Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1912 — Had to Rename His Villa. [ARTICLE]

Had to Rename His Villa.

The residents of a certain suburb of Chicago were for a time governed by a passion for giving sweet, poetical names to their “estates.” There was one such man who built a handsome villa, calling it “The Nutshell.” Thus was tbe home introduced to his friends, and it became widely known. To the surprise of all, therefore, the name was one day suddenly changed to “Sylvan Nook,” and a flood of inquiries Soon began to pour in. "Why have you given your home a new name?” a friend asked. "What was the matter with ‘The Nutshell?’ ” “I sickened of being joshed about it," said the owner, with a sigh. “There isn’t a boy within two miles hereabouts who hasn’t stopped and rung the doorbell to ask If the colonel was in.” —Llppincott’s Magazine.