The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-21
Keeping Up Appearances.

thanj that of keeping up deceptive
Appearances, especially among young
men who are commencing to battle with
the world. That is just the time Of life
when, if they are dependent upon their
own exertions, they will either make or
mar their future. We have in view a
couple of cases that may serve as a warn
ing to others, in whose interests the
"News Letter" will refer to them, assur
ing our readers that the personages have
| an actual existence and that the events
related have actually TRANSFERRED.
The first was the case OF youth who
had been petted and pampered by an
| Over-indulgent mother. He received
the too common college education which
resulted in his having no knowledge of
any kind, save on the subject of dress
In this respect he thought he was an
| adept. Without any knowledge of bust
ness he made his start in life with a good
firm. Here he had every chance to
make a man of himself, to acquire useful
and valuable business habits and knOWl-
edge, and to work his way up in the
world. The drawback to his success
consisted in his great admiration for him
self and for the one or more girls whom
| he cOndescended to patronize. Part of
his Office hours would be occupied in cor
responding with them, and another part
| in obtaining the much needed rest of
which he deprived himself at night, for
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habitue of leading hotels and a lounger
! at the bars. OF course such habits
| could not conform to those required by a
| boy in business. He lived in fashion
| able boarding house at the expense OF
| his parents, SO his little salary was his
pocket money. But it can be readily
imagined that this did not suffice for
! such a spark, and he was soon in the
habit of borrowing from his fellow clerks.
His want of sleep by night made him
stupid by day, and of course he, official
ly, proved a failure. His memory was
like sieve and he was practically use
less. Finally he associated with sports,
and then the downfall was more rapid
He remained away from his office for a
week or two without permission, and as
a natural sequence he remained away
forever. Now what will become of this
youth? In his case a good administra-
ton of the birch would be advantageous
His parents are also to blame for permit
ting him to grow up in such fashion
than an impecunious youth will start out
in life by apeing man and million
aire. His end is not difficult to foretell
dissipation, debauchery and death.
In the second case we refer to, the be-
ing has passed boyhood and should pre-
sumably have acquired sense. If any
thing his case is the more hopeless of
the two. Imagine man on fair sal
airy, living alone and with no family
ties. Yet he can hardly be called
man as men are considered. He is i'm
bued with more of the elements of
womanhood, finiky, namby-pamby, a
sort of dancing jackass-this at least is
how he is regarded by men who are
men. His sole aim in life is to be
leader in society, the chef among the
bon~ton He has no male friends, but
is always to be found in the boudoir or
in the drawing room. He is a first
nighter at the theaters, leader in the
german, an usher at fashionable we'd
dings, in fact a dude among dudes Now
can any man with a spark of manly feel
ing pass such an existence? No associa-
ton worthy of the name with his fellows,
who rather shun and sneer at his WAYS.
he wraps himself up in his self-conceit
and the ever-eXisting consciousness of a
too intense admiration on the part of the
fair sex for his beautious figure and
shape, the curl of his mustache, the
touch of his hand, and his elegance i'm
the dance. Oh, horrors How such an
existence is to be Stunned. We can |
imagine this being as the recipient of |
choice bouquets and scented notes, a |
spotless mortal too good for this sphere |
and who should soar to higher realms |
seated near the throne of God. What |
his business habits and recommendations |
can be, it is difficult to imagine. The |
wear and tear of late hours and dissipa-
Cloh must Cell III Time. Inc necessary |
expenses in connection with intimate
association among leading society must |
account to large share of a moderate
income, and leave but little for the
necessaries of life. A careful employer
would do we'll to keep watchful eye
upon such a one and examine his ac-
counts with pertinacious regularity. For
ourselves we would not keep him FIVE
minutes, for the association OF swelldom
must needs be costly, and no man of
moderate means has the right to mingle
WI h the rich. He cannot afford to do
as they do, and is but base imitation