Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-09-25
LOUNGERS N Luxury
The Life Of the GiIded Youths Of
Great Britain.
FADs or MODERN sYBARITEs.

They Surround Themselves With the
Highest Products Of Civilization and
Make Idols Of Their Bodies, These
4 Twentieth Century Epicuros.
In case that came before the bank
ruptcy court recently the debtor, a
young man in the early twenties, gave
In his accounts an item OF 10000
which. he said. was the amount he had
lost owing to the compulsory sale of
the furniture In his fat. The original
cost Of the furniture in question is left
to the imagination. The truth is that
our golden lads" do themselves re-
markably well Ito use their own ex-
pressionl and think that nothing in the
world Is too good for them. We arc
always reading In the papers illusions
to the luxury and extravaganza Of wO.
men OF the smart world. Now and
then we may come across some refer
ence to the elaboration Of self induI-
gence In which the young men Of our
wealthy class Iuxuriate. Some years
since we had description Of the
wardrobe OF a New York "dude." 1t
appeared In an American paper, and
much OF II had been communicated BY
the young man himself, especially
some information as to the prices OF
the garments he affected. Not long
after paragraph went the round OF
the papers about a certain italian poet
and the little comforts with which he
loved TO surround himself, They were
described as In no 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 of a woman Of fashion
pales almost to insigniHcance when
compared with that for instance, OF
her brother in the guards or heir to
the family estates. The young man who
was 10000 TO the bad In consequence OF
"the bankruptcy sale" of his furniture
is a case In point. He probably Law
ished between $4,000 and 10000 on the
plentshing Of the rooms. This is not
much beyond the usual with young
men Of the kind. Carpets alone make
large hole in f1,OO0. Something very
special In wall hanglngs is proportion
ate In cost. Each piece OF furniture is
a gem In It's way The tradesmen know
the kind Of customer they have to deal
with aud that--for the present-there
Is plenty Of money. They bring forth
their richest aud rarest and not in
vain. The high ambition of the young
io IN
other fellow he knows in every detail
OF his surroundings. The civilized
world Is ransacked in order to provide
him with the latest refinements Of cost
iy righteousness In such appointments
as bed and bath. glass. china, orna-
ments, silver and dexterously shaded
lights. His tlorlst's yearly bill would
keep two or three poor families.
As to dress, a single fact may throw
some light on the relative values of the
young mans wardrobe and that OF the
smart woman. The valet of one such
gilded youth having complained to his
master that in his large and luxurious
west end dat there was no proper ac-
commodation for his clothes, the re-
source OF renting a second fat equally
large for the housing OF the wardrobe
was suggested and at once adopted. A
small room Is devoted to clothes ana
brushes and certain preparations for
the treatment of shoe and kid and boot
leather. A larger room is given to the
boots and shoes themselves and their
familiar trees, and so on with the more
important articles OF dress. Country
clothes have spacious quarters devoted
TO them. They include riding gear,
cricket and tennis suits. sporting get
up and travelling kit Here are his
portmanteaus and travelling bags, an
imposing array, A large wicker basket
standing among them eliclts smiling
inquiry from the interested relatives
whom he has invited to tea and to
whom he il showing his new "dig.
gings," 'oh. thatg he saws .That
basket ought to know its way to
France alone. II goes every fortnight
with my washing English laundrles
ruin silk things. We tried 'em. Tore
them to pieces and made the sheets
yellow In no time"
silk sheetsT'
oh, yesl No one ever has any eth.
er now"
And you send this huge basketful
once fortnightf'
Every week." he corrects US. zone
Is ON Its way hack now"
It Is interesting to see the young
men Of the day at our smart restau-
rants, each seated alone at one Of the
taoles, intent on doing himself thor.
oughly Well HIS whole mind seems
occupied with the menu and its com
ponent parts.
In a novel written BY q man the
opening chapter shows Us a ruined
youth leaving London Tor Monte Carlo,
lie gives the guard shllllngs to keep
the rest Of the world out OF his arst
class carriage aud regards with salts.
faction three small hampers with which
be has provlsioned himself for the