelled to put them In such form
that the identity Of the rich recipients
Of the great incomes Is not revealed.
Under the law, income tax returns are
deeply confidential.
Nevertheless, the statistics can be
studied to bring Interesting facts to
light. They indicate that the richest
woman in the United States, or at
least, the woman who received the
greatest net Income was single. The
statistics do not reveal whether she
was young and beautiful, or forbid
ding old maid. What they do reveal Is
that she had an income somewhere
between $2.000.000 and S3,000.000
year. This does not mean that she
merely was worth between 50 900 900
and 100000; but that caen yeaE
added that vast fortune 10 her esfate.
The next Richest are two women
who are married hut who make re-
turns separate from their husbands.
Purposely. the figures are combined q.
that the Income Of each cannot be as'
certained. but each Of them has m In
come somewhere between &1!O00.O0
md &l.5000ON a year. u the same
class IL single woman.
The next In line are Two women
classified ~ heads Of fnmilles: which
means either widows with children. ~
daughters supporting rerents. brnth-
era. sisters a. ether relatives. These
two ladies each receive income of frnm
half 10 three-quartesa At . million dol
lars year.
Whs Ars Thsys
Now comcs q fascinating eroupi
There are ~ single women IN one
classification zach of whom has from
half to threeQuarters - . million dol
lnrs income year Will M one to sun
port and APPARENTLY. not care IN the
world. Who are theyf The printed
column ~ statistics reveals nothing.
Are they actrrssesl Are they stars Of
tile moviesf Are they only daughterr
II fond. deceased parentsi There are
u Of them somewhere ln the United
States You may be run owe: by ones
automobile.
There seems 20 be no lack of mil.
ilonnires among the women. In this
group. that IL. q class Of women who
hnvc approximately s1.0cc.O00. the
single ladies' again predomlnatc. Aiil.
ilonnires usually have incomes Of
about 100000 year. There arc 1.6ll
~ these single women who have such
incomes. Wives making sepnrnte rc.
turns rank NEXT. They number l74.
The way In which Q family cuts down
ones opportunities 10 amnss fortune
is strongly exemplined In the fact that
there are only 80 woman heads of
families who can lay claim 10 the mil.
lionnirc class.
Here is n curious fact which the In.
come stntlsticn reveal. The term MIL.
iiannire has become q popular one n
tho United States. II hns q ccrtnIr
ginuior. Apparently both men nm
women hive striven particularly hnrf
10 attain this classification. They hn,'
bcnt every effort 60 rench II nni hn,
Ing done 70. have mt been =, .nger :.
30 higher. This II revealed ny The fr'
Tint the aembers of millionnlrcs y
/ out ~ ali proportion "a the ln~~
clnss either Immediately bel - ~
fnrti!ateiy above. This wonif IN
I that the million mark Inns 'e-H
standard.
Take the single Girls. fof r
There are N In tho clnss -
the million mark. 1si n
class and 0nly ~ IN the
class. In the group of w'
separate returns there mr.
submillion clnss. Id In =
c!nss nnd only 81 In the >
closs. The snme is tri's
N fnfnillps There ors