The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-05-27

my sh6ulderblade. and the worst OF
them is this thing Of giving foreign
spelling and pronunciation 10 our
home grown names. There isn't
finer or stateiier name In the city df.
Fectory than Mary. The most dis
nnguished woman this world ever saw
had that name, and it was good enough
Tor her.
ANY woman who tries to rear
range such a name as that has some
thing wrong with her Intellect. and
I'd be afraid to have her under my
roof. AT any moment she might be-
come a gfbbering maniac.
When I was young all the good
old fashioned names were in evidence
everywhere. The woods were full of
Elizabeths and Decreases and AEatiI-
das. The women who had such names
we're proud OF them. and never mon
keyed with them. Had they done so,
they'd have been cast into outer DARK
ness by polite society just today
was glancing over the newspaper and
saw some mention of a woman who
Il
what that y is doing there Sane
people don't spell Elizabeth with q ".
and in the grand old days the people
wouldn't have stood for such an in
nDyation. But in these modern times
all the institutions Of our fathers and
mothers ara being overturned, and If
a girl is 50 fortunate as to receive
stately name at her christening, she
deTOtes tine best years OF her life 20
oyerhauiing ii. so il VIII look like
something escaped from feeble-mInd-
ed institution
There Is no law to prevent women
from rsaitreating their names, so We
can't rebuke them b. process Of war
rant, but we can at least set our faces
against the fool custom and close our
doors to the guilty parties. / am a
man of hoSpitabIe instincts, and would
welcome to my abode the yeriest beg
gar or social oufcast, but no Marie.
Kathryn or Mae win ever enter this
house while / have strength to resist.
When see them coming III sell my
life as dearly as possible, Mrs. James
worthy.
lily saintesi mother was the
Smoothest woman / ever knew. TAX
ing her by and large. pro and con. she
stacked up about as high as anyone.
She never tried TO cut 8 sEath in So
efaI circles, for she had q profound
contempt for everything that was tn
fling or superficial and she had a rev
aEenos for old ways and customs.
Her front name was Isabella. and
she wore II. without any friIls or fur
bellows, as long as she lived She
never sent that name to the UpholSVer-
sr or taxidsrmist 70 have 1t made over.
She realized that famous queens and
other great women wore that name,
and she was proud Of it. You might
have argued her into having her hair
siIingied or her front teeth pulled out.
bur IL you had suggested rearranging
her name she'd have thought your
proper place was the BOBBY hatch. Her
name was a treasured possession. an
heirloom more precious than the fam
lily jewels
The name Isabella lends itself to
mutilation and sraRsposition more than
any other. Modern women. blessed
with thar magnificent name, can't rest
until they have telescoped IL, 50 we
have IsabeIs and Isbells and Ysobels
and half a dozen other variants, each
being more idiotic than the others
Whenever think OF the way my moth
er hung on 10 Isabella feel q new
respect and admiration for that grand
old woman. and / wish she were here
today. to make the round OF the Chau-
ttuQuas and point ont to young woua-
IN their duties and privileges