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Show 1EW0VED STAIN FROM K E: titles DeEtoAed in Derlsicn Made d Honorable Through Deeds of Distinction. .li in When in 15Cn the count of Parlai l l aiunt characterized the leaa-e of -j Flemish nobles arrayed a-t '- nis ! d Spanish sovereign as "a ban-! -i bos? tars" the k-aeue. until then without a , name, enthusiastically adopted the v ;ne the haughty servant of Spain had t -a iiven them and called themselves the ;j 'I.eaL'ue des (input." They made the i name a batlge of honor for all time In a similar spirit the French anti ! r American soldiers in Rhode Island; luring the war of the Revolution christened themselves the "sanseu- ; t lottes" at a feast they gave where po- j tatoes and similar viands constituted , the menu, with the distilled juice of (lie corn, and any man considered him- self disgraced if he appeared with a f: whole pair of breeches. This name, , f iriginating in this country, was j t transferred to France, where It wai ; I applied as a term of reproach bv the J aristocrats to the revoluth. !!-'- of j j 1789. That the revolutionists del not , so regard it Is Indicated by (lit- tact , that in the new calendar they adopt- jj ed, beginning with Septernoer 22. , g 1792, t'iiey aiiplied the term sans- t culottes" to the five (or six) supple- mentary day placed at the end of the last month to complete the year, i each of the 12 months having :10 days, j The'se- examples from history show how names given in dishonor can he ;j redeemed in . honor, a reflection In j j -.liii-h those who think they are mis I named may find consolation. A rmy nd Navy ."Journal. |