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Show IGNORANT OF INITIALS. "One of the stmngestlthings to nje ljQufj,w'Qiiu,irt"''snul n"ludenl of tlu etnrn'dl ?ennnine"is,tlin wn women mny be associated with our "nrtAlher "'in church work or plubt and pot kiiow each other's initials. 1 have known church workers who have seen one another every week for yoarfr nnd years who aro absolutely abso-lutely ignorant of whethor Mrs. Smith is .Mrs. A. II.. or C. Smith. or whether Miss Jones' first name is Maria or Daisy. Sometimes they say, 'Why, Mrs. Smith is the Mrs. Smith whose husband is a banker, you know,' but they ltavo no knowledge knowl-edge of the banker's initials. 1 have run aur$$s gnsos where some club iriembcir'kueiv' only the last nnmo of Iheir fjuirosidant, and they didn't thinW. it .at njl necosnry thnt they should know tlioir iniliuls. Men whe are together nv days soon find out oiip another's initials, but women wom-en seem to think seoking such knowl-Mlgn knowl-Mlgn savor of unfriundliuoM." j - |