Telegram-herald., 1888-05-30
TASTE As TO NAMES
as~ . csn .sss sszes sarssos 3sy -
tr<-@nxaFsa - napss fs~ax-
F.xess~l stssldifg fg-tsif1zi<-
S.1.es Par <Aiia<ss.

tE<s4nxafsa ~ hApPt fs~1k
R<xess.l stss1disE -Izifs@is-
S..ss FsE SAiia<ss.
tastes 1i;xnr a. - n4ns<. Il eezzEss, a<c |.
= .4ps~<bls - df4~ . iAa. van "A l1s
s..~sp ga sas go Snd al Ens ss@Es sa tks
sra~s. sou.s psspsa thi1< I4.s Jean sHsi
Jszes ars sxesilsst nzraas, shlis osAaFs coar
si6sf Lna4s szl5 aAi eemnsspl4es azsnas
La ckzEiosse sa4 Cl1<v1es are sfzalrsd %
sszs ea1 dss1~Asd ny eEAer< Bat ~sassy~F
1is@.<Tssszens "a - pzTes,liaF l-4z1ss a4a5
szi4l. . 81 - s.zaad ts4t .ssrs b ys<y hstls
alE@<snos q osk non - sns pleasant "a ia
pls-441s soss.1 q say ones fan sizss. b. shs
sanss aoshia. q pis 81 ga-.iEuEAs Il IL ooar
stEIsaGx1a-
Tbs xrzas xnd baenty of tan naxns OF
t;tts <ap~sa ola osFta4a ancsmpFoznl1nz eSn-
alEonA Il saoals - rhyehassa&l is sAouid
Eos - l<lt>l.sss14, . s1ss.,a esas4ia salii-
sl.as 4saassfy - ve~~s sad cs1-szna1as
-ossasis, e -nsszld 70 -zssly prsaosnes~.sls, =
siissid nos saEszas uapIeasazs .s.Dsialsoa<
For s<aupiss a. rArs~ Les nososyIiabio
names IN secession. hss aJoba Pau s1nas.'
ara eoa - dasiF.isis ; combination IL lOnS
sud short ss1zntftie@. Aks -Oaser " s11ien
kioilnez' "a f-asolog1cz- asusss. hxs rJoha
scaa~ea' or sHiltans y Ei1iAss.s. Ars al 45o-
nals-xkiea. "A ~Ella zillsr b 10 uloaoton-
OK. q ~oald bs bet1sF ~ aanas The ehi.d
"ksser o. ~1af3aa-' A. ~Hsary n ads
-orta Longf.lLO~" sAttzes. All tks foregoing
csoe4tioas est = = noE ~asliy pronounced
Il-s SORTS d aet rsLa togSthsr ancott.ly. a.
u ''ssfsns h4sseu Lowell 81 ~bsnsaies
Aruoid sounds vel. baE he eps woalt %
Apt - stso nat name - al infant
sosrszkD 81 rNEsx
since th.-s conditions srs 80 obxiCus and
a. easy q falalla1snt, and ancs ths cAoies OF
narnes - - wi4s, ths prev.lsnes and per-
Estsncs q ha1sh. awkward nam<s nauxr h-s a
constant sancs % sonsler aud disgust gTse
whsa tas snTlAnis = sonnonplace. as In tie
eass q ths aobls army Of ~ssEnfrhse sad
'-8ro~pz" " even boseissiy gncoCrh. as Ia
"Potts' ~ ~Hogs.- II ean 10 softsned and
rfaasns1red - n@ppy prefix. tEss IS iagea-
loss dscorstoss bsaattsy Dars walls and ua-
tcsely arclclss q f4rniturA Thus Sydney
snlth' a16 "0oLdwsn smith" and Ballard
bmith~ .rv god names az least IN this. that
ths -ssafsh" psrs u 0versAadowst and. a. Is
wers. -slnin&ssd by the prenxs.. which are 50
sncourson that they sngross rhs attention
thar ons would think thsy were hardly older
thaa tbsfr tables IL q tncrediols mat any
Christian sb0uid % bapEixod Judas Iscar-
i0t.' bat read ths ether cay that ons Of
Roscoe Conxiing's znce<<srs retosoed In the
Mans -An.ni4z" What eoald5 lvs rosse~sed
the parsn1z q that tEnfortunats individual 70
nasns hna after TIE rypie~l hnr u ali tlmsI
A. wcu nniEhr shsy have called kin '.Apol-
lyon" or "Beslzeoahs
Agsfa. No nat1sr II initials cornes In for
consideration a feaEurs Of m nor, bot sill
spprecaAbls. Importance No matter how
smooth or nigh sounding ons's name may ba.
Il vii dail ne edge of ais self satisfaction If
the initisks spcu sons ocensiye word The
composer - ~Pinaforor has a very pretty
aau1e-''Arthur seymour Sullivan"-but ne
always drops ths SECOND Of the thr,s words.
znd very brfsf investi yation wil show the
rs.ecn why.
xSFdoNtouE AID WELL rkLArCED.
~ al means sss shs chfltrsa have supho-
aiooz. we'll bahsac-t nAlne> II tho surnam<
- short and abrupt, sh- baptizra2l narnss
should - poilY~yilabi aud Eowing. and vica
versa A true s~r and blss scnse Of propor-
tion VII insure wiss dsci<ion n every case.
Ks.pin< in mind the I've conditions already
sr1ticai sCafrinatioa ot the xu5.ecf. that The
BEST possi0ls 1tplo combinations RI 7thmi
eafly. ars sdtAsr VI loag uonosy-.abls FOL
lowed 81 trochee hor sponderl and dactyl
or 2l dactyl. fallo-~d by a trschse COR s-ssr.
dos and long nonosyllsble. Ia other words
II no sarnams be monosyllable, Il Is vel
fer the srss name 20 be OF three syilables, aue
tks second nazns q two syIlabIss, bet II n.
sursaus - a dsetyi &c Il esst led up % by
n,onosyliabi0 erzt nams and diSyllabi,
secoaa asn~ OF The secoad combination
oliver Wsneen Holues- L. = splsnesid az
srsni,, enipcial1- with al the requisite con
dir0ns ~hlis sxoclleat specimens Ok the srs
eonbinafion arr f0und IN Ralph waid.
Esnsrson' add ~Joha Grsenleaf Whittier.
which may - consfdsrsd practically perfsc-
nsuo~s. satisfying IA dsnaan<is of proportio'
shd rhyshu. oontsiaing an agrssatls VARIETY
VI vowei sounds. aad seiag sufficiently smootl
in prouunciatlon. While not cencisns Il
strength, watch should parrain 70 svsr,
sna-ulins appsliasion
Trochaic surrlames. WITCH srs the mos
nanerous u AL. sre nos 80 easily balancsd a
the foregoing Thres s7och~~s IN q lfns a
frequent combination. and act n bad one b
any acsus. Thus -Ednsund C1arsncs sterl
man = v-ry god name. vsswssi from a
points. but rhYthuicaiiT Frank Dstalste
ehernsanr aud George " fIliAza Curels' "a
sem little mors Satisfacpory Certain con
oinsti0ns are cpn~picnously awkward. a., 70
example The three saccessfvs naoue~yllsbls
alreaty alluded %. In ths ca~e es 'sJohn Pan
Jeues" dsctyi followed ~ N isznbus =
Frederic Hugsne.s and dactyl fofiow-d b
a noue-yilsbse aud brosbe-. '~Ts@csor
Dsvt<hf " ools~ys Il viii - fsund da<irabl
ss general thlng. BY TIE var. - selecs
woaIf Il rwo sviiables for The middle nanss.
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