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Show yOUR FIRST NAME $rs ORIGIN AND THE FAMOUS FOLK WHO HAVE BORNE IT 2BY FEANCES MARSHALL. JSw'etbcr all (ho ISrncsts and Arnolds. IWfctincs, Arabellas. Belles and Bellas 4J5Tvlda work over owo their names, riSkcy probably no. to the casle. or, aa lis likely, to tho hearth, matters 1H-jltfjl 1H-jltfjl would be easy to And In many :3te famous bearers of theno names -ftJVv of tho eagle' a boldness of spirit, 'fijlned always with a certain perslst-2U?or perslst-2U?or stubbornrss of purpose. ARall events they bavo been worthy JUT . allocator the courageous caple Jr:or the warmth-giving hearth, arln. kWobjcets of venerntlon and respect tho early Teutons. 3fet Interesting of them all. and most MMitcnt, too, were bulf a dozen me-2ki me-2ki bearers of tho name. Of these Sww a sulntly bishop, two led rc-tS8 rc-tS8 crusndi-s, ono was a daring physl-iApanolhcr physl-iApanolhcr was a troubadour, and still filler was a liberator of Switzerland. Mi llrst of this sextet was JSrnufr, or fflff, bishop of Rochester, stubborn -ljjln his lack of self-esteem. 2Io was nfl'in Franco about 1040. mid spent his JiV In the famous monastery of Bee. rfajoincd one of tho religious orders, 'tffcecausc of its lawlessness left France ifljfourncyod to Canterbury, England, wg Lanfranc mw- of tho friends he "iSjwiado In the monastery of Bee, was ijlifclshop. )TmS' cathedral at Canterbury was bulld-)jkithd bulld-)jkithd the French-born monk took both ,;ufannd ploasuro In helping get to-?r to-?r Hucn marbles, glasses and palnl-s15for palnl-s15for its adornment as England hn.il Spi beforo seen. was a moc-k and Ijfcirly man, and would have preferred l.feto leave the unlet and peace of the jSdral cloisters, but ha was made ab-iStfi ab-iStfi Petcrsborougb. and later was called jJTjpchcster. Then there began to be Srof a bishopric as reward for bis TSfulncss. To this suggestion Aniulf jitcd, declaring his unlltness to bold Jlfrhlsh office. Vere was a storm in the channel, 3jjycr. which delniacd King Henry L, fflts way to tho continent, at Roches-WtThe Roches-WtThe king sent for Arnulf, and de-iTltP de-iTltP bis Intention of malting the ab-if'k ab-if'k bishop. Again Arnulf demurred. Ika the king sent for the archbishop iflfcntcrhtiry, and told him to tako I he Hit to the cathedral "and bless blm lhop, Jioldc he. noldc he " mlftthc gentle Frenchman was made ttjp or uociicsier, aim uvea in mac tWnuch loved by all who knew blm. ,Yb two men of the name who led VToiis crusades wore Arnaldus, abbot PflStcnu. France, about 1-00, and Ar-rafr'of Ar-rafr'of Brescia, born in Italy uboul 1100, dBCjlattor. deemed a heretic, tried to Jjjlthc church from what he thought 29$ abuse and to re-establish the $nl Roman republic. Although he iMbr a tiiiui successful, he was flnal-5cpturcd flnal-5cpturcd and killed. The former, an Ttproinislng churchman, led an army kjfiist the Alhlgcnses. a sect of bcre-Kvhich bcre-Kvhich was widespread in the south 'Hlfrancc. "How shall wc know tho vyjpcs?" his folowcrs asked him. "Slay f all,'' were the leader's famous i. "God will know His own." tho twelfth century Arnaud was a name aniontr the troubadours. Ar-Danicl, Ar-Danicl, whom Petrarch called "the master of love," was tho most fa-troubadour fa-troubadour of bts namo. He was blc birth, but poor, and went about BiUk'tg- songs and reciting verses of his aBfcoinposltion at the various courts ajlltlic court of Richard T. of England Hindering minstrel, or jongleur, chal-liifcl chal-liifcl Arnaud to a trial of skill, and jftwo men set to work to compose They were to read them to the JYrWho was to be their judge and who lllthom ten days for preparation, ilia was none too long, for In those 'tSir as Perhaps at times since then. Jydca pre ailed that poetry was good II to' far as it. was incomprehensible. Tflpud, who did not like to work un-'Mic un-'Mic felt like it. hail no notion of hur-griflt'lho hur-griflt'lho composition of his poem. Rut PLpd a good memory, and he hit upon rfvcr plan. ';Sien the day for the contest arrived, t Rjlfud asked "to be nllowcd to recite xioem first. The king granted thlf i&Jmo request, and. much to the amazed fTpeur's embarrassment, recited the tho Jongleur had composed. Then pu?j,traubadui- confessed his trick. He "vjeommitted the poom to memory, lis-tfVs lis-tfVs at 11,0 Jone'eur's door while the m.flr recited the poem, as he supposed iVAnlmsclf. So amused was tho king sfiho ordered the men to withdraw f-JiFwnger. and loaded them with gifts EEljfey them for the pleasure they had ih him. ;iinoIdus Vlllanova. physician, alchem-flind alchem-flind astrologer, who was declared a Jfctlc because his said that the works JUercy of a Rood physician were more ptablc to God than tho works of a a,'rtJt, Is sometimes hailed ;is the dis-Ifh-er of nitric and sulphuric acids. Tether his claim Is Rood or not. he was --Jamed chemist. lie perished in the '.'ms"P' 9" ,,Is wav t0 ll 1jv. Cle-jyt Cle-jyt V.. who was III, and who. rn spite lOPtiynianova's supposed hercsv. re--flTjied his friend. jioldus Von Wlnkclrlcd. tho last of jyiialf dozen mediaeval Arnolds, is Umcs called a knight, hut he was 'fpjSSJ a simple peasant. When, in 138G. .SiAustrians combined with the nobles i,1wltzerlniKl to lake away Swiss indo-Wcnce, indo-Wcnce, Arnoldus Joined his oppressed IrsStrymcn. AVIth an army of fourteen ,fl?nid they met the Austrians four -jjaand strong, standing with drawn 1mFs' 'L'nc Swiss, staggered, wore on TjMpolnt of retreat, when AVInkclrled d forward. HKfwlll break you away'" he cried. -25 CR-e in' ud children, f jjjremember my lineage!" I(3glng as many of tho spear points could, and receiving them in IiIh i?t, ho carried the men who held 5down with him in his fall, and -Ss.an opening for the Swiss, who vld over his body to victory. Von j.jjp6lrll"8 lineage died out, but the fJAy remained. H name of middle-age fame has fflSJuHrong bearers In modern times as iff One of them was Ernest, count JjWanHncld, born In Saxony in lF.sn, soldier, sumotimes becausu of his Iruotlvc marches called the "Attlln i .il?',u''stendom." And he Is as noted fia kind-heartedness as he Is for his jtty. Among many stories told of his jiWjcjjs Is that of an apothecary who ,w9iindcrtakcn to poison him. ARNOLD. ! f EBNEBT. ARABELLA. v 4 All these names, probably, arc !-j !-j from the Teutonic Erne, or Kaglc -I-4 Six mediaeval Arnolds, two church- I- men, a religious agitator, and a pa- ! I I riot, who won high fame The -I J- nobly-born bearers of the name In -s- modem times Other modorn men of r - tho namo noted for tholr persist-- ency Tho namo in different tongues. i 1. ... , ......... 'f "I can scarce believe -that a man whom T have not Injured should engage to take away my life," said the duke, as he gave tho man a purse of gold, "but if necessity has Induced you to undertake the office of an assassin, here Is money to enable you to live like an honest man." Another nobly-born bearer of the name who lived at about this time was Lady Arabella Stuart, cousin of James I. of Kngland, and noxt In succession to the Scotch and JSnglish thrones. Queen liJIIzabeth and James were both afraid she would plot to gain the throne and when they found that she had secretly married, they put her husband, William Seymour, in the Tower of London, and put her In a bishop's custody. She escaped, from the bishop's watchful watch-ful eye. and gained the ship which her husband, who bad escaped from the tower, had Intended to take with her to France and safety. But Seymour missed the boat, and although he made his way safely to France by a later boat be never lived there with Lady Arabella. She was taken prisoner before she reached France and cast into the tower, where sho died. Another famous bearer of this name of noble birth was Ernest Augustus, duke of Cumberland, Icing of J.lanover. and the llfth son of Georgo IIL, king of ISng-land ISng-land when America gained independence. I.Iko Lady Arabella, he was for a limn heir to the English throno, for after the death of his father and his two brothers. ' 1 George IV. and William IV., lJG was next In succession to Queen Victoria. It Is probable that he would have mndc a very good Jcliuj of England, as ho did ot Hanover. 1:1c was brave witness tho story that in J703, in a battlo with the French, ho. lifted a French dragoon clear off his saddle and rode with him, a prisoner pris-oner in his arms into the English camp. He had a strong will, as the stories of his persistency show, and he ruled his country so wisely that when he died at the ago of SO. In JS51, tho lamenting Hanoverians said h" had never worked for his own ends, but always for their welfare. A well known man or the name today who has a pood share of the perseverance that marked so many of his predecessors Is Ernst Flagg, who works with as much r.eal to chango the sky line of ftcw York as one of his mediaeval predecessors. Arnolfo dl Cambio, worked over MO years ago to change the sky line of the Italian city of Florence. And if Flagg's towered tow-ered Singer building he believes in the tower typo of skyscrapers bears the stross of time as well as does Arnolfo's lowered Palazzo VecchlOf tho thirteenth century Italian and the twentieth century cen-tury Amerlcnn may both be grouped among the architects whose work lias influenced and changed tho course of subsequent sub-sequent architecture. Another persistent Ernest of the present time Is the young Englishman who refuses lo ccaso bis search for the south pole Ernest Shack-leton. Shack-leton. Arnold means eagle power; Ernest and Ernestine mean eaple stone, if these words come, as they probably do. from erne. Belle and Bella aro abbreviations of Arabella. The names are Arnold and Ernest in English. Arnaud and Ernesto in French, Arnoldo and Ernostlno In Italian, tho same in Spanish. Arnold, Ernst and Ali-rent Ali-rent In German, Arnoldus and Erncslus In Dutch. (Copyright. 1910. by Frances Marshall.) IMIss Marshall will be pleased to answer an-swer by mall all Inquiries addressed to her concerning the origin anil history of first names. In addressing AUss Marshall in care of this paper, please enclose a stamped and sclf-addrcssed envelope for the reply. |