Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-01
LOVELY WOMEN 5 NAMES.
According to Bah, Some Are Fearfully
Distorted.

Distorted.
THE EVOLVING OF MARY INTO
MISS JONES' IDEA-FOLLOWING
A NAME THROUGH DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES-THB FEMININE OF
DAVID-THE GODFATHER'S MIS-
SION AS A FENCE BETWEEN YOU
AND THE DEVIL-THE REALITY
OF THE SEA SERPENTS-ROAD
TO RUIN CUFF LINKS-WHEN
WOMEN FIRST WORE DIVIDED
SKIRTS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, October 29.-It came about
through a letter, at least through the
signature at the end of a letter. After
telling me, on four pages Of rose-colored
paper, carefully lined with pale blue,
exactly the style Of beauty possessed by
the. writer and her great grief, which
she felt a true lady could understand,
because of some tiny spots that came on
her nose and its inclination TO get red
and TO swell, she asked my advice, and
ended up by being Mine very lovingly,
Maymye Opal Jones. ! grasped the
Jones" and I did not struggle with
the Opal" but | looked long time at
the "Maymye' before / realized that 1t
was q new way of spelling Mamie
To what base uses may we come at last!
Fancy anybody starting with a beautiful
Hebrew name of Mary" which, pro-
bounced correctly, is the lovellest name
in the world and degenerating into
"NIsymye" About "Moliie" there IS
something whCle-souied and affection
ate;youthinkof Nellie" with dimpie
in her chin and with blue eyes and blond
hair. You can forgive . woman named
Nary for permitting herself to be called
Molly by those she loves and while sac
is young. I can even understand a girl
allowing herself to be called Mamie,
which is. Of course, the French for My
Soul. but what sort Of girl is 1t VINO
signs herself "Maymye Cpa! Jones!
Not in baptism, I am sure The future
of "AIaymye Opal Jones' is the variety
stage; that name must appear on pro-
gramme, and lis WeaCer will sing in q
husky voice those knowing BALLADS
which are the delight Of certain kind
of music hall.
SOME FOLKS SUPERIORITY.
It's curious how some people rise SUI
perior 10 their names. while others are
absolutely crushed under them. To
nv way of thinking, there are no
names so beautiful as those taken from
The RibIe There is dignity and wO
manliness in Miriam, Leah, Salome,
Rachel. Ruth, Deborah, Elizabeth and
Magdalen; but when You call Sarah
Sadie" when Rachel is lowered into
one syllable, when any OF them are de-
graded into nickaames. l can imagine
TIE old prophets arising ana ealing
down all sorts of bad fortune on the fool
ieb women. Il is said that My. Tenny-
son is responsible for the influx OF Saxon
names that came to us at one time.
Maud. Mabel. GWendOline, Eleanore'
EtheIind. and ever so many others that
were as dignided as they were sweet
sounding. For myself. / like name
with a meauing-COnstanc which teiS
it's story OF faithfulness at once; ANA
bel. from which Mabel comes, and when
is after all only a twisting around oil tae
word "amiable;" then there IS Penelope
weaver: Susanna, a lily; Hilary, a
cheerful spirit: Emma, gem; Angelina,
a little angel; Beatrice, a blessing; Ada,
nrincess. and agatha, gracious.
There are hundreds OF others, and each
one tells its own story.
TRANSLATION OF PROPER NAMES.
Did YOU ever trouble yourself to follow
q name through the different languagess7
Ts-ka me name Rose, which is OF Latin
bir,a. and means, of course, the queen
of flowers: in Italian, il becomes Rosa
bella. which means a fair rose; 10
French. Il is Resale, which means rosy
and in German T. is ROssmOnd, which
means rosy lips. Now, there would be
some sense in a grandmother named
Rose Win granddaughters each having
the name in its pretty changes. Nis-
Ting in the Highlands once, / met a
small girl who was named Vida, and
until she educated me l never realized
how ignorant I was. Eager to make
hor talk. asked her for whom she was
named: she said, after her father lot
his name was David; and 1t was only
when a little search had been made that
! discovered that, in the Gallo. Vida is
The feminine Of David. Speaking of
names infuencingpeople the most abom
Unable gossip l ever knew was called by
her intimate friends Angie" Curios-
itv prompted me to ask her her full
name: she told me it was Eyangeline,
and. OF course, that means the bringer
Of good tidings! Query: Had she de-
Draved the name, or had the same in
huenced her?
Who, that ever read David. Copper
field" could think Of
A GIRL Manner DORA
as anything else but meek, foolish, in
deed. absolutely silly, though entirely
lovable? And who that ever read
"Middlemarch" could think of a woman
named "Dorothea," except as one eager
TO do right. eager for wisdom, and yet
with heart and brain battling against
each other? Could Becky Sharp been
called by any other name? When you
saw Becky" don't you seem to hear
the sound of gold, and don't you think
simplv of the good things of this world
and how they are to be gained? And
doesn't Amelia sound like buttered
toast? Soft and adapted to any diges-
ton. It seems to me that the people
who name US have much to answer for.
There is the body who is slender OF
huiId weak of mind, vain and inclined
n he laxative, weighted down by Reg
;no1d M, Oliver. or even Hector. ANY