Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Nicknames. [ARTICLE]

Nicknames.

“It’s funny bow a nickname, given to one during one’s boyhood, will stiak to one throughout a lifetime,” said a man recently. “The variety of nicknames Is also amusing. If I were asked to explain the conditions, I should say that It jivas because the ‘rest "of the kids' didn't like the real names and Just substituted others to suit themselves. For Instance, a boy comes to school with a lengthy name that a fond mother has given him with no doubt In the world that he will bear It ail bis life. Usually her fond hopes are shattered and the little ’dear' will come home from school the proud possessor of such a ‘hang-on’ as Tip, Rip, Ball or Buck. And it sticks, too.”— Columbus Dispatch.