The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23

WORLD.

The term lady, says Lady Violet Gre
willie. in the New York Journal Is derived
from tho Anglo-Saxon. meaning che given
or dispenser OF the loaf. II was = title
efleinaIly applied 10 a woman whose hus-
hand was o. no lower rank than knight.
whose fathers rank was equal or higher
,Ba1 an earl who had the righs to sail
herself dame (as a knights widow stlll
has. and who possessed refined manners
and good education. The knights cry.
..Dieu e ma Dame" meant that he was
rrepared 10 do battle 20 the death for his
wife or his sweetheart-persons his equal
90 station.
The origin OF things heing The last
question 20 interest che vulgar the term
lady has. like the term gentleman. COM
pIe,ely lost It's meaning. We constantly
hear that the lady has called for the
vashing. that a lady Is brought up at the
Police Court for giving another lady
black eye: while the dispenser OF tapes
or the waitress at a restaurant must in
,ariably be addressed by the prefix young
lady.
The lower classes. always apt at an
there IS a difference. have. however. IN
vented the tefm. "a real lady" and the
dsnnltlon OF this title Is as vague as It's
oprlication. A "real lady" IN trades
parlsnce. Is one who pays promptly with
ous haggling; a real lady, according 20
.arvants Is one who breakfasts IN bed
and never speaks 20 the maids on the
stairs. a real lady. at the mAliners. does
not bargain and talk In mincing accents.
Not that money alone makes a real lady.
Servants know the mushroom nobilitay 60
T. They have "A special instnc, for
detecting the impostor. and rarely make "a
fnistake In their diagnosis or eve honor
where 10 Is not due.
but the real lads. an interesting type and
survtval. is nowhere ia the race with the
lady" She Is ubiquitous. She stares
AZ YOU In a battered bonnet from third-
class Carriage windows. trails her muddy
skirts In the streets displays her curl pa
rers baby IN arms. IN the slums and alley.
or adorned with sham iewelry fiaunts II IN
the station bars.
The English people. the most practical
ueople in the world. are yet eaten up by
shams Making believe Is a part Of their
religion. u Is very pleasant when one Is
a child 90 live tn n land Of vivid dreams
10 Is absurd and unbusinesslike when one
crown ND. II 10 Nt a AAAN hAFHftH any
thing. Il means a great deal. IL means
40 h. The perfect complement Of the gen
tleman.
Lot us hear how Cardinal Newman.
roodlv authority. defines the gentleman
He Is one who never inficss pain. He
carefully avoids whatever may cause
iar or a jolt Ia the minds OF those with
whom he Is cast. all clashing OF opinion
or collision OF feeling; all restraint or
suspicion or gloom or resentment; his
great concern being 10 make every one
al ease and al home. lie makes light OF
favors while he does them. and seems 70
he receiving while be Is comforting lie
haas no ears for Islander or gossip. ana IN
,erprets everything for the best. lie has
TOO much good sense TO be anronted az
insult: he IS too busy 20 remember lnJu-
r.es and to indolent 20 bear malice
Manners. or the essence OF Christian
gpirf which desires neither 60 hurt nor
oVend others. no longer form a part OF
education, and the brusqueness ana rude-
moss Of independence has assumed iS
rfa.e Ii may have its advaniagesi II
may be more sincere. II may be less cum
bersame. but 81 Is not ladylike
Why. then, the supreme desire 90 pass
a. a lady?
eertiou Of the equality of all men, II Is
comprehensible. n impractical II It pEo-
elf1s from n wish TO ape anu iAAiaA'Nf -
D. vHearity. pure and simple.
They say that in a hundred years most
words have lost their meaning. Just as
Ga. Americans stll use some old English
,xproexions the very heart Of the people
thoughts. which are now incomprehensl-
bic TO a.. In few years more. no DOUBT
the word lady entirely bvestea OF 'he
original meaning, fsT @%aN e"t'"a IN ne
Ynists OF time. will merely be the equNa-
.fr,fr Gender tho female OF
tho male. aud chen the gentle bird ana
wiser 81 the sex will exuit In calling
themselves. bravely. women
TIM .ben We must be content 10 see Ia
dies ont al heel, trailing dingy, rasseu
skirts ln the mud and hasghng az hsn
stalls. boxing their ehildrens ears "1o
Eosslplng on the doorsteps. We must talN
81 the young ladies OF the ballet. the la
ar7s Of the mar. the counter, the emporium
and the tvpewriting office. We must put
up with the lady who goes out ehaIlhs,
the ladv helps and lady COOKS, ana laug
swinalers the ladies OF all KINDS anu ne-
ecriptions, hepainted and bedraeelea' De
curi-papered. befiounced-lucky II, IN the
end We ind one Of the old original sort
me complement OF the gentleman. 10 pre-
side over our hearth and home.
In New York. SAYS Dorothy Dix In the
New Orleans Picayune, the servant sn,s
have met and organized NuHA We.
hcndouarters and a walking delegate anu
a Grievance and all the other paraphei
MALTA for a strike. and a Mrs. someoo1y
or other Bcale has been making addresses
stirring them up 10 resent their "ronss.
According to report. Mrs. Beale - rlch
woman. who disguished herself as ser
want and hired on; to get personal eN-
pcnenoe She went out hunting lot
trouble and she found a-plenty. and mas
come hack with a tate Of expressions OF
the hired riri that makes the sunerinss
of the ancient Christian martyrs look IKE
thirty cents
There may be isolated cases OF bad
treatment. OF course. one doesn't IKE 70
question on the veracity Of refortner' but
general experience and observation go 70
show that the downtrodder servant giri
S. ns much a myth a. the sea serpent.
We have an heard OF H. but no hNng
man has yet beheld Il. As a matter OF
fact. Mary Ann Is the boss OF the earth.
She Il the tyrant before whose a~tus
threat 10 leave civilization tremhies. ana
tie suggestion Of depressing her - AZ
rank nonsense Nobody could DO H. All
she has 10 do when she Is displeased Is
to pat on her bonnet AMI walk out OF your
house into somebody else's who has
Nresileh with the servant question until
they are 40 rVarn and exhausted they are