The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26
FOOLISH EXTRAyAGANCE.

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FOOLISH EXTRAyAGANCE.
An exchange tells of the recent sad fate q
ayoung man in New York city, who, that lie
might go into fashionable society and in
dulge in all those eXtravaganccs the
wealthy can afford, used - the money
of his employers, entrusted TO
his care, and thus became Il
delaulter and wrecked his life. Is it not
strange how unphilosophical men can be?
fevery young man and young woman, N
starting out in life, would determine to be
true, to be frank and candid, and living up
to this determination, thereby. put forever
behind them the false and the unreal, there
would be a deal more OF real happiness III
| this world, and the thousands and thousands
of heartaches, and the bitter hours OF men
tai agony that darkon so many young lives,
So many homes would be prevented But
men and women are weak, especially the
young, when the aroma OF existence
is fresh and exquisite in its rich
ness and no chalice is sweeter than
that which fashionable society temp
tingly lifts to their lips. When once
the cup has been qualfed, the siren That
offered it becomes an imperious queen
whose behests will brook no negati|e.
! There must be fine clothes for ladies ard
for gentlemen, and there must be livery
bills and a thousand and one other lite
expenses which make a constant drain upon
the purses OF all, and the consequences
are that many most estimable
young men are kept poor, their
noses to the grindstoue all the time, and
the real zest of life all destroyed by their
struggles to keep up appearances, to meet
the demands of society and to keep tn"
wolf away from the door. They cannot
marry because they have not the income
to Justify them in doing so, And what
we say of this class of young men APP
plies with equal force to a similar class OF
young women. They are cultured and re-
fined peop,e; they have the intellect, the
accomplishment, the graces, and the
geniality to adorn society and to be bril-
liant members thereof, but lacking means
to incur with ease TO themselves the eN-
peuses that fashionable society i'm
poses, they must needs suffer
many inconvenience, notifications,
and humiliatons or else forego society
altogether. We see that many, very many
good people who are really missed from
those society walks they would SO charn-
ingly adorn, shun them entirely and retire
within themsclycs-their own home circles,
choosing rather to become social hermits,
than to suffer all the strains, all the
sacrifices of real comforts they would be
forced to make to enter fashionable society.
But 4 little while ago we saw in the 81.
Louis Globe-Democrat the wall, we may
callit, of a young society man Of that city.
lie holds a good situation in that city,
rucci,in, d salary Of 5000 pCr annam. llo
moves in the first society circles o. the city,
and il necessarily costs him a round sum 10
meet all the demands upon him. He gave
an itemized account Of his expenses, and
they footed up IN year just $50 more
than his salary. lie was in distress, for he
was engaged to young lady he
said. and had been forced 10
postpone their marriage once or twice
ccause lac had been unable TO get mon y
enough ahead 30 marry on and he saw o
prospect before linn of ever being able 10 o
so. In reading the itemizId expenses lie
gave. we noticed several entries that il oC-
cured 90 ne might be avoided, II socl "
WOULD only be c0nsiierato and just, re-
uenIbcr.ng uat ever boiy isn't n,h.
What is tbe reason hack bills cannot
agoilcl. when street cars Gre RUM. g?
WHY should 10 many costly Hils De ie- ]
,,l..rcl. on wedding ocCasiOls, lrJm young I
men and vounr women not able % af I'd /
themg Why should scc.ay and fasli' N /
demand that every lady tary at thcir /
slrines shoulI have new cfs-
TUNES and new jewels for every Eout, |
soiree. Reception, Hieh Tea, etc. The rich /
can afford these things, can 20 90 The e1-
trencs Of ert-nvaeance II they % mind 10 |
d.. and being able to afford this, they can |
also afford 90 forero them, ana IL the rich |
fs-ero them and curb Madame Fashion
IN her uruncness % desp0iisin.
they set the example which those
vho are not rich viii not
Hesitate % follow. But few evenings HEo
We noticed two or tie uealthiest gentlemen
10 .Lis city. with their elegant vives. on
their way 81 attend en- operatic perform
anee. era tbey were riding IN a street car.
They oan carriares ard horses, and tiicy
Dr. among the leaders % our most ultra
sociefy, Tet they did not think
i r-ri-s o. attend f1sl-
unable rlthc-irr. in street car- Iift
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ersr.e en- established rue In tilis cify. A.
be ala in ths 1uts.i 81 this arficie. De- our
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