New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
UHiTS Is 4 N4jfLY


wcii-lipencd sage of another century once
addrc -srd 10 parents the admouitipn Beware
how Won INCIDENTS Il child into nothing" lie
evidently Thought that there was something in
a name tia; there Wa, such a thing as a names
being several sizes too large for its recipient.
Doctor lIolwc, also is convinced that it does
make difference what ones name IS. lie hes
declared jhlt me never could understand " now
people could name littlo inolcl,.yc child tuat
never did tAom any harm, Hiram y; while in
one Of his fami lar college class poems, refer
ring TO the author Of "My Country, 'Tie of
1hec," he sings:
Fate tried 10 conceal him by naming him Smith.
Another famous American author in olc Of
his inmtablc sketches tells Il story which
shows that in the opinion OF those untutored
INT profound philosophers OF the Western
coast, The Argonauts of 10, there certainly was
such thing as Il mi-,it name. 4 young fellow
whose appearance indicated that he had seen
better ethical as well rs moro practically pros
porous days, entered mining camp onemOn-
ing and in response to 4 question s;9tcd that his
name was Clifford. Wh.rcupon, so runs the
narrative, one of the fIant ATgcnauts remarked
with drastic dlrectnesS that --, the place wh0se
existence Mr.. lLgcrsOll denies, was " full of such
CllOrds and tAcn, in order 10 express his
idea Of the sort OF name that Was POLITICALLY fit
and proper for The newcomer, he added to his
companions: Gentlemen, let me Introduce you
to Biue-Jay Charley 70 the same general
purpose was the fierce exclamation Of the Eng
lish nobeman in whose veins ran the blood
that - biucst, when some one came up behind
him us he was walking along Eescnt-st. and
I.tl.I . iiDfrip. ~ aoH ti,o
Duke, drawing himself up to his full height,
" DO look like person named Higgins T.
And now here comes a Trojan who, taking
sharp issue with Juliet holds in effect that if
the name of the rose was changed to Ryan it
would not smell aS sweet IN fact, would not
smell yeet at all. This Trojan has just applied
to the court to change his own and his Wiles
and childrens name from Ryan to Wilmington,
because" As lac sets forth in his petition, the
name Ryan. owing to the notoricty Of one Pat
"rck Ryan, more commonly known as Paddy
"Ryan, seriously injuries your petitioners
4 displaces them from pod society and desirable
social intercourse on The part OF the community
[" of Troy, in which your petitioners reside, and
also Injuries the said Matthew T. Ryan in his
business and otherwise harms them and
= their family, much TO their present annoyance
1and grievance" We pause just here mo-
ment to reflect upon the transtory nature of
fame. 1t was but yesterday that Paddy Ryan
was a favOrite son of Troy, attracting aim ost as
much attention as the city's leading industries,
laundrying collars and fighting cocks. And
now Now he IS dwelling in exile amid the
wilds of Chicago, and in his native city ho goes
so emiuently unwept, unhOnOred and unsung
that without a protest from any quarter SIM
dry resident Ryans invoke the ermine to the
end that they may have "deryanized future.
But to return to names II these few lines