The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-02-24
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m~aPa and Mouna 1usl -tn@nt.

0saaoeeS Coav6fsatIOasI Oh ~ MS, = Noble
weaPs Hnd Hounl Jasl=m~hE
ls 10 Wn ea9y question TO ask. but a
difdcult ONE W answer. What 10
hOnOrf What Is value? What is
poetry3 Though most people can
f@@l. few can define any OF these
thinSs; and the short answer to the
6rss question is simply this: "A
gentleman lie q gentleman
Let me try to define him by few
IeRAtives As we'll as POsitivea First
~. Of his costume He must not be
dirty. negligent or slOvenly in hiS
person He must neither be meanly
nor mAguidcently dressed
He must not wear gaudy and In
CongruOus colors. or AffrOnt the eye
@6 onlookers with jewelry or fnery.
He must not affect eccentricity or
sfnxularity, or dress himself in such
q manner as to cause the vulgar to
stare or the judiciOus 10 grieve Is he
passes by.
He must dress rs PolOnius-nct a
all n fool. though every actor whS
plays she part endeavors tomake him
0o-advised his son Laertes to dress
IN KOt090 WOEQB Vi OEuo WASOOA~
But dress. though It be the frss
and most obvious, 10 the least charac
teristIc of the gentleman. In hit
manners he must not think himself
the principal person in the world.
the kingdom or the company. out
wtthoat parade of humility. which
IL in itself an offense. he must think
himself the least-Or, at all events,
he must act az If be thought So
He must not fail in dsferential po-
Ntauess, either TO man or woman.
He must not take the first place as
Il IL were his inalienable right He
must not At table or elsewhere,
commit acts which, though they
mAy be harmless in themselves. are
contrary to the prevalent notions Oi
his'tIme and country.
A hundred years ago man might
get drunk after dinner without losing
nia social position. but to any one as
piring In our day to that high and
illus&rious rank. the slightest ten
dency to drunkenness ut table OF
any where else Is fatal to his pre-
tension
To 30 loud in talk is almost
- great derogation from
the ideal Of the character as to bt
cloud" In costume-I know that thu
word 10 q slang word. but 1t ex
presses . meaning not to be reached
even by . periphrasis. and may. fol-
that reason, be looked upon leniently
To hear one mans voice overriding
every others and one mans opinion
3hundered into the eal of too timid
too indolent or too cuOrteous TO d.
battle with q Stento:. is fatal Il
Stentor's claims to be- considered
geutlen0A
And quite as essential rs manner
70 the perfection Of the character Il
conversation. man in the dres
and with the manners Of q gentlema
must not talk vulgarly. indecently
Obscenely. irreVstently. or even ig
norantly--if the ignorance be yer.
gross-without forfeiture of the ran
80 which his dress and his manner
: would seem to eniitlo I'm.
But granting all these three essen
tialS-the would be gentleman wonl'
not be a gentleman If his heart b
wrong. Dress is an ornament-man
ners . grace ce-conversation q charm
but these three may be possessed Il
all possible perfection by a scour
dreL. But these three com bine
with q noble heart and a sound jud 6
ment-the one balancing the other
combine to form q true gentleman.