Show DROPPING OF MIDDLE NAMES A two ply titie titia found to be more convenient socially morally and financially this Is the day ot of the two cylinder name which fact has been proved by cognomen connoisseurs who have looked over every name at harvard arvard il and in inspected the persons to tile the names belong citey lenir learned ned that some extremely nice persons bave no middle names at nil and nm seem to got gelt on rather well without them it is assumed that the ever grow ing trend toward efficiency is to be blamed for the dropping ot of oversized oversize names for it has long been understood that a person with it a two ply title need not be especially embarrassed about it in the course of a wealthy mans life it means the writing of about useless words if he uses his bis middle name on chocks checks and indorsements endorsements Indor and these things have got to be considered si sl the Por porcelain clain club at harvard the most exclusive organization of its kind in the country proves tills this year the falling value of middle names there are fifteen ir robers this year and hut but five of them are burdened with excessive nomenclature of course george washington and abraham lincoln lad had no middle names but this evidence is considered its as nothing at harvard compared with the fact that theodore roosevelt lilas nt that one fact is almost enough to wreck tile the complicated title system at the uni ver varsity sity |