13/25 She released the pillow and said: "Why, they are all equal. Where's any difference in rank ?" "If you call a factory girl a young lady, what do you call the President's wife ?" "Call her an old one." "Oh, you make age the only distinction ?" "There ain't any other to make as far as I can see." "Then all women are ladies ?" "Certainly they are. All the respectable ones." "Well, that puts a better face on it. Certainly there is no harm in a title when it is given to everybody. It is only an offense and a wrong when it is restricted to a favored few. |