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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Bachelor
Etiquette
parous
in
his
profession,
he
lives
in
a
suite
of
pretty
rooms
in
a
studio
or
in
a
small
suite
in
bachelor
apartments,
or
possibly
in
a
hotel.
And
even
a
man
of
average
salary
may
afford
a
large,
tastefully-decorated
room
in
which
to
set
up
his
Lares
and
Penates,
where
he
can
entertain
in
a
small
way.
Of
course
he
has
some
matron
to
act
as
chaperone,
and
the
easiest
and
safest
form
of
entertainment
is
an
afternoon
reception.
At
this
he
may
repay
some
of
the
many
hospitalities
vi^hich
eligible
bachelors
always
receive.
Just
a
word
from
a
clever
hostess
of
international
popularity
may
not be
amiss.
Apropos
of
the
prevail-
ing
impression
—
which
is
generally
correct
—
that
the
unmarried
man
is
so
persistently
certain
that
he
is
wel-
come
everywhere,
and
that
when
he
lunches
or
dines
at
a
house
he
confers
a
favor,
this
grande
dame
says:
"
The
bachelor
is
the
most
ungrateful
of
guests,
as
a
rule.
He
w^ill
accept
my
invitation,
lunch
or
dine
at
my
house
three
or
four
times
in
a
week
all
the
year
round,
and
still
continue
to
speak
of
those
who
lib-
erally
entertain
him
as
a
mere
acquaintance
unless
they
happen
to
be
more
than
usually
prominent
—
and
then
reward
them
with
nothing
better
than
a
picture
post-
card
at
Christmas
!
"
Possibly
this
woman's
indignation
may
be
well-
founded
—
for
it
is
a
fact
that
bachelors
are
in
such
demand
that
they
come
to
realize
their
own
social
im-
portance
perhaps
better
than
their
hostesses
do.
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