1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD On Being a Bachelor

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a strenuous life ; but in all this great store of condensed Instruction one field at least has remained still uncov- No one has w^ritten on " how to be a bachelor," For them there has been advice a-plenty on how to select a husband and how to keep on the sunny side of thirty, and so on through the gamut of woman- Possibly because he is popularly supposed to be quite self-suffi- cient and omniscient. An occasional paragraph on why clocked socks are better form than embroidered ones, or how to tell when the girl of one's choice loves him, creeps Into print ; but for the bachelor who really wants to " know how " there Is no royal road to learning save the rocky, steep thoroughfare that each one must needs climb by himself on his dally journey In quest of Experience. There Is no " complete compendium " for the ambi- tious bachelor who welshes to become bon vivant, epicure, " connoisseur de vins " and " up " on all the little things that combine to make him an authority on the things of single men of the world. But his pro- verbial fare of " bread and cheese and kisses " needs to be modified to suit present-day needs, and the judicious addition of a few crumbs to his store of provender may be welcome. From these crumbs from many bachelor ered. for the spinsters seem to have appropriated all the space. lore. Why has the bachelor been neglected?

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