Evening star., 1941-07-24

ilege. His arrows are going to lose
quite a bit of their piercing powers
If the measure is passed and sweet
hearts know that they will not only
have to take one another for better
or for worse, but for higher taxes
as well.
Dan will have to brush up on his
craftsmanship, too, if the unro-
mantle souls of the House Ways
and Means Committee have their
way and love and marriage become
source of extra revenue Single
men and women won't be as easy
targets as before With the cost
Of living going up by leaps and
more leaps, and with tremendous
taxes already in effect, they will
try to dodge Old Dan because of
economic necessity. He'll have to
wing EN- on the run.
Passage of the tax would be
tremendous blow TO our time-hon-
ored institution of romance. Take
the full June moon, for example.
The moon is used TO looking down
on lovers who walk hand in hand
and talk of vine-clad cottages and
how I'VE two" will be happy for
ever There is the chance that sll
of this will be changed and that
the conversation in the moonlight
will run along these lines:
Il love you, darling, but with
what money you have and what l
have, our tax bracket would be too
high.
Come. sweetheart. let us walk
down by the old mill stream and
see II We can figure out enough e.
emptions to allow us to get married
Can We love on March IS as "
do this night in June. Charle
dear?"
/ And what will happen to the bill
/ ing and cooling in the swings of Il
Nations front porches? Sweet viii
pered nothings will be replaced b"
stern, common-sense talk. Let IS
eavesdrop on a possible converse
ton of the future:
Honey, I worship you I love
your hair, your eyes, the cute wa
you walk and your kissable lips. Id
love to marry you, but my lawyer
says you have so few tax exemp-
tions that by the time we filed a
joint income tax return our mar
riage would go on the rocks"
Precious, I understand just what
you mean. NY father SAYS he would
be glad to see us marry but after
learning about your gross income.
your taxable income, your net tax
able income and your surtax net
income, he said l had better re-
main an old maid than starve with
you"
Soft music, soft lights, they never
will be the same II the Joint income
| tax goes through. Lovely heads will
still be placed on manly shoulders,
but only for the purpose of whis-
pering that this must be the last
waltz, that they could only be
friends now that she had learned
that he had so little depreciation Of
real property which could be de
Quoted from their tax
Il know how much YOU were
counting on that, my sweet" the
man will answer, as they glide to
The Blue Danube" "and I feel
like a cad for not telling you be-
fore, but there is still hope we'll
be able to marry. If I get q loss
from fire, storm or shipwreck, may
be the deductions will be enough to
put us in low bracket and see us
through"
Even weddings may be affected
When the minister comes to the
point in the ceremony where he
asks If there is any one who knows
why these two should not be joined
together let him speak, friend of
the bride or bridegroom. who is
tax expert. may leap from the back
seat and say:
Yes, I know a reason Their
ioint income tay will urerk any
chance Of happy home. When
they finish paying, they won't have
enough to live on. In the name OF
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, let this ceremony stop"
AS a defense attorney for Dan
Cupid against the new tax, rest
my case.
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