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Show j "What's in a Name?" By MILDRED MARSHALL ; is FncU about your mmet its hlstoryi Zl meaning; whence it wa derived; ii. siheance; your tucliy dy, lucky jtw4 VICTORIA rTIIIO regal name Victoria hasi; -- tint origin since It comes from. Latin viuco, nicaiiing to conquer. Vincentius was an early muscil name borne by two characters of t. Tenth Persecution, and later by : of the great ecclesiastical authors Lerius in Provence. Vincente de : I'aul added honors to the name, 1. it was victor, the past partlclp which gave rise to Vlttore in Italy, The first Victoria was a Roman 4 ' gin martyred in the Mexican perse I tion, from whose name came the It.j i Ian Vittoria, borne by the aduiira'.i j daughter of the colonne from win; France and Germany seem to hsj learned it, since after her time, Vtj toire and Victorine became comii: In France. I It is fitting that the ruby, king d precious stones, should be the Jp el assigned as Victoria's own. Its t extinguishable flame, as suggested ' Its color, asserts that Its inner fr! cannot be quenched. It Is said 'I preserve the mental and bodily heal: of its wearer, remove evil thought1 control high temper, reconcile dlsputi' and dispel pestilential infection. T' dream of rubies signifies unexpeda guests. Friday is Victoria's lucky day, at: three her lucky number. j Wordsworth translated from tit Italian of Michaelangelo a charuilr.; poem to Vittoria : Yes, hope may with my strong delta! keep pace, j And I be undeluded, unbetrayed; j For if of our affections none find gra"' In sight of Heaven, then where!'.' hath God made The world which we Inhabit? BettE plea Love cannot have, than that In lov! Inpr thee I Glory to that Eternal Peace ls plt' Who such divinty to thee Imparts I As hallows and makes pure all gent!' hearts. I ( by Wheeler Syndicate.) f O I (Copyriiiht by the McN'ausht Syndicate. Incl O I T |