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Show REMOVED STAIN FROM NAMES Title Bestowed In Derision Made Honorable Through Deeds of Distinction. When In 1SG6 the count of Barlal-mont Barlal-mont characterized the league of Flemish nobles arrayed against Ms Spanish sovereign as "a band of beggars" beg-gars" the It-ague, until then without a name, enthusiastically adopted the one the haughty servant of Spain had given them and called themselves the "League des Gneux." They made the name a badge of honor for all time. In a similar spirit the French and American soldiers tn Rhode Island luring the war of the Revolution christened themselves the "sansculottes" "sanscu-lottes" at a feast they gave where potatoes po-tatoes and similar viands constituted the menu, with the distilled jnlce of the corn, nnd any man considered himself him-self disgraced If he appeared with a whole pair of breeches. This name, originating In this country, was transferred to France, where It wai applied as a term of reproach bv the aristocrats to the revolutionists of 1789., That the revolutionists did not so regard It Is Indicated by tht fact that In "the new calendar they adopted, adopt-ed, beginning with September 22. 1792, they applied the term "sansculottes" "sans-culottes" to the five (or six) supplementary supple-mentary days placed at the end of the laBt month to complete the year, each of the 12 months having 30 days. These examples from history show how names given In dishonor can be redeemed In honor, a reflection lp which those who think they are mis named may find consolation. Army and Navy Journal. |