Show short on family names one of the oddities of fashionable society in philadelphia says the tunes at that city which is puzzling to strangers is the number of young ladies met with and classed as balles who hear the same family name until recently it lias not been considered form to use except in intimate intercourse young ladies first names but now it is not only necessary but there acing daughters of different branches of the same family hearing the same christian name it has been found convenient to number them as in the case of young men and such titles as miss arabella II 11 and miss ragina pedigree III arc found on cards and invitations this of course can not be car ried out in introductions and as there are at least twenty families with young ladies bearing the same name though only distantly related the effect at a large party is fery confusing for instance there are twenty eight aits biddies |