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Show How About "Wlllyum"? M Comparatively, tow parent appear H lo appreciate tho responsibility which H retta upon them when Ihey aro having H their children christened. Many a H strong willed, robust man who could H have made hit mark In Ihe world haa jH been plunged Into humiliating obllv- H Ion by hit name It waa no fault ot H bit, of course It was decided to call H him Arthur before be waa old enough jH In understand and protest. On paper H Arthur sounds well enough, but when H It fade Into "Aril" st a tender ago ,H and then cling through life It It a H terrific handicap A plain Jack or H John or Hen can stagger under a hea- H ry load and pull through, perhaps, . but the heat Artie who ever saw tho JH light couldn't be elected a common councilman or get an appointment aa H Inspector or vinegar It ho sent two jH lous of coal and a barrel of applet lo 'KVfl every voter In hla ward It It nccet- "H aary In guard against nicknames A JBH MO-pound Algernon It bad enough, H but Algy It worse, and a Wllle with jH spectacles and white whiskers make you giggle in his face when you're )H trying lo bo uncommonly polite to H him Providence Journal, H |