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Show Naming Children. We feel sorry for those children born during a presidential campaign whose parents are moved to name their offspring after political candidates. candi-dates. Twins that have Just made their irresponsible advent into this wicked world at Lebanon, Pa., have been dubbed, respectively, McKlnley and Roosevelt This is doubtless highly high-ly complimentary to the Republican candidates, but it is hardly considerate of the babies, who will be compelled for the balance of their lives to advertise ad-vertise two men of public note. Better i James and John, or Charles and George, or any other plain given names, which. Joined to their family patronymic, may be made honorable and even famous in the after years without borrowing a reflected light The good old fashion of handing down the names of grandfather and father to children and preserving -the family traditions is better than hanging on 'the family tree the names of the nation's na-tion's statesmen and heroes whose Irecords in history will take care of 'their fame. Nashville Banner. |