The middle and upper classes are equally guilty with the lower class.

They live beyond their means.

They live extravagantly.

They are ambitious of glare and glitter--frivolity and pleasure.

They struggle to be rich, that they may have the means of spending,--of drinking rich wines, and giving good dinners.
When Mr.Hume said in the House of Commons, some years ago, that the tone of living in England was altogether too high, his observation was followed with "loud laughter." Yet his remark was perfectly true.