The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-16

,.o,,nn lords and FISHING young bucks Of the
Union. and the Urlo2 League CLUB coming
there all the time, who are sure to admire
them when they come down TO dinner IN
nv If they should get lonely In the absence OF
| their husbands. It Is q delightful life to one
that lives to do nothing. a woman In Ndeli-
cate health" will find here rest and deliver
ance from all household troubles. There are
plenty of good rocking chairs In which they
Can recuperate by the delightful motion. The
only burden of theirs Is dress. They submit
to the trouble for the sake Of eyading the
others, and gladly dress: three times q day for
the company of admirlng young gentlemen
and. curious young ladies waiting for their ap-
pearance In the restaurant.
LUXURIOUS LESSONS EASILY LEARNED.
Two of the most extravagant OF these hotels
have been but recently built, and their number
is still on the Increase. It Is now ten. They
depend more on permanent boarders than on
transient custom, which is absorbed by the
great many hotels on the American plan.
Only those people WHO would not like the best
democratic, or Europeans who prefer to live In
their accustomed style, 90 to the European
hotels. There they can spend easily $50 q
day. We have been apt In learning the art
of luxurious living from Europeans, and In
these European hotels, no one sits down to
dinner without his wine. Great many
have friend to dinner, and then it is the
easiest thing in the world to spend s25 at a
dinner. Grand dukes and princes stop.
pin. at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, In
London, may pay as much; but 1t Is for week
| or two. Here people pay the extravagant
prices for years; they make 1t an everyday
where such q thing is known. Neither Lon
don nor Paris has such boarding hotels, al
though the first-named democratic city vies
with the splendor of our hotel aristocracy In
It's very 's.swelly" clubs. In the summer the
boarders all go away. They 60 to Europe, to
Newport or Saratoga, or their country seats.
OF late 1t has become more and more the fash
ion to go to Europe in preference to water
ing place. In New York 1t has become reg
ular item of the household. $4,000 for three
months trip to Europe. There are many
families here who have not missed a single
summer for eight or ten years, If we except
last year.
AMERICAN COUNTRY SEATS N EUROPE.
Travelling abroad becomes cheaper the more
American families learE the ways OF Europe,
and some OF our wealthy men earnestly think
of buying pretty place onthe Rhine or on the
lakes of North Italy, whittier they could go
| every summer. The plan Is feasible, and Will
be tried soon by several gentlemen who have
| found 1t convenient to provide new places OF
residence for their families while In Europe.
It would have obvious advantages with re-
gard to the noble sport OF count:hlnting which
has been noticeable how large q number OF
New York ladies go to spend considerable
time in Europe Without the protection
of males. Married ladies take their
grown up daughters and leave their
husbands behind to earn the money
they are goinge to spend, just as they go
to Saratoga Without their husbands. Ameri-
fr,o al auQrCyyn6rp.
them willingly stay at hotel, 20 to Saratoga,
or dash Off TO Europe, as they please. OF our
Young widows great many have gone this
summer to Europe, and the rich spinster amt
gladly takes the girls of the family over TO Eu-
rope; II .'pa" can't afford foregoing specula-
| tion in the three months during which he
might fix q ..soruer" In the gold room. There
Emany of the men are seen frantically vocliera-
ting, and earning In the fever OF the hazard
the money which sparkles on the necka OF
their ladies In the united glimmer of orien!
pearls and lustrous diamonds; that decks the
girls in the pomp Of Worth, and brings all the
luxuries of the world to the feet Of the dear,
delicate creatures. How the men have to toll,
and to leopard soul and body to satisfy their
sppelites to get them those trinkeis and
dresses, and those envious looks of their dear
lady friends.
MAKING AND SPENDING THE MONEY.
A large part Of the fashionable population
on Flrfh avenue, and elsewhere, consists OF
brokers, jobbers, spectators, men that have
made money very tast, and make 1t Still very
| fast A larger part still would come under
| the general head of s'shoddy," class which,
| It musb be owned, has LEFT Its imprint upon
New York society to q larger extent than II
has been the case In Philadelphia or Boston.
They ali contribute to the gilttering show oi
Vanity Fair In which New York has now only
| two successful rlyals-Paris and London. Nan
must be Of some use, aud the shoddy was
created to enllven the park with carriages; to
fill the boxes In the Academy OF Music;s to
beautify the city with new brown
stone sass aad nrouaan E. [aTa qS1 oe
Keepers. a special providence makes them
flower off from society, and come every.
where to the surface. We owe it to them that
1t now costs $25, 900 to live 'respectably," that
is to say on Fifth avenue. In this sum we do
not include the rent of the house, which would
| certainly swell the amount to $4,000. How
| many family ofre6ned tastes could subsist-
is expended, Is easily demonstrated. A first.
class establishment on Fifth avenue has eleven
or twelve servants; man cook, with three
female assistants, scullery.maid, &C.; . man
| that waits on the table, laundress, coach
man and footman--the latter may help walt
| ing on the table, as his duties on the box are
j QOL very 6ruuUuS-d St2bulcuhl, IWO VI lukCC
girls for the upstairs work, and, If there are
children in the family, a nurse. The outlay In
carriages and horses alone amounts to $40 ,00C
| year. The three or four carriages which
these families keep, one for morning, one fol
evening, one for the afternoon, one
for the drive. the park, &C., want
renewing very often In New York, where the
different styles succeed each other just as
rapidly as fashions in dress do. and where car
riages are not kept 80 long In the family as IN
Europe. There my lady's coach that was
| bought ten years ago Is good enough still now;
| here Mrs. SnookS wants at least one every
year. Then comes the change In horses.
| Every one wants to have faster span OF
horses, and fancy prices are paid for horses,
which are enormous. II anything, $4,000 will
be below the average spent on the change In
horses, and the same amount for stable ex.
penses, renewing of carriages. buying new
ones, &C., is quite reasonable With regard to
the other expenses, they depend on individual
tastes and habits; but they all have the best
masters for their children; at least half dozen
| big parties in the winter; the most fashionable
dressmakers for the young ladies'; their coun
| try seat or their three months trip W Europe
| they have to feed twelve servants, and where
will the $4,000 be when they come to the end
of the year
THE UPPER FIVE OF TIE UPPER TEN.
OF such famlIes-famiies that spend be-
tween .s25, 900 to $4,000 year-there ars
about q thousand in New York. It would be
| i,nnoesihle IN ascertafn the exact figures