The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-16
Real and Amateur Gentlemen.
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| hann, T. q poaaihle to act the part of a
u,.rYlpnnan for ten minutes without be-
~ ionnd an. a the duke Of Yelling
sos ,asid Georee ~ could do. but not
tor ni1chrloneer. II Is true that sahe
or.na Ala name of gentleman is now
40 usaIIed with all ipuoble use," that
ana prefers to cali himself simply
..manv rather than s.ceutIeman." And
vat s,vere. a distinction drawn on proper
1rn.,nrla hetwean gentlemen and roughs
ve should III desire to belong to the
Sormer class. With quite as much
reaaon we nigh, eDeat t'the complaint
oman Steele made long, AGO ID the
Snecia ior. that ,there .is no adequate
NJ 81 ~. - IN meant by eseel,tleinan-
ivssrentieamuan>,ike or ,nncti Of a gen>
iIannnv Iadeed. there ara thoseswho
seccn "a he ,inca nabIs Of valuine their
e.Nnv.men nv ANYTHING except their
clothes. There is q story told Of q
Psrnian ,nrince which well illustrates
anon ryvorlfllinese. Dressed as y poor
rnahs this prince went 10 q FEAST He
was nushed here and there, could not
aet to the table. and had soon TO with
draw. 4 On going home he dressed
himself in bis best, placing jeweled
slinners an his feet. and guiding on
cloth. OF aold cloak. Then he returned
TO the feast, where matters were itn.
mediately altered. The guesis made
room. ana the host. rushing up, cried ::
uWejcome. my lord! What will your
lordship please to, eat ." The PRINCES
answer WAS very expressive. Stretch
lre ont his foot, 80 that his slipper
snark ned and nlittered, no took his
golden robe ia his hand, and said! wit b
q bitter Isony.. "Welcome, myiloTd
coat! welcdme. most excellent robe !!
What will yous. lordship please 10 eat ?
For" said he, turning TO his surprised
host. 81 ought 10 ask my coat what 1t
will eat. since tho welcome was solely
to it," The Jews had a proverb that
III man did not teach his son a trade
he taught him 10 steal, and no one
would cali q thief Il gentleman. Even
the South Seas Handlers knew better
than to thlnk that it made n man a
Patterson went among them they were
surprised 10 see that he was ready TO
put his hand to anything. We would
do piece Of carpenteripg, wash up
things after meals, teach ths little
blacks to \ ash and dress themselves.
Other white, men wanted TO put all the
work on the negroes, so, In order 10
mark the, difference, they called the
bishop ssxentlemau gentleman," and
the others "pig-gentlemen." Having
tried TO show what gentleman Is not,
we will now say briefly what he is.
He isa man who IL gentle in thought,
word and deed. Flo Is generous and
just, honorable and brave; aud having
oil these qualities, he exercises them in
the most gracious outward manner. "A
true gentleman pays his bills. is a good
son, husband, father and friend His
aims In life are high, and he keeps
from all that. IL mean. The third earl
of Balcarres always expressed himself
James, as that emphatically OF q gen.
t'eman-a term Implying, In his 'ac-
cepeanee OF u, all Oartsttan cxceitence
and perfectton. but~the character OF
the Christian gent'eman fcapnot oe
better described than IN the words Of
st. Paul In his epistle 70 the JCorinth-
Ians: "Charity Cor iove) suiereth long,
and Is KIND charity enVieth not; char-
ity vaunteth not Itself, Is moi pulled
up, dom not behave user onssemiy,
seeketh not lie own, Is not provoked,
taketh not account OF evil; reJolceth
not In unrighteoushess, but rejolcefh
with the truth, beareth all thipgs, be-
lieveth all things, hopeth all things,
endareth aH th'ngs. ehafitv never