Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-08

, lie UeCdIlIc COIlSClOuo VI Ills pOWSio
as a writer, he did not wish his works
to be published under that humble
name, so he selected the SURNAME
of BalZac from an estate that he
owned.
"Voltaire, Mjl:ere, Dante, Petrarch
Richelieu, Loyola, Erasmus and Lin
aeus were assumed names. Napoleon
Buonaparte changed his name after
his victories had lured him toward
a crown inc he wanted a grander
name to aid his daring aspirations.
The Duke of Wellington was not
by blood a Wellesley, but a Colley.
his grandfather, Richard Colley,
having assumed the name of q rel
alive named Wesley, which was aft
erward expanded to Wellesley"
Further instances of interesting
adopted m are contributed by
another authority, Who wrote:
All Actors Were Vagabonds
' In the days when actors were le-
| ally classified as 'vagabonds' it was
customary for every player to as
sumo 81 stage name and tie Gus
tom continued well into the present
era. But In these days, when ac-
tors and actresses are invited to tea
in the best houses, they generally
lake their real names to the stage
with them. Lou Tei.egen. however,
was originally ISidor Louis Bernard
van Dominican. Sir Henry Irving,
who did than NY other act.r
TO bring about the social recognition
or his profession, aided by the good
will of the Prince of Wales, the
first gentleman of Europe who aft
erward reigned as Edward VII, was
born Broadribb and adopted Irving
as a stage name.
"Artemus Ward and Mark Twain
were literary examples of adopted
names. Henry NJ. Stanley, the Afri-
can explorer, was originally John
Rowlands. For euphony in author
snip. James b. Taylor became Bay
ard Taylor and James B. Matthews
Brander Matthews. Ulys-
Uses S. Grant began as Hiram s..
Grant. Grover Cleveland as Stephen
G. Cleveland and Whitelaw Reid as
Jacob w. Reid.
There is also the historical case
or Thomas w. Wilson, President of
the United States as Woodrow Will
son."
n of the most difficult things
about your name. of course, is in
getting your family and friends to
accept it. Long after you have be-
come accustomed to yourself under
the name of Phillip Suratt, there will
be friends who will tactlessly call
you Philippi Steenstrupt an thereby
try to prove to you that your new
cognomen is nothing but an ~affecta.
ton. Yet people become reconcilet
to a change in name for human be,
lngs much more quickly than they
do to a change in the name of places.
MOI long AGO for Instance fhe
Welfare Department of the city OF
New York decided to change the
name of historic "Blackwells" t
welfare Island" Accordingly the
change vas recorded on the cit,
maps and files, but New Workers.
have eve accepted it, and ever
after a long campaign of urgent pub
licity, they still say "Blackwells Is
land"
Likewise. they have sternly resist
ed all efforts to change the name OF
the Bowery to any of the insignifi,
cant appellations at various time,
suggested for it. including Contra
Broadway, Grand Avenue and Hewitt
Avenue. These were thought to bt
more genteel by their originators but
the opposition declared that thu
name Bowery connects the thorough
fare with old Dutch days and ha!
come down through the centuries
memorial of all that was interest
ing in the history OF this important
street, and that it should never bt
discarded.
Cannot Change Herald Square
Herald Square is another poin
that is constantly in danger of hav'
ing a new name thrust upon it un'
awares, but so far the suggested sub.
stitutes-Roosevelt Square and Ben
nett Square (for the founder of the
Herald)-have not won the support
of the public.
New York. in fact, takes rather
more interest in names than most
cities, and once having given Its en-
dorsement to one remains thereaf-
ter wholly faithful. Thus, it would
seem TO a mere visitor that a favor
lite name is sometimes a bit v
worked. as in the vicinity of Amster-
dam avenue and 10th street where
every other shop or so bears the
name of Cathedral"
"It's all right to have a Cathed-
raj lunchroom." remarked ont
amused observer, "for men of the
cloth must eat. / suppose the Cath
edral barber shop is not ~incongruous
either, because clearly shaven faces
are seemly in the pulpit. The Cath
edral Soft Drink Palace would also
pass, but the Cathedral delicatessen
Offering kosher meats exclusivel,