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Show I "What's in a Name?" 1 By MILDRED MARSHALL ! Z meaning; whence it wait derived; sig ?c 7 nificancei your lucky day, lucky jewel V ARABELLA ARABELLA, which Is bestowed In ull good faith by fond parents, only to be cut down directly to the more convenient Iiella, is a name of I great power and dignity. It comes I from the "eagle" series of Icelandic names, which is responsible for many I j of the appellatives popular in English I speaking countries. Arabella signilies "eagle heroine". The first lady to hear the name was the granddaughter of William the Lion of Scotland, who married Robert de Quinci. Another Arabella was she, who, with her husband John de Mont-pyncon, Mont-pyncon, held the manor of Magdalen Laver in the reign of Henry III. The Normans, who made radical changes in all names that did not sound like French, cut Arabella down to Arbell. "My Lady of Arbella" was the title of the unfortunate Arabella Stuart, whose history is familiar to all of us. It is chiefly due to this poor lady that Arabella gained such vogue and had such widespread usage in England. Arabella's talismanic gem is the diamond. dia-mond. It promises her fearlessness, success, and, if set in gold and worn on the left hand, true and abiding love. Thursday is her lucky day and 6 her lucky number. The violet Is her flower. ( by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.) O ' |