Show TAKEN 5 ODD NAMES NAl BY KAFFIR BOYS S I I I never for forget et the names my Kaffir bo boys s 's tool said a western woman wo woo wooman wo- wo V man who kept house several years in I South Africa where here her husband was i When the Kaffir mana manager el of a mine S fir boys come from tho the kraals no one ever over uses their native names As so soon n nas S as they are brought ought in contact with with'S S 'S the whites they take a white name This produces results which are arc not lacking in m humor Amon Among the house boys bos Knife Fork orko and Spoon were common com corn mon names Table Chair Watch Vatch Carriage Carriage Car Car- mid 1111 Matchbox other were names that I r had in iD the house ouse at various tuner r. r l b ly butler re rejoiced in the tho stat stateS state state- J. J Iv appellation of New ew One It was ws S ii s tho the slang phrase a nc new about One Ono of oit one on oil me was wIS going my mv house boys took tho the utilitarian n name ml of Ham and Eggs tOne t. t One One day the wife of otto ono of the tho carpenters car car- S penters sent down to the tho compound 5 Tho The had hadS for a t new kitchen boy boy S hc heard rd ono one expression in in frequent use tise at atthe atthe the mine mine It struck him bins as euphonious and pleasing and when whon s site she ho asked him what his name namo was as be ho calmly replied 55 Dam Fool Why I cant can't call you rou that said S she horrified Ill call can you Joseph S Tho boy flew into a rage Ho Mo sai said V Dam Fool was was a gum um a nice nico niceS S name and ana if he could not have llave that name namo he be would not work for her He lie lieS S was so stubborn about it that she had hadL L either to use lIse the name namo or to send him back to the tho compound Eventually she kept Opt him bim and she told mo mc that it was wasa a it relief to her feelings s sometimes to have a kitchen boy bov answering to just that name Charleston News |