The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-08
.LOUNCERS IN LUXURY
The Life OF the Glded Youths OF
Great Britain.
FADS OF MODERN SYBARlTES.
They Surround Themselves With the
Highest Products OF Civilization and
Make Idols of Their Bodies. Thes.
twentieth Century Epieures.

ruptCy court recently the debtor. a
young man In the early twenties gave
in his accounts an item ~ td"
which. he said. was the amount he had
lost owing to the compulsory sale of
the furniture In his hat. The original
cost of the furniture Ia question Is left
10 the Imagination The truth Is that
our golden lads" do themselves re-
markahly we'll ito use their own ex
prcssiom and think that nothing I'm the
world is too good for them We are
always rpadiug IN the papers allusions
To- the luxury rud eAtravagauce of wo-
v.cn of the smart world Now and
rhcB We may come across some refer.
eucp To- the elaboration Of self indu
gcnce In vhirh the Young men Of our
wealthy class WNurlatc Some years
since We had description OF the
wardrobe ot New York dude" II
appeared In uu American paper and
much of II had hcru communicated 10y
The young man himself especially
some Information rs tu the prices ~
the garments he affected Not long
after n paragraph went the round of
the papers about certaa Italian poet
and the little comforts with which he
loved to surround himself They were
described aS IN nu way inferior to
those of the New York young man. II
Is not alone IN England that the dandy
surrounds himself with the highest
products Of civilization and makes
god OF his body
The luxury ~ u woman OF fashion
palcs almost 10 insignihcancc when
compared with that. for instance. ~
her brother IN the guards or heir tO
the family estates. The young mnu who
was CGUO Ia the bad In consequence of
the bankruptcy sale" Of his furniture
is ease in point. lie probably Law.
ished between 5000 aud 10000 Oh the
pleuiShing uf the rooms. This Is not
much beyond the usual with young
men Of the kind. Carpets alone make II
large hole in flOoO. Something very
I special In wall haugings is proportions
/ ate In cost Each piece OF furniture Is
gem In its way. The tradesmen know
/ the Kind Of customer they have To deal
/ with and that-for the preSent-there
( Is plenty of money. They briuE forth
their richest and rnrcSt and not In
| vain. The high ambition Of the Young
man Is To go one better" a. % ANY
other fellow he knows In ever .etai
of his surroundings. The civilized
world is ransackcd In order to provide
him with the latest rctnemcnts of cost
I ly luxuriouSness In such appointments
as bed and bath. glass. china. orna.
, mentS. silver aud deNtcruusly shaded
lights. His florists yearly bill would
keep two or three poor families.
As to dress. u Siugle fact may throw
some Hight on the relative values of the
young mans wardrobe and that o: tho
smart womnn. The valet Of one such
gildcd youth having complained TO his
master that in his large and luxurious
west end Hat there was no proper ac
commodntion for his clothes. the H.
source of renting n second Hat cquallg
large for the housing Of the wardrobe
was suggested and Mt once adopted A
small room Is devoted To clothes aud
brushes and certain preparations for
the treatment Of shoe and Kid and boot
leather A larger room is given TO the
FAMILIAR trees. and SO on with the more
important articles of dress. Country
clothes have spacious quarters devoted
10 them. They include riding gear
cricket and tennis suits. sporting get
up and travelling kit. Here are his
portmanteaus and travelling bags. au
imposing array A large wicker basket
standing among them eliClts smiling
inquiry from the Interested relatives
whom he has invited 10 tea aud To
whom he is showing hls new dig.
glngs" "Oh. that?" he says. THAT
basket ought 10 know It's way To
France alone. IL goes every fortnight
With my washing English laundrrs
ruin silk things We tried em. Tore
them 10 pieces and made the sheets
yellow In no time"
"Sik sheets?'
"Oh, yes No one ever has any 9th
rr now"
And you send this huge basketful
once fortnight"
Every week" he corrects us. one
IL on its way back now"
Il IL Is interesting TO see the young
men Of the day at our smart restau.
rants. each seated alone az one OF the
tables, intent on doing himself thor
oughly well His whole mind seems
occupied with the menu and lis com
ponent parts.
In novel written 10y n man the
opening chapter shows us n ruined
youth leaving London for Monte Carlo
lie gives the guard > shillingS TO keep
the rest Of the world out uf his first
class carriage aud regards with salts
faction three small hampers with which
he has provisioned himself for the
Journey. one contains his dinner for
that evening another his luncheon for
the next day, and the third holds the
wine that Is 10 ACCOMPANY these two
meals and n neat cOntrivanCe by the