George Washington Browns, and there are many such in the South, will feel not a little piqued that their beloved hewer of the cherry tree has posthumously become the patron of the "Society for the Prevention of Calling Pullman, Car Porters 'George'." The inference is inevitable to a superstitious mind that the ghost of the great Father has risen in Danish wrath to object to the promiscuous use of his forename. A religious touch--which may smooth over the unmistakable insult to the present holders of the title--is added to the movement by the fact that Senator Moses has become one of its high priests.

Aside from the sentimental objection to calling Messieurs Washington, Clemenceau, Cohan, and the pullman porter by a common Christian name there seems to be no valid basis for the Society's efforts. No other appellation but "George" will do for the porter. He can not be expected to reply to "Pat" or "Mike", nor even "Hans" or "Fritz". He is usually too old to be called "boy" and too young to be hailed as "old man". And furthermore, he is too important a personage to be addressed by any title but one which traditionally connotes dignity and respect.

The critic can take hope from the fact that the Society will doubtless defeat its own ends. Since its aim is to obtain 100,000 members whose first or last name is George it will be forced to petition for membership among the porters themselves. And after all most of them are really named George. The porters bloc will inevitably defeat the purpose of the Society. Like the famous "Shifters" organization it will probably die of its own weight.