The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-15

"a gentleman" he said, sin my opin-
ion, is, one who would be guilty of no
meanneSs under any circumstances He
should be and is polite and goodman
nered. and always. thoughtful and consid-
crate of others. Above all he is chival-
~rous to women and consderate Of in
feriors.. He is never vulgar or ciawnish."
The accident of birth had nothing to do
with the station in Mr.: Greenway's view.
He thought that the lowliest mechanic
could educate himself to be gentleman. 8
Justice W.. H. Beatty of the: Supreme
Court had an opinion as to what eonsti-
tated the quality and position Of a gentle
man. but he was not particularly anxious
to expressit $500. s'*s:s
:: =: @1.:There.is no definition in law Of gentle
man. be said. Blackstone. has some
thing as TO his rank, and states that lie is
one who bears arms; the grant of which
adds gentility to bis family. 81: -:o::*
II think a gentleman: he continued.
'.shonld be honorable, honest, courteous
and kind, and that's about all there is
to- in ,s.s: 1865 90.
Mr.. VILLAIN Greer Harrison: had some
very decided views on gentlemen. His
connection with the Olympic Club has
offered him many advantages for the
F study Of the athletic kind, and his taste
for literature has imbued him with 3 re-
+ gard for the .chivalric and courteous in
man.
my idea Of a gentleman" he said, SIS
that he is man who does things with ease
that seem laborious in Others. and no mat
ter what his passions may be has them
we'll in check. A man, the habit of whose
lie is to consider the comfort and happi-
ness of others rather than his own. He is
kind. con stderate and thoughtful OF those
who may be regarded his inferiors-recog-
nIZes he has no superioIs. In his treat
ment of women he never permits himself
to forget for q moment that he was
blessed with mother. A man whose
word is never questioned and whose acts
are governed by keen sense of what is
right, without reference to results.
He makes a rule in the matter of his
costuming TO avoid that which would dis
tinguish him as being peculiar; and, as a
rule, his dress will be OF the intensely
quiet order, without being destinations In
its quetness.
You should feel rather than see that a
man is we'll or i'll dressed.
"He will be scrupulously clean in his
person and he will DE very apt to insist
upon an equal amount Of cleanliness on
the part of those with whom he asso-
ciates.
HE will have some purpose in life other
than the qualification Of himself; and he
will at no time parade such good work as
may come from his hand, but in an unob-
trusive, gentle. but discriminating manner
he will continuously endp4vor to make
somebody better for the fact that he. him.
self, lives.
Breeding is essentially necessary to the
production OF a gentleman. Birth has
nothing to do with it. except that beyond
all ques ton sons of gentlemen, per Sc, are
more easily bred to gentle habits than are
the sons of men who have not been born
into what you might call the gentle class.
"Above all you must have manly man
in order to make gentleman.
II take it that mechanic who realizes
what are the duties and the ins piration of
a gentleman can, if he wills ii. become a
gentleman; but he will have greater diff
culties to con tend against than if he had
been born to that station in life.
wealth is not sary adjunct of a
gentleman's surroundings. The poorest
man on earth may be a thorough gentle
man. l presume that everybody will
agree that Christ was gentleman in his
habits, his associations and his manners,
and that he maintained the position of a