Show ODD NAMES AND OLD ONES what parents ar for in selecting names tor their offspring the names of molly and polly annie and nan maggie and peggie nancy and kan are just as much in vogue today as in the olden time and in all probability will continue to be given as christian names to baby girls for all time we do not find french women taking their ancestors to task for bestowing upon them ungainly names for the taste of the french in names is pro ver bial there is no reggie in the french tongue when they tired of mary they changed it to the sweet name marie ann became annette sprightly and bright corae parents refused tb give first names to their children preferring that the children themselves should choose their own names it Is often 0 positive handicap to a man of parts to have an name in many calbes ignorant parents have gone in their selection of names f or their offspring and more than once a girl baby haa been called jezebel and a boy baby ananias bev james B calely a methodist minister who preached many years in new aorl told with great enjoyment of a lisping mother who took her baby to the font in the church to be baptized and christened when the divine took it in his arms preparatory to christening it he asked the lisping mother what he should name it the parent replied Luel thir indignantly the minister remarked lucifer lucifero Luci ferl never will I 1 name a child that then he continued as he sprinkled the water upon the brow of the girl baby george washington I 1 baptize thee etc and the girl was thereafter so called it is a fact that fashion in names changes in cycles of less than a century at present there seems to bea tendency towards odd names some of the popular ones are dorothy rhoda edna and angeline ada is quite common and aiming comes down it would appear from the country towns to adorn city beauties agatha viola maude jessie odette olive inez isabel II ortense beatrice naomi magnon mildren lillian leonora kathleen ida gertrude gladys grace genevieve Genev leve gabriella henrietta edith felice fedora frederics eunice florence edolsa emmeline eleanor elsie erne doris eveleen cora cynthia cloe cordelia beulah bertha blanche huab veronica are among the hundreds of uncommonly odd names chosen not only for their oddness but for their euphoniousness as well while their meaning adds interest to them and makes the burden of their weight an easy load carr annether An nother sometimes delights in perpetuating petua ting the name of her grandmother who bore the name of her great grandmother and thus these verr ver r old names descend by the choice of the parent ann nowadays sounds harth and betsy seems common bet fy comes to be bessie and An nAnnie abd an instance is known having the audacity to call hensol minnie benisha has printed on her visiting cards jennie and mehitable loves to styled bitty N Y world |