Show NAMN n a ae en BAR ra ta V ih bk L by G VERE TYLER by J 13 co characters mra airs westmoreland young mother mr young father edith chamberlain Y young oung sister alster robert chamberlin Chamberl ln Y young oung brother baby herself nurse scone scene parlor in mr Westmore lands dB house bouse tinte time evening mr west in mp groland roland edith and robert seated around a table reading enter mrs westmoreland mrs MIB W cupon upon my word frank I 1 cant stand this an hour longer hero here yoi all sit perfectly calm and composed and the baby no nearer being named than she eho wa was s three months ago when she ohe camo came into the world our horses and dogs doga and even our cat has a name and my poor little baby mr air W seriously now see here carriel carrie 1 think weve had about enough dg this thial for throe three months thero there has not been a single subject discussed tit this house but naming the baby for ua part ive made up my mind to lot let it go at daby baby and end the whole business mrs mra W and let it go nt at daby baby when anen she ehe la Is twenty thirty even fifty years of age I 1 suppose how absurd mr air W its your fault my dear mrs airs W my aly faulta of course I 1 mew know you wore going to say that positively you will drive me crazy 1 I 1 dont sleep at night I 1 just lie there in the dark while you snore snora away and call over every lihme name on earth in the family faintly and out of the family faintly and it Is not that nothing suits me it but t nothing suits her you see sh bhe 0 bissu Is suca a different baby so eu entirely di different derent k R it lets think of some fancy onen 11 from any child I 1 ever saw and she must have a name that fits her the other day I 1 positively decided upon helen on account of grandmas grandeas grand mas mother 1 I thought it would please the old lady so BO but when I 1 called her by it site she burst into tears and so I 1 just juat knew I 1 he little ittle thing like it at all i 1 edith wen well I 1 certainly would decide upon a family llvy nam eu it looks as if you have hav e a bartlie Part particle lie c bl to go hunting around outside N wi 11 M mrs W family names did you ever hear ono one in your life that was not hideous Elizab elizabeth etli nancy margaret Caro caroline linel how you can persist in III that family name idea I 1 cant see As for blood we know she has it and why should we care what others th think besides you know the baby Is to be an artist or writer or singer or something and we must think how the name will look in print robert how do you know she will be any of those things als mrs W why of course sho she has got to bet be you dont think my baby an idiot do you robert certainly not but I 1 dont think you can tell much about babies careers at three months old either mrs NV now abw there you go as usual changing the subject robert rober t you dont even try you have never even suggested a name robert doggedly yes yen I 1 have baye I 1 said in the beginning name the baby ellza eliza after mother what you ought to name bert berl mrs W ellza elizal oh my go godo nesB I 1 simply think of deliberately attaching something hideous repulsive 1 I cant help it mamma says herself its lt horrible to my child tor for life mr W rising and putting his arm about his cifes shoulder really my dear ke keding eIng yourself in such a constant state of excitement will end by making you ill surely out of all the names in the world we can find one to suit null since yuu you dont like family names lets think of some fancy ones flora lucette camille Caral lle mrs airs W camilleo and send my child out into the world la in the very start without a character and perhaps to die of bf consumption why frank im ashamed of youl you mr W shrugging hie big shoulders hould ere had and taking his seat eat well im sure 1 I dont know what we are going to do mrs mr W ril ill tell you what lets lete do let us not to go to bed until we have decided upon robert good gra cloua clouti eta ive got t go to work tit in the morning I 1 mrs NV of course mr edith rising suppose you let mo me make a suggestion let me go und and bring the baby liera here mrs mr W indignantly wilke wake her uini apt edith yes certainly anything ing she gh chenever enever never cries when sh she 0 wakes up andee can go to sleep a again ga I 1 it Us listen t en newt Suii Sul poso vose I 1 bring her here and wo we pit alt sit and stare at her until tho the name mime coxes cairies co iries robert but suppose it never comas comes mra mig W oh robertl roberti aro are you bound to 0 be pessimistic mr NV doggedly yes do go edith find and lots try it anyway elii exit edith running robert I 1 will always say tile the first babilia baby babi in lit the family 1 ought to bo be named for mother I 1 mra min W robert do you want to kill rne me mr ali W dont say anything robert cant can t you soo that your sister Is almost ill enter edith followed by nurse with the baby mrs V taking the babdj oh my precious darling did they walio wake you up LIP in mothers others little one ona ilow how could they be so cruel let feel its ita itle hands Is it told there newt now scata herself and arranges baby in hor her lap now frank draw your chair up therel there 1 edith you sit hero here and robert 1 I know you are going to break the spell you fitt alt over there not too close and just shut ellza eliza out of your mindl mind seat themselves and stare in sll sit once enco at the baby mrs W springing to her feet in groat great excitement and placing baby in the tha nurses arms I 1 have it I 1 have itt ak it lias has all come like a lash ash of lightning just as I 1 thought it would jerks tho the baby from the nurse and kisses it my poor little one you are no longer a wretched little waif on the face of the earth you are now somebody with a name returns baby and jumps up tip and down clapping her hands and then embraces edith you dear girl I 1 shall never cease to adore you your plan acted like a charm Chorus W or heavens sake tell us what la is the name mrs NV blankly why what what Is it if I 1 chorus you forgotten itt mrs S W tearfully I 1 have I 1 havel have you all excited me set eo ohl oh this I 1 loo cruell it wa dobyne leolf be simply baked into the bursts rt into te tears arsi excitedly ohl oh but I 1 have it I 1 have it after allt aill its ellza eliza ellza eliza backwards chorus ellza eliza backwards Bark robert backwards where did you get that its awful I 1 mr W emphatically it tal lal edith why mrs W do stop all of you cant you see there la is a point spell it chorus they spell E B 1 i 1 z a back B 13 a c k woods wo w 0 o d s 13 mrs airs W not woods wards 1 ohl oh are you all insane I 1 said spell ellza eliza backwards edith but carrie mr W tenderly my dear you must compose yourself this thing has hag preyed upon you until your mind is unstrung mrs W Y rh oh tut but you dont under sla dad nd or ci you y ii wont viOll tf spell oil ellza Eliza back hards and it is azile the greatest writer in the world would not be ashamed of such a name chorus of laughter laug liter bob by jove that Is good I 1 sis youve got a great head elaza backwards it ills Is come here you rascal takes baby and jumps it ellza eliza backwards mrs airs W aghast agha ot but you wont call her that bob Certain certainly lyl mrs W but her name Is azilea bob well that eliza backwards mrs W nearly faints Is borne from the room by her husband and edith and bob drop exhausted in chairs |