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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
The
Impecunious
Bachelor
Possibly
It
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
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