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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 10, 1910

Definition of a Lady

A PRIZE offered by the Gentlewoman (London) for the best definition of a lady was won by the following: “To be a lady means, rightly, to be a gentlewoman who shows by her every word and action a sweet and gentle dignity, with a gracious charm of manner,—a woman whose heart is pure and true; who is tender toward all suffering; who sympathizes with those in trouble, and is ever ready to give that which costs her some effort and self-denial. A lady thinks no work derogatory, and no one is deemed too lowly to receive courtesy and kindness. She is pure and good in every detail of life, a true friend, and a ‘ministering angel’ in sorrow and sickness.”