ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT
INQUIRER; Madam is merely a form oi address applied principally to married women, although it is frequently used when special deference is being shown to a woman of distinction. In the French form it is Madame. Women singers of note are frequently addressed or referred to with the term "Madame." Conrtesy and popular agreement deeide when the term is appropriate. The right to the use of the word "Dame" as a form of address is conferred upon female officers of the Ordqr of the British Empire, who should be addressed, or re|erred to. in a manner similar to' that of Knights — e.g., ' ' Dame Florence Smith," not "Dame Smith." The word "dame" may, of course, be used in a poetic or facetious sense in place of lady. ANDitEW R.: We quite appreciate the cnotive oi those promoting the dance but no good purpose can be sefved by having. the matter discussed in our correspondence columns. —■ ■ \
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 98, 12 May 1937, Page 7
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