Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-03-10
HIGH LIVERS.

udVdRdUCes
Says New York dispatch: A great
er profusion of wealth and a large ad.
vance in the cost and luxuriousness of
living are among the most noteworthy
signs OF the times in this city. New
York has never before witnessed sucb
lavish expenditures by the rich as dur.
ing this winters holiday and fashion
able season. The greater economy in
living expenses necessitated by the
years OF financial depression after 1873.
entirely disappeared a year ago. and
has been succeeded by a luxurious and
costly style of living which throws the
1ush times after the war into the
shade. The rich are vieing with each
other to see who can spend the most
money, give the costliest entertain
ments, live in the finest houses and
sport the most style. New Workers
are introducing on a large scale some
or the social peculiarities of London
and Paris, and are evidently determin.
ed to disarm Europeans of that favor.
lie criticism of this country-that the
upper classes in America are as vet
TO busy and practical to have learned
the art of enjoying life.
TheI extravagant tendencies of the
DAY have been godsend to the shop.
keepers, who have never made SO much
money in any one year of their lives as
they have this fall and winter. The
increased demand has added a great
deal to the cost of luxuries. Fine lew.
elry and precious stones have advanced
within year from 10 to 40 per cent.
Fancy stones, such as cat's-eyes. some
Styles or sapphires, ETC., have gone up
from 30 to 40 per cent. Fine dia-
monds, Which year ago were cheaper
than they had been Tor many years
nave advanced from Is to 20 per cent
The jewelers. have reaped rich har.
vest during the holiday season. Tif-
1anys best sale was made on the day
before Christmas, when a gentleman
bought diamond necklace, for which
he paid $4,000.
Whether or not Boston measures its
social strata by intellectual standards.
1T is certain that wealth is still the one
great mark Of distinction in this citv
New Workers use money to separate
themselves as far as possible from
those below them. AS rule, mans
capability of paying more or less rent
really likes him in the class in which
he has to move. In Europe it is diff
terent. A French gentleman may be
forced to content himself with a small
apartment in the very attic of Partisan
house. His immediate neighbor NAV
be machanic quite as well off as him
self. and yet his position remains dis
tlnct, and is recognized by all around
him. He is a gentleman who has no
money, that is all. How is it with an
American family, compelled, by re-
duced circumstances to take refuge in
New York tenement-hOuse? MANY
have been driven to do so during the
last few years, and what they have
suffered in loss of social position their
own aching hearts alone can tell. The
enforced extravaganza and display
which is the distinguishing mark of
high social position here is the chief
explanation of the inordinately high
rents in New York, and of the mania
for building magnificent palaces ex-
ceeding in their splendor nearly all of
the private residences in Europe that
has come upon our wealthiest resi-
dents. Two or three years ago the
million dollar residence of Mrs. A. II.
Stewart was the most glittering feature
of New York's residence buildings.
Her lonely palace already occupies on
ly the second rank. 1t has been sur
passed in cost by the homes of three of
the Vanderbilts, and in its interior