The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-08
SHALL IT BE CHANGED /?
THE BALL07s OF 3HE 1ATJLER READ
ERS is 10 IT'S N11fE.

the WRITER'S sUy on the supJect.
A number of our friends have taken the
trouble to let us know what they think
about the proposition 10 change the name
of the SUNDAY TA1TLER We propose to
keep the polls open fer couple of weeks
yet, and expect to receive q large number
of ballots-Ai in fact, We solicit our read
ers to give us their views upon the subject.
The mssivts we have received have come
to US ir all shapes. The most spicy of
them is this letter of Brian OHM:
Eaitor Sunday Tatter Would eur readers like
tale through The mail ballot amorg our readers
upon the subject. - dttler, Nay 5.
The writer has watched with interest the TAT
TIER as journalistic enterprise has seen it grow
into its present handsome. presentable shape. has
heard good opinions expressed In regard to its
management, and cannot see what is 10 be gained
by change of name. "a rose by any other name"
You know the quotation Mr.. Editor. Does 1t 1T
the case? vote for the TArILEz as the name.
Please don't Sack it et) Alphabetically, it is hard
on the Ts and it does tease our ~crooks political
and otherwise. 1t would be cakes and ale for
the journal to see the old name hauled down. The
-'Majah'' and the family poet would chant song
of praise. There is q snap and spice in the name
that makes it attractive. and what can be mere ft
ties, for instance? Our efficient Street Commits
sior er. who can see way to perform his duty
when he wants to. How often does he see? The
political boomltts of such statesmen as Eddie Nc
Donald whose disgusting praise of woman-beater
Sullivan has no doubt won him the good wishes of
many prayerful people; the budding aspirations
OF Johnny Hughes who must be Sheriff, or moth
ing; the modest desire Of plain William MsAdoo.
who wants third term only (does Billy ever
blush q: the wisdom 10 be displayed by Jim
Bann in his wonderful canvass among my boys"
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Beard Of Works, and their catand-dog meetings;
and thousand other matters. can only be chroni-
cled in its own inimitable way by the lively,
spappy JAITLER. II has pulled through its infancy
with that name; II has grown and shed its journal
istic pin-feathers ditto; and now that n is full
nedged and strong Of wing, why change the name
lis the query Of BRIAN OHM.
Most of the other communications sen
to us are short.
81 was taught in early childhood"
writes our old-time friend and correspon-
dent, May B, 'sto, despise aktattler; and
have been forced to love your paper in
srite nf Ire horrid name. Give it another
Anything is better than that"
"a .a..a-r, writes j. B. Donnell, sis
fellow who tells all he knows. It is the
business and province of q newspaper to
tattle. Why then shouldn't paper that
adheres to the rule of hiding and conceal
ing nothing as firmly as you do, be called
the TATTLER. I'm in favor of sticking BY
the old coiors.
my father whipped me for reading the
TA1TLER before. he knew what it was
like" says a letter written in the
stiff penmanship of schoolboy,
bnt I got him to read the copy he had
punished me for having; and now he reads
it every Sunday morning. He says the
paper is as coed as its name is bad. /
guess he'd vote for change; but if my
ote counts fl anything p 1t me down as
being in favor of the ole nam !"
A note, written in q b. ut tully rounded
hand on scented paper, ear the initials,
.sMrs. John F De- q am a great pa
iron of every local enter ris a" she writes;
ssand when your paper rs made its APP
resrance / ordered It left at my house. l
was please with it; but feared that it might
los0its high Il ne, and always went through
it myself before allowed my children to
have it. 1t is under no suspicion in my
house now; but frequently when I COM
municate to friends who do not know the
paper, Information CLEAN from your
columns, am almost ashamed to say that
| learned it from the TATTLER."
Jack Barry wants to know how it would
doto name the paper after his horse
s.Siaence."
Mr.. James H. Ferguson. who resides on
the Heights, writes: II have long since
thought that change OF name would in
crease your circulation. The paper could
not be brighter. newsier or cleaner, but I
think if you would call 1t the Globe it would
reach many families who now, simply be-
cause of It's name, know nothing of its
mfny excellencies."
Harry Jenkins, an old Jersey City resi-
dent, thinks change may help its circu-
lation. but being used to it, the TATTLER is
as harmonious a sound as any he knows of
in the city.
81 vote that the TATTLER be dropped
and Express alone stand at the head of
your paper" writes another
ga regular Reader" says he's satisfied
with the name as it stands, but thinks
many of his friends have never had the
paper because the name leads them to i'm
aQine that it's ANYTHING but what it really is
81. t." writes: 81 CHANGED to run across
copy of your sprightly paper last Sunday
for the first time. had often heard of it
during the past year in which this city had
been nv home, and while cleaned from
what had heard it sometimes caused a
great deal of talk in different circles, yet
did not know what was Its general charac-
ter. ] read it through, was highly gratified
with it and have ordered it left regularly
at my house. am positive that there are
hundreds Of people within radius of Ave
blocks square of me who, should they see
the paper once, would take it ever after,
but who are misled as to the nature of
the sheet by its name. Change the name
by all means, and if you will allow me to
make a suggestion, probably The Globe
would be good name"
One correspondent suggests that there
would be something SO commanding in
tsThs Sunday Thundera-" as opposed to
that the change be made forthwith.
ct. b. s" would like the name changed,
but cannot suggest name that is uncom-
mon enough to attract larger circle Of
friends than the TArrLER already has.
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