The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-22
BABY's FIRST Wall.

have read In bookg-and number OF
men whose hair is getting thin about thei1
temples have confirmed, it-that the first
comment baby makes after his .introduc.
ton to the world finds expression in q
pathetic vail.
Why should this b so1
OF course there are explanations enough
and more than enough, az to Why the
human animal Of longer experience should
vail and lament, but that he should have Z
grievances before even one factor Of the
HWelcome, Little Stranger" design hal
lacerated him, was, until the other day, q
mystery to me. It isn't now; q full and
adequate solution Of the enigma has dawned
The iust-arrived one makes moan for q
reason. Instinct tells him that, almost Of
. certainty, his loving but injudicious spon-
eors will send him to the post in the great
handicap Of life, weighted with three
names.
Now, the possession Of three names il
next door to fatal-or at least within q
block of il.
Reflect moment. How many men who
were named on the ordinary, first,middle-
and-laet system have won a place on the
not infrequently mentioned Roll of Famei
Most of the people in the shining list found
ono name resonant enough to vibrate
VA1Vuk0 Vu0 6HO0s OVU0E8 m0A0 b HU1ACAo4Vly
pervasive noise with two. Here and there
on the long and narrow roll an unusually
industrious or favored genius has been al
lowed to crowd in middle initial, or even
Z middle name; but these are far apart, you
will notice, and writ full small
Does anybody suppose that George Hutch
inston, could have svolved from the rebel
to the patriot, Or could have become his
country's fatherf The absurdity of the idea
IL manifest. Or, again, il Napoleon had
been, and insisted on remaining, Napoleon
Campanini BonapaFte. would not Europe
's:d hs ns1 f. to1sos
child with whole string Of names; at
school in Paris, a boy with two; man, he
1ound Napoleon" enough to cover one con-
tinent and lap over on one or two more.
Abraham J. Lincoln 10 so utterly differ.
ont from abraham Lincoln" that the
the existence OF great law Of nature, law
mot yet formulated, but none the less po-
tent.
The novelists are aware Of this. Else
why do they always ind that one. or at
most two. names are enough for heroI
The fact L. hero with three names is i'm
possible. Tho writer's Of books are very
Il, perhaps for fear No outsiders may dis
cover one secret of their success. but they
observe the rule almost without an excep-
tion.
Try to think Of even ono book with ita
as9a ons a aer uo ss shst
mention-well, to be safe, say three Of
them. For my part. ] cannot remember
one.
And good thing 1t ID. too, Take, for ex.
ample, "John Halifax, Gentleman" What
pity il would have been if Miss Mulook
had ~rSkknya hAp g,nH1ln ~ ahOnk = 1h,o
p. Halifax, Gentleman" One would al
most doubt his being gentleman at all.
And Henry O. Esmond"-the suggestion
Of such change 10 sacrilege!
1t ls the same in poetry, science, art
everything. There are, to be sure, some ap-
little, you will see that, in almost every such
instance, the great men with three names
are those whose greatness ia just trif1e
doubtful men who have applied for the
worlds consideration. II they got it, the
off inconttnently.
Grant" 10 enough for US now.
This discovery in regard to names adds a
gloom to life. II does, really. The vast
majority of people-unfortunate creatures!
wear the fatal three. For the most of Us,
escape from the mali9n influence is impos-
ing generations will look coldly on our
gravestonee, and posterity, reading the viz
tues haply inscribed thereon, will will with
lifted lip expose the incisor OF doubt.
Yet. after all. one seed Of the herb COM
fort sprouts amid the gloom. It's tender
leaves decorate and make less mournful a
pile Of manuscripts that lie in certain
drawer OF my desk. Poor things! They all
came back, not, I am going to believe, be-
cause they were altogether bad, but because
in my one-time ignorance I signed them
Frederick Craig Mortimer. Chatter.