Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1915 — Her Full Name [ARTICLE]

Her Full Name

A young woman' in Central Park overheard an old negro call to a pickaninny: "Come heah, Exy, Exy.” - “Excuse me, but that’s a queer name for a baby, aunty ” “Dat ain’t her full name,” explained the old woman with pride; “dat’s jee’ de pet name I call* for short. Dat chile got n mighty grand name. Her ma picked it out in a medicine book—yessum, de child’s full name is Eczema.” - „ „