The Florida star., 1909-04-16
WEARY OF ODD NAME
Why the Eggs WIN Be Ecks Soon
as Easter Is Over.
FOUND THEIR CASING IRKsoME

heotaurant Man Asked Court 20 Free
Him and His Wife From UnrsIished
Jests Of Faestious FriendS-Says
He's ~Done on Both Sides All Right"
At this season Of the year. with
eggs leading the batting order at ev-
cry breakfast table and In a great
many homes playing three games a
day, 1t seemed particularly apropos
that Mr.. and Mrs. Ulrich Egg of New
York city should ask Supreme Court
Justice OGorman for permission to
'1ay" Egg aside and substitute Eek.
They gave so many eggcellent reasons
that Justice O'Gorman granted the re-
quest the other day and set April %
as the date on which they might tear
or 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 thirty-fOur years, as Egg has
done, IT is bound to become monoto-
nous. Mrs. Egg has been wearing the
name about three years, and she re-
Gently admitted she was only waiting
for the opportunity to scramble out
from under 1t. Not that their friends
have grown 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.
Each has a splendid sense OF humOr,
and this is the only thing that has pre-
vented them boiling over on more than
one occasion. 1t didn't help matters
any to have Egg in the restaurant
business, and in his petition to the
court asking for permission to shed his
name he set forth list Of annoyances
which proves that he has Job looking
like a nervous bridegroom at church
wedding. Mrs. Egg presides over a
fashionable dressmaking establish
ment, and she couldn't recall a single
instance where her name had helped
her any. She is a handsome woman
and laughed merrily while her hus-
band discussed the situation with a
reporter.
"I've 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.
"Pm done on both sides all right"
laughed Egg. "In Switzerland, where
we come from, the name is pronounced
Eek. and, besides. 1t has a different
meaning"
How did you come to marry your
husbandT Nine. Egg was asked.
Il was always fond Of Eggs" she
said, "and guess that had something
to DO with It,"
'Tm pretty much Of a nest egg"
was Eggs next contribution Here his
wife gave her Egg a nudge that
threatened to break 1t.
"Are there any small Eggs" asked
the reporter, joining in the cackle.
"Not yet" came in chorus. Guess If
We did have three or four children
we'd be known as the half dozen
Eggs"
81 think l better beat It," said the
reporter before I'm whipped to
frOth."
Wont you have a little refresh
ment before you gOE" 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
MInc. Egg.
do you think you're going to like
your new nameT'
1T will be hard getting used To il
for awhile. but anything is better than
Egg. | tried the new one on several
friends today. and they thought had
the hlccoughs"
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
brOwnstOne ."'crate" and have the con-
fidence Of all their neighborS, which is
more than some eggs can boast.
Just one paragraph from the petition
TO the court answers ShakeSpeare's
query as to what's in a name:
THAT his present name OF Eg.
causes him and his wife a great deal
Of trouble and annoyance and humiiia-
ton among his and her friends and
acquaintances; that would he facetinus
friends and acquaintance invariably
ask him. after they are well enough
acquainted with him. whether he Ia
hard or soft boiled or fried or scram-
bled. or whether he Is fried on one
side or both sides. or whether he is