Show ats in in a name nam e FACTS abut gour our pam names it s history MILDRED imant meent hg whence it u derived derK cd signify canoe cance your lucaj luck jq dr and lucha luck jewel LAURA T AURA which la in generally conceded alto to be the best beat suited to a woman of meek and gentle mien should by right of 0 derivation signify victor ance ilace it not only means but alaj alai comes from the laurel sign of the conqueror however its derivation Is somewhat devious and rather more poetic the real root of laurn laum Is in roman mythology where the lares were tha spirits which guarded the home aej were represented by images placed near the hearthstone on certain religious occasions these images wera adorned with crowns of hurel or evergreen finally there appears a roman deity called late larn or laurentia Laur entla sometimes spelled Lau laurendia greek mythology made poor Laur laurentpa Laurent entla ln a nymph whom because of her chattering jupt ter sent cent to the lower reg regions lons accompanied by mercury Mer curZ another tradition makes her ber the woman who nursed and komus and disposes of her ber and the she wolf simultaneously still a third ver slon degraded her like flora flom who was once a fodders in whose honor spring festivals were given orid arid made her leave all her ber property to the state in the time of anus an ua Martil 18 lauras flower the laurel with its ita cool chaste bloom has ap pp peculiar cullar howem it dispels contagion in time of plague and in italy its boughs ure ore thrown on the fire during a thunderstorm atma italians flus have always loved the name due perhaps to that most exquisite love lore story of history laura has a place among the immortals they call her lorenza lorea in italy as well as lau laura ra her jewel Is in the emerald the color of 0 the t h e heart be art of woodland it Is said to have the mystic power to strengthen the eyesight of its wearer and when it could not protect from danger old superstition has it that a piece would break from the gem monday Is lauras lucky day anda and 2 her lucky number an extract from a charming charr ning poem written to laura by edward stedman follows laura my darling the years that have flown brought few of the prizes prize I 1 pledged to my own I 1 maid ald that thai no sorrow borrow roughen her way her life should hould be clou cloudless dlesk a long summers Bum mera day shadow and sunshine and flowers which of the two darling most moat have bar been ours yet ret tonight by the smile mlle on your lips I 1 can nee eee you are dreaming of pie me darling dreaming of me D V by wheeler syndicate I 1 too DO |