The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-20

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ia AR EDEron: Thsre are mose than .
thousand million people In the world, and
each ono Of them has . name. OF course,
sobody is acquainted With oil these people,
but everybody knows great many of them.
] for instance, an acquainted with say /
hundred psesoos. One hundred persons
end one hundred nameA Nov, how st Q
momsut's nosice, Il . man Of average memo.
~ 70 get sll thess names aud these people
to 6tl can't do Il.
i meet man In the street. know his
face very we'll. That's easy esough. He
carries II 10 conspicuous place. But how
About bis name! Ten TO ono Iesn'e remem,
bz ''-why shouldli Thsrss noshisg
shout him % suggest Il Il thsrs was any
system Of nonlsaclasurs which should cor.
respond With pcssonal appearance Il would
help mattesa. II al tho fas persous were
named Joues, oil the lean ones Brown, oil
The tall folks Robinson, and tho short ones
Thompson; II people with linbss Jaws we've
nsmed Ferguson, and hooksd>nose persons
we've oil called Ramsey, great part OF the
dimculty speak Of would be removed.
You might not know just which Brown or
Robinson man WAS, but you could come
near enough; and such thing ~ forgetting
the names Of two Of your friends Just %
you ore going to introduce them would be
less likely to happen than II. now 10. Why
I'd rather risk calling my name rare
plant In ! flower pot and sce that the plan,
was sseaootdss ssosssosie, but there's moth.
Ing sticking out Of my friend to remind me
that his name 10 Samuel B. Wilson.
II IL one Of the aaddsst things In life that
thas 10 absolutely ND way to find out .
friends name, when you are alone with
him acd have forgotten It. You can't ok
4 man, when you have eaten ai his table.
slept with him. and perhaps gone to hjs
graudmother's funeral, wha. his name js I
And those indirect, zig zAg ways Of trying
to COAX his name out Of h,m seldom amount
to anything. by the way" say, (aftsr .
violent mental process Of -, ., =; b, b, b:
6. G, Cox, Campbsll-no; d, j, d; ., 9, En-.
esson; I, I, t; ETC., etc.,, "how do you
spell your namel" And ten to one hs says.
" With two T'a" And then after frantic
struggle in Jour mind with Tut.le, Tsssle.
Toitle, and almost anything else with ,hrss
To, yoa mildly smile asd ssy, "Oh, yes /
certainly, and remainder ths name the in
stsnt your friend Il gone There are plenty
Of stratagems Of this kind, but what u ,hs
good fiti lneyes could - it.
\ Why it's often easjsc 70 esll The name Of
every bose aud msscle In nIanb body
than 70 ssmsmber the name Of The man him.
cell. There 10 senesslly reason Sos nam.
INK boae, and II you've snes heard It you
may remember Il, bat there's no reason .,
al for psopls's namea never Mw man
o. woman Who looked 10 the least like his
Of her name. ~ ....
\ Now, there should bs some soue wsy 10
remedy this social wreng-for II Il w1ous
70 coacssl ones identity, %, y spesk, by
cutting OF I'll means Of sscoeuitios excspt
that which ds2ends on the memory Of ons's
fsiendA The law should bs called In. We
arc obliged 70 put numbers on our houses
where everybody can zee them, and Why
not put names on lhs dwellers In The
houses. In fact. every msa shouA have
lhis name placed In some conspicuous place
On bis persou. This plan was suggested to
me BY . friend and an sure II would work
we'll For instance, what could be more
ornamental, - well ~ useful, than . breast.
pin With ones name on It.! Or, IL people
preferred permansnl arrangement, The old
fashtOn of tatt0oing In India Ink might be
revived, and put to sous practical use.
Such lettering would last . long time.
In case Of ladies lfss l would apply this
system 70 both sexesl Il might be necessary,
owing 10 occasional change Of name, to
leave room for alteration when this method
Of marking was adopted. But when = mere
simple plan WAS desired. nothing 10 more
easy than to put mans name on some
part Of bis clothing. For instance, shirts
are generally marked. Now Why not mark
them where one tan 80 not only TO whom
The shirt belongs but who belongs to the
shisti ........ s.-.s-.. -. 70.
One thing - certain, something Of this
hind must b done, even II q "whas's.his>
name" plank has 70 be inserted In one Of The
political platforms. Thessis no earthly
goed 10 univspal ss6sass, o. sa,i. property,
Of )ocel option, OF wooden pavemsuts, or
slse. vhea you can't rsmanbes
~ name Of Tho man yoa srs talking ia.
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