Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1903 — Matter of Orthography. [ARTICLE]

Matter of Orthography.

“And what is your first name, Mr. Peck?” asked the directory canvasser. “It was ‘Claude’ before I jumped the matrimonial hurdle,” replied the scantyhaired Peck. “Am I to understand that marriage altered .your name?” queried the directory man. “X—no, not exactly,” replied the victim of circum:-<tances, only I spell it ‘C-l-a-w-e-d’ now.”