The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-05-27

ors. AS n matter of fact, there are n
great many peoplc-and, oddly enough,
some of them have tried matrimonv-who
think that bachclorhood is the most enyi-
able state of man.
AS between the divorce court and the
enterprise of the capitalist and the archi-
tect, the swell yonng man of New York
does not find 1t dif1icult to persuade him-
self that he can find far more happiness
and comfort in a life of single blesseduess
IN one OF the many convenient apartment
houses situated in the heart of the fash
ionable district. In the last few years
some of the most complete and maynih.
cent buildings that have been built
In thB city have been constructed
with special reference 20 the needs and
comforts of bachelors, and once u young
man is settled in one of these and has sur
rounded himseif with the luxurics OF life,
he must be very much in love indeed to
renbuncc his assured felicity for the I'M
certainties of matrimony. 1t was Moliere
who declared that it is more difficult to
rule a wife than u Kingdom, and that the
sentiment is not without modern approval
Is evidenced by certain dusty statistics
relative to marriage. However, all such
misogamistic ~prejudices have been
trampled under footby a number of prom
Using bachelors who met their fate and
succunibed-Herman Oelrichs, John Jacob
Aston. Elisha Dyer, Harry Cannon, Rob-
crtL. Cutting. Lunfear Norrie and Oliver
Sumner Teall, for instance.
What can money do to console II man
with q headachel" asks George Mucdon-
aid. Nothing, perhaps, but it has won
derful efficacy in making life worth liv-
ing, and even though money may rp Il
man, there are many persons whoa3ke
Artemus Ward, are willing to be ruined
The rich Young men of New York UNDER
stand how to employ their means to the
best advantage. and some of them live in
a Sft,1n S,,ol, a d #t1,f,r ~, :, -, III t..t-.
Tors above mentioned, who were sovc-
reigns by virtue Of brains and not Doodle.
scarcely dreamcd of. Women nay we'll
envy them. They are as free as the arr to
come and go, and If they overstep the
conventionalities no one except their boon
companions is any the wiser. They stand
in no fear of a curtain lecture when they
go home late Mt night. and if they have u
head in the morning there are no hu-
milia4ng questions to answer. They
move in n Bohemian atmosphere that is
mysterious and fascinating. Doing as
they please, and with from $4,000 to slO0,-
600 q year to spend in the pursuit of pleas
ure, they are as nearly lords as man can
be without the title.
Howto Spend s5o,oooa Year.
1t is not u very hard matter for an un-
married man to spend ,SaD.0e O year in
New York, and there are men who spend
a great deal more. Aside from the actual
SUal VI hpdIttucHAS, anu OF CaLlnp. tlete
are numerous Injuries dear to the Young
mans heart, and considered necessary to
every thoroughbred swcll's equipment,
each of which is calculated to knock n
large hole in n 500 D bin. Two very cx-
pensive items are the keeping of u stable
anG the owning of II yacht. Good horse
flesh costs tremendously, andafter one has
purchased three or four fine specimens of
blooded stock, OF course Il Victoria. n dog
cart and n couple of other traps must be
bought, together with harness, ut n total
expense 81, say, 1880. Added 10 this cx-
pensc is the rent of the stable, the salary
of a coachman, etc. Presupposingthnt he
owns q schooner yacht, which cost him
perhaps 5000, the eePenss OF keeping it
in condition for fonr Months in tba year.
without counting the expense oflayinr NJ,
and repairs, Will be about si,Dl0a month.
A trip to London or Paris ONCE a year il
considered Indispensable. and Il thousand
or so is spent abroad The women he
ahores cost him. IN various ways, ut lea It
$4,000; fully half Of that may 90 fos. a
single pair OF earrings. " he clte tatns.
no end OF money . required. Altogether,
S3o,oo0 IS not very much OF a burden to a
New York swell.
In the ease of q young man like George
". Vanderbilt, WHO is the Youngest and
the only unmarried one OF William III.
fanderbilt's family, there Is practicable
no limit to the aiNount of money spent in
the course OF Q year. He does not live III