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Show Origin of Mr. and Mrs. In eai Her. time tbe ordinary man was simply William or John that Is to say, ho had only a Chrlstlaa name without anj kind or "handle" before It or surrmmo alter It, Some meana or distinguishing one1 John or William rrom anollidrMiihu'dY William bTdaW necessaij'. Nicknames derived from a man's tradn or ha dwelling. place or rrom some personal peculiarity were tackc-1 on to'hlsChriillan name, and plain John became John Smith. And, yet there were no '''uilsteis"' In 'the land. Some John Smith accumulated moie wealth than the'bulk or his fellows, fel-lows, became Kjiliap3 u landed proprietor pro-prietor or an employer of hired labor. Then lie begau to be called In tbe Norman-French of the day the "mals-tre" "mals-tre" of thlj placa or th-t. of these workmen or of 'those. In time tho "malstre" or "malster.'l as It soon became, roi, tac'ted on before his name, and 'no became Malster Smith and his wire was Malstross Smith. Gradually the sense or poaiesslon was lost sight or, and the title was con-rerred con-rerred u- in any kind by msre pos-.sesjlon pos-.sesjlon wealth or holding pobltlon of more or les3 consideration and' Importance, Im-portance, jy |