The title of “Madam" is given in some parts of the United States to a mother whose son has married. The daughter-in-law then becomes “Mrs.” By this means they avoid the inelegant phraseology of “Old Mrs. A.,” or the Scotch "Mrs. A., senior.”
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 30
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43Untitled Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 30
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