The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19

! very easily ana spend II as if water were
! free, and each man the owner Of Mag
] ara. Ten years ago there were not 50
many mllionaires In New York. There
were not so many men with incomes
/ Of from ten 20 twenty-five thousand
| dollars year that they were common.
| There were not so many men who thought
| ~ necessary 10 keep expensive estab-
lishments, employ maids for their wives
and daughters. butler to supervise
their household affairs, and liveried
servants and carriages for everyday use.
IL used 10 be considered a mark Of special
reverence 10 say that Mr. So-and-So
Keeps his own carriage. or that Mrs.
HOW-dO-yOu-dO has q maid. The carriage
and the maid are so necessary nowadays
that not to have them causes comment
There are great many hundreds OF
people in New York whose households are
looked after by buffers, with n retinue
OF maid servants; and many of them en-
plOy housekeepers as well also custom
borrowed from our cousins across the sea.
Where one man owned "a carriage and
coachman ten years ago, a thousand are
doing the same thing now, and some OF
these men have had crests painted on
their carriage doors too. They also
own expensive saddle horses for their
wives and daul tiers and sons to gallOp
through the park on Not only this but
these same men do not use their own
horses and carriages when the nights are
cold and dark, and thus they pay addi-
tional llvery-stable hire to save their own
precious horse-fesh. Not many men in
dulged In the luxury Of riding up and down
TO their offices I'm their own carriages
ten years ago. A great many men do
this every day I'm the year now, and
think nothing Of It, and the shopping
district is crowded from early morning
until late in the evening with the car
riages OF elegantly dressed women who
have nothing else TO do but rausack the
big stores for novelties.
DelmOnico was once the synonym for
all that pertained TO good eating AS
a matter Of fact it Is now. But there
are a score Of places within a stones
throw OF Delmonico's establishment. bet
ter furnished. just az well patronized.
where the cooking is just as good If
not better and where the prices are. if
anything. much higher. There are half
a-dOzen hotels whose interior decorations
are so gorgeous that nothing I'm Europe
approaches. much less rivals them. These
establishments are very expensive. Some
of them charge as high as fifty dollars
a day for a suite of rooms In some Of
them you cannot find Accommodations at
any price. 50 crowded are they with peo-
pie who are willing to pay anything from
ten uOlidiS Il Jay up 4Itit al re- numerous
hotels I'm New York where suites OF
rooms, consisting of bedroom, parlor
bathroom and one or two sitting rooms
cost $500 10 $500 week. This. Of course,
includes table service and a private din
ing-room and attendance. But one must
have a good bank account 10 live at
that rate even If he has an inclination
TO so do. II is next TO impossible 10
find a table unoccuDied in any OF the
4
sive restaurants in the region Of Twenty
third street between half-past six and
half-past seven In the evening, or after
the theatres have emptied their multi
trdes There are hundreds Of public din
ners given here i'm the course OF a month.
and hundreds Of private dinner parties
every cvenii &. which cost from ten to
twenty-five dollars per cover.
And mentioning the theatres reminds
me II at there are over thirty play houses
I'm New York, and more in course Of con-
struction.
Fifth avenue and its contingent streets |
are dotted with wealthy clubs-athletic |
clubs, political clubs. artistic clubs, and |
clubs that are so exclusive that when /
a male heir Is born TO a man he puts the |
child's name on the list that he may be |
voted upon and elected by the time he |
comes 10 the age Of MANHOOD. club !
life in New York has Outcrown even the |
proportion OF the club life in London.
ANY man who desires 10 be considered
at all in the swim belongs TO at least
one club and perhaps half-a-dozen.
a great many find il a pleasure 10 live /
at their clubs, for the table is good and |
the. service excellent and life is quite
agreeable. There is a large class OF
clubmen I'm New York who do not do any
business at all except to drive fast horses,
look after their investments, dawdie
about society and otherwise try 10 Kill
time
In the matter of mans apparel and
womans too the taste for luxury has
grown very much within the past few
years In the old days men most treas
ured what they were pleased to term
sunday suit" Nowadays mans ward
robe is so we'll stocked that he can afford
to wear a different suit Of cloths almost
every day in the week. and, besides his
linen is unapproachable, his underwear
Of silk, and his iewelry and other articles
OF personal adornment the best that
,od taste and money can get. The
wealthy women Of New York wear more
and jewelry and more expen-
give wraps and gowns than ever before;
and even the little children OF well-tO-
do families are arrayed in purple and fine
linen and have their own maids, gov
crnei GeS ana ms ructCTS Jhere seems 10 |
be no end 10 the money here now, and
those who are the fortunate possessors |
Of big bank accounts ore not a bit back
ward I'm spending IL freely. IL is the age
IF gold, high living. and nervous activity. !
New York is q glorious city TO hive in
Z you have a bank account / nave not
lraRn for your INSPECTION the reverse
II this picture. / believe, however, that
he poor are no poorer than they were
en- years ago. IL anything, ! think they
.re some what better Off. Yet there IS
misery and suffering untold i'm the great
enement districts on the east and west
ides OF this rich city, and men often
ire Of the struggle for life and find rest
ereath the waters Of the East or North |
N ers.
sun the police authorities tell me that
rlme is on the decrease, and the chart
able Organizations report that there
money enough for ell who are deserving
Z help. The dives do not flourish as they
al In years gone by, although the as
~ sling statement was made the other
ay that there are 1000 fallen women in
his big city
Perhaps Dr. Parkhurst and his allies
ave not begun any too soon 10 wipe out {
fine OF this syDartic age.
POSTER COATES. II