Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-29
R0sALIND MAY WRITES ANOTHER
CHAPTER ON BACHELORS.
They Fill Very Necessary Station in the
Lives of the New York Soci-
ETY. Bellies.

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in and go out like gentlemen; you hardly
ever hear the sound of them, and ther
they treat me so much better than Sc
many ladies would do. They are alway:
50 polite and considerate."
Good for the bachelors" was the CORE
spondent's reflection The audible answer
was: "And, and-morals, you know?'
Housekeeper-"Oh, the best, the very
best" Pause, and in a Illuminating way
Two had to be turned ont, but that wa.
long ago"-pause-"on l was obliged tc
make go, because he would get on such
sprees. In twelve yearS-that's a good ac
count, isn't it,"
CorreSpondent-"Very; and now, what
effect has this matter of furnishing or
them? Good, l should presume"
| Housekeeper-"The best, the very best
When one of them has bought lot of nice
things and put them around him, why then
you see, he feels that he must take care
He feels that he has a home, and mus
look after it,"
This last sentence set the correspondent
thinking, as a silent following was kept uE
| through OlllSI apartments.
"Homep
So, after all, these Independent creature;
of unbroken spirit wanted homesl This
certainly initiated against the suppositior
of perfect independence. A correspondent
now on the alert, moreover, noted one fact
that in the case of a suite in which were
arranged six or eight well-flled book
cases, the pilot remarked:
"He is a confirmed bachelor"
This would seem to signify that most Of
| the others were not so confirmed, and an
additional note was made of the fact that
not one apartment was without the photo
graph, portrait, engraving or craven image
of some woman or frequent portrayals ot
many women. One bachelor had large
photograph of Mrs. Cleveland upon his
bureau, but what can Cleveland do about
it?
1t were a grave mistake, indeed, to sci
down even the majority as confirmed u
At the bottom of the list, indeed, come a
lot of fledglings not long escaped from
their mothers apron strings, who think il
the cleverest thing possible to set up in
bachelor apartments and wave flag of de-
fance at the world in general. They are
apt to herd in companies of from two to
three and make idiots of themselves on
most occasions.
The more advanced bachelor regards
them with contempt, and speculates as to
how little exultation or defiance they will
feel should they come to be real bachelors.
On the whole, it appears evident that, bar
ring goslings on one hand and those on
the other who may be classed as confirmed,
the majority yet waver and look forward
vaguely to that sometime" which has
proved the destruction of so many.
Doubtless the ladies have much to do,
also, with their continuance in a land OF
dreams, a remark from my pilot serving to
strengthen the idea.
Gay society men," she said. Are not
those words significant? Would they go
into a society where matters were not
made pleasant for them?
Certainly not; and by whom are their
paths strewn with roses, if not by the
womanly element, since men can surely
find out and be entertained by other men,
without the trouble of swaloW-tails and
dress coats?
A society bachelor is in truth
an extremely convenient creature. He
fits in on numerous occasions, makes one
more in the group surrounding an ambi-
tious belle; one more partner for cotillions
perhaps; one more bouquet sender or
holder; one donor of Christmas remem-
brances; one more caller on New Years
day; one more who may extend gallantries
of every sort.
Surely he is of value and must be kept
as retainer. Doses of fattery, small or
large, according to the subjects capacity
OR avidity, are a cheap outlay in return
are administered with feminine adroitness,
and sometimes as shrewd business invest
ments, as where in exchange for Lydia
Languish sigh, accompanied possibly by
the right kind of glance, the
simple-minded bachelor may toddle
off and buy some hundred dol
lar trihe. Some bit of fancy work may
bring, heaven knows what, and the upshot
of all is that the poor Geluded bachelor
often comes to think of himself as an ire
sistible lady-killer, when he is nothing
more than general convenience.
As young lady advances in life and
fails of matrimony, of what advantage
furthermore, relay of bachelors. They
grow in value as time progresses, and she
hirts and hatters proportionately. To
some of them she may be at 80 quite a
young creature, or to gay widows who
hardly care for fedglings, how charming
to hear the devoted little speeches that
take her back to her teens.
Age, then, need make no difference in a
bachelors charms, and one may verge on
the decrepit, actually believing that if
he should marry some Araminta, Dora's
heart would be broken and half dozen
others into the bargain. His bachelor
apartments may resound to the hum of a
kettle drum of winters afternoon; if
musical, he may give musicdles or any
other small entertainment young ladies
accompanied by chaperones, or two or
more ladies together, or with gentlemen,
may even call upon him, as he may play
the part of a male Lydia Languish in his
parlors. He may, in his way, have in
deed good time generally. Yet is there
not kind of laughter which recalls "the
cracking of thorns ?"
After what has been written, it is with
hesitation that some special names are
mentioned, lest some remarks may be con-
strued as personal. when they certainly
are not SO, ana with special disclaimer q
few are jotted down.
First and foremost, of course, must come
the unapproachable, pre-eminent and Four
Hundred times exalted Ward McAllister,
Mrs. w. W. Astor's man Friday, without
whom the skies of social life would suffer
immediate eclipse and everything in gen.
eral become fiasco.
New York, at present, is under the rule
of a bachelor Mayor-Mayor Grant "Gov-
erneur Morris" recalls revolutionary DAYS
and well-known society bachelor inher-
its the name, together with an ample and
literally dispensed fortune. E. r. Powers,
Superintendent OF the Cotton Exchange,
is prominent bachelor, as ais the we'll
known Herman DeIrichs.
RosALIND MAY.
The Popular Woman of To-Day