Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-22
TOO FAST LIVING.
Where Does the Exchsquer Come
From?
How Clerks on Salary Of Under $40 a
Week, Live Like Princes of the
BoOd-The Fatal Love
Of Display.

IL do not wish 10 be over curious, out
would really like to know one thing" said
gentleman yesterday to REGISTER artist
MY fund is at your disposal. Name
your desire" said the reporter, with my
name.is.Jay. Gould air.
well, then, how is it that so many
young men on salary of IS a week can
blood it about and live like princes"
DO they do it"
$40 they! Look about their small mana.
featuring community and see if they do.
Cast your minds eye over your dry goods
clerk acquaintance and see if you don't
see them. Rake your memory for some OF
the lovers of wine, women and song about
town and see ii you can't find many who
can't make $40 week at their business.
could point You out score OF them any
fine evening. They exist and how do they
do it? get twice that amount and damme
if | can sport around that way.
"Revelate little
"Fll do it. Want to relieve my mind
little on this subject anyhow. 1t deserves
some little attention and employers should
do it. II you keep your eyes open you will
see many things to open them still wider
and to keep you guessing. Here Is young
man EMPLOYED at a retail dry goods store
at So week. He need not be named, for
the town is full of 'em. He pays his board,
which takes half OF hi, salary and on the
remainder lives like prince OF the blood.
How does he do it?
why, one of those boys will spend more
than that IN buggy hire. A buggy costs
IS an evening and one ride week IS
small thing for these wealthy hoods. They
take in SeibertS and the Park and get their
drinks between. They go to the Opera
House and take their girls and they play
billiards anG smoke cigarettes. AMI most
of all they wear better clothes then the
richest men in town. All on 81 a week"
How do they do it,
That's Just what want TO know. HOW
can they do it, merchant said to me
the other day: There's young Smith (or
Blown in my employ and pay him ST a
week. He pays his mother 81 and on the
remainder lives royalty. know OF three
pay parties he attended in one week, and
ne dresses better than l can How en- he
do ito said l. Il don't pretend to know,
| said he, but he does Does he handle
any of your money" asked |. Not a
penny, said he, and that's what puzzles
me more than anything Now there $
dozens Of just such cases and people GER
| tainly must notice them and wonder how
the exchequer is maintained"
DO they GAMBLE
They must do it on the quiet if they
do. Wheeling is noted for the numerous
poker games she can boast, and there is
| plenty Of opportunity. But that won't
answer. for if they played cards it would
be an expense, not source OF revenue"
What is your theory, them
81 don't like to be rough on them, but
strongly suspect their honesty. They owe
all they can, and il they don't steal the
rest don't know. It's shameful and it's
sad, but what are you going to do about
it: But the boys are not alone in this"
| NO? Why"
THE girls are with them. Too many
working girls are there whose dress ng costs
much more than they can make. They
must resort to - but | don't like to
speak of it,"
| what is al the bottom OF it alp
"The fatal love of display-to put on
style and be as good as any body else; ia
run in society and be made much of, and
then, with the boys, the old, old story,
wine, women and song. It's sad world. V