GIRLS' NAMES.

Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 148, 6 November 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

GIRLS' NAMES.

If you are a very precise man and wish to be certain of what yor get, never marry a girl named Ann ; for we have the authority of LindlejMurray and others that "an is an indefinite article." If you would like to have a wife who is " one of a thousand " you should marrj an Emily or an Emma, for any printer can tell you that " ems" are always counted by thousands. If you do not wish to have a bustling, flyabout wife, you should not marry one named Jenny, for every cottonspinner knows that jennies are always on the go. If you marry one named Margaret, you may fear for the manner that Bhe will end her days ; for all the world knows that "Pegs" were made for hanging. The most incessant writer in the world is he who is always bound to Ad-a-line. You may adore your wife, but you will be surpassed in love when your wife is a Dora. Many men of high moral principles, and who would not gamble for the world, still have not refused to take a Bet. We have heard of a Mr. Rose, who, in a fit of ecstatic delight over his small addition to his weekly expenses, insisted on having the child named "Wild." It was doubtless , a very pretty conceit, and as she expanded, into womanhood, with the \ glowing vermeil of youthful beauty ( on her cheeks and clustering ringlets j of glossy auburn playing about her , neck, and her slender form moving as j | gracefully ns a river reed in a j southern wind, those who gazed on her dwelt with admiring approval on her happy name of " Wild Rose ;" '•', I but alas ! and alack-a-day ! at some ' . fatal polka party she danced with a j j gentlemau who enjoyed the patrony- | mic which typifies the " people's" j : representative of Old England, and \ ' within six months she had to sign j all sentimental, affectionate, and j polite missives with " Wild Bull." ( Oh, " what a falling off was there !" I s |i