Show It I S The Joker 0 1 THA HAT T do think you of a janitor with witha a a vy j I sal salary ry of 10 00 a year ear That's the income of Ja James es A. A Howe described by a Boston newspaper as the highest paid janitor in that city Howes Howe's sal salary is ry more than is received by the mayor of Boston or the governor governor gover gover- nor of Massachusetts Heres Here's the joker Janitor Howe has to pay seven assistants out oui of his salary He says this leaves him hini only about 45 a week Howe isn't the only person who do doesn't i make as m much ch money as app appears ars on the surf sur sur- f face ce Around coal mines there are men whose big pay shrinks when they take out what I it costs costs' for their helpers the powder they use and so on We know a lawyer with an income of 3 a year By the time he gets through paying office rent and other expenses of operation we doubt if He lie has a year left Another case is a physician who specializes specializes specializes with radium and the X He charges big fees Before he has any clear profit for himself he has to figure rent office offic ex expenses expenses expenses and interest on about worth of radium and X-ray X machinery Were We're all In much the same boat Some I I have to 10 dress expensively for their line of work compared with the overalls they would wear in a plainer job Many things we buy are really business expenses expenses including often our general standard of living Jiving Men in certain tain fain positions have to to maintain a a c crain r 1 1 front Their real income is what's left after deducting all aU these |