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Show Too Many Similar Names. Denmark Is moro bothered by tho prevalence of a few common names ondln,; In "sen" than English-speaking nations aro with Smiths, Joneses and Iloblusons. In Copenhagen 210,000 Individuals, In-dividuals, or forty-two percent of tho population, have names ending in tho patronymic son. About fifty thousand of them aro Hansens. This condition has been pronounced "a national plague," and n pamphlet was Issued recently giving sixteen hundred gen-ulno gen-ulno Danish names not now In use and available for those who may wish to glvo up their Hansen or Petorson. To facilitate matters further, the former for-mer chargo of live dollars for changing chang-ing ono's namo has been reduced to one dollar. |