The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-02-20
as TO NICKNAMEs.


"Wonderful how names stick to
a person. said the observant man.
There were two nice little women in
our village who came on US one even
ing, and we offered them popcorn
which the children had just brought
in from the kitchen. They refused,
i>s.ksssns. ca uas.asalaaA;na.1xr- -ae ia keen aae
from giving them two heaping plates
of the corn. We kept re6lling the
plates and they kept crunching all
the evening There was something so
funny about it that I called them
The Popcorn Ladies, and the name
has stuck to them so that the whole
village knows them by it.
II once knew man who had talk
ed incessantly in high pitched voice,
and bright girl dubbed him The
Chirper.' The name was quickly
passed around among the young peo-
pie, and now the greater part of his
friends know him by that name. A
dignifed young woman of my ac-
quaintance goes by the name of
'Whont' to this day because when
she was a little girl she used to call
herself Mrs. Whont' when she play
ed grownup ladies, and the family
picked it up. She simply can't shake
the absurd name.
More than one red haired man is
known by the name of Pink and
philosophically accepts the title. 1
have an acquaintance who holds re-
sponsible position who is known by
the name of 'Dotty.' 1t seems that
one day mischievous girl discovered
that he had three prominent dimples.
She promptly dubbed him 'Dotty
Dimple, and now he is known to all
his associates as 'Dotty.' Another
man of my acquaintance is always
called 'Bluebeard' because he has
such white and thin skin that if he
does not shave daily his beard shows
blue through it. That name, too,
came through woman's quick wit.
sTn a certain household a very
| feminine little woman is still called
THE Boy because when she was a
Young girl she went through serious
| illness which made it necessary to cut
her hair short. Her younger sister
said she was the boy of the family,
and the dainty lady is still called by
that absurd name.
"An effeminate man was once call
! ed Viola by one of the boys in the
Office, and now we know him by moth
ing else. Another one of the boys
in the Office is always called 'Chesty,
and, though he got angry at first, he
has cheerfully accepted the new name
now.
"Our bookkeeper is always putting
in his oar when it is not al all neces-
sary, and I think now he will be
known until the end of time as Cen
eral Butts. A friend of mine who is
always called Cheerful does not
know whether he is called that be-
cause his friends believe he has a
cheerful disposition or because they
consider him cheerful idiot. But,
at any rate, he can shake the name. "
--lzilayaukee Sentinel.
"I'M NOT given to fattery," drawl-
ed Mr.. Staylate. IT don't make a
point to say nice things to girls"
mo? I'm sure that was nice thing
you said to me earlier in the evening, "
replied Miss Bord, with a yawn.
"What was that? "You remarked
that you didn't have long to stay,
you know
TAILoR-"See here this bill has
been standing since 1906"
Slopay-"My dear sir, don't you
know physiologists declare that man
changes entirely every seven years.
I'm not that same man who cOntrac-
ted that BILL"
CHARITY covers multitude Of
sinners.