The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-12
LILLIAN
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LILLIAN
Lillian IL one of the charming now.
er names which are so popular in the
English language. Like all flower
names, It Is somewhat difficult to
trace, but 1t is known that the name
was favorite with italian ladies as
early AZ the fourteenth century, be-
cause Of its romantic allusion.
Curiously enough, Lillian is not de-
rived from lily, a. 10 popularity sup
posed though It is called by etymolo-
gists q flower name" Tho concensus
Of opinion seems to be that 1t has the
same origin as Cecilia, though the
connection seems q trifle difficult to
perceive. However. Cooler vienna.
an Etruscan general. who named the
Coelian hill and gems, IL the root from
which q number of names containing
the syllable Tia" is derived.
There was q Liliola Gonzaga in
Italy in $40, and she is considered the
hrst instance of the name Lilias was
another form, which is still in popu-
lar use. Lilias Ruthven appears in
Scotland in 1857. She was probably
so called from the old romantic poem
of Roswell and Lillian, which was a
great favorite in Scotland. The Lii
ian Of this ballad is the Queen Of
Naples. The English adopted the
name as it stood and claim that it
comes from lily, using It az such. The
Scotch have always preferred Lilias
or Lillias but America adopted both
Mlias and Lillian.
"Airy, fairy Lillian.
Fitting fairy Lillian,
When l ask her II she loves me.
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Laughing all she can;
She'll not tell me II she loves me,
Cruel little Lillian.
So innocent arch, 30 cunning-simple,
From beneath her gathered wimple,
CHANGING with black-headed eyes.
Till the lightning daughters dimple
The baby-roses in her cheekc;
Then away she flies"
Lillian's jewel Is the lovely laris
lazuli, the Oriental gem as blue as
the sea with tiny golden fecks like
bits of sunshine. It has the power to
cure melancholy and Is also believed
to have medicinal value in allaying In
termittent fever. To dream Of 1t
means faithful love. Lillian's flower
is most f1eeingly the morning glory
the fairy bloom which scarcely sur.
wives the dew that vanishes before the
suns rays. Her lucky day is Thurs
day and is her mystic number.
LUCY
The charmingly quaint and old
fashioned name Of Lucy Is derived
from the Latin lux, meaning light
LUX gave the favorite praenomen Luc
ius, one born at daylight. It was first
used in Rome by Lucius Tarquiniu:
Priscus. The first feminine form wa:
Lucia and belonged to a virgin marty
at Syracuse whose name of light, be
ing indicated by early painters by {
lamp or an eye, led to the legend tina
her beautiful eyes had been put out
Tho old English version cuts off hel
head, but the indomitable lady goes OF
talking until she has received tn,
Holy Eucharist.
The Sicilian saints were especial!
popular and Santa Lucia is not onl,
the patroness Of italian fishermen
and namesake of their daughters, bu
she was early adopted by the Nor
mans and even in the time of Edward
the Confessor, the daughters of tn,
Earl Of Mercia had been thus bap
tised.
The house of Blois were importer
of sacred names and Lucie was q sis
ter Of Stephen and was among thos
lost off the White Ship. The nam
has since flourished in England an
France; it is particularly popular II
the latter where many noble ladie
were called Lucy. though poetry cal