1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD The Impecunious Bachelor may be the invasion of woman into all the trades and professions of men that accounts for this dollarless portion of many young men. Where once they reigned supreme, they are now dethroned and doomed to grow round shouldered over a ledger at twelve dollars a week, while a gay, Irresponsible miss of seventeen fresh from the Business College runs everything In the office from the temperature to " The Boss," and drav.^s eighteen or twenty dollars from Its coffers every Saturday night. A man of good family and enviable social connec- tions who may be obliged to w^ork for a meagre stipend, has to forego many pleasures that rightfully belong to him. He may not afford his club, his favorite military organization must be stricken from his list; he is chary of accepting social obligations which he may not return, therefore is obliged to miss many a pleasant evening. He is too proud to become a " hanger on," and If he has had money and lost It, then is his lot even harder, for he is often patronized by his one-time friends. Only a man who has lost his money knows how many of his friends went with it. The strictest economy Is his allotment; and even with a salary of twenty-five or thirty dollars a w^ek, he may not Indulge In many social pleasures. If he has been accustomed to the good things of life, It is indeed hard for him to give up the things he most enjoys. A twenty-one-meal ticket at four dollars will keep away hunger, but one might almost prefer hunger's pangs Possibly It

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