The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-01
WHAT THERE IS IN A NAME

WHAT THERE IS IN A NAME
An exchange furnishes the following dis
QUESTION, whether origional or stolen, 1t
does not say-probably the latter:
The significance of names is as varia-
BILE as the clouds, depending on condl.
tons too delicate to be defined. Still
names have what might be termed a
quality of average association which
translates them to the mind in not ma
terlally different hues and forms. No
body considers Jerusha fascinating or Ma
bel repuisive. Sibyl suggests softness
and fneness, and Angelina mawklsh sen
timent Blood and breeding seem to lie
in: Edith, and inelegance and rustlcIty IN
Priscilla. Mary, whom bards have made
tuneful in many tongues. has lost such
SAVIOR as she might haye had from excess
of handling. We think of her now in
connection with almost anything else
than grace and loveliness. Kate is inter
esting, though she conveys certain i'm
preston of wildness approaching mai
denhood. Pauline is lackadaisical. pre-
tentious, and shallow. Ruth is simple.
genuine, winning, full of modesty and
merit, and sterling to the core. Ada and
| Ida show gentleness without strength,
and delicacy rather than discernment.
Alice is what circumstances may make
| her-pretty and spoiled, needing trial for
development adversely for elevation.
| Amy is child always, even after matern-
ity and maturity, and nothing can render
her otherwise. Swiftness, self. consci-
BUSINESS, and angularity emanate from
Arabella and Augusta should be conse-
quential and inflated without desert. A
certain dollhouse air might surround
Blanche and Bertha, and they should be
kept there if it be desirable to preserve
| their freshness and their fragrance.
Clara, not to belle herself, should be
pure, affectionate and free, carrying with
her the form and daint;ness of distinction.
Eliza is plain, but profound. and Ella a
slender echo Of hat she initiates. When
the average man seeks for wife, despi-
sing romance and discaraing the ideal, he
should sue to Esther, who will 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. He
len is precocious at sixteen, coquette
till. five and-twenty, and matchmaking
mann ma, while she absents herself from
heaven to discharge her duty to society.
Isabella should be tall and dignifed and
clever, laughing at what she most sincere
ly believes and wounding with Parthian
arrows her welguarded heart Julia has
tendency to be in love with herself,
undisturbed by rivals. She sees in her
mirror the beauties others fail to discover.
and her much proclaimed righteousness
is but phase of her conceit. Jane is
likely to suffer from lack ofappreciation,
for she wears her jewels out of sight, and
is content to be misunderstood when un-
Outstanding demands any betrayal of her.
self. In sentimental woes Leonora is
ever bound is most happy when most
distressed. Louise has spice of affec-
tatlon, but is engaging at first and en-
chanting at last to those she admits to
the sanctuary of her sympathy The
image of Madeleine is shown in the stric-
test conventionality. She is we'll bred
automaton dresses admirably. talks
faultlessly, acts becomingly; is, in word,
a reflection Of her surroundings, because
she has not sufficient force to vary from
her pattern.
Maud affects Tennyson and tears, mus
lin of the whitest aid mystery of the
blacklist sort. She is distillation of
shipper, Stiffness, and sentimcntalism.
Miriam. Penelope, Cordelia, and Rachel,
need to be stately, calm, and self-sustain-
ed-admired by many. esteemed by ALL
and beloved by one. Phoebe and Phillis
are not urbane in mind or manners.
They are prominent figures in landscape
filled with farms and tarmhouses, and
commend themselves warmly to the swain
creduious enough to believe that God the
first garden made, and the first city Cain.
The heart of gallantry does not throb at
mention of Susann$h, who rises to the
fancy with milk and water eyes, unshape-
" month, and an Hitting gown but it
beats wildly to the sweet syllables of vi
ola name, and awaits with eager expect
ancy the regal presence of Zenobia, too
lofty to be lightly loved.