The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-18

E>,sry ono has now and then enconhterea
IN society neoplc who have no appa'e u'
nronerty. real or personal, YET WIZ Se ,,h;o II,
bava of Tho comforts and iuXurles WHICH
wealth nrocures, without making ANY VI
those eXertions when { ,losue nm,',an.
my 10 ncople. who have been everywhere
lol S ,o.p everything. They know every
any; any and everybody kn"ws them-up to a
1870" noint. The father drives Il heat
NO n.hand. the wife and daughters dress
oI.cantlv. and the sons probationary Is
me allowance of prince imperial. iney
have the best rooms in the most fashlonaoie
hotel, or, if they keep house, their mena9e
is uneSceptionable. They nave the most
nremature lamb and the earnest peas,
The handsomest landau and the cholceSt
seats at the opera. In snort. thev ieeo
IN the roses and lie in the lilies OF lie.
Rut now do they manage to do it! The
Dores. Won say, are charming people; the
ladies nre well-bred and bright. and Dore
senior is courtly, not so say distinguished.
Hnt what is the trade, business, profession
of Dure senior: What does he do tor
liylueY He is evidently immensely wealthy,
lint il is lust as evident that he is not worth
q cent, Nobody can find out that he owns
q square inch of real estate or dollars
worth of any kind Of stock-petrolcum or
other. He is not Spectator, that IS GER
lain. Is he gambler? His habits and ASSOC
ciates are beyond reproach. Is he-and this
should be put in the smallest diamond type,
like the whispers in Chas. Reade's noVelS-a
counterfeiter: The suspicion dies OF IT'S
own folly. If he We're foreigner one might
suppose him to be an eccentric nobleman
examining the social institutions OF our
country but unfortunately for so tlatter.-
ing an hypothesis, he is American born and
bred. There are just two things known
about him-the rest is mystery. Inc TWO
things are, first, that he has no visible
means of support: and. secondly, that ne
lives like
"A regular. rich Don Ratapl'u
Santa Claus de Ia Muscora'!n
SCnor Grandissimo Bastina''o,
OF a Count Monte Cristo, at least. And
how does he manage to do it: BY what
subtle alchemy does he coin gold to meet
his lavish current expenses! WAT IS MS
heavenly receipt for living sumptuously on
nothing year!
Most people who have not inherited mo-
nev or made it by lucky stroke, have to
work very hard and he very economical, if
they have wife and children, III order to face
their butcher boldly and meet their tan
collector without blush. But there is our
friend Dore who tolls not, neither does he
spin, and vet Solomon in all his glory was
never less effected by the fluctuations of the
money market or the prices of provisions.
lie is a social mystery. We look upon him
with a kind Of awe. Enveloped in that
taultlessly cut coat. and buried under that
snowy shirt-bosom, lies the secret which
half the world longs for-the secret of liy-
ing on nothing. the art Of economy: for this
we take to be economy elevated to 4 fine
art.
We have all met in our larger cities with
such people as the Dore family, and have
received from them avague impression that
there is royal road to soft living entirely
disconnected with hard work, lrugality,
and the petty annoyances which enter into
a successful struggle for competency. We
have beheld these people, and wondered,
and sometimes while we were wondering
they and their gorgeouSneSS have dsap-
peared-lke the enchanted things in Il fairy
tale-leaving naught behind except some
unpaid bills. But this has only heightened
the mystery and splendor of the phenomc-
nOn-Eceru SuturddU