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Show THE MODERN GENTLEMAN, lie la, After All, Not Miuloni, Hut Unit Alwiia J.iUtitl. In soino of cur earliest imnilgrftlon retard tho moro fnvotcd ar. tvuls weic designated as "gentlemen." For Instance, one cargo of colonists coin-pilsetlTl coin-pilsetlTl score of fgentlrmpn" and several hiindtcd liiboilng nen .toil hiMiilieraftsmt'ti It l trite hnt his torlaim havo added a descriptive word to the selected class and colled, thnni "gentlemen adventurers." but the Idea of iiuporlfirltv still endures; and l't this iigo ot soiiri.ilogical resporih a familial tngcd.v Is the experience of a proud sou ot a hnught.v dame going back thtoiigh the t outlines and striking strik-ing as a lineal ancestor a plain hatiill-cinftsinnii hatiill-cinftsinnii Instead of a tllilv authenticated authenti-cated "gentleman " Then' Is no cover for that kind ot disappointment e relit a coat of aims which need not be historical If It bo safe. In these tluvs the designation of "gentleman" .s fnimall.v ued In Groat lliltuln. but In meriea there has boon a giailunl dlsippoarotico of Its ancient emilo.vment The othtr dnj the scion of a family that had won wealth and kept It was on tho witness stand lie g.ivo bin occupation as "gentleman " It was nutlet stood, ot course, but the attoine.v for the other side was no iesieiter of terms or of persons. He asked bluntly what the witness meant bv "geiitlemnn." There was an awkward quarter of an hour and In the end the witness, by that time red with discomfiture, declared that a gentlniinn was n person of education who did not have to work for a living. Nothing kills so swiftly as ridicule or absurdity. This accounts for the giadinl ellii'Inatlon of "gentleman" ns a definition for directories or oil! clol certificates And shall wo cull It tho sarcasm of fate? tho wont that takes tho place of "gentleman" in these puictleal but unroniniitlc chronicles chron-icles Is "capitalist." But while we smile let us remember that vvo havo not removed tho geiitlemnn geiitle-mnn from our social category. Rather have wo given to tho word a better significance. Wo can even surmise that thcro were moro renl gentlemen nmonc tho hnntll raftsmen than among the favored twenty -who nlono boro the appellation. Certainly history has shown who became the freemen nnd who did the great work ot liberty and nation building. After nil, there Is really no new Idea of tho gentleman. It Is as ancient an-cient ns the hills. "Though all the honors of thy lino bedeck thy halls, bellovo me, virtue nlono Is truo nobility," no-bility," sold old Juvenal. "Oh, glvo mo Inborn worthl If thou really merit tho character of blameless In tegrlty, of stanch love, of Justice, both In words nnd deeds, then I recog-nlzo recog-nlzo thy right to bo esteemed a' gentleman." gen-tleman." rhlladelphln Post. |