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Show Titles In England. Forty or fifty years ago few people In England had titles. There were only a few decorations which entitled their owners to put the prefix "Sir" before their names. We all of us looked down with lofty contempt upon the counts and barons that were so plentiful In continental countries. Now we can do so no longer, for probably there Is no other country in the world where the traffic tn titles Is so open and so Indecent as In England. What tho number of our decorations is I do not know, and I Imagine that few do. Kvery few years some new one Is created cre-ated and an Englishman with a taste that way can easily manage to ex blbit himself covered with metal disk and bits of ribbon like some successful success-ful cow at an agricultural show. These embellishments may flatter the vanity van-ity of their wearers, but they do not Increase the respect that Is felt for Englishmen. London Truth. |