The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-13
SMITHS IN THE LEAD.
Dominate American Society, As
serts Social Register Locator.
BROWNS COME NEXT ON LIST

No Jonssss In Providence, and Oak.
lands Preferred Knows Npne Named
Jackson - Select Roll Has s4,500
Namss--stranss Differences In the
Spelling.
Society Is led throughout the United
States, north, south, east and west, by
the ancient and honorable family OF
Smith, as is shown by the Social Reg
lister Locator, the first number Of
which was published the other day.
This volume IL a compendium Of the
names OF persons Of social prominence
In twenty American cities and has
been prepared with painstaklng care
II consists Of an alphabetical arrange
ment of $500 names, together with
the cities where the persons reside.
This furnishes clew to many sources
Of Information concerning those whose
folngs are OF interest to society in the
principal cities Of the United States
OF the Smiths there are found to be
$50 all told. while the Browns, who
number $40, come next In preferment
The Joneses number 2G2, while tho
RObinsons have 173 ON the roll Of the
select elect, to quote Miss Carolyn
Wells. The numerically predominant
names Ia New York are as follows:
smith. i63: Brown, 1877; White, SO;
Morgan. 81; Clark. 81; Robinson, 81:
Taylor, 80, and Miller, SO. Boston has
only smitAs and 10 BroWps, but the
Hub 6as q YlliIamses. a peabOdys
and a CoQlidges, = -.
New York has The most smiths and
20 per cent OF the Browns, while Bal
tmorO II 4 close second in the posses
sion Of the clan Of Brown. The smiths
predomlhate Ia Philadelphia, With q
battalion OF ia, although the Biddle
family, which Ia so much d part Of
the City OF Brotherly 1--we. has u
members The Joneses are to be
found everywhere. except in Provi-
dence ana Oakland, Oakland has no
body at all In society named Jackson
Baltimore Is entitled to have the most
Jenklnses present at any large social
function. In Chicago the walkers fol.
low the Smiths In preference. while in
Providence the name Aldrlch is the
open sesame to society, Pittsburg has
the most Laughllns, The Smiths are
at the fore In 1t Louis and st. Paul.
and In Minneapolis the question OF
prestige Il a tie among the Washburns,
winstons and WoodworthH
Summaries of the names which reeur
| In the various cities reveal some inter.
| esting facts culled fpom this American
Almanach de Gotha. There are lao OF
the family Of Adams In 10 cities. while
the % Aiexanders are distributed
| through IL cities, There are 81 Am.
orys, and Boston society has them all.
/ OF the Biddle family, besides the u In
Philadelphia which have been men.
/ toned. there are q In New York and
In Washington. but they are really
part Of the parent stock which flourish.
es in the city OF Penn.
Five cities only have Appletpns, Of
whom there are u in Boston. II in
New York. In phuadelphia. ? IN
St. Paul aud | IN Baltimore. All Of
the family % Auehlucioss to the nun.
Der Of II. have not wandered away
from New York OF the IS Cabots -
reside IN BOSTON. The 2ta OF the house
or Davis are scattered through IS
cities. aud they are the most numerous
n Washington. Nearly every city. OF
~ OF the score, have sou1e Of the les
kings
Strange dsnerentiations In the spell
mg OF names appear throughout the
volume. There are $50 Of the family
e Clarke and 90 Of thu name with
SUt ne terminal ~@" Five ways ars
s1srsd for the spelling Of what Il
" eaect the same name, as d seen n
such titles a Beal. BSaiau Baalsw. Beal
and BealS Il b shown In the tables
tat there are % RsaAS Il Reeds and
~ Reds There are IS who bear the
name % Robbins and IS who leave oui
one p and pronounce their name tbs
same way. Fory~twO are called stur
l &