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'Wten
I
was
a
bactelor,
I
lived
by
myself.
And
all
the
bread
and
cbeese
I
bad,
I
put
upon
tbe
sbelf
.
—
Mother
Goose.
"Tbe
Fate
of
Nations
Depends
upon
How
Tbey
Are
Fed.
"
—
Brillat-Savarist.
In
stocking
the
cupboard
there
Is
much
to
be
considered:
whether
the
bachelor
sports
his
own
menage
with
a
cook
and
butler
and
valet,
or
whether
he
has
simply
a
humble
flat
which
he
shares
with
other
men,
pre-
sided
over
by
a
New
England
spin-
ster
mald-of-all-work
of
uncertain
age,
a
capable
Chinaman,
a
joyful
"
Jap,"
a
"
greaser,"
or a
"
cullud
gen'leman,"
according
to
Its
locality.
Whether
it
be a
single
man
of
means
w^hose
hotel
furnishes
him
w^Ith
a
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