The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05

This, coupled with the fact that am
continually receiving written requests
for information as to how this or that
titled parsonage on yonder side OF the
Atlantic should be addressed, leads me
to believe that few notes on the sub
ject may be of interest. What is
known as coed form in this respect Is
very much like English grammar in
that there are more exceptions than
rules
Thus. generally speaking. it is a
soleci=m to address peer of the realm
as my Lord" in social intercourse,
ard the same may be said Of the use
of the phrase my Lady" in speaking
to any titled woman But where the
lady is "grande dame" of the old
school, and is advanced in years, 1t
sounds we'll to address her as MY
Lady, when joining thereto courtli-
ness of speech and manner, since II
implies a veneration and a Difference
which fell to the share OF women when
the world was younger. 1t Is likewise
no solecism- for a young attache OF
secretary of an embassy to use the
phrase my Lord in his intercourse
with his chief in cases where the lat
ter happens to be a veteran, white
haired peer; and there are few mem
bers of the foreign Office stan In Lon
don who would think themselves in
any way demeaned or guilty Of bat
form In addressing the present premier
OF the British Empire as my Lord.
On the other hand, no one save 9
tradesman or a servant would evel
dream of conceding this form Of ad
dress to young men such as, for in
stance, Lord Rosslyn or Lord Var
mouth.
l your Lordship' and Your Lady
ship" are never used in social inter
course. The former, however. is II
vogue in courts of law among tn
members of the bar and witnesses ant
lofficials in addressing the presiding
Judge when he belongs to a high <Our
lof judicature. In that instance, how
lever, the word is pronounced "Lud
ship" while the judge is spoken to a
l"Me lud."
1 1t is hardly necessary to say tina
lmarquises, earls, viscounts and baron
ARE all addressed in social intercours
las Lord" so and so, the wife of eacl
being spoken to as Lady" Blank. On
lily dukes and duchesses are addresse
by their titles, a duke being spokec
to as duke" and his wife as Ouch
ess." just as in this country one woul
Address man as General or a
Judge" Dukes and duchesses are en-
titled to be addressed as Your Grace.
But this, like the phrases Your Lord
ship" and Your Ladyship," Is onl
, used by people whose rank is so ia
, inferior as to preclude all ideas of sc
cial intercourse.
Younger sons of dukes and marquis
3 es have the title Lord" prefxed b
, courtesy to their Christian names, a
, for instance, the seventh Duke of Mar
, borough's son, Lord Randolph Church
, i'll; and their wives. when not alread
3 possessed of a title of their own, bt
! come known by the Christian names {
3 their husbands with the prefix Lady
. las, for instance, Miss Jerome, of Ne
e York, who became Lady RandOlp
3 Churchill. The younger sons OF earl
I and all the sons of viscounts and ba
t Ons, have only the prefix THE Hol
: orable" to their Christian names, an
n this is not shared by their wive
y Thus, Lord Carrington's young
= brother "Bill," is "The Honorable
n William Darlington, but his America
e wife is merely Mrs. Darlington" tt
daughters of dukes, marQuises ar