The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-07-06
From the Now York Commercial Advertiser.
Society in New York.
AN UNPLEASANT PICTURE.


crat, draws .he following not ex-
aggerated picture Of tho condition
Of things in what is called tho
best society in this city. Accord
ing to Macauly, train up child,
and away ho goes:
"Among our first familics,' tho
family relation is worry peculiar
Hero is o husband who loves his
wife so tendcrly that he keeps away
from hor rs much as possible. uo
is business man, and gets home
at midnight, or lator, bcing do
tanned down town by Office duties.
What n blessed excuse that word
business is, and how like charity
it docs cover II multitude Of sins |!
Whero arc those business mon
from ten o'clock p. NJ. until tho
little hours Of the morning set in ?
! What strange stories might bo
told of that business thoy arc
SO often pleading rs an excuse
for absence. These mon havo
children, but how much do thcy
know Of them When do they
SEQ them? a glimpse, perhaps,
on Sunday. Tho wife, on tho
other hand, has her house, with
it's fino furniture, its pictures, its
$1,000 piano, it's cquipage, etc.,
everything but domestic felicity.
Tho children grow up. They
havo no homo. That splendid
dwelling has no domestic attach
ments. They wander off to the
Club House, to Dclmonico's and
to similar resorts, to find that
cheer denied them under thoir pa
rents roof What relation do
these children bear to their pa
rents ? They arc simply nuisan-
ccs. IF daughters, thoy are early
instructed in tho mysteries Of fash
ion and create an endless drain on
tho purse, whiIe if boys, they arc
packed away to boarding schools,
wherc tho lessons in mischief find
apt scholars. 1t is wonderful to
SEQ how full Of tho devil these
fellows got before they are four
teen. What is tho idea they en-
tertain of u mother? a woman
that drcsscs@dn fine clothes and
sits chatting in tho parlor, whilo
they arc playing with tho sor-
wants. What is their idea of fa-
thcr? II is that of straugo man
Of whom they stand in foar, who
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family. Ho is tho 'govornor,' or
tho old man. Uo has money,
and that givcs him Importance,
and tho great question is how to
tap his pnrsc-monoy must be
had. 1t may be coaXed out Of tho
mother, but the governor is not
50. easily managed. From him it
must bo obtained another way,
and in that way it is obtaincd.-
What patcrnal condition is this ?
A man Of tho world has q brace
or moro wild sons who arc going
to ruin as fast as possible. They
arc his masters now, and money
they will havo. | know ono Of
these follows to write to his father
thus & want you to send mo one
hundred dollars, and novor ask
me any questions What bliss
full relation did these hold toward
each other? Tho son ran through
all manner Of dissipation, was a
gambler, rake and drunkard, and
by enlisting while in q state Of in
toXication, died in tho service. l
lately asked ono of these youths
concerning his brother. Don't
know whcro dick is,' was tho re.
ply. He had II blow up with tho
governor and cleared out lie
had not, however, gone off empty
handed, as tho governors dimin-
ishcd stock Of governments can
testify. Ono Of these governors
recently attempted to stop his
sons lato hours by turning tho
koy upon him. IIo never did this
but once. Tho ingenious youth
did not nocd a koy. lIo pitched
a paving stono through tho plate
glass window Of tho second story,
and this needed no rcpctition.-
Tho noXt night ho was not locked
out. Most of thoso youths bring
tho governor into q treaty Of
neutrality with regular subsidy.
'My SON. quoth ono Of thcso gov
crnors' to another, will have $4,000
q year. It's too much, L know,
but what can you do about it,
Tho boy is ruined, and you can't
make him any moro So Whom
tho boy has got his allowance it
is all right. Tho governor secs
him but seldom, and never inter
forcs with his schemes Of pleasure.
'The boy is on tho go all the
timc--raccs, theatres and gaming
provo moro fascinating than duil
receptions and ovoning parties.
Several grand balls woro given,
tho past winter, among tho demi-
monde, and tho chief were found
among our first young men.' o.
casionally, ono Of these fellows
gets killed or co mmits suicide, and
then thero is q sensation in high
life, but it is quickly forgotten.--