Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-03
nuR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Youug Man About TOwn-The
oametie ArtIst--Becher-A
n-H,e weather.

times. COLOSSAL in their proportions, were
made by the last generation for the pres
ent generation to spend. 1t was curl
Gus study, and one, trust, that carries
with it moral.
The young man about town is,
course, wealthy His father made large
fortune in something, and sent the young
man to cnllege. he graduated somehow
without learning anything, and being too
rich to follow any business. gave his
whole mind Gt wasn't much to givel to
the spending OF it.
His day commences at noon, when he
rises. Before he gets his pantalons on he
sfaggers to his side board and swallows
brandy cock tail 10 give him little life,
for the night before took out of him all
the vitality he had. and his sleep has not
been sound or refreshing. Before he has
himself encased in his elegant clothes, he
has swallowed four or five of these invig
orators, and has got up enough friSkiness
In his stomach to be able to eat break
last, which he does at his club.
He may play at being broker, in
which case he goes TO Wall street, and,
with a set of choice spirits of the same
kidney, he makes a few transactions"
going out Tor a cocktail before and af
ter each one. After business hours he
drops in at the Delmonico's and takes a
bite of something, drinking the while
every fifteen minutes. and at abOutssy
six in the evening he is ready for dinner.
At dinner he drinks chablis, sherry.
champagne and burgundy, winding up
with cognsc.
This brings him TO the serious business
of the day. He may go to the opera with
his sister, or the unfortunate laly who is
10 be his wife. or he may join ''stag
party" and drop in at one of the theatres
ior an hour. FollnwIng this be goes, if
he is in virtuous frame of mind, to a
bail or two, dancing a little at each, and
drinking great deal or, if in vicious
mood, there are balls of the dem;mode.
In fault of these, there is always game
of draw poker at the clubs, with stakes
unlimited; or if his system demands a
fiercrr excitement, there are the faro
hanks, where, with the aid of wine and
brandy, the young man may lose as
much money as he chooses and the propri-
tors generally man sge that he shall lose Il
great deal. He keeps at this steadily un-
I'll o'clock in the morning, when he
goes home, not drunk, but in a semi-in-
foxIcated and generally befuddled condi
iion, and drops into sleep which is not
natural-an alcoholic sleep that comes
from the sheer inability of a not over
strong constitution to bear any more
slimulanis and cigars /; for be it known,
ih gentle youth smokes the strongest OF
cigars every minute of the time thai he
rs not in bed or in the presence of decent
women.
The young man about town" does not
confine himself TO the three vices of alco-
hOl. tobacco and gambling. Not he. Their.
is net woman of doubtful character in
the city who is unknown to him and he
has always one, aud generally more, mis-
iressess. who share his income at the
faro-banks and the liquor and cigar deal
rrs.
He dies at something less than forty, ss
a rule, though If he lives beyond that
age, Il is 10 wish that he had died before;
for his drath is not the ordinary dissolu
ton. 1t is breakup. The system, en-
feebled by dissipation, kept alive by slim
ulants, and drained by every known ex-
crss, comes 10 "a place where stimulants
will no longer act, for the tissues upon
which they acted are gone. There Is not
enough ofthe man left for rum to take
hold of, and as rum has kept the machine
running for years, it is really all there is
of it. Then it breaks and goes in a min
ute. There is no fuel for the fire to take
hold of, and 1t dies.
Poor fellow A life that might have
blessed the worlI ended wi til not good
deed to leave belinda career character
lied by nothing but lust and self indul
gence, and death mourned only by the
harpies who ministered to his sins, their
regret bring that he did not live long
enough to squander upon them his entir.
fortune
There are forty thousand of these
young men in New York this day living
the life have only in part described.
THE COSMETIC ARTIST.
If the young men OF New York are Civ
en- 10 one kin OF dissipation, their sis
tiers are to another. There are in this
city at least two hundred men and wo-
men who have anna ssed. or are amassing
large fortunes bv beautifying women.
The cosmetic artist is generally lady
whose antecedents are unknown. Where
she comes from no one knows, but she
always processes TO come from that espe-
clal Vanity-fair, Paris. She lives in quie,
and severely respectable neighborhood
and no sign advertises her calling, for no
lady would, for the world, be seen visit
ing known beautifier. She is admired
by her customers, and if she Is skiIlfuI
she has enough Jf the m.
What does she do? Look at the com.
plexions on Broadway, and there find
yoar answer. A lady has good enough
features bur her complexion IS bad. She
would be completely beaut ful, So she goes
to Madame z -. Madame seats hrr
in chair, dips small brush inio vii
lainously smelling liquid, and paints thu
face, the ok and bust, and presto, the |
tan. ir, ckels, or whatever may
be the trouble, have disappeared, and in |
lieu thereof, there is complexion as |
clean, clear, soft, anl beautiful as the
most exacting could wish. This is en-
ameling. The preparation is Mineral |
paint that Stimulates The elearest flesh.
and 1t stays ON seY eral days without re.
pairs. The victim once enameled has 10
90 regul larly for repairs. which gives
Madame mortgage on her purse. Un-
for the artist, the mineral
gels into the system, and the victim dies
Ia few years of paralysis but as there
IS new class of vain women born every
year, she never lacks customers.
The hair is another source Of revenue