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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17408, 20 March 1922, Page 8

In the directory Smith, Jones, and Brown are the commonest names, yet it is not generally recognised that they are also among the old and noble names of Englishmen. Each has had its titied owner lor many generations, though curiously enough each title is or was originally Irish. Smith was the family name of the Caringtons until changed by Royal license in 1839, and the first Carington title was an Irish barony. The iianelagh3 were Irish peers and Joneses. But most honours attach to the Brownes—Browne, with the aristocratic ''e," be it well understood. They can boast that there are three old peerages in the family—Kenmare, Kilmain, and Sligo, all Irish, and the last a marquisate. The Chicago Overhead Railway directors are preparing plans for the installation of wireless equipment in trains, whereby grand opera and jazs music will be sent out from the central station.