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Show MIm nrmddoa as "My Lady." Among the new knights are the brothers broth-ers of two novelists, Miss Braddon and Miss Olive Schreiner. It has often occurred oc-curred to me that it would be well to found an order for women which would give those possessing it the right to prefix pre-fix "Lady" to their names. "Let me make the people's songs and I will govern gov-ern them with ease," said Bomebody. And if any minister had the power to create "Ladies my impression is that he would remain minister for a very considerable con-siderable time. What peace would Jones, M. P., have if Mrs. Jones knew that it only depended on his submissive-ness submissive-ness for her to blossom forth into Lady Jones? Putting, however, aside this political advantage, why bhould distinguished men be made knights and distinguished women not be made ladies? If we are to have knights with ribbons round their necks and across their breasts, it would be only fair if these ornaments were also conferred on their wives. 1 am entirely against woman suffrage, bnt I see no objection to women sharing in all this sort of decorative adornment; and assuredly, if they merit a title, it is absurd that the ouly way for them to obtain it is to give one to their husbands. hus-bands. Mr. Bftiddou, I make no doubt, is deserving of the prefix of "Sir." But his Bister, Miss Braddou, has at least an equal right to the prefix of "Lady." Exchange. |