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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
On
Being
a
Bachelor
thorlty
on
wines
and
knows
how
to
judge
them;
or,
possibly
eschewing
alcoholic
beverages,
he can
offer
sat-
isfactory
substitutes
that
fill
the
bill,
and
is
sufficiently
broad
to
take
his
lime
and
seltzer
or
Apollinaris
with
a
crowd
of
good
fellows
growing
mellow
over
their
champagne;
and
ten
to
one
he
has
a
fund
of
witty
rep-
artee
that
scintillates
among
that
of
his
fellows.
If
he
drinks,
he
does
it
like
a
gentleman
and
knows
when
to
"
turn
down
the
empty
glass."
If
he
has
a
hobby,
he
rides
it
decently
without
coming
a
cropper
at
every
high
gate.
The
correct
bachelor
knows
all
these
things
intui-
tively.
He
may
be
impecunious,
but
he
must
be
artistic.
The
"
artistic
temperament
"
is
more
easily
acquired
than
the
stolid
young
lawyer
poring
over
his
Blackstone
may
dream.
The
combination
of
the
practical
and
artistic
is
much
to
be
desired,
and
with
each
succeeding
generation
this
is
becoming
more
largely
a
matter
of
intuition
and
environment
than
study.
The
artistic
temperament
flourishes
in
that
real
Land
of
Bohemia
''
where
many
are
called,
but
few
are
chosen."
There
"
every
man
is
manly,
every
woman
is
pure
"
and
the
spirit
of
bon
camaradie
is
al-
ways
in
the
air.
The
old
Greek
maxim,
"
Know
thy-
self,"
and
that
other,
*'
To
thine
own
self
be
true,"
build
a
creed
of
greater
worth
than
tomes
of
ancient
lore.
"
The
hand
clasp
firm
of
those
who
dare
and
do
—
half
way
meets
that
of
those
who
bravely
do
and
dare."