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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
On
Being
a
Bachelor
The
"
men
who
do
things,"
the
most
talked-of
bachelors,
form
brilliant
coteries
in
different
parts
of
the
world.
The
Lambs'
Club
in
New
York,
the
Bo-
hemian
Club
in
San
Francisco,
bravely
pulling
itself
together
after
its
great
disaster,
the
Savage
Club
in
London,
the
St.
Botolph
Club
in
Boston
—
all
show
in
a
glance
over
their
membership
rolls
the
names
of
men
who
not
only
do
things,
but
do
them
well.
Renowned
artists,
famous
composers,
maestros,
millionaires,
au-
thors
and
all-round
good
fellows
gather
to
applaud
the
work
of
their
fellow
members
and
are
eager
to
en-
joy
the
spirit
of
Bohemian
brotherhood.
Many
bachelors,
after
an
early
life
of
uncertainty,
find
themselves
past
the
threshold
of
success,
but
through
money
and
character
they
may
attain
a
place
in
society.
Many
have
slaved
over
ledgers
and
bent
over
the
ticker,
who
have
had
no
time
in
the
bustle
and
worry
of
their
business
life
and
struggle
for
success
to
gather
the
odd
bits
of
miscellaneous
knowledge
of
etiquette,
arts
and
letters,
epicurism,
habiliment,
and
so
on,
that
are
required
of
a
successful
bachelor.
*'
Be-
ing
a
bachelor
"
becomes
a
business,
even
as
keeping
a
set
of
books
or
making
investments.
Any
bit
of
knowl-
edge
that
will
add
to
his
accomplishments
is
as
good
a
business
investment
as
a
bond
or
mining
certificate.
The
latter
may
be
taken
away,
but
his
knowledge,
once
gained,
is
always
his
"
to
have
and
to
hold."
Even
as
*'
a
little
knowledge
is
a
dangerous
thing,"
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