The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-26
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FTom Our o,sn Correspondent
NEW YORK. May 20, 1870.
Tho VVay They DO IL.

IyOn, Our ovn Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 20, 1870.
The Way They Do IL.
You see these elegantly dressed, these slim
Young men, with womanly compilations, prim-
rose-colored gloves as fawless as the flower
they are named after, and wearing rings and
carrying watches which you, who receive much
larger salary to your certain knowledge, cannot
afford to buy. How do they do it Here is one
who is dressed in the very highest style. No
body but Broadway tailor could have pre-
sented such pattern and achieved such a fit.
These clothes are not merely loud pretence-
they are genuine elegance; and the young fellow
looks as much like gentleman in them as he
could in anything. They are most probably paid
for too for the metropolitan tailor is not apt to
let young men he knows nothing of have clothes
on trust. How is this thing accomplished To
my certain knowledge the young fellow is
waiter in restaurant. Many is the time he
himself has waited upon me, wearing white
apron and silver badge. Now he is elegantly
unaware of my proximity, and looks over me
and beyond. When / next see him he will be
receiving twenty-fve-cent piece from some
munifcent customer. How, in the course of
years savings, he contrives to save sufficient
money to buy so costly suit as that he wears
remains mystery, but he does do it, and, taking
all things into consideration, does not i'll
become them. Sometimes the mystery is not
quite so unfathomable. 1t was not with one
Mr.. Bodd, who lived in one of the suburbs of
this city. His salary amounted to the princely
sum of $15 per week; his style of living cor
responded to an income of four times that
amount. He was fond of billiards. the theatre,
mixed drinks and mixed companies-all of
which may be classed as economical means of
amusement for poor young meR. Mr.. Bodd's
economy in that direction was 80 great that he
spent upon them all the money which should
have been put to better uses, and more too.
One of his duties was to pay men off at certain
locomotive works; so Mr.. Bodd made out an
ingenious payroll which included the names
of many supposititious workmen who had no
existence at all However, MI. Bodd drew from
the cashier sufficient money to pay all the men
named in his list and pocketed what remained
after paying all the laborers really engaged.
The amount thus conveyed to his use was quite
considerable in the course of year. Finally,
his accounts getting complicated, as they some
times will even when money is not misapplied
Mr.. Bodd recently took passage in Hamburg
steamer for the sake of putting the ocean be-
tween him and his righteousness. How strange
it is that young men living greatly beyon their
on them!
Picturesque Pedestrianism.
Mr.. Edward Payson Weston, in q certain
sense, understands stage effect almost as well as
Mr. Fechter does. 1t is not for nothing that he
wears black velvet suit leather leggings, and
white hat, and carries light little riding whip.
He understands the art of making-up. The
ensemble is picturesque and telling and has a
certain desirable effect upon the observer
Thanks to these and similar pains, he is almost
as much favorite with the women as the lead
ing juvenile at theatre or the unmarried cler-
gyman of fashionable church. Pink and per-
fumed notes and feminine photographs reach
him daily and during his performance he has
been more than ordinarily dosed in this particu
lar, but has not had time either to read the one
or to look at the other. For my part, DOM
wonder at the women liking him, for young mer
of fine physique and good brains are not otter
found in this city, and in these respects Westor
deserves more popularity than the actor or the
minister. His pedestrian feats and failures de-
good, not in the mere winning or losing o.
wagers, but in the stir they give the legs of Q
too listless community. Every man feels unde
the same obligation to put bis best foot forward
that he does in time of drill and drafting, anC
the calves of the community are pricked int
action.
Private-Box Piety.
The popular idea of going TO heaven in
hand-basket may be beautiful, but it is to-
democratic to suit suburban New York. Accord
ingly church is being built with a CALLER
upon the private-box principle This CALLER
will contain nearly thirty private boxes, exqui
sitely furnished, and each capable of accom-
modating twelve occupants. Each, also, is t
contain q eentre-table for books, hats, gloves
pocket-handkerchiefs, etc. Is not the idea
nice one? Is it not pleasant to know that ever
owner of a private box can attend to his de
yotions in secret, without being distracted
the regards of any save his own family? The
the luxury of the thing is another recommends
tion. The frivolous minded win perhaps fet
, that that religion must be. worth somethin
which provides dec0tees such luxurious or
entail compartments. The spiritual million
aire can shut himself out from the DR.
sumptuous masses who assume a commo
plane with him on religious questions, and ii
family that plumes itself on its ancestry ca
knock at the door of the kingdom of heaye
without having their gloves soiled by conta
with the artisans rude hand. Ali BABA.
The st. Louis Tribune says that the peopl
of Missouri care nothing about an agriculture
school, but do care something about school
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