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team of hobbies you cannot drive till you are rich enough to find corn 

 for them all. Few men are rich enough for that. 



In the management of money there an- some things we do for show 

 wisely if we can afford it. M . y is station as well as character and 

 pow 



In matters of show, it is better to have one decided success than fifty 

 expensive failures. Better to have one first-rate picture in a modest 

 drawing-room than fifty daubs in a pompous gallery. Better to have one 

 handsome horse in a brougham than four screws in a drag. Better to 

 give one pleasant tea party than a dozen detestable dinners. 



A man of very moderate means can generally afford one effect meant 

 for show, as a requisite of station, which, of its kind, may not be sur- 

 passed by a millionaire. Those who set the fashions in London are never 

 the richest people. Good taste is intuitive with some persons, but it may 

 be acquired by all who are observant. In matters of show, good tast 

 the elementary necessity : after good taste, concentration of purpose. 

 With money as with genius, the wise master of his art says, " Their i< 

 one thing I can do well ; that one thing I will do as well as I can," 

 Money, like genius, is effective in proportion as it is brought to bear on 

 one thing at a time. Money, like genius, may comprehend success in a 

 hundred things, but still, as a rule, one thing at a time ; that thing must 

 be completed or relinquished before you turn to another. 



For a young man of a gentleman's station and a cadet's income, the only 

 w needed is that which probably pleases himself the most the el; 

 produced by his own personal appearance. Dress will therefore not un- 

 reasonably, and by no means frivolously, demand some of his thoughts 

 : much of his money. To the station of a young aspirant of fashion in 

 polite world, who is known not to be rich, it matters nothing what 

 for his lodging : he can always give his address at a club or hotel, 

 one cares how much or how little he pays for his dinner. No i 

 lady inquires if lie calls at her house, on foot or in a carriage. But soci 



him to dress as much like a gentleman as if he were a young 

 duk- : and, I'm t unately, as ymmg dukes nowadays do no< -old lace 



and miniver, this is no umvasniiaM' exaction mi the. part of society. A 

 genth-n in drefiS is, upon principle, the avoidance of all thi: 



exti It consists in th.- quift simplicity of exquisite neatness ; 



;is the neatn :. be a neatness in fashion, employ the best, tai 



idy money, and, on tip- whol". yii will find him th" cheapest. 



i he gay world means to do the best that h 

 M, and really does obtain a certain rank >r repute should ii 

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