Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-20
WHAT'S IN A NAME:


III Err LIFE HAD not been happy one. Her
IL front name was Georgi2aa, her middle
name Frances, and her back name Diikins and
yet the dove OF peace and happiness had not
rested on the twenty-oue summers. not to
speak Of winters and falls and springs, which
had made up her existence. She WIS wont TO
sit off by herself and plaintively sing in o low
m onotOne:
Oh. curses be
On woful me,
Way WIS / II i.ne3 6eoryiana.
1t would have been Slsln
II couii have chosen.
Or even plain Mary Anna.
This little song used to give her some slight
relief until The next mail cane in, when she
woUld receive three or four circulars on rev
spring trousers or especially effective safety
razors. ali directed to Mr.. George Francis BIZ
kins. whereupon she would become depressed
again.
II had been 80 since her birth. When that
interesting event took place the local paper had
narrated thaF Our cs.eemoi fellow citizen.
Julius Cesar Blkins, has been blessed with a
little son, who j. to slide down the hill of ,if,
under the name OF George Francis" NJ. Bill
kins stopped mis- paper, but the fat had gone
forth.
ing school catalogue in which Georgiana's
name appeared before i:ate parents were writ
ing to the principal wanting to know what she
meant by admitting young men within the
sacred precincts of AmaZonia Hail. and the
principal sued Mr.. Bilkins for certain sums lost
by pupils being removed in spite of explana-
tions.
Georgiana at one period of her life felt
that mate yearning rise within her to pour her
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extent of several quireS OF sentimental verses.
and for a compensation publisher was found.
But the critics. Critics are soulless creatures
at the best, but with Georgiana they seemed to
go to extraordinary lengths in their efforts to
torture. They picked the sweet little sonEe;s
to pieces with unrelenting vigor, and arrived at
the unanimous conclusion that it was bad
enough for sentimental girls to write such stuff,
let alone for men. They advised George
Francis Billkins to try his poetic feryor on the
measuring Of tape and calico.
But Georgiana s poetry found some admirers.
Miss Clara Louise Sweetly said the poetry was
too cute for anything and she was just dying to
meet Mr.. Bilkins, who she knew was dark
dreamy youth, with far-away look in his eve
and his hair SO long as to leave dandruff on his
coat Miss Sweetly wrote letters to Georgiana
in which she expressed her feelings of love and
admiration with the openness and candor OF
sweet sixteen. Gcorghna answered these eifu-
elons ana all was merry as q marriage bell until
one morning, when Georgiana had tripped
down usual to the breakfast table, she found
a letter plainly addressed to George Francis
Bilkins. 1t was nothing unusual for Georgiana
to receive letters, and even letters addressed to
George Francis Bilkins, but this letter was out
OF the ordinary run. 1t was not an advertise
ment of suspenders or chewing tobacco, but an
epistle signed Jim Sweetly," and conveying
the information that Mr.. Sweetly would call ON
g. F. Dilkins that day to learn his intentions
with regard to his sister, Miss Clara
Louise Sweetiy, with whose young az
fections the aforesaid Bilkins had
been tampering. This letter was q terrible
blow to Geo-giana and she sang her plaintive
little song without intermission during the
morning. In the afternoon came MIR. Jim
Sweetly and with Mr.. Sweetly came q large
sized walking stick and q suspicious lump at
his rear pocket. Georgiana refuses to relate
what occurred at this meeting, but as Georgi.
ana and Mr.. Jim Sweetiy were married within
a month it ia assumed that Mr.. Sweetly was firm
in his claim that Georgiana had been trifiing
with somebody's affections and that his family
must have satisfaction one way or another.
Georgiana signs herself Mrs. Jim Sweetly
now and ID becoming happier. She has two
little girls, one Of whom she has named Eliza
beth Ann and the other Bridget Orphelia.
What . Boy Can Do.
These are some Of the things that q boy can dor
He can whistle SO loud the air turns blue;
He can make all sounds 0f beast and bird,
And = thousand noises never heard.
he can crow or cackle, or he can chuck