Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27

ors As n matter of fact, there are IA
great many people-and, oddly enough,
some of them have tried matrimony-who
think that bachelorhood 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 Young man of New York
does not find il difficult To persuade him
self that he can find far more happiness
and com fort in life of single blessedness
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 magnih-
cent buildings that have been built
in this city have been constructed
with special reference TO the needs and
comforts o. Bachelors and once young
man Is settled in one of these and has sur
rounded himself with the Injuries of life.
he must be very much in love Indeed to
renounce his assured felicity for the un-
certainties of matrimony. 1t was Moliere
who declared that Ii is more difficult to
rule a wife than kingdom, and that the
sentiment IL not without modern approval
IL evidenced by certain dusty statistics
relative TO marriage. However, all such
misogamistic prejudices have been
trampled under foot by number of prom
ising bachelors who met their fate and
suceumbed-H Herman Oelrichs, John Jacob
<tStDE, DltFs marry NthupHt hOu-
ert l.. Cutting. Laufear Norrie and Oliver
Sumner Teall. for instance.
"What can money do to console man
with "A headacheP' asks George Macdon-
aid Nothing, perhaps. bnt 1t has won
derful efficacy in making life worth liv-
ing, and even though money may ruin a
man, there are many persons who. like
Artemus Ward, are willing tn 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
style such as the immortal old bachs-
lors above mentioned, who were sove-
reigns by virtue of brains and not DOODLE
scarcely dreamed Of Women may we'll
envy them. They are as free as the air to
conventionalities no one except their boon
companions is any the wiser. They stand
In no fear Of q curtain lecture when they
go home late at night. and IL they have "a
'head" in the morning there are no hu-
initiating questions TO answer. They
move In Bohemian atmosphere that Is
my ysterious and fascinating. Doing as
they please, and with from $40, 900 to $780,
0Oc year TO spend in the pursuit of pleas
ure, they are as nearly lords as man can
be without the title.
How to Sp,nd s5o,oo)a Ysar.
II is not u very hard matter for an un-
married man to spend $4,000 year in
New York. and there arc men who spend
a great deal more Aside from the actual
cost of apartments, and of eating, there
are numerous luxuries dear to the youny
mans heart. and considered necessary to
every thoroughbred swclI's equipment,
each of which is calculated to knock u
large hole in a $4,000 bill Two very ex-
pensive items are the keeping of 10 stable
and the owning OF q yacht Good horse
flesh costs tremendously, andafter one has
purchased three or four fine specimens of
blooded stock, OF course u Victoria v dog
cart and couple of other traps must be
bought, together with harness, at a total
expense of. say, $7.5)0 Added 10 this ex
pensc Is the rent Of the stable, the salary
Of a coaehman. etc. Presupposing that he
owns u schooner yacht, which cost him
perhaps 5000, the expense OF Keeping IL
In condition for four months in the year,
without counting the expense ofiayiny up
and repairs, will be about $1,000 q month
A trip TO London or Paris once u year /.
considered indispensable. and q thousand
or so Is spent abroad The women he
adores cost him, IN various ways, at lea st
10000; fully half Of that may go for q
single pair OF earrings. II lie ente 'tains,
no end of money 3 required. Altogether,
80, 900 Is not very much OF q burden to u
New York swell
In the case OF young man like George
w. Vanderbilt, who Is the youngest and
the only unmarried one at William II.
vanderbilt's family, there Is practically
no limit 70 the a.A5unt Of money spent In
ths course Of year He does not live In