The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-11
GENTLEMEN.
The Distinguishing Differences Between the
Thoroughbred and the Mucker.

10 THE EDITOR OF lHE bUN-SV' An
English definition Of a gentleman. which has
acceptance in certain select circles, is "A
man who never wears a dickey." Thu In
cluslon in the gentleman class Ia simpler than
your evening clothes correspondent would
have us believe Dress shirts" cost less
than dress suits"
Some men are gentlemen and some are
called gentlemen. To be called a gentleman
you have only to wear good clothes and
passably good manners. To be a gentle
mann Your ancestors settle that.
What's in q name. anyhow? Here's what
an acknowledge d gentleman Of the nine
teenth century, and forever after, had to say
about his kind:
The churi in spirit. UP or down
Along the scale OF ranks. through all,
To him who clasps q golden ball,
BY blood a king, at heart q clown
The churi in spirit. howe'er he veil
His want In forms for fashions cake
WI let his coltish nature break
A I seasons through the gilded pale;
For who can Always act' But no.
To whom o thousand memories call,
Not being less. but more than all
The gentieness he seem'd to be,
Best seem'd the thing he was, and join'd
Each once of the social hour
To noble manners. as the flower
And native growth OF noble mind;
Nor ever nArrowness or spite,
or villain fancy deeting by,
Drew in the expression of an eye
Where God and Nature met in light:
And thus he bore without abuse
The grand old name OF gentleman.
Detained by every charlatan.
And solid with all ignoble use.
The poet evidently demands something
more than a stiff bosomed shirt or even a
,l-n tatlal anat And vat Dnlnni.u Hnnuy
the value of clothes. First appearances do
count for a good deal, and the Shabby gem
teel" usually live at No. %. D..
NEW York, April 7.
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sr: A gen.
tleman Is a male human thoroughbred.
Race. manner. the tone and language Of
good society. personal honor, courage, the
nobiesse obli0e idea. In short. are among the
attributes Of gentility. Gentleness has really
nothing to do with the case. Some very
cruel and vicious persons have been perfect
stallion may be a perfect devil. But. despite
drawbacks OF temper. DC, he Is scarcely In
The SAM %sS class wi with tb the eI pSNT 6 %ais In n, a b h%S6-
Most royal and noble families are descended
from eminent robbers, murderers and sheep
pursuits they lowered above the common
people p vonv ,nruo GRAF Won GRAFT.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Among
the several descriptions In your columns Of
what constitutes a gentleman" l have not
observed that Of Benjamin Franklin. who
says Franklin's Works, Vol. VIII. PIP. 1919
that the typical American Of his day would
be more obliged to the Renealogist who could
prove for him that his ancestors and relations
for ten generations had been plowmen, smiths,
carpenters, tanners, timers. weavers, or
even shoemakers, and consequently that they
were useful members of society, than II he
rnnl6 nnlV nTn va that fhaV uTnTn no
doing nothing of value but living idly on the
and otherwise good for nothing, till by their
death their estates. like the carcass Of the
negro's gentleman hog, come to be cut up"
same connection; ",Boccarora", 1.-THE white
horse workee, make de OK workee, make
no workee: he eat, he drink, he walk about,
he go, to sleep when he please. he live like a
gempleman!" H.. B. f.
DENVER. Col. April 9.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Some
years ago Sun correspondent signing II. L."
fave a definition Of a gentleman that, to my
way Of thinking, nswe the question better
A man who has pride without vanity,
courage without bravado, and who Is innateiy
considerate of the feelings Of others. Is a
gentleman. l.. S.
NEW YORE ADril q