The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-30
gentlemen IRE NOT
According TO the Demonstra-
lion of Edgar Saltus.
THAT is, IN AMERICA
Nor, by the Same Course Oh
Reasoning. Anywhere Else.

The Duke Of veragua has stated hat
Americans do not act like gentlemen, says
| Edgar Status in the New York Journal,
and continues: Until recently the duke
received a pension drawn from Cuss
| That pension our government mas refused
| 20 lruIons. AS a Consequence he dak. is
ang.y. We don't wonder 1T that We
| wonder is he right Anger, even when
justified. is a poor mentor. Moreover. =
gentleman. however angry. does not make
a fuss. It Is one Of his charaS,existics
1t does not seem 10 be one OF the dukes.
But no matter about that The point is
that II happens 10 be a characteristic OF
Americans We are the least fussy, the
most patient, :he best natured and. OF
all people, the longest suffering on the
fsce OF the earth. In reference 20 this
phenomenon Herbert Spencer remarked
that We have all the forms OF liberty and
none OF the substance. He might have
| added that We have everything 70 make
US happy except common sense What
we lack in liberty we make up in laughter
| Though common sense Is not endemic
humor is Municipal crimes are sources
of local amusement and a national al
front we accept as jest. There Is the
real Christian spirit. But let US consider
the matter less seriously
Jeremy Bentham said that there Is A
possibility of truth in any given state
ment 1t Is therefore a mere duty 10
ascertain whether or not the duke Is
right. To that end the process s. elimi-
nation Will be OF use. and with Il a few
definitions.
Legally. gentleman Is one who knows
the law OF the realm. and who does no
manual labor. There are a good many
! lawyers in town. The amount OF law
which the majority Of them know would
enjoy large and ample playground on
the head OF a pin Moreover. though
there are lots OF people here who don't
! earn their bread by the sweat OF their
brow. there are lots OF Others who earn
it by the sweat Of their pen. The per-
centage of knowledge being small. and
that Of labor being great, legally the
duke has got US.
Genealogically. a gentleman IS one who
has three generations IN oil As the late
| DIR. Holmes added. daguerreotypes wont
/ DO In that part OF the country which
We think We have seen described a. the
Four Hundred there are r1mored 20 De
twenty-five families that descend directly
from Alfred the Great and fifteen rnore
affiliated with other and even remoter
sovereigns. Portraits are readily pur-
chased. and We presume that they an
have them to show But the rest OF tss
haven't There. too. the duke has got
us.
PhdlosophicalIy. a gentleman Is one
who neither sees nor hears anything that
was not intended for him. Hell is GER
tainly paved with gossipe' tongues. and
while lacking statistics. we would not
venture to assert that this country sup
plies the better. or even the worst. part
of the asphalt below. yet IN view y one
thing and another are greatly suspect r.
We greatly suspect that there also the
duke has got We.
Actually. gentleman q one who dis
plays courage and courtesy Courage
predicates an inability 20 Re. and courtesy
an entire dcfereBcc TO the feeling AMI
| particularly the pockets 81 others. Lying
is not a national habit We are a plain
/ people and as such plain spoken when
We lie We stick 70 a. But though vinr
| Is not a national habit. courtesy is not
/ either. Locally. Il IS good form % -
/ rude. Prestidigita tours who extract plum
/ puddIngs from plug hats could NOT extract
| polfteness from the owners. Exhibits ~
l civillty have been relegatesi 70 ne tape
/ counter. Honesty has been also. Every
/ thing which does not pay r. commercials
/ The worship % what the clerVymeu call
the fatted calf-or f. II the golden one7-
never was more ardent Beauty virtue.
/ esteem. brains ard bravery may - ial<ed
4 4 fsftf
| tained It f. aoiy. man may be ignor8ns
as carp. malignant as sfnaiIDox. he uny
! have sore on the end % his nose IS
big as blanket. and II ne be- quite rich
he s. quite welcome II no T. noe RIB.
/ let him Pc a sfhakespeaTs. a Rubens erf
a Mozart rolled into one. AMI he VII re-
man but a tsounder
Mr. Coler's re-narks on f4lingn mua.ri-
pal. the disclosures IN rcgarf 60 Tri-f
Avenue. the Rsnaapo revelations the tsht
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