The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-07

orally take their real namas e.,
stage with them. Lou TeIls,a.
| however was originally Isisat
Louis Bernard Edmund van noN
inelen. Sir Henry Irving VIII oO y,
more than any other actor IN ~ -
about the social recognition of i ~
profession, aided by the good NJ, IS
OF that Prince Of Wales. 'ths 81 S.a
gentleman of Europe who at,a s'
ward reigned as Edward VII ''se'-
born Broadribb and adopted Irv sss
as stage name. ''Hs
"Artemus Ward and MARI r.
were literary examples of adonsas
names. Henry NJ. Stanley the ~ ssu
can explorer. was originally To-.
Rowlands. For eUphony in antSo.
ship, James B. Taylor BEGAN, D.
ard Taylor, and James B. Mattba..
became Brander Matthews UIvssos
). Grant began as Hiram Co.,
Grover Cleveland as Stenben q
Cleveland and Whitelaw Rsi5
Jacob ". Reid. "S
There is also the historical c.s.
of Thomas W.~Wilson, president :,
the United States as Woodrow VIII n
SON." WIZ
One of the most difficult thine.
about changing your nama >,
course, is in getting your family and
friends to accent it. Long after Va,
have become accustomed tn vrur
self under the name Of Phillip Sur
att, there will be friends who viii
tactlessly call you Philippi Steep'
strupt and thereby try to prove +,
you that your new cognomen is
nothing but an affectation. Va,
people become reconciled IN
change in name for human beinr.
much more quickly than thew do n
a change in the names of places
Not long ago, for instance. tke
Welfare department of the CITY IN
New York decided to change the
name of historic "Blackwells" Ia
welfare Island" Accordingly. tbs
change was recorded on the city
maps and files. but New Workers
have never accepted it. and eve,
after a long campaign Of urgent
publicity, they still say ''BlackwelIs
Island"
Likewise, they have sternlv re-
sisted all efforts TO change the name
of the Bowery to any of the insig-
nificant appellations at various
times suggested for it, including
Central Broadway, Grand avenue
and Hewitt avenue. These were
thought TO be more genteel by their
Originators but the opposition de-
clared that the name Bowery con
meets the thoroughfare with old I
Dutch days and has come down
through the centuries a memorial I
of all that was interesting in the
history of this important street,
and that it should never be dis
carded.
Cannot Change Herald Square.
Herald Square is another point
that is constantly in danger Of hav-
ing a new name thrust upon Il IN
awares. but so far the suggested
ubStitutes-Roosevelt Square and
Bennett Square, for the founder OF
the Herald not won the sup
port of the public.
New York. in fact, takes rather
more interest in names than most
cities, and once having given its
to one, remains there
after wholly faithful Thus. it would
seem to a mere visitor that fay-
orite name is sometimes a bit over
worked, as in the vicinity Of Ans
terdam avenue and 10th street
where every other shop or so bears
Tho 1F ssT14haIra1 "
IT'S all right to have Cathedral
remarked one amused
observer, for men of the cloth must
eat. I suppose the Cathedral Bar
Der shop is not incOngTuous either
because Clearly shaven faces are
5eemly in the pulpit. The Gathed-
al soft drink palace would also
pass, but the Cathedral deliO.essen
kosher meats exclusively
loes seem to be 0Verworking the
lame a bit"
1t is possible, therefore, that The
changing even of a personal name
nay prove more troublesome than
night be supposed in view Of ths
of the law on the sub
ect. for ones friends and neighbDrs
nay refuse their cooperation. Per
laps that is why so many people
patiently endure the undesirable
James listed in every city telephone
,ook