Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-03-04
MEANING OF NAMES.
Found That Influence of Christening
Must Have Its Limits.

Mr.. Twittles had been porting over
the dictionary for some time.
Cant you find the word you want?'
his wife inquired
Il don't want any word he answer
ed THE trouble with half the people
nowadays is that they have more words
than they know what to do with.
They start out to tell you something
and they get it so tangled UP in luxur-
liant vocabulary that it takes hours to
say what ought to be said in ten min
utes. don't want any more words. was
just seeking diversion.
That's rather unusual way Of
amusing yourself"
That's no sign it isn't a good way
It's solemn fact that people will des-
pise chance to have good time when
it's right before them and so hunting
around for what doesn't amount to
anything after they've secured it.
When | feel the need of diversion /
pick up one of the books that contains
facts in the briefest form. | can get
more enjoyment out of the back of the
~
| thought | would gel away from poll
tics for while But there's no use
Of trying to 10 that 1t shoves itself
to the front, oven in the dictionary"
II don't see how that can be. What
part were you readlng?"
THE part that tells the meaning of
Christian names. It. has set me to
thin ingr about 10
in and interfcres with our plans.
think I've found ont what makes Jun
kers so kind of cynical and moruse.
He was married three times and had
eight children. | locked up the mean
ing of their names, as I've no doubt he
did before the CHI .stening HIS nrst
child was named 'Algernon. That
means with whskers! Algernon is
verging on old age and he hasn't any
more beard than a china egg. The next
was a girl"
Yes, that's Vivian. She was the
slowest stupidiest won an | ever knew"
do you know what Vivian means?"
he inquired, referring to the dictionary
That means lively. Then there was
Evangeline, whose name means bring
ing glad news.
| never saw such a person as she is
for going around and telling things
that she knows will make TROUBLED" MS
wife exclaimed.
Then there was Alvin. Alvin means
beloved by all"
I've seen a whole street full of
children stop playing and hide when
he came around the corner. He's very
different from his brother Walter He's
the most amiable man l ever knew IN
some ways What does Walter mean?"
THAT means "a ruler of hosts.
It's pity the way his wife makes
him stand around"
Yes. His wife is named
Winifred That means "A lover Of
peace.
There was enc son ramed Charles"
Eyes Here it is: 'Charles-strong;
manly; mobiles spirited He was so
bashful he'd forget what his own name
was if you asked him real quick. And
Felix franslated happy, prosperous
was so unlucky that enc time when
flood threatened they gave him his own
odds to bet that there'd be another
shower. 1t cleared up inside of two
hours. And there's George. THAT'S
Greek for 'land-holder or husbandman.'
Ever since George was 16 years old he
has travelled with a circus"
STILL" his wife said pensively, Il
don't see what you mean when you say
that this kind of reading doesn't take
your mind off politics. 1t seems to me
that there couldn't we'll be anything
more remote
That's because you haven't been fol-
| lowing the same train of thought that
| have. All these examples illustrate
| truth in political economy, as we'll as
| in domestic economy. You can name
the baby Whatever you choose, but you
haven't the slightest assurance that it IL
live up to the title. Is your privilege,
with the proper form alites, to give 1t
any designation that suits your fancy,
but that designation doesn't make any
! difference in the long run. And the
same way it may be possible to take
| 80 cents and call It dollar. There's
nothing to prevent a governments de-
Gliding to give it thai appellation if the
| highest powers agree to it. But it's
nature will be so certs, just the same
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