Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-01
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sThs immortal Daru seetheu 10 tninh
,h.,s Was not much in a name" re
-.,tsd the growler. " A ross by any
.,hs, name might smell as sweet, but
=. naturally connect the perfume with
-. ,ose. Force of education, perhaps,
.,s, az ve think there IL something
a,.nd and noble about the name of
Warrington.
alpd here let me give you my de
.;aad opinion that no better name can
:. sslec,ed for onr State. II has every
.,oomeu, In its favor. The only OBJ
,.r,;on that can be spoken of i, the
Is,otb of the word. In this teleRraphic
sos We object to long names. Bot We
bavs States with longer names. They
ar. seIdoa written in full, and Wash
;ooton ia easily abbreviated To Wash.
a. that objection fails to have any
weight.
aBut don't you know that some men,
and. for that matter, some women. have
silly way of writing their names?
Jost now the fashion seems TO be
changing, and it il quite the proper
thing for person TO write out his or
ber name in full: not q. W. Brown,
Lat George Washington Brown; not
Mn. Il. b. A. Smith. but Mrs. Susan
Rsrtlett Anthony Smith. How do you
like il? Like it or not, such IL the
fashion, and TO be out Of fashion is a
,srrible thing. don't like il. 1t takes
TOO much time TO write names; for
Alexander Washington Hamilton An
derson will get offended If yon do not
yrite his name in full. Let US hope
The fashion will have the effect Of less
suing the number Of names some indi
yiduals carry.
"And, after all, this new style is an
Improvement on the silly, foppish me-
lhod OF using an initial for the first
and spelling out the middle name. Ii
nv name WAS Isaac Newton Smith or
Bsujsmin Franklin Jones, would say
% rather than slight the first name
and spell out the second. But some
smart men sign their names thst way.
All nen have weak points, aud think
such style of autograph IL a weak
point, Just as parting the hair In the
middle is a weak point with some young
men.
II was looking over list of names of
Ehool girls recently, and noticed an
olher hopeful sigR of returning common
Rnse. A few years ago nine out of
every ten girls were named Addie, Bes-
se, Carrie, Decide, Effile, and 80 on
ha. n IKshn o,
ie. Let as pray for the speedy exit of
this style of baby names tor our school
girls. Think of dignified. matronly
lady Of fifty being called Mrs. Totie
Brown!
"The postofiioe department says that
Mrs. Mary Brown must not be described
as Mrs. William Erown. Terriblel
When lady marries, she takes her
husbands family name, not his given
nane, and ii is questionable taste for
any woman to change her feminine
liven name for a masculine one.
This Is small talk, but not about a
Amall subject. l could give you long
lecture about names. their origin. meaH-
ing aud changes. To Mr.. Shakespeare s
question, What's in a manner" | an-
says a good name is better than great
riches, and IL says truth. But don't YOU
know there are persons reputed to he
honest, aud who would scsrn to rob your
hen roosi, but who have no hesitanoy in
fobbinR you Of your good manner Y =,
your purse, though well filed with gold,
strash compared with good name.
wish was preacher Instead of a
lawyer. would like to score some of
those fellows who commit crimes which
the law cannot reach. An impecunious
hackguard of u fellow, or u 80, called
newspaper, can vlllify and smirch the
nlfest reputation, and there is no re-
afess. A prosecution may result in
oonvIction, but you have the costs TO
Pay and receive no reparation. About
sil you can do with such rascals IL TO
aofsewbip them and pay five dollars for
teluxufy in eash case.
f.u see names could he made a
saolecs for a long lecture. only give
sisv points as food foe thought. You
WI near from Iue upon n more i'm.
"t'ant subject, perhaps, pretty soon. )"