The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-08-01
THE YOUNG MAN OF TO-DAY.
His Paraphernaiia More Interesting
Than the Toilette of the Coquette.

His Paraphernaiia More Interesting
Than the Toilette of the Coquette.
Pleasant is the path of the young man
in these days. He is at premium. If
a youth be we'll bred, well dressed, and
moderately agreeable, his life is bed of
roses. Petted, courted, feted, he may
make round of visits at the best
houses, dine out every night, bask in
the smiles of manoeuvring mammaS and
their exquisite daughters, and do moth
ing in the world but receive these favors
with a bored nonchalance and utter pIa-
tltudes in stained glass attitudes. He
is lily of the field, and neither tolls nor
spins. And Solomon in all his glory
could not hold a candle to one of these.
Why, asks NJ. E. W., in the PIoyi-
dence Journal, did you ever have q
chance to peep into the apartments of
one Of these rare eXotics Of the century2
His valet, for he always has one, may
be induced by sufficient bribery to allow
you to penetrate its mysteries. There
you may gaze upon his fopperies of sill
vermounted dressing case, luxurious
| bath, wraps and dressing gowns, his
silken pajamas, his embroidered hose Of
| every hue under the sun, his vanished
| boots on forests of trees, his 40 pair Of
trousers, that number being absolutely
required to carry him through the exi-
gencies of a fashionable existence; his
waistcoats, embossed, gilded, artistic,
| his coats and Jackets, from the fiannels
of morning to the tailless dinner coat he
dons at night; his piles of rain
bow colored neckties, his innumer-
able hats, the shining Piccadilly
tile cheek by jowl on the shelf
with the soft yellow silken nondescript
he wears on the polo field, and his jewel
cases filled with the rings that adorn
his delicate hands, the studs that gilt
ter On his immaculate expanse Of shirt
bosom in the evening, ald the jeweled
pins that hold his cravat in place. Far
more interesting than any coquettes
toilet are the paraphernalia and intri-
cacies Of his, and when he sallies forth
to sun himself upon the casino balcony
in dolce far uiente he is sight to
bring tears into the eyes of the thought
full beholder. Only in Newport is this
choice production to be seen at the
height of his glory, and not even mad
ame's Partisan elegancies of attire can
compete with the interest that he
arouses il the soul of the wandering
eXcursionist from Tombstone, AriZ., who
: has never gazed on his like before.
One of these dandies, in yellow fan
nels, striped with white, with white
shoes upon his slender feet, yellow
; sash of surah silk folded about his man
! ly waist, primrose crepe necktie with a
single huge pearl reposing in its delicate
folds, a boutonniere of one pale Mar
: 9 echal Neil rose and a spray of maiden
=, hair, white Alpine hat on his blond
- and hyacinthine locks, sauntered slowly
,, down the avenue on sunny noontide
last week, with an expression of deli
. cious ennui in his auristocratic features.
=, Opposite James Gordon Benefits stone
villa he came face to face with young
:, fellow of about his own age, dressed in
y an i'll fitting suit of pepper and salt home
:, spun; battered derby hat was perchet
70 back from good -natured, sunburnt face
p and his clumsy square-toed shoes had
/ evidently known little of the hlackinl
I, brush's tender care. But he was the
~ very personifcation of alertness and Wig
VI, duO plOSSutCu SuCu dIl duuSluS COll
- trast to the listless figure of the youth
% whom he encountered that the latter
~ not such fool as he looked, could no
VI help the ghost of smile at the meeting
40 But the country lad turned and stare(
- open-mouthed at the ecstatic visiol
% lounging by. Then he looked down a
himself with long deprecating sig
and the iron entered into his soul. Wit
- L.
- he went back to his western wilds, feel
ing acutely the great gulf fate had fxe
between him and the primrose fannels
II and struggling to formulate his dim re
:. cognition of that great new truth of th
Ii time that "a well-dressed mans tn
an noblest work of God"