Evening star., 1926-10-16
The giraffe naming contest closes

AA0 SOASOoS SHOoS0
today.
Letters received later than midnight
tonight cannot be considered. At
that time they will go into the hands
OF the judges. A lot Of them came In
today, in plenty of time. Among them
is one from Corby Lee Stearns, 10
years old, $40 Fifth street northeast,
which says:
King Man L I think would be a
good name for our giraffe. First, he
Is tall and stately, towering over all
animals, and l am sure he Is going to
be the most popular, as every one
will come from far and near to pay
homage to him. 1t is true we have
make an exception in his case. Some
day he will marry and then we will
have queen and'then we will have a
royal family"
Laing sibbett, 10 years old, sol
Randolph street. writes: my first
name Isl 'Teeny Tiny This would
make a funny, jolly name because
he is so much the opposite, and even
the little boys and girls would be able
to pronounce 1t. The second is Long
Kid because he will be very long and
1t will take a long time for him to get
here from his native home. The third
Is Sniff because he shifts so much
around the tree tops. The fourth Is
Tanganyika, hence the tang and
graft from giraffe. He would soon
catch on to it because people would
be talking about giraffes. which he
would overhear."
Raffe Also Suggested.
II select Raffe," writes Earl NJ. Ho-
miller, 261 Fourteenth place north
east, because it has four letters of
the giraffe's name, and If this name Is
selected the children at the Murray
School and myself can teach him the
other letters of his name so that Raffe
will finally know what he is called by
human beings"
j. Stanley Bray, 10 years old, 116
Fifth street southeast, writes: Il
would like you to give the name OF
Stanley to the giraffe, as you know
Stanley was an explorer, and l think
the giraffe has been travelling good
many miles on land and sea, 80 Stan
ley or Waveland strikes me as a good
name. I would be very pleased to
give him the same name as have
The following comes from Earl Z.
Miller, years old, r. F. d. 2, Aurora
Hills, Va: Mother has been reading
about the giraffe to me, and l think
Arctic would be a nice name for 1t, as
it is a long way up from the ground
and the Arctic is long way from
Washington. Now If this one don
suit, Comet would be good name,oe
cause it has taken a long time to get
the giraffe here and it takes a long
time for a comet to get here.
sFlatter" Girls Choice.
Norma Redmiles, College Park, Nd
writes: II am a little girl II years
old and I read Of the adventures on
land and in the sea of the exploring
ma rty in Africa in The Evening Star
and | have nice name for our
giraffe. think 'Flatter' would
he nice name. Flatter was one
Of the heroes of the Sahara Desert
who, In pursuit Of knowledge and to
provide Recommendation on the geogra-
phy of the Sahara, led an expedition
nearly hundred strong across the
stretches Of sand. They were on a
cattle and giraffe raiding exploit, ana
it must be interesting. as II IS
field with wide variety, country
for the most part unknown WIFI
attendant thrills and dangers.
think 'Flatter' would be a very In
teresting name for our girane com
ing to the Zoo.
Then we pick up this letter from
Lois Rettstatt, 4219 Conduit road: Il
have read of this contest. l think a
good name would be MIR. Lonkneck,
1fter his long neck. and another name
would be Jerry of the Junckel,' be-
cause he was captured in the
Jungarl. Some may have these
names FOO hut I hope to win"
Gertrude Smith. 7 years old, 100
Rock Creek Church road, writes:
Don't YOU think a good name for our
net giraffe would be 'Bucky,' 1t being
such a. popular name with Washing-
ton base ball fans. and I know
washingtons pet giraffe would feel
nroud with the name. 1t is easy for
rs Young children to say. Also
another name is Lucky because our
coming pet giraffe will be we'll taken
care of and very lucky to have been
captured and brought to our beautiful
Zoo. where he will be visited by
thousands of children. l will also
mention one other name, Laddy
Boy as 1t would be very easy to
remember and he grows very tall
Twins Propose "Yendi'
Margaret and Frances Cox, twin
sisters, 1852 Spring road. write: I'VE
think that the giraffe should be
named after a kingdom in Africa
ruled by a famous king. This king
has 1870 children. This kingdom Is
called Yendi, and this Is what we
think this giraffe should be called,
because we think that he would like
to have something to remind him OF
hts native land. =,
Other suggestions in todays mall
Mayo G. Dillon. II years old--Billy
Boy.
1925 Lanier place-Cal.
Julia Cunningham, 13 years old,
1870 Fifth street northeast-Big Ben.
Brooks Kiger, 1900 Lamont street.
Skyscraper.
east-Slim Jim.
Mary L. Kengla. years old. 2503
Wisconsin avenue-Isky or Skyhigh.
Coolidge" or Napoleon"
Doris Evans, II years old, 1914 Nor
ris road southeast-CalAn Coolidge or
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Billy Beck. years d,d, 72o c street
southeast-Seymour.
Cecil Petty. II years old, zoos Rock
willie road, Bethesda-Twinkle.T Tiptop,
Highjinks. Sunnyaffe.
Edith Sullivan, 10 years old, 1913
Highland avenue, Takoma Park
Long Neck.
Tolnmie Lee Nix, 13 years old, 1922
South Dakota avenue northeast
Mannikin.
James F. Walker, jr. 8 years old
Gaithersburg, Md. - Highbrow or
Highbrowse.
Betty Cissel. years old, III Rhode
Island avenue northeast-Hi-King.
Watson r. Risher. years old, 227
Florida ayenue-Baby Longlegs.
Billy Dunn. jr., 1904 Kenyon street
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