The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-21
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Wealthy Bachelors Resides
The rich bachelors of New York are
20 nv mind the most comfortably and
.uxuriously housed men in the world.
do not know exactly how to account
Tor it. 1t seems to me a cOndltlon OF
things which exists only in New York.
The London bachelor may be tremen-
aous swell if he is rich, but in nine
cases out of ten he is satisfied with
quiet chambers in Jermyn street or in
locality that is similarity near the
clubs, while the larger portion OF his
income is expended for guns, dogs.
horses and house or shooting box
somewhere in the country. In Paris
the apartments of bachelors are nearly
always pretty and tasteful. but seldom
EXPENSIVE. The Frenchmen have a
great fancy for Creton hangings and
white paint we'll gilded. The pictures
in their rooms are invariably good, but
the decorations do not disply anything
like the magnifcence that prevails in
the homes of New York's unmarried
men. l think that this is largely be-
cause there are very few confirmed
bachelors in Paris. Every man in
France looks upon marriage as his
fate. 1t is largely business trans
action, and he simply waits until he
can make a good bargain. Pending
that time he lives comfortably, but
does not invest fortunes in his sur
.roundings. / had breakfast once in
Paris with a man whose reputation as
viveur is more than national. His name
has been associated with those of a
number of famous women. but aside from
this phase of his life he is promoter
of cable companies, a man OF title, a
member of the jockey club. and
Partisan to his finger-tips. He was
just the sort of man, in fact, that one
would expect to find housed in mag
nificent fashion. found that he lived
in an apartment on the first floor of
big house on the Boulevard Haussman.
His stable was in the rear of the house.
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room, two or three bedrooms, and
then a long passageway. at the end OF
which were the servants quarters and
the kitchen. The dining-roOm was the
most pretentious room in the apart
ment. We took breakfast there at a
table that would accommodate about
ten guests. The decorations were in
blue and gold. The table was oval, to
match the room; the chairs were oak
and the hangings neither notable nor
particularly valuable. 1t was precisely
like the interior of any one of five thou
sand flats in New York City.
Yesterday, on the other hand, l met
a man on Broadway as l was walking
up toward home to dinnest whom ]
knew slightly. and who insisted upon
my going into his apartment for glass
of sherry as an appetizer. He is the
manager or junior partner. or some
thing of that sort, in an importing
house on Worth street. His age is
about forty years, his habits are stocky
and methOdicai, and he is not particu.
larly attractive. / had not seen him
for two or three years. and he evi.
IDENTIFY had an abundant fund of gossip.
We turned into the Metropolitan opera
house building, wentup in the elevator
and entered his apartment. The re.
ception room was neutral tinted and
every thing was perfectly harmOnized.
We went up from there into the draw
ing room, and for moment l was
astOnished. There were 100000 OF
$1,000 worth of paintings on the
walls, and the room might have served
fittingly for the ante-chamber of the
Car. Indeed, doubt if the Car has
so coy and beautiful an apartment in
either of his palaces. The room was
octagonal, and in the middle of it was
plush lounge or settee precisely the
shape of the room in miniature. The
back rO e to a marble base, which was
surmounted by superb bronze water
nymph, life-size and wonderfully grace.
full and perfect in outline. There were
several smaller bronzes about the room,
and all the divans and chairs were built
so that they fitted into certain inches 10
the wall or corresponded to the general
contour of the room.
The dry goods man lives alone in this
magnificent place, indulging his fam
cies with lavish hand. do not care
to marry" he said in the course of our
short talk. 1T is much better this
way,"--N. Y. Cor. Philadelphia Times.