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The Young Men of Society: The Bachelors |
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The
bachelor
sons of
the
wealthy
men of
society,
may
choose
to
remain
as such,
rather
than
commit
themselves
to the
responsibility
of a
wife,
which
can
become
quite
costly
with her
extravagance
of
irrational
expenses,
while
others
lament
or make
the
excuse
that
they
have not
found a
suitable
feminine
partner.
Some of
these
young
men lead
useless
and
unproductive
lives
carousing
with
their
acquaintances
till the
wee
hours of
the
morning,
while
papa is
occupied
amassing
his huge
personal
fortune.
As long
as his
bleary-eyed,
shaky-hand
son puts
in an
appearance
at the
office
in the
morning,
papa is
quite
content
with
that.
Yet
there
are
other
young
men,
that
choose
to
follow
in their
father's
footsteps,
winning
success
for
themselves
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own
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The Gentlemen |
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"The
true
gentleman
is one
who has
been
fashioned
after
the
highest
models...his
qualities
depend
not on
fashion
or
manners
but upon
moral
worth--not
on
personal
possessions
but upon
personal
qualities"
Happy
Homes
and the
Hearts
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Make
Them,
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The Man's Attire |
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"The
dress of
a
gentleman
should
be such
as not
to
excite
any
special
observation,
unless
it be
for
neatness
and
propriety.
The
utmost
care
should
be
exercised
to avoid
even the
appearance
of
desiring
to
attract
attention
by the
peculiar
formation
of any
article
of
attire,
or by
the
display
of an
immoderate
quantity
of
jewelry,
both
being a
positive
evidence
of
vulgarity.
His
dress
should
be
studiously
neat,
leaving
no other
impression
than
that of
a well
dressed
gentleman."
Martine's
Handbook
of
Etiquette,
1866 |
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The Wealthy Businessmen of New York. |
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In the
World of
Society,
the
chief
effort
of every
man is
to
secure
wealth,
and lots
of it.
Wealth
is an
absolute
necessity
to the
enjoyment
of
social
pleasures.
These
men
would
work
very
hard,
planning
and
scheming,
with a
persistency
that
often
wins the
success
they
covet. A
sudden
fortunate
speculation
on the
part of
the
husband,
or the
father,
may
bring
them
enormous
wealth
in the
course
of a few
days.
The
wives
and
daughters
of these
men live
up to
every
cent of
their
incomes,
and
often
beyond
them,
striving
to outdo
their
acquaintances
in the
New York
Society.
They are
lucky
indeed,
if they
can hold
their
positions
long. |
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The Old Merchants of New York City 1863 |
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American Classification of Wealth |
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New York Businessmen Who Were Called Robber Barons |
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"Robber
baron
was a
term
revived
in the
19th
century
in the
United
States
as a
pejorative
reference
to
businessmen
who
dominated
their
relevant
industries
and
amassed
huge
personal
fortunes,
typically
as a
direct
result
of
pursuing
various
anti-competitive
or
unfair
business
practices.
The
Theory
of the
Leisure
Class by
Thorstein
Veblen,
argues
that the
modern
businessman
is no
different
from a
barbarian,
in that
he uses
brute
force,
cunning
and
competitive
skills
to make
money
from
others,
and then
lives
off the
spoils
of
conquests
rather
than
producing
things
himself.
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John Jacob Astor |
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Cornelius Vanderbilt |
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The Lords of Industry 1884 |
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Wall Street, New York City's Financial District: The Heart of Society's Wealth |
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"Wall
street,
is the
great
financial
centre
of
America.
It has
been
remarked
that the
men who
do
business
in Wall
street
have a
prematurely
old
look,
and that
they die
at a
comparatively
early
age.
This is
not
strange.
They
live too
fast.
Their
bodies
and
minds
are
taxed
too
severely
to last
long. No
man can
tell one
week
whether
he will
be a
beggar
or a
millionaire
the
next.
While
one man
makes a
fortune
by a
sudden
rise in
stocks
or gold,
one
thousand
are
ruined.
Even the
soundest
and best
established
firms
fall
with a
crash
under
these
sudden
reverses.
The
privilege
of
owning a
seat at
the New
York
Stock
Exchange
in 1902
was
valued
at
$80,000.
The
Purchase
of this
seat
gives
the
member
an
opportunity
to stand
for five
hours of
every
business
day and
trade
with
such of
the 1099
members
as may
be about
in those
elusive
commodities
known as
stocks,
bonds,
bullion,
and
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The Stock Exchange and Curb Exchange |
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Business In New York 1868 |
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Merchants Association of New York |
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Wall Street: The Great Financial Center of America Part II |
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Bankers and Wall Street Operators |
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Wealth At Risk, A Reverse of Fortune |
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Not a
year
passes
where
there
isn't
mentioned
the
failure
of a
prominent
businessman
in New
York.
His
friends
would
sympathize
with his
situation,
reassuring
him that
it was
not his
fault,
that he
was
prudent
and
industrious
in his
business,
but that
his
family
was
irresponsible
by
living
beyond
his
actual
means in
order
not to
lose
their
place in society.
The
fortunes
that
were
spent
every
year in
dress,
entertainment
as well
as
furnishing
their
houses
in the
most
sumptuous
style
were
overwhelming.
All this
extravagance,
and when
the
crash
comes
they are
ruined.
Where so
many
smiling
faces
have
been
seen,
there is
gloom
and
uneasiness
in many
of the
homes of
the
wealthy.
Fortunes
are
wiped
out or
badly
hit, as
a result
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