Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1913 — Joked With Christian Names. [ARTICLE]

Joked With Christian Names.

Some parents seem unable to resist I (he temptation to make a Joke with , the Christian names of their childreh. The Somerset House (London) registers testify’ to the existeuce of a Mineral Waters, a Frosty Winter and an Alfred Day Weeks. There Is something to be said In favor of naming chlldreri In the order of their arrival -♦-Primus, Secundus, etc. —but it is unfortunate for a well-known Canadian named Cumber that It should have fallen to his lot to be Quintus. His name Ir, always appearing in the papers as Mr. Q. Cumber.