DISTINCTION

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6868, 25 March 1929, Page 11

DISTINCTION

It is hard to define, yet we all recognise it when we see it. And, as arhle, / ‘ distinguished-looking.’ * is.ja term applied to men. “A pretty woman, 51 wo say, or “a nice-looking girl 55 ; but to a man whose appearance makes us look at hint a second time we usually credit “distinction. 55 . < This is not the equivalent of a handsome face. Many handsome men entirely lack distinction. Many ugly men are distinguished,. • Look round in' a train or bus and try to pick out any faces, either of men or women, which have in them anything by which you would , remember them again. They, are very few. Think of people in high places, successful men, men who are respected and admired. How would they look if you put them into shabby clothes? Would their features be striking under well-worn, shapeless hats? The person of real distinction shines through any clothes; and almost always an air of being “different 55 means thatin something or other the possessor of it is different. Sometimes tho effect is purely physical—due to a striking profile, or ‘a prominent eye. Hut most times the look of distinction has grown. _ It is an outward visible sign of an inward spiritual grace. But you must not try to acquire it. That would spoil all.