The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-24
NAMING THE BABY.
kTRE NAMES TO GIVE YOUR Chill
DREN AND THOSE TO AVOID.

Names That Are Only membranes
in After Life-The Flainest Names
Are, After All, the Best-Names Most
Suitable for Boys DR.. Parkhurst's
CrusGde-Bab Does Not Think 1t VIII
Be Productive of Good Results-A
Chapter From City Life-The Tale
Told by Cof1n-The Bright Things
of Life.
(CoDui0ht1
NEW YORK, April 23-This is a beauti-
full world. It's rich with sunshine, with
gay flowers, with ripping waters and with
| great, massive mountains that stand as
monuments to the great everlasting. This
might be a happy world. Is it? Has the
Easter melody caused well spring of joy
in your heartl And has it made you make
somebody else joy full, tool If it has then
you are happy. Because, what happiness
is there in just having a good thing aud
keeping it ali to one'J selfa To give of our
| joy, of our gladness. OF our good nature, Of
the beautiful things we may possess, only
makes US have more. For the whole beauty
of life lies in the giving of good things
THE ART OF NAMING CHILDREN.
All the swell babies are going to be made
| Christians Easter week, and the hunting up
OF names and the arranging of the suitabil-
| ity is troubling every young mother. In
families where babies are an everyday
| occurrence so much anxiety is not displayed,
| but whsre it is the frs baby we ever
had the entire family are given over to what
| its name shall be. Some wears ago it was
| said that congress was going to pass a law
| permitting women, and suppose the women
1 rt~,-n1 Nks.,,
| and statement that it was q bur-
den TO them to change their names. l
| don't believe rose by any other name
would smell as sweet, and do believe very
| much in the influence of names. Fancy a
boy becoming judge Of the supreme court
| whose name was Montmorency Spinks
| John or William might have gotten in
there, but not Montmorency, with Spinks
for tail. Fancy a chap becoming Presi-
| dent of the United STATES who signed him
self ". IvanhCe Johnson His mother may
have been charmed with the novel, but if
! she had been satisfied with che authors
name alone it would have been better. II
has kind Of best for you and best for
me- sound.
WHATS IN A NAMEW
The BLACKLIST maid ever had was named
Violet. and her floral name permeated her
so entirely That when l had visitor she
| would announce: Here comes de sweetes'
| flowah Of do garden to see my own lily of
| the valley She rechristened the cook
| Hyacinth aud referred to a good time as q
real downright posy." OF course, it is not
wise to name baby after politician; you
never know what his record is going to be-
In one family that | know of they let the
baby name himself. They called him baby
until he was old enough to grab out for
things. and then they handed him a small
basket in which were numerous slips of
paper with names written upon them He
| colclu led to be called Francis and the en-
tire family was satisfied but as he has de-
veloped two dimples aud shows more than
| mere ordinary desire to kiss everything
| feminine, he is dubbed Flank.
GIVING BOYS GOOD NAMES.
Give boy good, square. honest name,
| that he IS not going to be ashamed of; a
| name that will fit man and not q dude,
Name him John, and the friends who like
him and the woman who RdOres him will
| address him as Jack, and the chances are
ten to one he will be big of body, clean OF
mind and good fellow all around. Name
him Samuel; but don't let any one degrade
| him by calling him Sammie. Sans
| good, square name, rather suggests a fellow
| WHO is fond of goot eating aid drinking
| with a vertable weakness for anything In
petticoats. But that's all right Name
him James-thaPs a good name. Some
how, if you are a woman, you love a man
by that name. think that is a part of the
| magnetism of Mr.. Blaine.
SILLY NAMES FOR GIRLS.
But mems names are not such dreadful
mistltI as are women'g. They get all out of
the way. You know Roses who are as yellow
as lemons, Lilies who are freckled and spot
ted-probably they represent the Japan
csc variety. Haven't you met Bellies who
receive atten zion from no man. and who
! ara wall Howarsl Havo,It 1yo,,
met Besses who were not coquetssh aud
dimpleds Dear | One could keep on for
ever showing what insists names are. But
one name above all others is ottenest given
to women and least suits them; that is
! Mary. To every one of us it means q de-
voted mother, aud how many women are
| devoted mothers? Every way you turn the
name it has sweet sound-as Minnie, IL is
a dlmpled schoolgirl; as Molly, merry
maiden; as Mamie, it really means my
souln and tells that the bearer has somebody
very near her to whom she means every
thing. Evidently am we'll named, for
| like TO talk.
''BAB" ON DR.. PARKHURsT'S CRUSADE.
This is a beautiful world, but there is
| much wckedness in it. That sounds very
| fiat, doesn't it? But what else can one say,
when a man who is supposed to be a minis
ter OF God deliberately goes into a notorious
| house, taking with him young man who
had never been in such place, and de-
tective, who urged the young women there
to show to what extent they had lost all
sense of womanliness. Who do you think
is the worst in that lot? Certainly not
those wretched women. Nobody can be-
lieve for one moment that any good is
gained by crusade OF tins sort, and every
body who thinks for a moment is going
to wonder if this asking the women to COM
NIT immodest acts is not melting sin rather
than blotting it out? How tne devil must
must laugh when he reads the morning pa
pers! 1t would all have been bad enough if
these people had just gone into this house
by accident, looked on and then come out
But if it is true that these poor, wretched
creatures were invited to act as they did
for the benefit of the man who is supposed
| 20 purify the city, then [ can no longer
wonder that men and women lose faith aud
that they smile and say: "See what these
Christians do"
\ CLERGYMAN'S FIRST DUTY.
It is difficult thing to think, but sup
pose, being tempted and falling, your boy
| or mine went to such house as TINS. Say
that he saw a clergyman there. one whom
he knew. Not all the talking in the world
would convince him that he was there In
the interest of purity, and your boy would
90 away feeling that he hadn't done any
harm, if he could 60 where men Of such
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