The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-06
what There is in a Name.

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The significance Of names Is as variable
as the clouds, depending on conditions TOT
delicate to DO defined. Still names have
what might DO termed quality Of aver
age association which translates them Il
the mind in not materially different hue
and forms. Nobody considers Jerusht
fascinating or Mabel repulsive. siby
suggests soitness and 6neness, and Ange
lima mawkish sentiment. Blood ant
breeding seem to lie in Edith, and inele
gance and irusticity In Priscilla. Mary
whom bards have made tdneiul Il
many tongues, has lost such .savof. a
she might have had from excess O
handling. We think Of her now in con
nection with almost anything else thar
grace and loneliness. Kate Is Interesting
though she conveys certain impression
Of wildness approaching maidenhood
Pauline Is lackadaisical, pretentious ant
shallow. Ruth Is simple, genuine, win
ming, full Of modesty and merit, and ster
ling to the core. Ada and Ida show gen.
tleness without strength, and delica
cy rather than dlscernment. Alice Il
what circumstances may make her-pret-
ty and spoiled, needing trial for develop
ment, adversely for. elevation. Amy Is q
child always, even after maternity and
maturity, and nothing can render hel
otherwise. Stiffness, Inconsistencies
and angulartiy eminate from Arabella;
and Augusta should BIO consequential and
inflated without desert. A certain hot
house air might surround Blanche and
Bertha, and they should be kept there II
II be desirable to preserve their freshness
and their fragrance' 4 91IklG
Clara, not to belle herself, should be
pure, afectionate and Tree, carrying with
her the form and daintiness Of distinction
Eliza Is plain, but profound, and Ella o
slender echo Of what she initiates. When
the average man seeks for a wife,, despis.
ing romance and discarding the ideal, he
should sue to Esther, who viii perform all
she promises, becoming the most con-
scientious OF housekeepers, the most de.
voted slave Of the nursery. A thorough
scatterbrain is Fanny, whom trouble
spares and adversely does not touch.
Helen Is precocious at sixteen, o coquette
till five.and-twenty, and anambihous and
matchmaking mamma, while she absents
herself from heaven TO discharge her duty
to society. Isabella should DO tall and
dignifed and clever, laughing OF
what she most sincerely believes
and wounding with Parthian ar
rows her well.guarded heart. Julia
has tendency to be in love with herself,
undisturbed by rivals. She sees in her
mirror the beauties others fail to discoY-
er, and her much.proclaimed righteous
ness is but phase Of her conceit. Jane is
likely to suffer from lack of appreciation,
for she wears her jewels out Of sight,
and Is content to be misunderstood when
understanding demands any betrayal Of
herself. In sentimental woes Leonora is
ever bound; is most happy when most dis.
tressed. Louise has spice Of affection,
but is engaging at first and enchanting
at last to those she admits in the sanctu.
AIRY Of her sympathy. The image oil
Madeline is shown in the strictest con.
ventionality. She is wellbred automa.
ton; dresses admirably, talks taultlessly,
acts becomingly; is, in q word, q refec.
ton Of her surroundings, because she has
not sufficient force to vary from her pat.
tern.
Maud affects Tennyson and tears, mus.
lin Of the whitest and misery Of the black
est sort She Is distillation of shipper,
Stiffness, and sentimentalism. Miriam,
Penelope, Cordelia and Rachel, need to
be stately, calm, and selt.sustained-a lad.
mired by many, esteemed by all, and be.
loved, by. one. Phoebe and Phlllis are NOT
urbane in mind or manners. They are
prominent figures in d landscape filled
with farms and farmhouses, and commend
themselves warmly to theswain credulous
enough to believe that God the first garden
made and the first city Cain. The heart
Of gallantry does not throb at the mention
of Susannah, who rises to the fancy with
milk and water eyes, unshapely mouth
ard On ill.ftting gown; but it beats wildly
to the sweet syllables Of Viola's name, and
awaits with eager expectancy Of the regal
presence Of Zenobia, too lofty to be lightly
loved. :