Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-08
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CLASS OF YOUNG NEN WHO LIVE on THEM
ACQUAINTANCE.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
In America, living on your tradeSmen ~ q
difficult matter. An American tradcsman does
not take his customers ancestors into consider
alton. He does not deem il an honor TO he
swindled because one OF the swindler's fore
fathers came over in the Mayflower. For all
he knows tho Mayhower carried Storage pas
sehgeFs. lie considers himself his customers
equal rightly enough. too. and demands his
uue hcnce a young American. In dealing with
.nS 1raoesinen here. cannot fall back on his an
cSstors, nor, OF course, as there il no eutaiment
OF estates. bank ON his remote prospects OF
which at the moment belong 10 some
one else, come 10 him. And yet there
are any number OF young fellows who live
apparently like the sons OF milionaires on the
sns,l salaries they get FOR ''clerking" IN some
seI,s ea , house They are bowling
pay Tor the clothes they wear. How DO they do
IL. you ASK n.y. they sponge society. You
people who are able 10 entertain elegantiy-fhe
re-. are the entertained. To this class belong
All the bowling swells land their number Ss vast
who live on AN income almost nominal con,.
pared 10 the show they make. How can they
aHord iE you ask. How can they live as
they do. GO into society aud belong To a swell
club on u pittancef Because by roinV int,
sce,e,E ana Belonging to swell club they
what would otherwise cost them ten
fold their income. man OF good manners
who can get credit for suit at a fashionable
tailor's can live tor almost nothing outside his
club dues. He is invited To dtnner parties
during the season on AN average of five times q
week. Therefore he lives most OF the time ON
the fat of the land for nothing. All the enter
tanners demand of him I'm return is that when
he comes to them TO he fed he Will behave HIM
self properly and make himself agreeable. By
the same people ne Is invited to the opera and
the thcater. From his box seat he can look
down upon people far wealthier than helper
haps one OF the partners of the house which
pays him his pitiance OF a salary. His holt
day in summer he divides between his
friends yachts and country places A
cruise costs him nothing; fortnight at New
port, only his travelling expenses there and
return. III he has small income and does
he can sponge on his rich society friends all
summer instead, like the clerSing swell, only
choosing his holiday. lt Is i'm summer that the
"clerking" swell derives the most bcnefit from
his ciub-presupposing, OF course that he doesn't
play cards and run the risk of being cleaned out
in one night-for he can get his meals cheaper
than VI any restaurant
His club connection has, moreover the gene
raj utility of enabling him to get credit He can
go TO a fashionable tailor and dress far beyond
MS means. ana Yet Keep the duns at bay by
| can be employed with other trades people. lie
can actually get along and be in good standing
| with tailors, haberdashers and florists by pay
Ing FOR about 10 per cent OF what he purchases.
There is another class of bowling swells viz:
Those who, on the strength OF their prosperous
| appearance. simply check IL, and contract
| debts which they never expect 10 paw, and RELY
| Tor safety on our loose laws, which favor the
| debtor rather than the creditor. such n one
gambes-doesnt pay when he loses, and is
sure 10 collect when he wins. He IL usually
| lively and entertaining, and his friends like
him wei enough to put up with bis lack OF pc
cunary responsibility, and will lend him "A
couple OF hundred, even il they know that they
Will never See il again. They are simply paw
| ing him for amusing them. The ladies know
| nothing of his loose methods, and SO his stand
| ing in society is NOT implrpd