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Show About Women "WOMAN" AND "LADY.'.' New York Mall. A Judge at Derby, Conn., has Just ruled that the term "woman," applied to a woman, Is as honorable as "lady." In court, a female witness was referred to. by the counsel on the other side as' "this woman." whereat the person to AVhom the phrase was applied objected strenuously. Was she Justified In doing so? The Judge did not think so, but there- was something in her Indignation Indigna-tion Itself which seems to Indicate that sho detected a tone of disparagement In the lawyer's iftterance, in which case, of course, her wrath was quite natural. It all depends. When employed with the Intention of respect, "woman" Is more honorable than 'lady," Just as Lincoln's "He looks like a man," applied ap-plied lo Whitman, wns much more a compliment than "He looks like a gentleman" gen-tleman" would have been. Whether, in the abstract, the term "woman" Is nobler than "lady" can be determined by a very simple test. Take the quo-tlons, quo-tlons, "A perfect woman, nobly planned," and "Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected." Change the word "woman" In each case to "lady" and see what you get. |