What's in a Name.
Lord Bacon, when hiding his identity under the norn de plume of Shakespeare, remarked, "What's in a name?" From a . business point of view the nswer is, "Evei'ything!" This was the opinion of Master John Dornn, who, at the early age of 17, entered a French millinery establishment under the name of Jean d'Oranne. Later on he decided to go on the stage as a tenor, and made his ciebut as Giovanni Doranino. The tenore robusto business turning out a failure, he took xip musical composing, and signed his compositions Janowitz Doranski. Abandoning the musical career, he took up wine-growing in the Rhine country, and had his labels printed Johann Doraaheimer. Thinking that there was more money to be made in whisky distilling, lie started North of the Tweed as lan Macdoran. Eventually, however, he got into difficulties with the police, and had the satisfaction of seeing- bis original name of John Doran marked on tho charge sheet.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 88
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162What's in a Name. Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 88
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