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Show o .. ! "What's in a Name?" Or MILDRED MARSHALL FictitboutrwtMmttluhlitorTimtin- I urn wtunc It u ittinii Ifnlfictncci Tout laaci diy and lucky JcwtL I " 'I IIETtfY. THE slmplo llttlo name of Hetty, Het-ty, suggestive of pleasant homely home-ly domesticity, has a lofty slg-ulllcance. slg-ulllcance. It Is translated to mean "a ; star." I'erhaps, after all, tho steady bright Insistence of the stars may have some, psychic reference to the ; generally accepted conception of the Hettys of the world. Hetty Is In reality the endearing diminutive given to tho more aignl-fled aignl-fled Hester, but so coldly austere Is tho latter name that Hetty has come to be bestowed In baptism with com-pletcd com-pletcd disregard for Its proper predecessor. pred-ecessor. Hetty came Into existence by a rath-er rath-er complicated evolution through several sev-eral languages. Tho fair daughter of tho trlbo of Renjumln whoso royalty Insuietl her peoples' safety, was called AtoKsn. Her mime In the Persian language lan-guage quite unprououucnble was combined with the Latin word for ator "Stella" and from the uulon,-came the modern estrello. In the Septuoglnt. tho Romans moke this word Hestera or Esthera. In.Eiiglnnd, the "a" was dropped nml Hester and Esther were bestowed as feminine names. The hitter became Es Bio when the Inevitable diminutive was forthcoming, and Hester soon gave plnco to Hetty, though the original form was usually preserved on the church registers. It was for America to goyly discard tho proper appellative and substltuto Hetty for-all occasions. Hettj's tnllsmanlc stone Is the turquoise, tur-quoise, which promises her steadfast friends, true love, and freedom from danger If she sees tho new moon reflected re-flected In the stone, she will have rare good luck. Saturday Is her lucky day and Ave her lucky number. (Copyright) |