The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-08-06

nCTtnU E1mFTV ana EeEAAhAUAt
IuNurfes-U Mob prOOfH Safes.
A New York letter to the San Fran
cisco Ar0ondut draws the following vivid
pen picture of the extravagant ways OF
metropolitan life: The advertisement
of the new storage company in this city
announcing that its building is burglar
proof, fire-proof and 'mob- proof" is an
interesting sign of the times The line
is now so sharply drawn between osten- |
tatious wealth and desperate poverty, |
and contrasted with grasping and grind
ing affluence, there is such loud cry of
protest against the slavery Of the poor,
that it did not need much cunning TO |
foresee how likely the words 'mOb- |
proof would be to rivet the attention |
of the timid, not that / believe there is |
any immediate danger of mob work, and |
not that care at this moment to discuss |
the present ill-tempered attitude of labor
and capital toward one another But
riches are getting quite common in New
York and a certain class of rich persons
here are turning their lives into orgies of
extravaganza. They make their wealth
spectacular
The other day 1 met two young society
men in front of the Windsor Hotel, and
while we were talking one called the
others attention to the beauty of young
woman just approaching. The other
laughed aud said: ''That's our duster."
was thankful to be able to hide my ig-
norance, for i certainly should have
asked for an explanation if the first
youth had not taken the words out of my
mouth and said, "What do you mean
by your duster"
"Oh, we have to have some professional
to dust the ornaments in our parlors
every day-some one trained to do the
work, you know, who won't smash the
more delicate articles of bric-a-brac, and
who will know how to arrange and con-
stantly rearrange the furniture and pic
lures and fancy things, so that the room
don't always look the same, you see.
Why, haven't you got a duster2 Dear
me, thought everybody had one, 'pon
my word, did,"
The same young man told me, not long
ago, that there was not a house on the
block he lives on that is not visited
periodically by a professional clock
winder, who sees that every clock and
watch in each building is regulated,
and who winds the clocks whenever
they need it. This young mans boots
and his fathers boots are called for
at Z o'clock, and brought back
polished at 8 o'clock, and at the
later hour every day in the week the bar
Der calls and shaves the two men. The
son, when he was in London last sum-
mer, arranged with a tailor to have ten
suits of clothing each year sent over and
in return agreed to pay $500 for the ap-
parel. His father pays Broadway tailor
81, 800 on similar arrangement. A noted
pugilist is his boxing-master and an eX'
champion billiard player gives lessons in
caroms in the billiard-room in his house.
He considers himself both prudent in
management and clean in morals, be-
cause he does not keep a separate estab
lishment. He says that all the fellows IL
his set, married or single, distance him il
this. There are eight servants in hi:
fathers house and stable, not including
his little sisters governess and hi:
mothers seamstress and companion, whC
is a poor cousin on salary. His elder sis
ter was married not long ago at tn,
family's summer home among the Berk
shire hills. Apparently for no othe
reason than to get rid of supertuous casl
and to have something for her friend
to talk about, she determined to be mar
ried by iamplght in the daytime. S.
the windows of the church were BOARDED
up, clergyman from town was brough
there, and in room whose walls wer
padded with roses a fashionable New
York caterer served a dinner fit for i'm
mortals.
Now, this is only one household in {
thousand or more. If you were to reaC
the above out loud in any gathering o
~ oh Fol xuaulA M
find any news or anything remarkable i
it. Come with me to Titfany's and yo
will get further idea of how money
flung away. You will get suggestions @
what you would see if you could pee
into the boudoirs and bureaus of sue
girls and mothers as those referred tC
Tiffany's is crowded with these women o
every fine day, and yet it is only one of
half-dozen grand market places of Man
mon. In them you will see young girl
choosing jeweled garter buckles, rangin
in price from $500 upward to whatevC
dizzy heights of value the gems set j
them may bring; women paying $3.50 fC
one jeweled smelling bottle, $3.50 for
gold headed silk umbrella, 500 for CO.
set clasps of gold, $50 for a set of hail
pins, $50 for pearl and gold glove bu
toner, $500 for a pair of opera-glassC
crusted with glitteIing stones. Lou
XIV is made to appear a child of po1
erty &nd Queen Elizabeth person {
humble surroundings, when one con
pares the luxuries they enjoyed wit
the articles herein set down in sma
type as so many matters of cours
Queen Elizabeth, leaning upon IL
gallant courtier's arm, would find ht
American sisters buying dress buttor
worth very much more than if they wei
solid gold, and tiras to be worn at tv
balls each winter and kept in a safe d
post company 364 days of each yea
valued at the cost price of her preciol