"There is going to be a tremendous fight upon our surtax proposal, and upon our success in the fight depends the well-beitig of the masces.of the People," said Mr. Ramsay. Mac-Donald to a gathering of miners and their wives at Glyncorrwg, one of the Afon Valley villages in: his constituency, yesterday. "Rich people Bay:—'Look ut the terrible taxes we are paying already', But nea: iy alf of this awful weight' of taxa-ion they talk about goes to pay the National Debt, which in the main held by the rich classes. Part] Jof what they pay in taxation goes back to them in interest on their holdings. Wealthy people must give 1 fair deal to the nation and must be taxed in such a way that the taxes, shall not go into their own pockets, but go into the common pool of national resources for the supply of the national social services."
It would be interesting to learn Mr. Snowden's exact views on the surtax, and Mr, Churchill, speech' at Aldershot last' night, challenged him to speak plainly. Mr. Snowden, he said, had uttered two! feeble ble ate against the surtax all that he had dared to utter against 8 polly he knew to be foolish, and wrong. These bleats had passed unheeded, both by his associates and by hig chief. Apparently, the money raised by the surtax, which really is 2/-.more on unearned incomes, will be devoted to the expansion of the Social Services and not to the reduction of the National Debt, s was suggested when the Socialist Party was pushing the Capital Levy.
Tuck-Shop Evil "Our teeth are a disgrace, and healthy elf age is comparatively: rare, and it is safe to say that the Physique of the people is not im proving commensu decrease in 1es Wheatley, Medical Officer Ith for Shropshire, in presidential address to the Society Jof Merical Officers of Health, at the Society's hall, Upper Montague /$treet, London. Dr. Wheatley said it was incontestable, in spite of the decreasing death-rate, that _tho average physical development was voar, "A school or. community should record the average physical Jaitainments at each age; not only! what a boy was, but what he centd physically." A record of a school's physical efficiency would show the utilization of the forces of nature, food, fresh air, and ec. excise, He thought it rapidly would bring' about the abolition of that deeply-rooted but most objectionable {institution—objectionable both phy-sicelly and morally—the tuckshop.
The Young Man's Needs 'We still are discussing the clothes of the up-todate young man. Fx. perts state his "requirements are as follows:—He wants, firstly, neat-ets; secondly, Heatness; and, thit neatness.' There will be vivid suits for him, but he will copy the peacock-hued ' women in one thing. Women are wearing coats fof shades to harmonise with their frceks—a dark brown coat with a light brown frock, for instance—Jand men are going' to do the same. 'They will make their suits and overcoats tone, but oh, so quietly. 'The most fashionable' of the new overcoats, with the slightly military' effect, will have fairly wide shoulders, Close-fitting hips, and waists which are defined without being' wasp-like. The fashionable colours will be dark blue or blue-grey, with dark greys and browns not quite so popular. Quite unobtrusive, you notice.
As for lounge suits, the burning question, of course, is whether the: Jackets should have three buttons. lor two. "Well," say the authorities, ""ingle-breasted jackets can. have either. They can have three buttons, with the middle. one fastened, or two, with both fastened. Double-breasted reefers will still be worn quite a lot, but many smart] young men will prefer double-breasted waistcoats with single-[breasted jackets. The jackets will be just slightly military, too, fai fbroad about the shoulders, close hips, and waists which are definite! bit not constricted. Trousers are recovering from their Oxford cesses and will be only moderately!
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