Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-04

my purse. can go without a meal with entire
philosophy. but to forego cigar when want
one would make me feel poor and occasion me
| corresponding distress
| 81 pay $3.50 q week for a comfortable hall
bed room. l am never there save for sleeping
and dressing purposes and it serves me as well
as if it were palatial apartment. Why should
| / squander money in that way? For my meals
go to restaurants. Washington has the cheap
| est eating houses in the United States and do
| the thing frugally, without starving myself in
the least. / am an epicure, but boarding in
any shape is merely feeding at the best, and
| there is nothing more than sustenance, reason
| ably palatable. to be obtained in that manner.
So make the diet extremely simple and graf
| lily my taste for good things to eat when am
| invited out to dine or sup. which, happily, is
| very often My annual expenditure for food
and lodging is certainly not more than 1915.
FOR CLOTHING, ETC.
| "That leaves me a clear S825 for clothing. in
cidentals and amusement In the last category
| the most expensive item is a horse. That costs
me $40 a month, though in other cities the
charges for keep, &C., are greater. 1t is well
| worth the money, because horse is not only a
source Of enjoyment, but an appurtenance most
| essential to what you term sweetness. Neces-
sary incidentals do not amount to much. apart
| from clothes. The latter absorb consider
able share Of my income, but there is much in
| knowing how to buy them. l 60 to a cash es-
| tablishment-such are to be found in every
| Clty-WueTe. Dy pdylnR the money uOWn, can
| get my garments made to order for little more
| than half the fashionable tailors' prices. The
clothes are Just the same; the cutting and TT
ting are as capabiy done; the fashion plates
and patterns are identical, and the results
| quite as satisfactory. BY practicing this
method can dress like a lord. including all
underclothing, collars and cuffs, and SO forth
| on 1900 year. Washing is an extra. For my
neckties. l get u yard and a quarter Of some
| thick. handsome silk. white or blue, and induce
1 49, 1a.l
stuff in two lengthwise and hem the cut edges.
| 80 as to make two fourth hands, which tie
myself, Of course. If you know where to 60 for
them you can buy the handsomest possible
patent leather shoes-'ties'-for summer use, at
| $3.50 pair White CATERS do not cos: much.
and there are few additions to the dress that
| contribute more to a generally swell effect. The
| spring overcoat 1 have on cost only 526. and
you will not find a more stylish one in Wash
| ington. That is because paid cash for it. If
people only realized how much more they can
get for their money by paying cash for things
| they would never ask credit.
| FOR LUxURIEs.
Subtract s225 for clothing and really neces-
sary incidentals from SS25, and you find that
l have S60O-haf Of my entire income-to
| throw away upon nothing in particular, that is
| OF importance. In summer have one mon tn q
vacation. which always spend with friends in
| one place or another, so that the outing costs
me very little. With this superfuous cash l
am in position to sustain appearances very
decently,y you see. Washington is not New York.
where young man can only maintain O. posi-
| ton in society by spending a great deal Of
money, making certain display Of means, CIV
| ing theater and supper parties, sending costly
bouquets to the girls &c. Here it is taken for
granted that youthful beaux are poor, and very
| little is expected Of them. Men are so scarce
that they have only to be polite and presenta-
| BILE in order to find themselves acceptable in
| fashionable drawing rooms. In this town a
| fellow like myself ia in no danger Of being re-
garded askance as q detrimental because he
has no money. Therefore, am of the opinion
that Washington is the best possible place for
| poor young gentleman to live in. He has
better chance here of capturing the always al
Turing and fugacious heiress than anywhere
else in the world, and such an opportunity is
not to be regarded as a matter excitive of
sternutatory spasms-
| CLOTHES As AN INVESTMENT
Speaking Of dress, am firmly Of the opinion
that clothes are the most judicious possible in
yestment for money. The consciousness of be-
ing well attired is always a source of happiness
surprising the consolation of religion, as has
been said-and l thoroughly believe that it
| produces a certain beneficial effect of a moral
nature upon the individual subjectively. That
| is to say, as look at it, man grows to be
better than he would otherwise become by cul-
tivating the aspect Of his outward self His
self respect is enhanced, and he is more anxious
| to live up to it.
CARE OF CLOTHES.
''If man would be well dressed. however, it
| is all important that he should take care of his
| clothes Let him take off his best things when
he gets home, hang up his coat and fold up his
trousers on q shelf, with the creases together.
1t costs very little to dress well-much less, in
fact, than many persons spend in dressing
badly. The thing is well worth studying how
| to accomplish. 1t is not necessary that we
shall possess natural taste. Mems apparel un-
like that Of women, is SO conventionalized and
| susceptible Of 80 little variation that one can
not go wrong if he simply takes the trouble to
observe what is worn by the men of his ac-
| quainta who are known as being well
dressed. There is perfect safety in copying
| them.
I'm another way also it pays to be well
dressed. A man who is SO is better received
everywhere. His attire is q letter Of recon-
mendation to strangers, and even his friends
cannot help according him more consideration
| on the strength of it. Besides, good clothes
| are an external token of prosperity, which car
| ries man in the world. They should be con-
| sidered, too, as the expression Of refinement Of
| mind-the outward and visible sign of the in
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