The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-11
When Easter Is Over. They
Will Be Rid of Matri-
mOniaI Shell.
IN RESTAURANT BUSINESS
Mr.. EGG ASKS NEW YORK JUDGE
TO FREE HIM AND HIS WIFE
FROM UNRELisHEo JOKES OF
FACETtOuS FRIENDS.


games a day, it seems particularly ap-
'opos that Mr.. and Mrs. Ulrich Egg. of
No. los West Eighty-first street, |
should ask Supreme Court Justice
CGorman for permission to LAY" Egg
aside and substitute Eek. They gave
80 many eggcelent reasons that Justice
O'Gorman granted the request and set
April % as the date on which they
might tear off their present shells.
Then they will be dropped Eggs
Most persons get tired of eggs about
Easter. but when you use the same Egg
for "a years, as Egg has done. 1t Is
bound to become monotOnous. Mrs.
Egg has been wearing the name about
three years. and she admitted yester-
day she was only waiting for the cp-
portunity to scramble out from under
II. Not that their friends have growH
tired Of the Eggs. but the Eggs feel
that they have furnished the comedy
for their friends just about long
enough. Both are perfectly good
Eggs, but say they are almost cracked
from listening to the feeble jokes
cracked at their expense.
Ego In the Restaurant Business.
Each has a sense of humor and this
is the only thing that has prevented
them boiling over on more than one &C.
casion. 1t didn't help matters any 10
have Egg in the restaurant business.
and In his petition to the court asking
for permission to shed his name he set
forth a list of annoyances, which
proves that he has Job looking like
bridegroom at church We'd
ding. Mrs. Egg presides over the
dressmaking establishment
at No. 566 Fifth avenue. and she
couldn't recall q single instance where
her name had helped her any. She
is handsome woman and laughed
merrily while her husband discussed
the situation.
1--WE been In hot water ever since
I've had the name," said Egg.
Then you must be hard boiled by
this time" said the reporter.
I'm done on both sides all right"
laughed Egg. In Switzerland, where
we come from, the name is pronounced
CCh, anu UCOluCS ~ u0o q NAAASAS AS
meaning"
How did you come to marry your
husbands" Madame Egg was asked.
Il was always fond Of Eggs." she
said. land I guess that had something
to do with it,
I'm pretty much Of = nest egg" was
Eggs next contribution. Here his
wife gave her Egg nudge that threat
ened to break 1t.
Are there any small Eggs:" asked
the reporter. joining in the cackle.
Not yet" came In chorus. Guess
il we did have three or four children
we'd be known as the half dozen Eggs"
Il think I had better beat It." said
the reporter. before I'm whipped to
a froth."
Won't you have a little refresh
ment before you go?" asked the boss Of
the house.
IF it's all the same to you, I'll have
sherry and egg." said the reporter.
Make mine an egg shake" laughed
Madap Egg.
''Doeyou think you're going to like
your new nameY'
1T will be hard getting used to 1t for
awhile. but anything is better thar
Egg. tried the new one on severa,
friends today, and they thought ! had
the hiccoughs."
After wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Eek As
much prosperity under their new name
as they have had under the old one. the
reporter withdrew, feeling as though
he had been poaching on their good
nature They live in fine brown
stone "crate" and have the confidence
Of all their neighbors. which is more
than some eggs can boast.
Just one paragraph from the pet.
ton to the court answers Shakes
peare's query as to what's In name
That his present name of Egg caus-
es him and his wife a great deal OF
trouble and annoyance and humilia-
ton among his and her friends and &C
quaintances: that would-be facetious
friends and acquaintance invariably
ask him after they are well enough ac
quainted with him, whether he is hard
or soft boiled. or fried. or scrambled
or whether he is fried on one side OF
both sides. or whether he is only az
omelet.
That those scquaintances who have
since become enemies usually refer to
him as good. bad or rotten. with diff
ferent infections. according as they
desire. to be ironical or brutality
frank"