The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13
Visiting valet a necessity.

stable or afDat. I omit the cost OF furniture
and ornaments. pictures. dressing cases. etc.
\ valet and his wifi. are sufficient TO take
care of his apartment. and their wages are
SsJ a month. or 500 a year.
1 shall credit him with dining out as often
as our modest friend. and. therefore. shall
require him TO find for himself Ir out OF the
$50 days.
He habitualIy lunches and dimes at the
most expensive restaurants, where We must
charge him s. a plate for luncheon ana E''
for dinner. He IS doing well If ne lunches
or dimes alone three days a week. either III
town or country. THAT would be $40. On an
average he is certain to have three persons
to lunch and five to dinner on the oIiiSi
four days. and that would make the Festauf-
ant bills about $3.50 a week for the iorIE
weeks of the year he is not being ehIcF-
tanned himself. or a pretty little ioiai ~,
the wear of $1,000, with which he mas pau
almost all his social debts. Yet, stay. he mas
at least two theater boxes a week at ~
apiece during the winter months-say. three
until the novelty has worn off. so we may
place theaters en- gros at SO.
In the matter OF clothing :his gentleman
las not the faintsst id"a what he owns
Even his faithful valet forgets. He buys
everything he thinks he wants during his
annual trip to London and Paris. and then
IS constantly writing for more. He VIII go
to a country club. where he has not been FOR
n year. and find there a great coat and an
entire outfit of thick clothes which he has
told them to keep for him. He will stumble
| across a fur coat at one of his city clubs
| and an ulster or a macintosh at another
Shooting clothes are at his gun club. and
most of his riding things at one OF the NUM-
clubs, where he also keeps a dress suit and
{. lot of shirts ard things. 1t IS almost Inn
POSSIBLE to tell just what he may or may
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y!es's or Poole's. or Dobbie's. or Beale &c
Irman's. or Locie's. in London. or Char
vets. in Paris. a shrewd guess would make
It a dozen suits Of summer offices. flannel
included. at IS (c- 500 the suit; 4 half dozen
suits Of winter clothes at te Tor SOL the
suit; three light top coats Of various pat
terms at IS each, or $50: three winter top
top coats of $3.50.
Then come the white shirts. a dozen of
linen. with fancy piGue bosoms. at So the
dozen. A dozen colored. with plated bos-
Ems, at s4S. all with collars attached. About
so worth of every kind Of neckties ard
white and fancy waistcoats. Two dozen
evening and walking gloves. SIS; two dozen
pairs of silk and lisle-thread socks. at $40
the Dozen. and golf and shooting stockings.
about s25. together with sundry little knick-
knacks that Bond street haberdashers can
always tempt one with. and the total at
this shop comes near $3.50.
The silk underwear and pajarnas our rich
friend prefers to get of Charvet. across the
channel. paying $50 a set fer six heavy silk
suits and Si5 TOR six sumner weight. the
talf dozen pajamas costing SIS each. or $50
for the lot. Two dozen silk and linen hand
kerchicfs. embroidered, as are al his linen
and underwear. with monogram and crest.
cost So each. or 500 more.
His boots and SHOES. including hunting.
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ing shoes. with apats ard leggings. he will
pay 500 for. three or four rev hats. includ-
ing a Sir Panama. will absorb so more. and
then we have nearly got this arniable youn:
Croesus dressed as he likes to be dressed
and can afford to drcss.