had 3x6 at $1.50 each, and look as well as many a ten- dollar rug. Then, when he sees a special bargain in good Persian, Turkish or Afghanistan rug, he may buy whatever strikes his fancy; excellent books on rugs with beautiful illustrations are available at the Public Libraries, and a few evenings' study on the sub- ject will give a man an insight into rug buying that will stand him in good stead, provided he is not al- ready a connoisseur. The furniture already mentioned will cost about $104.00. Then there will be the additional expense of couch and table covers, curtains and sash curtains, linen, and pillows or cushions. For this room the bachelor will need six sheets and six pillow slips, half a dozen bath towels, a dozen and a half of hand towels, a couple of scarves for the chiffonier, a dozen glass towels and three or four dus- ters. These will cost as follow: — sheets, $3.00; pillow slips, $1.50. Three slips may be sufficient. Bath towels, $1.50 to $3.00, according to quality; hand towels, $4.50; dusters, which may be of cheesecloth, 25c.; and glass towels, $1.50 to $2.00. He will also need a pair of blankets at from $3.00 to $5.00 and possibly a puff or comforter, which will be $3.00 for cotton and $10.00 for down. This linen he will include in his laundry, and it will probably average a dozen and a half pieces a w^ek, for which he will pay at the rate of $.50 the dozen. The lights will probably average about $1.50 to 16 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD The Impecunious Bachelor $2.00 extra a month and the service of a maid Is gen- erally ten cents an hour or $1.00 a week, which in- cludes giving the room a thorough cleaning once a week and " doing it up " on other days, making the bed, dusting and airing, washing what dishes may be left from breakfast or the night before and putting things to rights generally. Thus the actual expense of the room and laundry will average about $5.00 to $5.25 a week. If the bachelor particularly wishes to retrench, he may, as many men do, care for his own room. 17 rrrr 'Wten I was a bactelor, I lived by myself. And all the bread and cbeese I bad, I put upon tbe sbelf . " — Mother Goose. "Tbe Fate of Nations Depends upon How Tbey Are Fed. " — Brillat-Savarist. In stocking the cupboard there Is much to be considered: whether the bachelor sports his own menage with a cook and butler and valet, or whether he has simply a humble flat which he shares with other men, pre- sided over by a New England spin- ster mald-of-all-work of uncertain age, a capable Chinaman, a joyful " Jap," a " greaser," or a " cullud gen'leman," according to Its locality. Whether it be a single man of means w^hose hotel furnishes him w^Ith a 19 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.

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had 3x6 at $1.50 each, and look as well as many a tendollar rug. Then, when he sees a special bargain in good Persian, Turkish or Afghanistan rug, he may buy whatever strikes his fancy; excellent books on rugs with beautiful illustrations are available at the Public Libraries, and a few evenings' study on the subject will give a man an insight into rug buying that will stand him in good stead, provided he is not already a connoisseur. The furniture already mentioned will cost about $104.00. Then there will be the additional expense of couch and table covers, curtains and sash curtains, linen, and pillows or cushions. For this room the bachelor will need six sheets and six pillow slips, half a dozen bath towels, a dozen and a half of hand towels, a couple of scarves for the chiffonier, a dozen glass towels and three or four dusters. These will cost as follow: — sheets, $3.00; pillow slips, $1.50. Three slips may be sufficient. Bath towels, $1.50 to $3.00, according to quality; hand towels, $4.50; dusters, which may be of cheesecloth, 25c.; and glass towels, $1.50 to $2.00. He will also need a pair of blankets at from $3.00 to $5.00 and possibly a puff or comforter, which will be $3.00 for cotton and $10.00 for down. This linen he will include in his laundry, and it will probably average a dozen and a half pieces a week, for which he will pay at the rate of $.50 the dozen. The lights will probably average about $1.50 to The Impecunious Bachelor $2.00 extra a month and the service of a maid Is generally ten cents an hour or $1.00 a week, which includes giving the room a thorough cleaning once a week and " doing it up " on other days, making the bed, dusting and airing, washing what dishes may be left from breakfast or the night before and putting things to rights generally. Thus the actual expense of the room and laundry will average about $5.00 to $5.25 a week. If the bachelor particularly wishes to retrench, he may, as many men do, care for his own room. rrrr 'Wten I was a bactelor, I lived by myself. And all the bread and cheese I had, I put upon the shelf." — Mother Goose. "Tbe Fate of Nations Depends upon How Tbey Are Fed. " — Brillat-Savarist. In stocking the cupboard there Is much to be considered: whether the bachelor sports his own menage with a cook and butler and valet, or whether he has simply a humble flat which he shares with other men, presided over by a New England spinster mald-of-all-work of uncertain age, a capable Chinaman, a joyful " Jap," a " greaser," or a " cullud gen'leman," according to Its locality. Whether it be a single man of means whose hotel furnishes him with a 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.

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