Show d Over h hr r How Sweden's Fat Folks Must Pay for the r ir i- i Extra Space They Take Up and the Added d t Wear Their Bulk Gives the Sidewalks y i i sY 5 ic I r i v fv 1 AAA t 4 t ti i s rh ti k v tt pe tt t N s a Y nA nAfi 4 1 fi a h z tz s C y t 3 I IY Iy y kR 4 at aty n nat t tx ty x y g n nh h k a f i xi a b bt t r a 1 t Mi t tr r d J 1 r F f gf 7 g gJ gF t r o ht r r SY ri 46 ra a y a f t t lw lwi i at 4 lip r 3 i It v lath aa ebb it t 2 o W t Sf 7 t 7 J t v r t Q-t Who Vho ever heard ofa of a fat burglar t cl g 7 f 10 l li i p t L-t f NEW and e burden bUlden is A 2 be being laid on the already hea heavily ily laden shoulders of men and who ho carry around round with them mOl Wrote e than pounds of flesh Thel Their r fa fat t Is s to be ta Ced es cs es according to the new system of taxation Jt that is about to be I in m several cities of S seden eden cdon citizens of both se sexes es wU will III ha Rase hae lia e to pay a n tax fort for 1 en pound they weigh sleigh elgh M e s i- i t e pounds And fractions of a pound will willS S Si i ND count as a fUll pound The authorities of these j ja a ci CI me ics 13 say tI-e tI ll they ey can see no w 1 nay ay of raising the ther the r lii ney to make many badr badt badh bad- bad K x r t h needed Improvements C t tens are for y inlew t Ies 11 payments easements sew new ft r i rr r tt ft ftc c Il new W waterworks new rk pa ks and other things rem r co cost t a n gleat great deal deal 11 i ne Ie U before the vai wai and and theis there ther is n pot not t teno eno enough gh f to to pa pay for them In the tc opinion of thet the r V t tai experts who ha hale ha e beens been s ud the problem ix z e x i iz ie C iC ry class of citizens IS paying as s heavy a tax tar as t can an J justly be placed on its i i si with j 1 jt tOile t one c tep- tep i the tion-the tion the f fat r n t tf f I ks Ls And there therea a t I a t c many sound f i r sons the ext ex- ex t s A i i ti LS think why wily l J r rt t those weighing 4 Ey sty fl- fl and and o oer o 0 s er e r rif 4 A if r 1 v should be e made m-ide to lo N td contribute mote mole moleto 1 e eto to the pub public II e 4 rr aw rr J r rr r f lea zd t 6 y N S Sj 0 j r roc b A A t 4 M Mb MA Or OrM M S treasury t h a n persons of a size Edward Hause Hauser r who has ha reason rea on to be thankful he lived in I Ix In the city of Gudenburg Gudenburg and not ino in o one e of the Swedish cities citie where the fat are arc being taxed it d I 15 iq reported that the plan i- i ready to be put into practical opera opera- operatIOn operation operation tion Starting next month when citizens o re to the city treasurers treasurer's office to pay their usual taM ta they will bo invited to jump lump on oil the ales to see sec if 1 they are liable for the new tax on fat If ou weigh an an even pounds you sill have hate nothing extra to pay But for every Cry fraction ofa of a pound over a small amount will be added to your tax bill Those w ho are lucky or unlucky enough to we ve e gh pounds or more will have to pay a surtax in m addition to the regu regu- regular regular regular lar ta tax taa on their excess flesh and for those who reach the pound mark there is still till another surtax and surtax and a one The regulations governing the taxa taxa- taxation ion tion of fat persons read a good deal like ome lome sections of our own income tax But there is one notable difference the difference the fat folks are allowed no deductions Al Alor or any cause whatever For them its it's o m be a n case of pay pay PAY for every of a pound they carry over the aed cd Why should fat men and women omen be more moro heavily than ones of cry ary sizes The S edl Swedish h champions of ae e new ne tax laws have the following reasons to offer Fat citizens their pOll poi ponderous derous deron- weight about subject Bide aide side bridges and other cIty property to in a great 01 eat cat deal more tar near and tear taT They Tiley consume COl more of oj the city's drinking water Their bulk often often constitutes a serious obstruction t to traffic in tn b busy J They riley Ti hay beak bl cal down the benches benchea lit is inthe the thc parks and the th chairs in ur mu nU- mur 1 P r 1 fJ J r ri rr i T r rs I s I j fI f fI I libraries l and other places They nic se the housing short short- shortage sh shortage age ayo and force the city to extend its limits to accommodate the population lion tion They are by of If their sue the least active of any anI citizens in to I promoting this the city's welfare They tend to make maTo other ons slow down donn to their own moderate rate of waving moving about and amI working Their continual c complaints about the tho heat and other things that cause them discomfort often make them little better than a public nuisance They pay only one face faie fal e on In the m motor lt lT busses and street railways but occupy tuo tU I and mid some some- sometimes 6 sometimes times three seats They Thel Thelmal mar mal the aspect ofa of ofa ofa a city and give fire a badim bad im impression im- im l i I Of course the fat people of Sweden eden are up in arms about these charges a athey they never were about an else before before be before fore They resent particularly having saId that they injure a town towns town's goo looks and that they grumble so that er e e eco co body around them is annoyed They say th they y will never submit t the proposed new that taxes taxes that they carry the tha matter to the highest courtin in 10 the land if necessary to base hl ha e them declared oppressive and discriminatory But the champions of the new tax law full of ate ale confidence and smilingly sa that its it's a case of pay up 01 of reduce They believe that the enU additional ie they need so BO badly can be squeezed ou of tho those e superfluous pound pounds of flesh an they're going after it witha with a II vengeance Not only in m Sweden but in III Prance France a 8 awell well dl the tha fat man is just now an t APs AP's of unusual interest The Goncourt prize one of the most cov- cov coveted coveted cov coveted eted of French lit ht literary awards has been given g to Honn Henri for his novel The l I Martyr art y r of Obesity which has for its hero a very fat and very romantic ro- ro romantic ro romantic mantic Frenchman This boo book k Ih a s II stirred up a II tude- tude wide Ide spread end discussion as asto asto asto to whether or not e e fatness is a handicap to a man roan In hIs love affairs Sev Sev- Several Several Several eral of the tho Park newspapers have m- m invited in invited their readers to say If it they believe r 1 W JM-W I 9 New York fat women taking the strenuous reduction prescribed by Health Copeland and andon on the right William Howard Taft Taft Chief Justice of th the United States Su- Su Supreme Su ras y preme reme Court Both the fat women and the Chief Justice would have havet t a r t th h to to take off offa a good many pounds in order to escape being taxed heavily t under the new Swedish laws 4 ir l 0 lei t cv i h nc diS t tJ jr a J N N f r e 9 r v I Nt 5 a A J Jk n k ri t tJ 1 J t t i l lj j I 10 i A Aara ara 1 J r f J 4 n dot l ln i 1 4 i 1 ty e f J a t L tv y c JL v a xv S sy a yas g lily y jn y t to o t ii i ir iva r b va pound Ruby Trixy of Islington England and her foot 3 midget husband The Swedish tax experts have yet to des de- decide tide cide whether fat citizens should be entitled to deductions because their husband or wives are undersized n a women woman oman is as likely to love Jove a fat man manas as 1111 one olle of size and some of the opinions that thai are arc being essed by figures in the city's life tire are full fuU of interest The Tho stout man says ays Mlle Mile the popular comedienne often is the fiend l lend of a woman hu but he never becomes the man of her heart This Tills ll n probably due to the fact that women lomen look for the poetic and romantic In the slender man while higher r moral qualitIes are the property of the stout Women never fall all in 10 love on first sight with witha a I fat man but lie he ic probably will pro prose proe e to be the tho most affectionate and un- un un understanding husband I A quite different view of the matter ms IS taken token by Mile Dille Theresa Therese Dorn Dorny also I II a well elI known actress This discussion says saya Mile Mlle Dorny makes us women omen look at men as men l look lok at us As soon as they see us In minds they disrobe us We must either be pretty or shapely else man I dif dif- differently differently dif differently indifferent Till now women acted We were satisfied to know you ou were either intelligent or rich In lose 6 lo stoutness plays a secondary role I consider stout men awkward and indis indis- indiscreet indis- indis indiscreet indiscreet creet Paulette Pay PaC the Russian refugee ac- ac actress ac actress tress believes elleves that n II woman tan can fall faU in love with a stout man on con con- conditIOn con condition he possesses a II kind heart and shows devotion which till now wo we chad had always sought m in slender men Yvette Guilbert the singer who bo is almost al- al al almost most as well known in us America as In France has lIas this to say I i I hate ha always thought love had noth- noth nothing noth- noth noth-mg noth ing to do with the stomach I consid consid- I ered the heart hert responsible for its Hz disasters and the mind for its joys Madeline C the chief shareholder in 10 the tho ho Theater writes rites as follows It is certain that a big stomach is physically ds pleasing but after all to tobe tobe tobe be able to cat well is surely sureh some satisfaction And then the Stout probably become philosophers sooner ithan the others and that is no Jio mean advantage but I nevertheless nevertheless less prefer the alim aline l What hat hat many friends of the fat man thinka think a strong point in III his ol fa fa of is scored by Marcelle the wife of the playwright who ho says All the stout men I know have charming wives I pi efer the stout because they usually have frank faces clear skins and happy dis- dis dispositions dispositions dis dispositions positions Because they are strong they are aie e gentle be- be because because be because cause they lire ere gentle they are polite and because they are t polite they are lire good Gay they may belth be with such qualities but they are usually usually ally fortunate in III lovo lov Here in America the cause of fatness has a defender in inthe inthe the person of William Johnston a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York editor and novelist who tips the tho scales at pounds I like h to be fat declares Mr Johnston and to prove It Ithe ithe ithe he has written a II book explaining how much fun he finds fords in 10 being a fat man manThe manThe manThe The volume is published by Little BlOwn Co and two t of the interest interest- interesting interesting ing mg drawings by Herb Roth with which It is illustrated are reproduced on this page High time says bays Mr Johnston for some fat man who is satisfied with his lot lotho who ho gets heaps of fun out of being Sat fat to como to the front for the fat fatSo So let me mo say eay sa with all nil the tho eight n eight of my pounds pounds-I pounds I like being fat Iam I am fat because I prefer to be fat Any ny fat man can get thin If it he wants to But nothing In n the world can I When you were ahoy a boy wasn't it the fat ft aunt you liked biked best 7 male make a thin man fat 1 The rI truth is 15 fat Isn't a R matter of food or exercise ex ex- ex r at atall g all nl- nl Its It's It a H matter of 01 sN glib philosophy Fat are mere mere- merely merely mere mere-H ly tho those II who have learned amed to get the th most mo tout t out of J life who w h ho o have discovered the things that really are r worth while One of the many n great advantages ML M Johnston finds in bein- bein being beings s fa fat t is 15 the fact that the thea a fat man invariably ea- ea earv es joys ea-joys rv toys JOYS n II g good lod reputation He is the last person to tobe tobe be su su of crimes crimea crim ir r or any i wong Jj 4 Jt q Suppo e he says say x that you ou are aft t awakened some Jt M y night b by a n none nOIe 1 ty F Fm in m your bed bad loom coons Between you the win window dow in III the dim light you see sec a n human humul form you ou discover er ME NE Instantly you aro are bound to breathe n II sigh of relief You wouldn't care wb who I was Tas 01 of ho bow n I got in m or what I nas 8 l a doing these thele You would know Ino ti ely I wasn't wn nt a burglar Whoever heard of n II fat man being a burglar There are an anno areno arno no fat burglars Still other advantages ad fat men enjoy are in III never going gomy broke or landing in inthe inthe the poorhouse On the othel othet hand they never become unpleasantly bloated with wealth They always have hate nice jobs they but they never work worl too hard at them Mr Ir Johnston cites Chief Justice Taft u as uan asan an illustrious example of the care the th corpulent person takes to pick out nice comfortable and very remunerative jobs ones where here the work can cnn be done Sit Sit- Sitting sitting ting git-ting ting down Another great advantage the fat ens en- enJOY en enjoy which make mako end and joy toy is ms the ease with they hold bold friends This Thie is particularly true Mr Johnston Johnton thinks of fat women also hI are always m more lre popular than the thin ones From childhood If it you sou ou stop to think about it he says aYI you aye always liked fat at women fat women best The youngsters also nho ere blessed ed with a fat mother alway h the happiest childhood Which of your aunts aunt was it you liked best Fat Pat aunt Jennie who was ws always alwes bringing you now candy now wasn't it Fat men and women omen are popular be- be because because be because cause they arc aie IU e inclined to bo be liberal liberal- liberal liberal in to their thought liberal in their opinions liberal with their time liberal rl pith Ith their money liberal in m regard to other peoples people's shortcomings Old King Solomon had bad them sited aired upright up right 2600 years ago The liberal soul lu shall be made condo fat was the tho way he put It and its it's as true now as it was ws then Americas America's millions of fat citizens will need many such enthusiastic defenders liS as this if lf they have to protest pretest against a 1 tax burden like that which is being lard laid lardon l idon on the corpulence of Sweden A tax tas on fameS h has s never been considered in this country but theres there's no tolling telling when hen rt It sell III be for the tax tai collectors are greedy and this seems to ba bo one of the few sources of revenue not yet et tapped r N 1 |