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Show Popularity of Thais. "Every ether young actress is calling call-ing herself Thais," said Henry E. Dix-ey Dix-ey at a dinner at Mauquin's. "Thais McGinnis, Thais Endicott, Thais Schmidt the thing is universal. "Universal and ridiculous; for they who have read Anatole France's story of 'Thais' know that she was a very naughty little girl, indeed. I am quite sure that no real reader of 'Thais' would ever, under any circumstances, consent to be called such a name. "It makes me think of a man who, taking his infant daughter to be baptised, bap-tised, told the clergyman to call her Venus. " 'But I refuse to call her Venus,' said the clergyman, indignantly. 'Venus 'Ve-nus is the name of a pagan goddess.' " 'Well, how about your own girl, Diana?' said the man." |