Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-09-09
IN LUXURY
The Life Of the GiIded Youths Of
Great Britain.
FADs or MODERN sYBaRlTEs.

In case that came before the bank
ruptcy conrt recently the debtor. a
young man in the early twenties, gave
In his accounts an item OF $4,000
which. he said. was the amount be had
lost owing to the compulsory sale OF
the furniture in his dAt 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 are
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 luxuriate Some years
since we had a description of the
wardrobe of New York dude" 1t
appeared In an American paper. and
much OF 1t 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. 1t
Is not alone In England that the dandy
surrounds himself with the highest
products of civilization and makes a
god of his body.
The luxury of a woman of fashion
pales almost to inslgnificance when
compared with that. for instance. Of
her brother In the guards or heir to
the FANNY estates. The young man who
was $4,000 to the bad IN consequence OF
''the bankruptcy sale" Of his furniture
Is a case In point He probably Law
lshed between 5000 ard 10000 ON the
plenishlng of the rooms This is not
much beyond the usual with Young
men of the kind. Carpets alone make
large hole In f1.000. Something very
special In wall hangings is proportion
ate in cost. Each piece of furniture is
a gem In its 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 and rarest and not In
vain. The high ambition Of the young
man Is to Ego one better than any
other fellow he knows in every detail
of his surroundings. The civilized
world Is ransacked In order to provide
him with the latest refnements of cost
ly righteousness in such appointments
as bed and bath. glass, china. orna-
ments. silver and dexterously shaded
lights. His florists yearly bill would
keep two or three poor families.
AS TO dress. IA 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
gtlded youth having complained to his
master that in his large aud luxurious
west end fiat there was no proper ac-
commodation for his clothes. the re-
source OF renting second fat equally
large for the housing of the wardrobe
was suggested and at once adopted. A
small room Is devoted to clothes and
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. large wicker basket
standing among them eliclts smiling
inquiry from the interested relatives
whom he has invited to tea and to
whom he is showing his new "dig-
gtRgs." ''Oh, that?" he says. That
basket ought TO know its way to
France alone. 1t goes every fortnight
with my washing. English laundries
ruin silk things. We tried 'em. Tore
them to pieces and made the sheets
yellow in no time"
silk sheets?'
''oh. yes. No one ever has any 9TH
er now"
"And you send this huge basketful
once fortnight?"
EVERY week." he corrects US. lone
is on fits way back now"
1t is interesting to see the young
men Of the day at our smart restau.
rants. each seated alone at one OF the
tables. intent on doing himself thor.
Oughly well His whole mind seems
occupied with the menu and Its com.
ponent parts.
/ In novel written by n man the
opening chapter shows rs . ruined
youth leaving London for Monte Carlo
He gives the guard shlllings to keep
the rest Of the world out Of his FIRST
class carriage and regards with salts
faction three small hampers with which
he has proyisioned himself for the
Journey. One contains his dinner foI
that evening another his luncheon fOI
the next day. and the third holds the
wine that Is to accompany these two
meals and a neat eontriTance by the