Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-09-29

Reading in Tuesdays Washing.
ton Post that capacity audience
of Washington top drawer digni-
taries = headed by the President
and Mrs. Truman filled the coun.
try theatre at Olney Tuesday night
for the American debut of Sarah
"Church"-inspired me to look up
an amusing letter from subscrib-
er protesting the curtailment of his
name. The letter runs in part:
"My dear Madam:
81 wish to offer few remarks
about the way in which my name
appeared in the June 23rd issue of
the Montgomery County Sentinel.
Now do not get into your head that
have complaint to lodge against
you. Far from it. Instead you have
unwittingly done me a favor.
have been summer resident and a
property owner in Washington
Grove for "a years. l served as
President of the old Grove Associa-
ton for two years and except for
those two years, before and after
incorporation / served as town
clerk and tax collector for 23h
years.
81 was born in Michigan-early
took Horace Greeley's advice to
go West Young Man" and mi
grated to Colorado. While there l
got into the Government Land
Service and eventually was trans
ferred to Washington, where 1
served in the General Land Office
until retired. Neither in Michigan
or Colorado did / have the slight
est trouble over my name, and in
my simple mindedness supposed it
was very plain and easy name
KILLER. Just like Miller ex-
cept that the first letter is H in
stead of M, but there seems to be
in the air of the District of Co.
lumbia and nearby Maryland that
makes people allergic to my name.
After a period of being annoyed
over it, 1 began to try to take it
philosophicaliy and began max
ing list of the different spellings
of my name from business men -
doctors-lawyers, and plain people.
Five years ago l had a list of %
wrong ways of spelling my family
name. Now if you will take the
name Miller-and think up % diff
ferent ways of misspelling it you
will find it will tax your ingenuity,
1 think. 1 had begun to think that
l should never have 23rd to put
on my list but you have supplied it.
Now l have %. Instead of tortur-
ing my name into some new i'm
possibility you have neatly solved
the problem by leaving off the last
syllable. Thanks.
another thing I might thank
you for is that you did not try to
make woman of me. / think there
cannot be over one person in 500
around here who knows that
Francis is a mans name, despite
Francis Xavier = Francis Scott
Key-Francis Parkman and others.
1 once finally had to refuse to pay
bill until it was made out to
Francis Hitler and not to Mrs.
Frances Hitler Bill Shakespeare
said-What's In Name? A rose
by anv other name would smell as
sweet but Bill knew little about
it-he spelled his own name sew
eral different ways. But in these
days there is a lot in a name. In
fact What's in a name?' might al
most be said to rival Pilates ia
nous question to Christ-'What is
truth? Neither has ever been sat-
isfactorily answered.
"Signed,
Sincerely.
"Francis L. L. Hitler"
We feel sure Mr.. "Hill" will
sympathize with Miss "Church."
Now that summer is at an end
the Olney Summer Theatre closes
next week after its most successful
season. Never in it's history has it
had staff and cast that became
so much a part of the neighbor-
hood-or visiting stars so natural
that the community seemed to live
with them during their brief stay.
Those who saw Mary Macarthur in
the several plays in which she had
part during the summer wiped
away tear at news of her death
last week at the age of 10 years.
Her mother, Helen Hayes, with
whom she was to have played in
"Good Housekeeping" was one of
the most popular stars of the sea-
son.
Moss Hart and his wife, Kitty
Carlisle, playing last week in "The
Man Who Came to Dinner" had
their little acknowledgements
boy with them-he came out and
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