London, Apr. 29.
So the toilet table and the vanity bag are not to be taxed after all, at least not for the moment. I suppose Sir John Simon thought that he was taking so much off us in other direc-ons that what we had left to spend on beauty aids would not make the sales worth taxing, But what woman of any selt-respect would go. without her make-up? I remember a large posse of German women com ing to London for the great Chinese paste when the shops are shut, Bought three 4d. tubes, sold them for 64. apiece, bought more tubes and sold them, and bought still more and sold them.
Tt is the sort of story which tempts tone to become a shopkeeper, and in due course go bankrupt.
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