The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-02-20
DIRECTORY GIVES
QUIPS ON Names
There Are Page" Galore in
Polk Book Containing
Capital Names.

Between the covers Of the new Polk
Washington directory Is a mine of mate
rial for the student Of nomenclature.
Those who hunt for humorous or unusual
names may ind them.
Animals, minerals, birds, fish, musical
instruments, food, drink, colors, and a
hundred other things are found among
the names Of Washington citizens.
For Instance. a musical meTange Is COM
posed Of Harp, Harpers, Drum, Fife,
Filters, Horns, Cornett, Lutes, Clarion,
Flutte. Plano, Pipers, Singers, etc
Mineralogy has its Pearls, Diamonds,
Rock, Stone, Coale, Steele, Marble, Gold
and Silver.
There are four Bugdens appropriately
close to four Bugbees and it is also noted
that Fox follows Fowles.
There are two BumEardners and as a
natural sequence quite a bunch OF
Weeds
Carline is listed as well as three
Hacks
The Finney tribe supplies Bass, stur-
geon, Pike, Salmon, Trout, Herring and
Chubb.
There are thirteen Caves but search
fails to reveal a single Caveman.
There are eighty-seven Bankers but no
Dog, seven Friends and no Foes, four
Crabbs and no Holsters, and. strange to
relate, Graft Is noted but once
In accordance with the times, the Polk
Book Is very well fixed as regards pre-
paredness," with Cannon, Gums, Rifle,
Derringer. Powder, Schott Schen, Swords,
Camps, the D.IIlery, Garrisons. Forts,
Spears, Spikers, Shields, Trench, Spies
Bullets. Archers, inns, Dartes, Generals
Cadets, Majors, Sergeants, soldiers. Sail
ers, Navy Cavaliere, Powdermaker, and
Picketts.
In spite Of an efficient police department
Folks Directory brazenIy exploits four
Crymes, seven LswIess, fifteen Crooks
ten CANDLES, twenty-one Belts, one Risk,
and thirteen. Bunns.
Then there are the clans Robb Steal.
and Swindell.
There is no threat against the move
ment for a noiseless city in Clapp, Bing,
Bangs. Holler, Beller, Cryer, Noise, Rapp
and Mock.
There are twenty Chicks. one Hen and
one Costing.
The shortest names in the Polk book
longest are probably the I0s Miles,
Naturally there are Pages galore.
The tool box is filled with ChiseTs,
Hammers, Hatchett, Axe, Nail, Bitz
Bellows, Picks, Hoes, and so on.
One Bible Is Listed.
Frank E. OF 500 Bond Building, seems
to be the Elder Of the attorneys in the
city
Isaac Bell resides at n I street. and
there is Ringer on Eleventh street.
But one Bible is listed
For the card player. there are ten
Deals, twelve Decks, eight Packs, High.
Low, Jack and Bridge.
For the eight Apples there is only one
Core
In rapid succession come Darlings and
Il
Groom, katz and Ratz, Roses and
Ihorns, Fair and Rain. Suit and Taylor,
Finger and Hand, Spring and Summer,
FAN and Winter, Ball and Bait, Bitter
and Sweet, Old and Young, Poore and
Rich, Dill and Pickles, Lemons, and
Oranges. Hoss and Mules, Chews and
Spitzers, Dove and Peace, Dull and
Smart, Finn and Fish. House and Lott
You can run across a few archaic
friends, such as Ajax. Saul. AgrIcoIa,
Adams, Abraham, Isaac. Soloman, Nero,
Caesar. Cicera,N Cain and Abel
The flock OF thirteen PARROTS speak for
themselves and the twenty-four Peacocks
give an added dash Of color to page
SS.
The four Drums are closely followed
by a Drumhunt
James Funn helps to Ifven up the Polk
book, as do thirteen Gays FIVE Gayers
four Gaylords, three testers, twenty
eight Joys, three JolIys, sixteen Pleas
ants, seven Merry, the Merryman push
three Larks and a number Of Wits
Thsre are only nine Muses. according
to mythology, but Folks directory has
twenty-one.
Although Washington lays claim to
strict neutrality, seventeen Battles.
forty-two Kaisers and one Krupp are
noted.
A Goodkey and two Locks are listed
As to favorits brews, you can ind
LRndrun, Punch, Goodale, CHM, Stout
Book, Champagne, Sherry, Wines, Beers,
Hook, Boose, Rye, Port. Popp, Porter,
and other beyeridges.