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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Stocking
the
Cupboard
kitchenette
and
a
cold storage
box
in
his
apartment,
or
one
of
"
the
ballroom
boys
"
who
has
bis
larder
in
a
shoe
box,
nailed
to
the
window
ledge,
a
mental
process
is
essential.
In
the
process
of
elimination
the
bachelor
with
his
own
menage
may
be
" cut
out."
He
knows
what
he
wants
—
and
if
he
doesn't,
then
his
butler
does.
For
the
others,
and
the
impecunious
bachelor
mentioned
in
another
chapter,
a
little
gratuitous
advice
may
not
be
amiss,
particularly
since
it
is
contributed
by
scores
of
bachelors
who
are
guilty of
various degrees
of
house-
keeping
and
by
some
artists
who
have
the
science
of
hiding
a
complete
housekeeping
outfit
behind
a
Japanese
screen
dow^n
pat.
"
Blessed
be
nothing
"
so
far
as
possessions
are
con-
cerned;
for
there
is
nothing
like
starting
on
a
"clean
slate,"
as
it
were.
The
bachelors
who
live in
a
flat
are
hard
people
to
deal
with
when
it
comes
to
furnishing
the
kitchen,
for
each
one
has
his
own
pet
ideas,
culled
from
nothing
In
particular,
as to
what
the
furnishings
of
kitchen,
dining-
room
and
pantry
should
include.
My
sympathies
are
with
the
"
ballroom
boy
"
who
has
limited
space,
limited
means,
limited
acquaintance.
To
him,
stocking
his
cupboard
often
becomes
a
tragedy,
because
of
his
inability
to
distinguish
In
his
blessed
in-
experience
between
necessities
and
luxuries.
Some
there
are
who
decide
that
they
can
do without
neces-
sities
but
must
have
luxuries.
Supposing
then,
that
he
is
"
the
bachelor
Impecunious
"
who
has
his
quarters
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