The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
THE BACHELORS $4,000.
MEANING or THIS INCOME TO A
SINGLE MAN IN NEW YORK.
Rent, Clothes and Food VIII Consume msst
Of II II He lives WolI-Hia Expenses
for Entertaining Not Necessarily
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What can the bachelor do with the In.
terestng income OF $500 year? What
the prudent head Of the family and the
careful housewife can accomplish with that
sum has already been told.
The bachelor, even with his smaller bur-
! dens, cannot make that amount 60 90 Tar
in New York az one might suppose. He
must watch his expenditures carefully
and may attempt no luxury.
The figures quoted here are from tho
budget of a man who has a salary Of %, 800
year from trust company. He makes
no attempt to 60 into society, but makes
it practice to keep up his relations with
his circle Of friends who are AS rule richer
, than he Is
He is prudent and spends his money care
fully He belongs to but one club and uses
that sparingly. He is very moderate
drinker, but not total abstainer.
He pays in the first place S72o for his
rooms in a first class but not expensive
bachelor apartment house. That gives
him small sitting room, bedroom and
bath. He gets it furnished
The bachelor who wants to live comfort
ably in New York cannot do much Letter
in the matter Of rent. In few private houses
run for dodgers in good neighborhoods
will he be able to get n room for less than
SO n week. In the bachelor apartment
line he must pay ut least $720 if he wants
to be in an accessible neighborhood.
The question of dress probably comes
next in importa nee This man admits
that he may spend more than he ought on
clothes, but his duties require him to appear
t,-all IL ! lie fac
follows
pay from SIS 10 sio; if he vent to the most
expensive tnlcrs in town.
Overcoat Tor winter. $50.
t2r stn So e b1nEat one
that saved the neqessitr of bnyn two. ilfs
can wHar that with evening dress in the fall
AMI s'rlnr, whereas win covert coat that
would b" Impossible.
rwo business suits Tor winter. s?o.o Two
business suit, for simmer one of flannel
ana ,hsrSfor" two pn,rs OF
hat Sis
shoes. consltllns OF four pairs for winter
ana da 1rn o ,sn at pair Of PUMPS at s. and
Gloves. twelve PAIRS. white and dark. at
81 each, sol
l,n1crclIthes for tho year, that is, winter
%ocks. enc doa@" ! nln@ | at So three black
sin nj 81 each tor evcEin EHar, in all So.
Repairs and pressing Col clothes for
s>5i;t, : drr.s SHIRTS at 81 and twelve
others It s., 81"
Collars. so
Thr' es,i nate for cloth IS amounts - about
$l,2JJ. 40 allowances are niade Tor cafes,
u norelias, Bathing suits or any but the
necessary articles. Any man who wanted
t. spr III n,1Ny merely for he sake Of get
ting everything he wanted in the .iMpe
o. attractive Il HIS might adj many mar
dreIs moro for silk pa jaIas, bathsowra
sn,kins ,cnotS and all the articles the
h1hcrtldsncr- have in their windows.
There il no allowance for je"clry and
the list is rather conservative than e2-
travagant, OF course ii is not always neces
saly to buy d new dress suit every year
So ne men who wear hem every night fird
this necessary, but not al OF them. SO
the annual estimate fo. dress slit might
bs used to purchase uther articles:
With clothes and house provided. tie
question of food comes into consideration
This bachelor takes his meals in the pc IT Of
the town in which he happens to ilrd hGl-
self on some occasions. On other, he dimes
H, his club ard at times he meets friends
for dinner in di,,rent restaurana.
He is pruCie II in ordering. That is to say.
he does not order the best or at all events
tho most expensive things on the bills Of
fare Just because he happens to want them.
H thinks about the price of his diErcr
and his luncheon.
1t has been impossible for him so far to
keep his tally expenditure for rneals under
$3.50. ON an ave -agn, New YORKER in his
circurusf noes can count on being invited
ont 10 dinner at least twice week from
November to May. This reduces the How
anc" for Ginnet-putting its cost at s2.bv
about 500 81 year. Even with that deduc-
ton, the eating for a bachelor for year
costs 81. sGl approximately.
With his rooals costing s720 year. his
clothing 81 900, laundry slsc a year and
foo. a LITTLE less thrn si,2c. moe than
rnnrs $500 to b" spnn. in he lesser Injuries.
There are pro,en'S to be mnGe at Christ
MIS- and there are Tive entertainments that
bachelor feels lirnseif at ii res OBLIGED TO
gvs in return for ho.pitali'ios that he RI
enjoyed. Then there is SIS n year for the
club dues.
WhHt enterts lining : M, my do is de-
termned Of course by his m"rls. There
is no; much 70 be done with $500 & YER,
hut thrt will provide for cnv respor.s
hli.ies that p young man rnrv hive in tn t
direction. The bachelor who ys his
Ct Us end comes to dinner when hn Il, in
vited. whether he vents to or not. is likely
to be pop"lsr enough to relieve him OF
the nee. @ti,y OF doing Tny entert! lining.
The nc: ire l. an Itr;,ctive manner of
returning f;vor5 End need not he costly.
II the ordinary circles of New York socifl
life Young lnfn WHO ;sks = cir! TO the
thea,re must also invite her cl.,pcron.
Thu; there IRE thei tire tickets Tor three
bought =, the Spectators, as al tickets
must be. 1hGt mems $3.50
Thea carriage costs ri leTSt S., snd
supper is uot likely TO he les then SO. If
elmer preceded IN" the: tire that will be-
$l2 in any restaurant to which a young
man would like to invite sny young WON'T n
for the purpose Of returning hospitality.
An evening at the theatre msy thus he
M de to cost from $50 to SIS.
Another way OF entertt lining for men
is the Sundfy luncheon given to party
OF six or seven, or possibly only two or three.
There is scarcely Sunday that one does
not witness several of those gatherings in
the populfr Fifth avenue rests urants.
But there are various ys in which the
entertaining that man wants to do may
be accomplished. II is only important
for the mfn who has an income of 33,5OO
a wear to see that he goes very moderately
II he wants TO keep out Of debt.
Most of his income will he required, as
this typical budget has shown for the things
that he needs. He must play bridge we'll
or not ut all on such an income and he must
be polite to make his way in the world OF
business and society; for he will never be
able to afford very elaborate entertaining
Man Who Said He Was Hoskicr Liod.
One Of the chivalrous Knights of the