The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-06

nitely be extended. At one time in our
history nOminauy the chief enemy of
/ this country was boy p years Old. BY
tie name Of Alfonso Leon Ferdinand
Marie Jacques Is0dOre Pascal Antoine
Bourbon. dow many could tell or
hand who was meant? Yet the an
swer is perfectly plain, when one re-
fleets that in our war with Spain the
nominal cOmmander-in-chief of the
Spaniards was their boy king, Alfonso
XII.
Then there is the youthful matron,
Mrs. Henry SChwerin, who Yields more
power than any other woman of p now
living. She is known TO the world as
Nnnelmlna of Holland and is the only
queen regnaut in the world tOday-that
IS, the only female sovereign ruling in
me- own right with the same powers as
a king.
outside the ranks of royalty the num-
Der of shining examples is still greater.
Probably few people, even among con-
hrmed thearegOeTs, would take any
special interest in a poster that read
mus; "Ihespian theatre. For One
week Only-Mr. Henry Brodribb and
Mrs. Z. A. Wsrden in The Merchant of
Venice and Other Shakespearean Pro-
auctions. Next week.-Mrs.. H. CHA
poWska.' But let the names of Sir
Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry and
Nine. Helena MOdjeska be respectively
substituted for these real names OF
theirs and what a rush for tickets there
would be.
The same thing might be said of sim
liar announcements about Miss A. Gre
man, who is known to the public as
Ada Rahan- Mrs Ar+rr,f~ l. NTo,-,~~.,
who was Mary Anderson: Mrs. Fred
erick c. Harriott, whose better known
name is Clara Norris, and many more
From among the bright. particular
stars Of the operate stage may be mar
shaled an even more striking array.
Should il be announced. for example.
that among the singers whose services
mad been secured for the next season
Of grand opera We're the Baroness
CedarstrOm, the Countess Miranda,
Mrs. Nellie Armstrong. Mrs. Julian
Story and Mrs. Charles NJ Raymond.
1t is improbable that there would be
SO much as ripple of excitement, even
among lovers Of the opera. Perhaps
some interest might be taken in the
titled ones, and that would probably
be all But let these real names give
place to the more famous ones of Ade-
Ina Patti, Christine Nilsson, Nine. Mel
ba, Emma Eames and Annie Louise
Cary and the largest opera house in the
world would not be big enough to hold
the throngs that would seek admission.
Many authors would likewise go I'M
recognized if mentioned by the names
that were originally given to them.
Most readers would hardly be likely to
distinguish in Francis B. Harte. Thom-
as II. H. Game, Anthony H Hawkins.
Francis ". Crawford and Charles z.
Markham such popular writers as Bret
Harte. Hall Game. Anthony Hope, f.
Marion Crawford and Edwin Markham.
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In most instances the change has
been made by dropping one or more
of the original names. But in some
cases the sole difference is that the
nrst name is given in full and the sec
ond indicated by an initial instead Of
the reverse. Few appreciate how con-
fusing this sample change is If, for
instance, new book by Arthur c.
Doyle were announced how many
would buy it because they knew it
was by the author of Sherlock Holmes
stories, whom they had hitherto known
as A. Conan Doyle? Or if a thrilling
new romance" by Henry r. HaggarG
were advertised how many. even among
those who might wonder if he were re-
lated to the author of she" and Allan
QUaTtermain." would comprehend. for
some time at least, that it was really
by H Rider Haggard himself? Or if
the statement were made that Hugh
Wynne' was written by Silas w.
Mitchell, how many would not at first
be inclined to dispute the assertion be-
fore realizing that, of course, it re-
ferred to 5. Weir Mitchell, after all?
Still more curious is the fact that
sometimes the omission Of even a single
syllable is sufficient to disguise the
name almost beyond recognition. How
many readers, for instance, if they saw
the names of Lewis Wallace or Walter
Whitman on the title page of a book
would realize at once that the volume
was by General Lew Wallace or Walt
Whitman? Then, again, a pen name
sometimes becomes so closely identified
with an author that no one suspects
1t is not the real name. Probably many
who know Olive ThOrne Miller as Mrs.
Miller have never suspected that her
real name is Harriet Mann Miller
So this curious list Of famous people
as we do not know them might be
continued almost without end. There
is Charles a. y. Durand, whom the
world knows as Carolus Duran; and
Lieutenant Louis NJ. J. Viaud, who is
famous as Pierre Lott; and the English
poet Mackay's adopted daughter, who
is Marie COTelli by birth and Marion
Mackay by adoption; and Louise de la
Rance and Samuel L. Clemens, whom
few refer to except as Ouida and Mark
Twain; and a host of others. But the
examples that have already been given
are certainly numerous enough to con-
vince anyone that there il for mara II,
q name than most Of US might at first
he GfSDOsad IN admit