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Show Simple Reason for j the Change in Name The ease with which many of tin v recent accessions to our population change their names Is Illustrated h the following true anecdote: The teacher In a South P.osron school became so Interested In a little Polish girl that she was anxious t learn of her progress alter she wa promoted tu a higher grade and nskc iter new teacher concerning her. "There Is no such child in my room, answered the one so questioned. "No Marie Levenskl ! Why ! I kno that she was sent to your room, for 1 asked about It at the time." "There Is no Marie Levenskl In m; room. I am very sure," persisted tin pther. "lint I have seen her go In tie door anil there she is now," darting as shr spoke toward a small girl approachln.-from, approachln.-from, the opposite direction. "Isn't your name Marie Levenskl V" she de mandcil. "It used to be, but now It Is Mar Junes," was the calm, reply. "Mary Jones! How can that be?" "Why, father buys and sells old Junk, and one day there was a door plute with the things, and the name on It was Jones. Nobody would buy It, so we put It on our door, and now my name Is Mary Jones." Youth's Companion. |