Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-19
Sunshine and Delight.


BENJAMIN Hodson Of Etwood. Ind. has
two girls named Sunshine and Deiisn'
and a boy named Pleasant. When asked
the reason for his selection, the father
said he thought it would make taeir
lives more cheerful.
once knew a young lady named De-
sire Moore. This was the cnoice OF hel
father and it Is said that the mother
declared that If he was going 20 seiec'
q fool name for the child he better
call her Enough Moore
At town near Osceola, MO-, once
lived man named Theooiite Snuier,
him after the instrument by which ne
some years ago a Washington family
named Scruggs had four daughters VINO
were christened after the 1eweis-feari'
diamond. Kuby and Amethyst Scruggs.
Vice President Hamlin's father named
his four sons after the military heroes
of ancient times-Caesar, Pompey, Hanni-
bal and Alexander: and he named his
four daughters after the con ,na
A gentleman by the name of Rose
named his daughter Wylde. and people
thought the combination was very at
tractive, but when she married a man
an ingenious disposition. however, sne
solved rather embarrassing problem
bv signing herself Rose Bull
A mons gentleman in New Hampshire
had his daughter christened Manifold
Mercies-'
South Africa some years ago had his son
christened True Blue Jameson Mitch
ELL
The Marquis OF Hamilton. wen known
British peer expressed his admiration
for the Late Cecil Rhodes by naming his
daughter Cecilia Rhodes1a.
ANY one who has fancy for odd
names can find a great deal OF amuse-
ment by studying the pages OF burke
Peeraee or any other volume which con-
tains lists of the families Of the British
nobility. The funniest one that have
been able to find is that OF LyoneIia
FredRundia Cuthberga Ethelwytha Idetha
isabella Grace Monica Orangella Plan
tagenet.
Women Of the Peerage.
A we'll known Tollemache family Is rep
resented in TIE peerage by women bear
ing the names Of Rhona, Lyoneese, Her
sillia, Elfrayda. Merriota. Napoleona.
Artemisia and others that are quite as
useful to. the owners as II they had been
christened Jane, Mary or Ellen.
The Duke Of Sutherland has a daughter
named Rosemary. Lady Russell has
daughter named Ottoline. Lord Ashbur-
toms three daughters are called Alma,
Aurora and Venetia. Lord Gordon-Len-
nox called his daughter Ivy. The Duke
of Westmoreland and the Earl Of Rosslyn
both have daughters called Gloria and
Rosabelle. Lady Angela. Forbes christ
ened her little girl Margold and the
names of nearly all the other flowers are
represented In the feminine side OF the
peerage. Lady Aberdeen, wife OF the
lord lieutenant of Ireland, who Is IA
NOUS as a philanthropist and an advo-
cate of the advancement Of women, bears
the name Ishbel and Lady Oranmore was
christened Olwynne Varena-
The fashion of christening children
after the kings and queens still prevails
and the number of Victorias and Alexan-
dras in England is very large. Lady
Knollys, secretarw to Queen Alexandra.
christened her daughter Louvima, an
original name made by combining the
first syllable of the names Of the king s
daughters. Lady Brassey Is named In
dina. Other daughters of the nobility
are called Nasta, Noorowtx. Hyacinthe,
Lurline, Ganfreda, lone, Crystal. Sap
phire, Morwenna, Eldrydd and Dulci-
bella.
The fashion Of using ''y'' in place Of 'f''
in spelling the names OF women il dying
out 1t is Edith now in the smart set,
where 1t used to be "Edyth,'' and it is
considered vulgar for a woman to call
herself "Alyce" nowadays, because that
fashion has been adopted by the COM
mon people, and that, of course, makes 1t
vulgar.