LONDON ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 152, 24 December 1921, Page 8

LONDON ITEMS

WHY BRITISH TEETH ARE BAD

TIPS TO BE TAXED

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 25th October.

Some idea of tho zeal displayed by the authorities of the Inland Revenuo is obtaiiiod from their latest endeavour to ensure- that thoro ax© no holes in the taxgathering net. Railway guardn have received the following communication :

"Please fr.rnifth particulars no accurately on posaib'.o of the amount received by you in tips for the half-year eliding sth October " Now guardn are not supposed to get mnny tip*, though the privilege of obtaining a compurtnuait to oneself on a. long jownwy ifl not unknown. Hut thore niro othem. An inNficubor of taxes gives it list,—(lolicaJiiuMi, portoiß, waitresses, butlwfl, ocwinii.saioniiiicoa, burners, cloakroom utUHMliMil.il, taxicuh drivers, waittors, hotel sorwnUs, club stuv.ards, donit.ial.io (Wiuil*, rxiwUneii, theatre attondsiiits, mill lift attendant. "Wo Jviwe a vory ah rowel idea," observed tho Hum» authf/rily, "of tho amount Mich people* receive oach year in tips. Every iimn or woman who rocoivcH hiptt, whether tswh linn form only part or tho wholo amount of the income, must nuiko a trim return for assessment." It may bo questioned whether tho total amount of tips voociived ,by tlicse favoured ponplo will not remain one of life's groat atwret«. lint tho tux-collec-tora cannot ho bulked of their prey. "If th«y won't toll th« truth," said one of tbiis fraternity, "and wo are satisfied tlioy avo evading the facto, it will be up to them to contoat tho assessment." So evil days havo fallen on the Brotherhood of the -Accommodating Palm. FOOD-SUCKING BIUTONS. Dr.- Harry Campbell has been lecturing at the Institute of Hygiene. on head-acnes ami teeth. He had some hard things to say of. the British jaw. His dictum is—do long as the British Lion consumes; nearly the whole of its farinaceous food in a pappy and spongy_ form, so long will he have the worst jawa and. teeth in the world. /"I don't know any other . country," he saiid, "which must have a pudding every ,day. Think of the number there are, milky, pium, batter, suet, and all the rest! I ask every mother who comes to me: 'From the point of view of nutrition, what is th© difference between suet dvmpiing and crusty bread and butter?' Each consists of flour and fat. The one is sucked for a momemS and swallowed, the other is ground, and exercises the jaws, causing the teeth to dance in their sockets. This stimulates the saliva, which is the digestive fluid. Every Briton over thirty has pyorrhoea. I reckon there are over 200 million sockets with pyorrhoea in Great Britain, and the chief cause is non-use of the teeth. The peasants of Europe, on the whole, have good teeth andi jaws, notably those who subsist on black bread. Only in our. island do we get food'-suelcing people. We often cut the crusts off our spongy bread, and give a child a pernicious bun ! Pyorrhoea, is preventive, and many other diseases, if diet were reformed. Did God Almighty intend men to have their stomachs ripped open and horrible operations performed ? Where does appendicitis come from? I have not the slightest, doubt that adenoids also is a dietetic disease. There •are more adenoids among British chilidiren than those of any other nation, and to whatever clime a Briton takes his / children, they have adenoids, because he takes his diet with-him." DISMISSED BECAUSE SHE MARRIED. St. Pancras Borough Council has decided by 45 votes to three to dismiss pr. Madys Miall-Smith from her appointment under them as assistant medical officer for maternity. Dr. MiallSmith declined, when aefied to resign oit her recent marriage, citing the Sex Disqualification (Relief) Act, and claiming that no condition was imposed by the terms of her appointment. Numbers of protest resolutions against the council's proposal were received from women's organisations.

Councillor Tibbies, for the Labour Party, said the agitation against the pro-' posal was a "stunt" worked in the doctor's interest, and intended to camouflage a, personal desire to retain a job. They on tho Labour side were determined to carry out the recommendation fco dismiss Dr. Jliall-Smith. Nothing, he continued, was ever heard whan the council took similar, action with regard to married scrubbers and charwomen in their employ, and it was only when they came to an officer holding a professional position there was an outcry. "The public," he said, "are behind us in thi6 matter—"—("No!") —"l say they .ore, and not only that, but we also are supported in our action by the unemployed and the ex-Service men." (Cheers from councillors and the public gallery). WOMEN'S DRESS AND SPIRITUALITY. Some strong remarks on the subject of women's dress were passed by Major J. D Birchall, M.P. for North-east Leeds, during a discussion on the Church's attitude to moral questions at a conference of the York diocesan branch of the C.E.M.S. Union at York. Pleading for efficiency and spirituality in every waik of life, Major Birchall dealt with social vice as a hindrance to spirituality, and said that the difficulty of man being "pure in heart" was greater to-day than | it was before the war. It was not all the fault of the men, but had a.great deal to do with the women. He believed that if the women knew this they would act differently in the matter of dress. "We can. point out to the women," he said, "the extraordinary temptation they put in the way of men by the manner in which they dress to-day. Modern fashion in dress for women does make a real difficulty for men; it makes cleanness of mind more difficult for many thousands. 1 believe that if women knew that—they do not know it now— they would see to it that such a thing should not continue. (Cheers.) We should point this out to them, and no good woman then, for the sake of following the fashion, would bring temptation in the way of a man who may be struggling against temptation in thought, and who may be brought low by the mere careless following of fashion." The Archbishop of York, who presided, said that our national life was honeycombed by a great outbreak of sexual immorality such as had never been known, and fcheire was need for the work of the society in combating social vice.

LORD LEVERHULME'S PORTRAIT.

A few weeks ago Sir William Orpen and Lord Leverhulme had a little dif-. ference of opinion over the matter of the price of the latter s portrait. The affair was treated facefcioußly in the press, the question they asked being whether Lord Leverhulme was to set a new standard by which to judge art— whether it was to be priced according to the length of the canvas and the amount of paint used. Because he was painted seated Lord Leverhulme did :iot consider the portrait as a "full-length" one. On this point the artist and jhe subject seem to have disagree^. It now transpires that the two have settled their little difference without any impairment of friendship, and that without

any arbitration in the matter as was suggested. "I have received a cheque," remarked Sir William, to an interviewer, "from Lord Leverhulme for my fulllength portrait. There has been no arbitration in the matter, and Sir David' Murray has never come into the picture at all, so far as the settlement is concerned. I just left the matter to Lord Leverhulme, knowing well that he would decide upon lines which he considered absolutely fair and just. His settlement is according to my expectations. The friendship between Lord Leverhulme and myself is as strong as ever. All along it has been a really good-tempered difference of opinion, Lord Leverhulme's angle of vision being different from mine." THE PRINCE'S COAT OF ARMS. An interesting history attaches to the Prince of Wales's coat of arms, which will be carried in the Renown. It was above tho cabin of King Ewdard VII. when, as Prince of Wales, he visited India in the Serapis in 1867. Tt was again placed above the cabin of Queen Mary in the old Renown when, as Princess and Prince of Wales, she and the King visited India in 1905. Afterwards the coat of arms was, by order of King Edward, placed in Portsmouth Dockyard Museum until again required in connection with an Heir-Apparenfs visit j to India.