Eureka Reporter | 1904-06-17 | Page 3 | Fashions in Funny Names

FASHIONS IN FUNNY NAMES observer notes how the styles con scantly change A have you ever noticed remarked the observant man how fashions change in the style of names the humorists use in their jokes and stories 7 when I 1 was a young man brown and smith and jones were the ones noot commonly used and the man who invented the name verdant gren immortalized himself so far as the english reading public is con berned then irish names had a run followed by those made in germany and when hit this coun try we had Fitz noodles and gercys and all sorts of ridiculous hyphenated names then came a reaction back to common names in two syllables which have held out for several years just why such surnames as jenkens and and stebbins should be humorous I 1 can t for the life of me tell but as soon as I 1 begin to read a story about a man beauna either one of those names I 1 am prepared tor a laugh and I 1 am glad to say I 1 usually get it