The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-03
THE WEALTHY BACHELOR.
How Much n Man Can Spend on Him.
self In IL Year

sell In Il ear.
4 recent conversation in one of the
New York clubs raised the interesting
question, How much can u man spend in
year?
or course there is practically no limit
to the amount of money that can be dis
posed of i'll the course Of u months il
one sets out with that deliberate inten-
ton. But, narrowing the field of eE-
penditurc to include only what may be
called living expenses, how much can q
person who surrounds himself with all
available comfort and luxury pay out
for food. Lodgings, clothing and the incl
dentals that naturally accompany such
mode of life? The estimates of the men
who started the discussion and who are
Ill ut least moderately wealthy varied
greatly, running from $4,000 to $780,
0OO. At first thought it will seem incred-
ible that 4 man can spend what ordinary
persons consider comfortable fortune
on himself in the course of single year,
but little investigation proves that it is
not by any means beyond the bounds of
reason.
70 begin with, one of the New York
hotels has q bachelor suit" of apart
ments for which it charges $50 a day.
That is at the rate of $4,000 a year.
But Of course this price is fixed for tran
silent guests, and a man who lived the
year round ut the hotel could probably
securc equal accommodations for little
more than half this sum. Counting his
living apartments at SD Il day, then. we
have the neat sam of $9.125 IL year.
which would build very comfortable
house in most parts Of the country.
The next lurgvst item is that for eat
ing. Our fastdious young man may. II
he wishes. spend Sl5 day for his dinner
at Delmonico's without overlooking his
stomach. but probably $50 IL day will
suffice for all his expenses in this line.
This foots up an additional $1,000. In
such surroundings man could scarcely
get along with less than three. full suits
of clothes each month. which will aggre
gate $500. Silken underwear. linen and
a sufficient assortment of the latest Sly les
in gloves and ties will add $1,000. lie
cannot consistently spend less than $50
at his hsttcr's and $500 on his boot
maker. Or course he cannot get on with
out n valet, and one intelligent and Orna-
rental enough for his needs will cost
81 100.
4 single man is not required to keep a
carriage, but carriage fees will form q
heavy item Of elptnsc. Then there are
innumerable little things connected with
the fitting of his apartments and his per-
snnal comfort which are not enumerated
above, hut which together will add $1,000
to the total footing.
Here. then, we have our man at the
end of the year with an expenditure nc-
count APPOINTING to the respectable total
of more$than 5.0UD. 1t will be- obsrrv.
cd that al of this has been spent on him
self Ii he chooses to entertain his
friends ut dinner occasionally, TO patron
nize the theatcrs and the florists. to keep
horse for riding in the park. to 20 10
fashionable summer and winter resorts.
he may double or triple this outlay with
out eyertiuD. He can do all this quietly.
unostcntntiously and without coming TO
be considered Il society man." In tact.
lie is doing it, several of him. in New
York al the present timc.-New iora
Herald