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Show A New Definition. The word "gentleman" has always been a difficulty, and great writers,, particularly Newman, in a famous passage, pas-sage, have been at pains to define it. Probably the higher you ascend the social scale the more seldom you hear the word. But a new measure of gentility gen-tility came my way recently (writes a correspondent). The landlord had sent his men to mend a gap in the fence, and the- maid, observing them through the kitchen window, remarked: "There nre two men In the garden, and one of them's a gentleman he's wearing a mackintosh 1" A gig, according to Carlyle, used to be the standard of respectability a standard more difficult diffi-cult to attain than this new one of gentility. gen-tility. Manchester Guardian. |