THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN
(Selected Definitions.) Define me, someone, if you can, The,elusive term of gentleman. Says Vere do Yero, "A man is ha Of pure blue-blooded ancestry." Says Xewina'u Prig, "He's best defined As ono who lias a cultured mind." Says Midas, "Culture? Blood? Pooh I Dash! The true criterion. i,s cash." Says Priest, "His is in thought, deed, ' word, A Christ-like person—Church preferred." N'ivs Hooks, "Whoever in he lets, Ho never fails to pay his beta." " Tis clear enough lie's one," says Shirk, ( "Who for his living doesn't woik.'' "A pal," erics Holla I'lapps. "who's prime At giving girls a (op-holo liino." "A real gent,", says Ikey Chink, "Don't know the price of nny think." Between these various views they voice,, Come, pny your cosh and take your choice —E. M. Freeman in this ■'\YesU«iuster UazeltOi"
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 38, 8 November 1919, Page 8
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137THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 38, 8 November 1919, Page 8
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