Miscellany: Aug. 27, 1923

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In Philadelphia, Harry H. Kabotchnik and his wife, Myrtle, native Americans, petitioned the

Court of Common Pleas to change their name to Cabot, as Kabotchnik was " cumbersome, a hardship and an inconvenience." Lest the Kabotchniks be taken for relatives of theirs, members of the New England Cabot family (including Judge Cabot of the— Boston Juvenile Court; Stephen Cabot, Headmaster of St. George's School, Middletown, R. I.; Dr. Hugh Cabot, Dean of Michigan University Medical School) protested. Three historical and genealogical societies also...

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