Grand Rapids herald., 1893-11-19
LUXURY AND ITS AGE
High LIVING as !, Is NOw Carried
on in New York.
MONEY IS FREE AS WATER
Corgeoos Hotels. High-Priced Hes
tanrants. kxpensive Carrisgc- and
Pine Clothing for the Wealthy.

The patient shAmpooer In the Turk
ish bath was laboriouzly rubbing my
t,ints. and talking vigorously st the
sa,ae time.
Ten years ago he began. only
few men thought IL necessary To take =
Turkish bath Now We have hundreds
OF regular weekly customers. men who
do not believe they can be clean OF
healthy without them. Turkish baths
arr na longer considered lpxuries. but
actual necessities. And in another re-
speet. too. men have changed their
opinions They all want the best that
can be bought. and the greatest luxury
after a Turkish bath II 20 DC rubbed
with delicious mixture Of alcohol and
some inoffensive perfume. This makes
the skin smooth and white. and leaves
a pleasant odor
A. this moment the speaker sprayed
my BODY with some Of the mixture and
renewed The rubbing My skin began
- glow 4nd I inhaled the delicate
o.lor ~ violets. with just the pungent
suggestion OF alcohol
oh. YES. continued the sharnpooer,
AL cur pensioners like perfumcd baths,
for that's what We call them. Men are
quitc a. vain a. women and like all the
little accessories that 90 90 make them
more becoming. Now. sir he said.
throwing a loose blanket over my
shoulders, "yon are clean aud sweet
and can step right into the manicure's
and have your hands and feet fixed."
found this department, in charge Of
q chi-opodlst who is famous in New
York fur skill in eliminating corns and
al cail0us spots from the feet and cut
tag the nals Of the toes with such
dexterity that walking is a positive
luxury. There were go present three
Young men seated a. small tables. cut
ting. trimming and polishing the
f1grr nails of ba.hers. and BARRIERS
were also busy shaving and cutting the
hair ~ men who desired 20 20 through
the sntsrs programmes. The manieures
we're polishing the finger nails Of the
men and making them as dainty and
taperisg a. would French maid serve
ny Lady fair. on the night Of her
debut n society.
if may uo- hc generally known. but 10
g. IS fact nevertheless. that there are
over EIGHT thousand men and women
iu Af1etirR that are worth over n mill
lion dollars each. How many Of these
are wnrth i've million. ten million.
tweaty-hre miibon. fifty million. or
one hundred and fftv million dollars.
do at know. but there are enough
men in New York who are worth from
twenty-five 20 iifty million dollars 20
form a very frmilable body.
The statistics furnished by the vari-
ons eaulmsrciai arencie~ show that the
past few years have been years q un-
sSanpica prosperity in America. hut
rarticalariv o. tho-e who have INSIDE
l-rcat fortunes ami have come - New
York % take rp their permanent resi-
denrc 10 viii ~ many day.
d,satfieSs. before New York win
come - 30 regarded as the United
States. "a London i regarded all ~
Er.r'snd ~ Paris all - France. But
nrifhrr ono ~ fhese cities contains -
rla0Y people r~ho spend money as Law
ishly A. io great many people In New
Nnra We have grown so bix here of
hate that ~ have ~iped ous nearly all
she scciai iins< What Ward Means
trf said aaous ther- being only four
hur.iret people in society few years
SO j. not true to-day. Cor that society