By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
his own question
any other
would have fragrance,
t us the axiom that names
after all are matters of comparatively
little Shakespeare's
dictum is not necessarily true
to the naming of children.
Names are an important part of per
sonality, and since they must be kept
for a lifetime they should be satisfac
declared that a rose under
the same
hus giving
importance, jut
when
applied
tory to those who own them and have
to to them through all the
of their existence,
Several thousund years ago Socrates
said: “The giving of names is no
small matter, nor should it be left to
chance or of mean abil
h Of no fond parent of
a new baby—no doubt the most won
derful baby that ever was born-—would
that he or she is a “person of
mean ability” when it comes to select-
ing a name for their offspring. But
the offspring themselves might bave
diferent views on the matter, and
many of them doubtless "wish that
had some say in selecting the
“handie” by which they are known by
their fellow men. Prof. George R.
Stewart, Jr. of the University of Cali-
fornia, who hae completed a survey of
thousands of Christian names to de-
termine the popularity trend from
1870 to the present time and coupled
it with a study of names, declares that
three out of every four men bear a
secret grudge against their parents for
the name that was fastened on them
when they were young and defense
less,
“There are few men who don't wish
they had a different first name,” says
Professor Stewart, in reporting on the
results of his survey in an article in
the magazine, Children. “This is
due principally, 1 believe, to the fact
that they are tired of their Christian
title just as a person may become
tired of always seeing the same face
when he looks In the mirror. But it
rests more substantially, in cases, be.
cause parents have placed on them
either too ‘highfalutin’ or too common:
place names, as the individual tastes
or self-rating may vary. A father who
has bemoaned having to bear ‘Percival
Algernon’ all his life is quite likely to
terms his offepring ‘John’ or ‘James,
while one who has found George irk
some as inadequate to his dignity or
gnswer
years
to persons
course,
they
San Francisco's History
sm
San Francisco, Calif, was first set-
fled in 1776, when two Franciscan
monks, Palou and Cambon, estab
lished an Indian mission which they
called San Francisco de Asisl, the
name San Francisco having been pre
viously given to the bay. In 1846 gold
was discovered in California, and peo-
ple flocked to Ban Francisco, In
Matkeh, 1848, the population was 800;
in September, 1849, it was at least
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lamentation.
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such cause of
next
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and be
generation the
‘Reginald
equally dissatisfied.”
may
Smith’
deal,
con
great
numbers
a name? —a
far as
Case
“What's in
least
ceruetd
at 80 are
in the of certain names
Take Mary, for instance,
stand on a mountain top in a
voice that could be heard from Maine
to California. should cali “Mary gv
army of 2.086.000 and
And If shouted
that
TNO EK)
and
an
women girls
you
eminence,
would answer,
William™
approximately
would
the preponderance
however, that name is
ually losing its popularity, according
ly to Professor Stewart. In 1005
Mary led the list of girls’ names, one
in fourteen. Today she Is gradually
giving way to Elizabeth, who now
ranks first. Next ‘to Elizabeth and
Mary in order, are Helen, Dorothy,
Marie, Katherine, Louise, Ruth, Elean-
or and Evelyn. In 1905 Anna, Grace,
Emily, Alice, Caroline, May, Emma
and Mable were very popular names,
but they seem to be losing out now.
Usually there is some direct reason
fof fashions in names as witness the
of Edna. Up until 1870 Edoa
was 8 comparatively rare name. Then
came the publication of the book “St
Elmo” with its saintly heroine, Edna
Earl. Immediately there was a boom
in Ednas which has continued to this
day. How do you sccofint for the re
cent popularity ef Jeans and Joanse?
Easy! The millions of men who served
over there from 1917 to 1919 brought
back with them the memories of
France, which has resulted in a ver
itable deluge of these two names.
from same
masculine
voices Answer,
of
grad-
Despite
Marys
Case
As for men's names there does not
seem to have been as great changes
in popularity as in women's names.
Forty years ago William and John
were the commonest names, and today
they still I#ad the list. The only three
common names that have shown much
decrease are Henry, Frederick and
Thomas, and they have been replaced
to a large extent by Harold, Arthur
and Francis, However, masculine
names occasionally reflect current
fashions just as do their sisters, If
you are introduced to a man named
“Dewey Jones,” you can guess his
ange at thirty years and you won't be
more thin a year or so off. - For It
wns Just thirty years ago that the
hero of Manila bay was the popular
idol in the United States, and hun.
dreds of parents found no difficulty,
whatever, in selecting a name for thelr
boy babies. And those who weren't
called “Dewey” were called by the more
imposing nate of Theodore because
10000, Sun Francisco was Incor-
porated in 1850, and In 1856 the city
and the county were consolidated.
Tiny Plant Saving Coasts
S80 successful have been the experi
ments in growing plants along the
English coast tosavert the danger done
by waves, that Holland is taking wp
the idea, The wave-defying vegeta
tion is the humble English pasture
plant known as Spartan townsendil,
and its usefulness in making the sand
of the beaches firm against erosion
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every oped tl
id some day be
a man as the hero of San Jusn
| Twenty sears from now the poll
of the nation will be enriched
astonishing umber of new
whose last nan 11
i be ans
i Smith Jabl I, but whos
two names undoub
Charlies Lindbergh. And
Bim CO}
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ng to say abe
Of course, there is
lowing the fashion of
hanging some popular-at-that-time
At the begin
on the child
Twentieth century,
io
their
sons
wien the nous
riche set
along with
that their i
names, Alger:
Reginalds, and some Clarences
candidates for the Social Register, and
today are
down the idea their fellow
that they were
Lord Fauntleroy suits with wi
fled and wore
curle,
In addition
to the relative numbers
for personal titles, Professor Sfewari
in his survey also offers some
tions to parents when they
fronted with the age-old
naming the baby. In brief
some of them:
Beware of current fads In
Your child will grow up as one of a
crowd, instead of with a distinctive
name of ite own and may live to re
gret it
Take thought as to initials, ©
er the case of the poor girl named Al
berta Susan Spear!
Don't mix your nationalities. De,
spite the popularity of “Abie’s Irish
Rose.” Kathleen Guggenheimer is not
a good combination. Neither is Greteh
en Flaherty nor Renee Stokes.
If the last name is “strong,” tone Ut
down with a sofier first name. The
Quigley and Higgins families should
chose Barbara or Jeanette rather than
Eliza or Violet. The more neutral
your last name Is the wider choice you
have for the first name. That's one
of the advantages of being a Smith,
And last and most mportant of all,
unless you want to win the undying
resentment of your scions, don't plas
jokes upon them, especially If your
last name happens to be somewhat
“tricky.” Consider the case of the
governor of Texas who named his two
daughters Ima and Ura. For his
name was Hogg! Remember, also,
the ‘girls who went through life (un-
less they married) bearing the titles
of June Day, Mary Christmas, Helen
Burne, Helen Boyle, and Marietta
Fish,
get sOCial
money t!
would
lot of Percys,
out
Soa
boys trying
of
once
these
their
collars
sia
to his investigations
and reason
SULEES
are con
of
prob “1m
here are
names
ongid
of the water was 'earned by accident.
British agricultural experts are plant
ing it systematically along the sea,
and Holland is following the same
plan,
Gentle Motorists
Ted-—You didn't sound your horn
for that last person,
Grimes-No, 1 thought it would be
more humane If he never knew what
hit him,
tngy street needs no zoning law,
Youthful, Simple
Pronounced Chic in Slender
Lines Accentuated by
New Details.
The unfurred coat that is worn for
sports and general walking and shop-
ping shows a youthful simplicity of
both line and detall. The coat, in gen-
etal, for the young girl has been great.
ly simplified, being seen mostly In
tailored lines, Sports coats and those
family as well ag the new and novel
woolens richly colored and figured.
he straight little coats of full or
three-quarter length are the favored
models, Collars are generally of self
but sometimes Introduce a
The line of the back is gen
The fit
ted shoulder, the sleeve which forms a
part of the yoke, and the yoke back
The scarf collar is a novel fea-
ture of mazy of the unfurred coats.
This, however, Is added In a manner
that In no way deprives the
its tailored appearance,
Belts reappear in the daytime coat
and they are seen at the normal
walstline, In many models belt
is the outstanding feature of the smart
cont
the
i
Treatment of Sleeves Features
Tweed Sports Coat,
Novel
- |
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tweed coat ports
traveling pel f
terial buckled in
or they may
Beits may be in ms
] kid or meta
be in the ; smart ve
gions of kid in or narrow |
the
d’'Arvil,
aciress,
The
ness of the coat. Yola
f picture
sleeves often denote new- |
the |
featured moving ween
ing version of the sports coat in |
“Lady wl.” has selected a tweed |
coat of simple outline,
treatment,
le G
the sleeves of
possess novel
Underwear and Lingerie |
“The difference between underwear
and lingerie is just about as wide as
that stretch of the Atlantic ocean
observes a
“Woven union suits,” she says, "ma-
bands around the
chemise
with elastic
a little pantaioon to match, with fine
~this Is lingerie. Never, in all the
history of feminine fashion, has lin-
ent moment,” continues this writer.
green apd mauve were used as well as
pink for these dainty garments, but
these colors have all been discarded
for the delicate blush pink which is
the daintiest and most becoming of
them all. Incidentally, it is the most
serviceable color as well”
Flavor of Quaintness
Marks Afternoon Gowns’
Many of the afternoon gowns have
a flavor of quaintness, and the period
of 1830-40 is shown in both frocks and
ensembles. A charming gown in dark
red flowered taffeta, for instabce, has
a straight bodice, high plain belt, and
threé-tieréd plaited skirt. Its sleeves
are puffed at the elbow and there is
an amusing bow at the neck with long
black fringe.
Another lovely model Is a black
satin frock with the same silhouette
a8 the evening gowns, It follows close
ly the lines of the body with a decided
flare below the knees, and drops In
the back. An Interesting detail is the
gearf, which fastens on one side with
a circular movement over one shoulder
and can be draped about the throat
with a long-pointed end banging over
the opposite shoulder.
Featuring Trimming of
Knife Plaited
One of the (atest creations is a frock
of rose beige flat crepe. The trimming
is supplied by knife-plaited ruffies
which extend down the front of the
frock, around the bottom of the skirt
and on the sleeves.
On Rearing Children
from CRIB to COLLEGE
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Compiled by the Editors of “CHILDREN,
The Magazine for PARENTS"
Overambitious parents sometimes in-
sist a child's thinking for
him in order to have him turn out as
they w to, until imagina-
and initiative are crushed.
on doing
his
tion
101 necessary Ke tha
a lesson. Children
from observation. If par-
{i dramatize a
join the g
to mas
of songs
edly
song
» and
ke the g his own,
resisting
in special
found
ents give a party, do they
wn pleasure or for
’
daborate, overstaged
» to stun and bewilder
They are keyed 1
smptions, not fo
h, r minds and active
To allow space and oppor-
{ynity for spontaneous expression of
energy and as
the young. We should keep
in the background not
embarrass the proceedings by hoverinz
wely and perhaps io
that bring a
bodies,
pagination is our cue
tosis to
ourselves and
over them too cle
terjecting the
party to every-day ii with a
thud. In none of the serious moments
of life is it more to
vourself in the child's place than when
giving a child's party.
“ reat
don'ts
down fe
DeCORSAry nit
Every baby must be allowed to cry,
kick, and creep. These are his ways
of gaining second wind and a strong
body.
Most of the problems of keeping
children from doing things which, for
any reason, they should not do really
keeping them interested in the things
they shouid Prohibitions and
“don'ts” are most Ineffective tools for
the fashioning of mind and character
and the shaping of good behavior in
little children. A child must be giv-
ing attention to something, and
he cannot simply cease from at-
tending to a thing because you
order him to do so. But children
gre so very easily distracted that
one should seldom be at a loss
for a substitute for some undesirable
activity, It is of little use to say
“Don’t touch that!” unless one at the
game time provides an alluring diver.
sion, In the shape of: “Here, see the
nice toy that mother has for you.
Look, you can do this and this with
it. See if you can do it, too”
<@ by Obhlldren, the Magazine for Parents)
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Artificial Silk Easily
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Artificial silk, says the New York
Sun, lo easily dyed at bome., Pale
pinks, creams, blues and greens can
be obtained only on white material
colored materials take olive, black,
brown and purple shades. Always
wash the garment to be dyed ihor-
oughly in soap flakes first, Sutls are
made by dissolving one ounce of soap
flakes in one gallon of hot water, Tha
garment is washed in this, then lied
from the liguid and the dye added,
which has heen previously dissolved in
boiling water. The garment is re
turned to this Hanid apd “we the dee
sired shade,
in
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