Evening star., 1912-09-15

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the "Re" was a joke or an abbreviation for
| Reynolds" Finally | looked it up in the
| directory of the small city adjoining Boston
where Mr. Al Re handled the banjo SO de
| lightfully at a lodge entertainment. There
he was in the Rs, al Re- barber: no al
bert about it,
l met him not long after that. "Yes it
is all the name | have, and | am proud of
it. My fathers name was Re, and away
back as far as | know" he said. "But there
are shorter names, he added dlsconsolately.
Mr. Re explained that, while his name
looked short, there were four different letters
in it, and he knew of people with only three
letters in their names. This looked inter-
esting, and we discussed it at length.
Here are some of the short names have
since found:
| Ro Cox, charming young woman with
no other name, who says she will be careful
not to marry anyone of the name OF" Bust
or "TundH; although she wouldn't mind
mantle"
| A special student at Harvard who comes
from Bangkok, Siam, is not overburdened
with name. He has only one and that con-
tains only two different letters. He is MIR.
Aab, and hopes to add a Ph. d. to lengthen it.
| Amy May is a charming little girl who
twists her last name about into a given
| name. IL mas only LlIee letleIS.
Miss Lulu Lull is Vermont school teach
er. Eva Ilg, Abby Baab, Otto Baab, Otto
Off, and Ben Burr are few names of real
people who waste little time, ink, or energy
in affixing their signatures.
A few years ago Brazilian merchant had
steamship built in East Boston and named
in his honor. This is the name, "Y-I."
pronounce it 'Ee-Yee,'' he said; "but al
ways spell it with a capital Y, hyphen, and
capital l."
"Aye-aye, Mr.. Ee-Yee," replied the jocose
shipbuilder.
| With name composed of only two letters
one might think the limit was reached. Per
| haps it has been, to be exact but here is a
man who certainly has less labor in writing
his name than any other on record. He is
Mr.. Jay Hole, and he lives in Maine. "When
| was boy in school, to be funny used to
sign my compositions with capital ] and
then punch hole in the paper beside it,
said Mr.. Hole. "If that wasn't Jay Hole,
then | am much mistaken, and so long as
my name is Jay Hole think the teacher was
bit fussy to punish me for the signature.
l sign my name in that manner today when
writing to friends One Christmas | re-
ceived package from friend in Boston.
He printed big ] and jabbed hole through
| the box cover beside it, writing the name of
my town. When l went to the pOStOfflCe
| the postmaster said. Jay, some funny friend
in Boston has sent you something"
| THERE areneVer so many more long names
! than short ones. They are not so funny.
Another proof concerning the wit of brevity!
Alderberontophosopha Bowen lives in
| Fall River Massachusetts,. Alderber, ETC.,
| is woman, and works in one of the big
mills there. On her pay cnvelop the cashier
merely writes "A. Bowen; but in his list
of employees the full name is written.
Observation-Disclosures Dyer lives in New
port, Rhode Island. They call him "Maher."
Hjalmar Axel Gottfred Appelthoeft has a
home in large New England city. He is a
| woodworker.
Louis Charlesoliver Eleury de Lagorgen-
diere was born in Peru, Nova Scotia. One
need only glance at the name to understand
that Peru is just across Alinas Basin from
| Arcadia. Evidently his people were not
banished along with Evangeline.
In the Boston directory few years ago
was the name Annie Lifotowschivtchowski.
| The directory man told me there was more
of it, but that was all they could give the
girl. She went back to Russia. She said
they understood her better there.
| knew bright young Hebrew. He said
his name was ky Glynn. "Glynn is not
Jewish name, l told him, and he then la
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