Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-28
YOUTHS
GREAT SPENOERS
FORTUNES GO FOR WOMEN
AND WINE
Young Men With Enormous Incomes
Find Time Dragging Heavy and
Go In for Exeite-
ment
special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
LONDON. Sept 27.-The gilded
youth of London represents class
which has received far too little at
tentlon from serious minded people.
These young men are usually sons of
very wealthy parents. Their whole and
only object in life is never to do a
stroke of work; work to them is un-
dignlfied and must be utterly tabooed
and they must also spend as much
money as possible i'm enjoying life.
An income of $4,000 a year is consid-
cred scarcely fficient on which to
maintain real respectability, though
some of them manage to pinch along
on this sum. Incomes ranging from
100000 or $45,000 to 100000 and even
100000 a year are enjoyed by large
number of the gilded youth. 1t must
be said that the London Johnnie" is,
as rule, manly, and often turns out
well after wasting q few years in bet
ting, gambling, haunting stage doors
and entertaining supper parties. Your
gilded youth must have his chambers
in town, usually in or off Piccadilly
must be member of two or three of
the best London clubs, keep his mo-
tors, horses and often a little place
in the country"
His cook must be above reproach
and his valet above suspicion. The lat
ter is a most essential feature to the
gilded youth His face must be a mask
to his feelings he must lie artistically
and must know every whim and fancy
of his master and must be ready to
tackle his lord with diplomacy and
tact whenever that gilded individual
let's fly his temper broadsides on.
The valet must know every change
of fashion and be ready to suggest
such and such a new mode directly he
hears of 1t. A good valet can COM
mand $3.50 to $500 a year wages, his
perquisites are numerous and hand
some, and his masters cast-off cloth
ing is one Of them. Any day in the ca
reer of man about town is typical.
Here is a good program At 9 O'Clock
the valet enters the youths bedroom,
gently draws up the blinds, then goes
to the bed and softly withdraws a
pillow from under the sleeper's head,
turns him over on his hack and COM
mences to lather his face and then to
shave him. A towel soused with cold
water is then applied, groans issue
from the gilded one, but the valet mere
ly says: "Horders is horders, sir"
pulls his charge out of bed and drags
him to the bath room. Here he is
douched and showered and rubbed un-
til he is really wide awake
Coffee and Cigarettes
A cup of hot black coffee pulls him
together and in a half an hour he is at
his club, Immediately groomed and
sitting down to a breakfast. Possibly
a brandy and soda is indulged in to
begin with, followed by delicious
broiled mushrooms and chicken livers.
He opens his letters and smokes a
cigarette and returns to his rooms to
interview his tailor. He may give his
tailor big order and his halter an
other without regard to cost and then
changing his clothes will shortly ap-
pear in all the glory Of perfectly
fitted frock coat, immaculate linen and
boots and trousers. His top hat would
take the shine out of the sun; his valet
has lavished on it all the art and care
he knew for half an hour. A stroll ne
cessitates visit to the jewelers. and
florists. Possibly he will spend few
hundreds on diamond or pearl neck
tie for a footlight favorite and also
order a magnificent bouquet for the
same favorite, which will cost $2o or
$40, very likely much more. His flower
bill during the year would run into
hundreds of dollars. In year he will
spend anything between $4,000 and
S25, 900 on jewels. But have only got
our gilded youth as far as the street
and it is II o'clock. He has to kill
time somehow, so he goes to his club
and gossips bit, has an appetizer and
then hies him to one of the leading
restaurants where he is to entertain a
bevy of fair ladies at lunch. The lunch
probably costs him $40 or Whereabouts.
He rises with his guests and they all
drive away in his magnificent motor
car.
Tea is by no means an inexpensive
item, as his frivolous guests are sure
to order all the most expensive dain-
ties, and then comes the drive home
at breakneck speed. Dinner with few
choice and kindred spirits is a welcome