The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-18
LIFE on FIFTH AVENUE.
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I'll Tha 4 wai1arasii, Fifth avenue man.
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we ealthler class 70 q . eW ork. on
will find here many persons whose for
tunes are % secure and great that they
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;tney. I'VE, and niso sn1an hosare saerl-:
ficing everything in order to shine fol {
o while in such ssGplendor. AFifth ave.
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rentea, ana common 2 ne OF tashlo 40
and dissipation to which neither they moi
their families are accust stoned + Eerythins
is sacrificed to maintain their newly.
gained position money flows like water,
the recently gotten wealth vanishes
and in "a few years the family dis.
appears from the avenue, to begin lifd
anew in an humber sphere. The his
tory of the street abounds III such
cases. No wonde Ter so many men living
in these places have weary, careworn
faces, restless glances and quick, ner
,yous ways. The strain they are living
under to keep their places in the avenue
is too great. They are not able to keep
pace with those whose firmly secured
millions Justify them in q lavish style oi
living, and they know ii. They dread
the day thatmust inevitably come. when
they must. leave all this luxury behind
them and 40 outinto the world again ia
sbegin lifB aheM. Even Il they. main.
tain their places they cannot resist the
conviction. that their splendor shassbeen
bought at too dear price.
The avenue mansions contain many
families of wealth and culture, many
whose names have been household
words in New York for generations.
These live elegantly and ii proportion
4 TO their means, but avoid sh ow and
vulgar display. T. hey are courtly in man.
ner, hospitable and warm hearted, and
constitute fine specimens Of the cultured
American. d They do not makeup the
majority Of the dwellers in the avenue,
however. These latter represent main
" the newly. rich families, that have
risen to- afiuence through tile lucky
ventures Of the husb band and father, and
have come to their new honors without
the refinement or culture necessary to
sustain them with dignity. You may
know them by. their loud voices, vulgar
.ountenances, fiashy dressing and coarse
ways. They plunge head long, into the
.Sdissipations Of society with a reckless
ness unknown to persons accustomed to
such pleasures, and their fast life soon
tells upon them. The men 90 to their
business heavy and faded h in the morn m
ling after: q night Of fashionable sdissipa.
tion, and the women sink init an ,indol-,
ence, from which nothing can rouse
them save q renewal Of the excesses
which caused their lassitude. 5 H; !:
They greatly err who imagine that
The possession ola Fifth avenue man
sion is, as matter Of course, to be en-.
Wed. These splendid palaces hide
many aching hearts, and could tell
many sa tale & of; sorrow, and even Of
shame, could they speak. The master
Of the house goes often; to his business
in the morning with knit brows and a
tragedy lurking in his heart, and re-
/ turns with reluctant steps to his ;splenl,.-
1 did palace in the evening, and madame
for, all her gorgeous surroundings, fails
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