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Show Concerning Names. Apropos ot tho eternnl domestic question, nn English woman rclntes this oxperlenco: "I engaged a maid I named Pearl, nnd ns I simply could c not ask a Pearl to fill tho coal scuttlo t happy woman to havo ono to fill! . or to holystono tho doorstep, I said: 'I would rather call you by somo other liamo. Havo you a second one?' 'Yes,' leplled tho damsel, brightly, 'my second sec-ond namo Is Opal.' So I stuck to Pearl. At ono time I all but engaged a maid named Hermlono, but upon asking her, 'Have you a black dress, whlto caps and aprons?' sho replied, acidly: 'Yes, 1 have; but I'm not going go-ing to wear 'cm. Ma didn't christen mo 'Ermlono for to wear a livery.' " |