The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
LONELY YOUNG MEN.
DesoIate Existence Led by n
Unfortunate Lodgers Who People
Furnished Rooms
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
"Its the easiest thing in the world to got
married, :" said the lecturer advocating matri.
mony for young men in an uptown hall; 'its
MS easy as rolling of a log, as the saying Is.
Ministers tell him that it Is his duty; moral
lists upbraid him because he does not get n
wife; philosophers argue that the foundation
of the state is the family; friends point QUITO
him the happy life OF many persons. The
young man has no protection against all this
opposition, and, II he is a r~ight-minded per-
son, he will not try to oppose such logic. II
he is Of proper age, is matured in his judg-
ment, can support a wife and is reasonably
industrious, he ought 10 be married before2 %.
But there are many less fortunate young men
in this city who never speak to a decent wo-
man from one years end to another. Some
are engaged in shops where only men are en-
ployed; others in offices which never have a
female visitor. Their homes are in lonely,
furnished rooms, with meals at restaurants
The poor fellows actually pine for refined fe-
male society. One whose Loneliness has come
to my notice lives in Harlem"
The reporter saw this celibate, and got
from him this story. He was living in n
furnished room and boarding at restau-
rants. After two years Of this life he began
to wish for some refined female society, and
accordingly engaged board in a fashionable
b~oarding-house in East Seventeenth street.
he was somewhat surprised by the greed
with which his weeks board was demanded
in advance and almost snatched out Of his
hands, but comforted himself with a glimpse
Of a golden-haired head through n half-opened
door. The young man had stipulated for a
fire in his room, but on going up at night
found 1t as cold as a barn. He called for the
landlady, and, after repeated trials, sue.
ccedel in gaining her attention. In an in-
jured tone she promised to raise a little fro
in the room. In half an hour or 80. during
which the young mar grew warm from in
ward heat, n frowzy and slatterniy servant
girl came in with a bang, threw some kind
ling wood on the. hearth, lit it, put on a little
coal, and went away, taking the coal bucket
with her. He started after her to secure the
bucket, but too late, and he heard the gol-
den-haiTed beauty say: whats the matter
with that gnloot up stairsT'
ooh, he wants a fire, bad luck to him."
"Well, he must be a gilly. Carry him up
the kitchen stove"
Slowly and sadly the young man in search
of refined female society, pulled on his over
coat, walked down to the street, hired an ex-
press wagon, helped to put his trunL on, and
quit the house just In time TO hear the golden
haired young woman remark, "Well, 1
knew that fellow was a fraud when | first
saw him"
He went To his old FURNISHED ROOM 1t
had not been let. It was warm and comfort.
able. and he heard the CHEEKY laugh of the
landlady and her delighted remark: 81 ex-
pected you back, but not quite so SOON That
was his last attempt to find refined lady
society. The young man said there were
sixty such isolated fellows in his block.