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Show RUSSIAN NAMES WERE EASY Pronunciation Not to Be Compared With Talk Between Baby and Parrot, Proud Parent Boast. Reference at a social session was made to lingual dexterity when Con-greBsmnn Con-greBsmnn John M. Evans of Montana, mild he was reminded of a little Incident Inci-dent along that line. Down at the cigar store one night the regulars were talking about the war and remarking how It gave one something worse than face ache to pronounce pro-nounce the Russian names that appear In the news. "Those Russian names are nothing," remarked a man named Johnson, with an expansive smile. Tou Just ought to hear what I stack up against In my own home every day of my life." "What's thatr demanded one of the regulars, amazedly. "Do you mean that you have somebody in your family who can put a kink In those Russian syUnWc ; "twists?" ' ' "Well. I should say that I have." rejoined re-joined Johnson. "Tou should come around some time and bear the baby and the parrot when they get to talking talk-ing together." |