Show I OTHER POINTS OF VIEW SPANISH NAMES There seems to be a great t diversity of ot opinion amon among those who converse on literary matters as to whether Vicento Blasco Ibanez Is Senor Ibanez or Senor Blasco Ibanez So let us pause for tor a a. moment to Investigate the tho curious system of ot Spanish names It would appear that In Spain they still cling to the old Roman noman custom of ot havinG having haying hav hay ing the tho or family name In the middle That ThatIs Is this authors author's fathers fathers' name was Blasco But Iut when a aman aman aman man and woman marry custom ordains that the name namo or of orthe ortho tho the woman Is added to the tho name of ot the tho man and they become hyphenated with the tho hyphen usually omitted And a as nice little custom too rh Why not have a joining to together together together to- to gether to mako malco a new family name instead of the simple process of ot absorption customary with us Therefore Therefore There There- fore tore Blasco is correct Ibanez used alone that thatis is the mothers mother's maiden name namo would imply imph that hI his father and mother were not married Ethel R. R Sawyer in Portland Portland Portland Port Port- I land Oregon Ores Oregonian I an I I I I |