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

In drawing UP this account ! made the
mental reservation that my modest gentle
| man could and should live on 5000 a year
| without in the least knowing where these
figures would land me. l find now that We
ave the very comfortable sum OF sl,5'9 Tor
that very important item of pocket money.
under whose head come al such personal
indulgences as travelling. cabs. DRINKS.
cigars. cigarettes. theaters. etc. and op1ne
that our friend will not be a CULVER nor
yet a smohestack or n fir~st-nfghter. but he
actually has money enough to move about
some. to smoke good Egyptian cigarettes
and good cigars in moderation. and to take
in the best plays.
For the opera he will. Of course. depend
upon his sympathizins female friends. The
ridiculous American habit of standing treat
for every man in sight in your club is fast
going out OF vogue. 1t is no longer faSn-
ionable to send flowers to your best girl.
All your reading matter. including an excel
lent library. and your stationery is included
In your club subscription. and club cas-
cost half as much as those on the street.
it is supposed that the modest gentleman
Will not indulge in much bridge or poker.
though If he be skiliful at those games
there are many opportunities of increasing
rather than depicting ones income. On tho
whole. though, thirty-six holes of golf be-
fore and after lunch. or a gallop after
nDuEGS on some SOOi fldtuftu friend 8
horse-and there are lots of such chaps
VIII make an early bed hour more desira-
bic than the struggle after card money.
1t is with regret. / must say, that | de
part from the simple. quiet, but thoroughly
enjoyable methods of the modest gentle
man. His life is apt to he so sensible, so
even. so digniied. and his health SO per-
feet. that he seems very much more COM
p%anionabie than the figure that now comes
upDu the scene. Let uS wish him all sfcr...
in his cherry example of keeping out of
debt. and yet presenting a most attractive
personal appearance, and of the fairy
heiress, who is ever said to be on the look
out for Il really good thing. should come
along and fall in love with the subject of
the above little sketch-presurnabIv a low
able fellow. OF he would not be go unassum-
ing ard genteall can only say to her that
she could go a great deal further and fare
Il great deal worse.
Who can describe him or the innumera-
bic wants and fancies that spring uu with
every step he takes away from mothers
apron strings? Perhaps there never before
was a time when there were SO many
healthy. good-iooking and rich young men
dispensing fortunes-not necessarily throw
ing them away. We need have no patience
or dealings with spendthrifts. As | said
above. they cannot enter into these calcu-
iations.
We Will consider now only the gentleman
who has unlimited means at his omnan
and spends 1t like a gentleman. He is prob
ably cast in the same mold of e%ertiiity
as the man who lives on s.. 900 a wear. but
has never had the opportunity of imbibing
his lessons In economy. He loves To have
the other fellow about, though. He has him
on his yacht. at his dinners; he lends him
his horses and stands ready to loan him
lnt anlnDIt nf fnOnny- Il IT, -.j-r, oartIn
man would only borrow. hut he never does.
He belongs to the same club as the quiet
chap. but to a Gozen others besides. So let US
start him off on his club career. The Union,
81 .: Metropolitan. SOD; Knickerlo ker. $40;
Racquet so; Players. ;25; Century. So; New
York Yacht. s25; Seawanhaka. SO: Tuxedo,
so; Country. So: Meadow Brook Hunt. SO;
Carteret Gun. E25: Yale. Harvard or Prince
ton. $21: University. $50; Reading Room,
Newport. s25: some Understanding club. $50,
and like as not the Metropolitan of Wash
ington. $50; Somerset of Boston. SO: Phiia-
de.phia $40. are only some of the clubs that
thts-no. l cannot call him i!nulodest-gen-
tleman requires. or thinks he does.
If you will look In the club registers you
will find many men who belong TO more
clubs than this. not counting their annual
subscriptions to the various racing associa-
tons, polo clubs and horse shows. AcGlhs
the dues to those mentioned gives the rather
alarming sum of 1850. ard the Christmas
boxes at these clubs will cost 800 more. ior
he usually gives SO at each. or $1,Gj0 in all.
Following in the same order as in the
modest instance. one comes to the question
of lodgings. Our rich gentleman IL not SO
very extravasant here, for he is so little IN
them and does all his entertaining at res
taurants and the theaters. a luSuriousiy
appointed suite costs him only si.eol a year,
and as l am not including the first costs Oh
the miuionaire's menage. either in house.