The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-03-16

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4 century later steala /, the r..tler r.y,
: wider sipni6cat,oa 70 Tia term: he s>id
.the .nneii.tion az aantleman !. never
to b a6ixed to ! m,ns circumstapcea.
lint to hia behavior il than. For ali
this. eysu It this 1ay. vhen ! shoemaker
in England il aaked 10 deane hia QUALITY.
he vould naver think Of calling himaelf
. gentleman
I. thi. country III man consider them.
.elves cantlemen. II ! dr.nken lo,fsr
we're told he va not ! gentleman he
vould be ant 10 resent the rem.rk Nth
h;s l.ts. And .o,in. if ! man Of culture
and wealth we're to Give him,elf airs Of
nroclaiminc him.elf . dist;nctive oentle-
man. people vould Iauoh It him. In
other words ~ ara ali gentlemen: II
least ve sav "a ara. and ve exnect other
people to take u, It our own valuation.
Yet tho controversy which aroee over
thu characters Of Charlie Dicken. vhen
~. .on vaa in thi. conntrv ahov, that
the word h,s not entirely lost il, .ienif,
canoe. Il v,s ,eid Of Dickeo, that not
being gentleman himself. he had never
drawn ! gentleman in BIZ, book,: barring
: contrast in this respect to Thackersy.
who v,s vell-born. and Who has riven
M in Colonel Newcome the most perfect
gentleman in fiction. Dicken, tried in
several of his novels to produce 4 pentle.
man. and once or twice he nearly aucceed.
ed but thers WA alvays. in the most
polished and cultured Of hin men. :
thread Of wor,ted mineline With the silk.
lust - might have been exnected in the
creation. Of one who broke With Bradburv
a Ev.na bec.nee thev refn.ed tn nubl;.h
IN Pinch . letter raAect;no IN urs n;ck.
ena. and Who It the farewell dinner At
New York. kept the company waiting m
hour and ! half for nj. .nne.,.nce
Whether Ward McAllistsr came nm to
the true standard of IN American gentle.
man is nice question. In point Of man
ners. breeding and superficial er,ce, he
Was unobjectionable; he did mot tell lies
or break his word; it il not known that
he went out Of his way to be discourtecus
even to those whom he ruled ont from
the assemblies Of the Patriarchs and mat
riarchs. But, Ill said and done, be was
= mere gourmet and connoissuer in wines
and women; hs devoted oil his life to
the management Of balls and dinners; he
had no higher aim than to cit in judge
ment On toilets and to perform tor the
Astoss and Vanderbilts and Bradley Mar
tins and their ilk the functions which Pc
trooios Arbiter i said to have discharged
1t tho hours Of Nero. Can . man con-
centrate his whole soul on such ffiy-
olities and yet b . gsatlsmani Does
not soosesss essips. nov y everi
We have had in our pest history sevsral
conspicuous examples Of geatlsmen.
Waahinrton vsa ona and .o vere ue,t;n
s '
D1.e1 sau Nnss'e1 A. tnu1.
Aa1Oog tne ceieoflnes evolved oy tho VA
nooert =. Leo stands out conspicuous -
tns tyPe OF : gentleman. Inc mention
u n's name ooes NOT Imply that there
were NOT = nne gsntiemen in tho Union
army; ne happens TO occur to the mem.