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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
On
Being
a
Bachelor
how
much
more
dangerous
is it
to
be
without
it.
No
one
is
so
wise
that
his
wisdom
may
not be
increased.
One
bachelor
may
be
able
to
win
at
poker
or
break
a
broncho
into
quivering
submission
to
his
will,
but
will
be
quite
out
of
place,
like
the
proverbial
bull
in
a
china
shop,
in
a
fashionable
drawing-room,
and
all
for
want
of
a
little
knowledge
of
the
etiquette
of
afternoon
teas
or
evening
receptions.
Another
may
be
able
to
cook
and
serve
a
French
dinner
of
eight
courses,
but
be
piti-
fully
wanting
in
the
lore
of
camp
cookery
and
"
rough-
ing
it."
Another
may
be
an
authority
on
colonial
fur-
niture
and
a
connoisseur
of
wines,
yet
wonder
why
peo-
ple try
to
hide
an
involuntary
expression
of
surprise
when
he
appears
at
dinner
in
a
Tuxedo
and
a
white
waistcoat.
For
some
years
the
world
at
large
has
been
possessed
of
a
passion
for
knowing
"
how
to
do
things."
''
How
to
do
this
"
and
"
how
to
make
that
"
have
been
"
top-
liners
"
in
Sunday
newspapers,
and
from
''
Jiu
Jitsu
in
twenty
lessions
"
to
"
what
to
name
the
baby
"
and
'*
how
to
make
your
canary
bird
sing,"
these
expert
writers
have
condensed
their
stores
of
knowledge
into
printed
page
or
paragraph
and
have
set
forth
in
con-
cise
or
exhaustive
information,
as
the
case
may
be,
"
how
to
do
"
almost
everything
under
the
sun.
Even
David
Belksco
has
been
tempted
into
telling
how
to
write
plays,
and
Bernard
Shaw
instructs
one
upon
"
going
to
church."
''
Bossie
"
Mulhall
shows
how
to
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