The ABCs of Bachelorhood, According To An 1897 Guide
Think the animation of a bachelor is carefree and fun , full of nothing but salamander night and light beer ? Walter Germain , an editor in chief atVogue , did n’t believe that for one instant , and in 1897 he wroteThe Complete Bachelor , an etiquette guide for the single man . These excerpt launch the gamut from apt to archaic , so succeed Germain ’s guidance conservatively , lest your nineteenth hundred mode be mistaken for twenty-first century creepiness ....