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EL PASO HERALD
Week-End Edition December 18-19 1920.
Moving Picture Stars Just Ordinary People
Live And Talk And Think The Things We Do
do you know. It only seems
last week sine I first went
Into cloture." said Hiss Jean
uireell a former moTle actress bat
.-o- press agent (or GoTdwya Pic-
tf who Is visiting in El Paso.
"It was in New York of course I
nlayeo: my first part wtffa the original
Kaieni company? oppoaits Henry B.
walrhaJL Kilem had a Uny little
Reminiscences of a Former Picture Actress There Is Much
Happy Family Life Among the Actors and Actresses of the
Film Screen Baby Actors of a Generation Ago Are Stars
of Today; Once They jet "Into the Game" They Stay.
iL. .raij.inm sirrei m ew ; any ot tne Biogranh players as It
. --'-J 11 wiv ww was IM DOIIrV OT Rlflmnh to f.ntn..
t:of$Tiipn ana not its players.
When La Ha die Started.
'In this first TJuahlMtMf- pamTian.
were Florence La Badie. one of the
most lovable girls who ever appeased
before a camera she was killed in
New .Tork City about three years ago
i m. wuiur occraeoi asargureite snow
and James Cm re who are now mar-
ried some nine years and have an
adorable baby girl seven years old
called Jnle Jtargnerlte Craze. James
for the past three years has been di-
recting for usky such stars as Wal-
lace Held IiOa Tee. Robert Warwick
and others wtfle afargurelte has only
been playing la. jtirtnres as- she felt
inclined as Miss Jule demanded most
of her mother's time.
Many Familiar TIuum
"Bttle Garwood who was leading
sun for me an many pictures is now
Connected with WUBa and Ingles
photoplay agents is Los Angeles.
William Rosbsu who en nuury many
occasions playee my hnsbasd or lover
Is now a star xa Fox pictures while
his brother A3 is married to Vols
Vale and Is dSrecthMr at Universal.'
Jflsrnon Anderson and her husband.
JSSmrry jt USEC1
: was what
dark' studio having; no outside
ig-hls of any kind only the huge
.; with mirror reflectors which we
-ised in taklrg the pictures. This.
! course was almost fatal to one s
s e 1 only lasted about three pic
-.ires then I was confined to my room
'or sone wccici with Klieg eyes so
?Jed because of the lights used.
Wkn AUre Jeyee Started.
"ASice Joyce and Ruth Roland and
ITarshall Neilan were the only other
- 'a' ers on the Kalem pay roM- atiss
Rolani was a native of California
--. was doing the old Kalem Weat--n
out there when Miss Joyce was
nt our to California for the waster
-inir with nW-sbsll Neilan. who was
r'aced as leading man for Bathj
R-'and's company. That only text
Kenry Walthall and me la Mew Y
fr mv eves arave ear en
--ardciea pictures tor a wane pvay-
r? jr dramatic stock for a season and
aer joining the original Thanhossser
"irm&nv as leading: woman. In those
Aaye which were happy ones thai
rnaanoueer company was among;
'ire to publish the names ot Aa
rearers. Just fancv! I eras better
-t.wn then than Mary Pickford or
are la California s-p-
pearlng with various companies in
special roles. Little Marie Eline who
was Known as The Thaaaooser Kla.
is auite a yonatr woman now. if yon
please. I saw her last winter in
California for the first time In about
six years and I was utterly stunned.
She has been appearing In vaudeville
for some time.
The Fairbanks Twins.
"The famous Fairbanks Twins who
used to baffle both directors ana
members of tbe company being so
alike are now featured players in
Ziegfeld Follies and. believe me they
are raving beauties and. if possible
look more alike than ever. The
Follies would aot be complete with-
out them.
Sees n't Know Theda!
-Tea indeed. I know everybody ia
pictures well nearly everybody. I
do not happen to know Theda Bara -have
never even seen her off stage-
But they say that she is very nice to
know. I love all the folks in the
film colony in Los Angeles they are
so real so genuine iney surety live
tn a wortH of their own. I resent
some of these stories teniae; of the
ridiealons fads some stars are sup
posed to have; of the absolutely im-
THE BROKEN WING"-PROVES A NEW THRILLER;
MADGE KENNEDY RETURNS TO "SPOKEN DRAMA'
I I IS 1 I I
possible amusements they are said to
resort to.
VTUr the movie stars are So-
man beings quite the same aa any
one else. They have pretty homes
lovely bafcies. attractive flower
gardens smart ears exquisite
clothes Jost tae same as In
Smith or Mrs. Brews ef your own
city.
Are Real Feople.
"Take for example. Wallace Held.
He '3 very happily married to Dorothy
Davenport witn wauie junior to neip
keep things lively. They go out sev-
eral nights a week to the rendezvous
of the movie colony but they are just
an everyday married couple.
"Dorothy Philips and her husband
Allen Holubar have an adorable
young miss in their family called
Qwen.' The Carter De Havens have
two Junior members. Carter jr. and
little Marjorie. Gloria Swanson Son-
born has a new Gloria. Louise Huff
has two little pocket editions of hex
owa charming self. King aad Florence
Vldor proudly tell you of their Su-
zanne while fom Inoe with much
pride. Introduces Tom. jr KlTHe and
Jack.
The Be MUles aad Laskys.
' "Cecil De ill lie is the proud father
of a beautiful daughter aad spleadid
son. while Jesse Leaky boasts ef a
Jesse Junior. Bob White Be ban. son
of George Beban needs no introduc-
tion to the public neither does little
Mary Pickford. Lottie Plckford's baby
girl. Really one could go on for pages
and nacres telling of the charming
juveniles who no doubt will be the
movie stars or tne next generation
and whose mothers aad dads are Just
dear good parents and quite indulgent
the same as any one else.
Ten Moore's Daaa-hter.
-When yon see the smiling roguish
countenance of Tom Moore on the
screen especially If it is winter time
yon can just bet that right outside of
the camera line adoring young Alice
Mary Jdoore Is watching her father
work.
"Alice Mary spends the winters in
California with her dad. aad the sum-
mers In New York with her mother
Alice Joyce. Alice Mary ts the very
Image of her dad. but also carries all
the poise and dignity of her talented
mother.
"Who are my favorite players?
Well It isnt hardly fair to ask me
that as I know them all personally.
Likes PanUae FrederlcSc.
"Panllne Frederick is a particular
friend of mine and naturally a great
favorite. Our friendship extends back
some eight or nine years when Miss
Frederick was anoearing on the stage.
I have always found her to be very-
genuine ana always quite tne same
wherever you meet her regardless of
the time. pla-:e or occasion. She has
a verv handsome home in Beverly
Hills. ' California where she lives
with her mother and her aunt. She
gives delightful parties to which
everyone Is eager to respond when
invited as they are always e huge
success. 'Pretty Polly' as she Is
familiarly called is the ideal hostess.
In A Class Alone.
"Gerald! ne Farrar to me Is quite in
a class by herself. Gerry sxaU times
makes it easr for those working With
her to obta-n the best results. If it Is
to be int-- ed. Miss Farrar is the
' first one . the appointed place. If
it is to be photographed yon can
rest assured that the pnotograpners
will net be disappointed and movie
fans? She adores them all. It Is
never a task for Miss Farrar to see
I strangers admirers who might chance
to asa tor a lew woros xrom uieix
favorite and each year when she re-
turns to New York from her movie
work in California each person who
has worked with her la any way. re-
ceives s handsome gift ranging from
diamond tings down to expensive
candles.
Knew Mary Aa a CUM.
"Mary Pickford I have known since
before the days of motion pictures
when she with Lottie and Jack Flor-
ence La Badle and Ethel Graadin.
were the children in a stage company
with Chauncy Olcott. All through the
years of success as little Mary has
climbed her ladder to a goal no one
else has ever reached or ever will
she has remained the same sweet.
lovable little girl as in the omen
days. Success fame world wide
recognition have never entered her
head on the wrong side. . To me
Mary Pickford stands for all that Is
good and ideal la woman-kind- She
has at all times tried to maintain the
high standard which she has reached
and to present to the public only the
best ot stories and I do sot believe
her pictures have ever in any way of-
fended the most fastidious. Too much
praise cannot ever be given her.
Hntfc Round A Dear."
"Rath Roland and I have been lite
long friends and dear old Both Is Just
ootru.
John E. Kellerd Produces
"Merchant of Venice" in
New Surrouridings.
TXVr TORK Dec IS. "The Broken
Wing a new comedy drama try
Paul D'.ckey and Charles W. ood-
oard both of whom have contributed
top notcbers" to the dramatic oat-
rut several times in tbe last few
- ears is a combination ot tares- taalo-
rama and real burlesque. This latest
Mexican bolder play at tile Fbrty-
- ghth Street theater is a snuusMag
i hit from start to fmfshaiid eaa-
ams one of the moat thrininc bits
l ttac-ecrar t seen here in
The authors hare concervec a
v amusinir aid aenmnetr
-'.ot and the producer Sargent Aborn
.as provided an uncommonly eom-
;tent cast.
The play concerns the love afairs
rf a young American aviator whose
airplane is disabled south ot the
i border and who lands In the home of
aa old sea captain and his foster
daughter wfae regards the visitor as
the answer to a prayer for a "gringo"
husband.
The courtshipi interrupted by a
highly amusing bandit of the villa
type capitally played br Alphonz
Bthler forms material for the last
three sets ia which amnesia dae to
tfce hero's accident plays & consid-
erable part.
Charles Trowbridge as the unfor-
tunate aviator acts with conviction
at times dtsohuriasr ablHtr to a hieh
order. Miss Iaes PlanuBer Is good to
look at aad a welcome addition to a
fast decreasing Mat at ingenues. Hers
are tbe honors of the evening.
Miss Mary Worth acts the small
aad rather inconsequential part of
Oeioaita a Mexican servant with
mere than ordinary realism aad Mies
Myrtle Tannahill as an but that
would be telling has a short not im-
portant role la the last two acts.
Louie Wolheim and JbseDh Sourin
exert considerable effort sad much
ability as two unlovely characters
those ef a Mexican "General" and his;
henchman. Henry Duggaa Walter F.
Scott and George Spevlln contribute
much to the performance. A word
should be said for "Babe Sundance."
played by himself for he Is the most
delightful and lovable canine actor
that has ever bees seen hereabouts.
Tbe four acts are handsomely
mounted by P. Dodd Aekerman. and
the whole production is staged by
Mr. Dickey himself.
If thrills aad hearty laughter tem-
pered occasionally by a welling of
tears constitute an eventne'a enter
tainment then "The Broken Wing"
more than fills the MIL -
Jading from the continued prosper-
ity which fat being accorded Joe Welt-
er's production of ZJaxballsfs musical
cossejdy "HoBeydew" how playing at
the Casino theater it prootically set-
tles every doubt that this musical de-
Ugsst will remain to charm and tare
seeasng light raaetcal enter-
al with its melodies and eiev-
constructed story far a very sons?
time te come.
A testers that helps to make
the same today as ever. She has
beautiful home In Los Axureles. In
which she lives with her wldowedj
auiiL as tier snuicr uicu wuflB saw
was quite a little gtrL Great credit
Is due Ruth Roland as one might say
she Is self made. She has worked
hard saved her money wisely In-
vested It. and today la the owner of
her own company in every sense of
the word. She mates her own pic-
tures releasing them through Paths.
The Talmadfe Sisters
"Connie and Norma Talmadge Z
knew first in the old Vltagraph days
when they wore knee dresses and
pigtails. Later when I was working
for D. W. Griffith in Intolerance our
friendship was renewed as they had
joined the Triangle shortly Dezore
the beginning ot Intolerance' and
Constance played the "Mountain Girl'
which everyone remembers. The
srlrls are Just real honest to trood
ness girls. Just like every girl of
high school age. Constance loves to
dance and swim and play tennis aad
never lacks for something to say
tnat win make things inreiy wnen sne
la around. Norma also enjoys danc
ing tit she Is a great devotee of the
theater especially to dramatic shows.
Natalie the other sister resembles
Norma a great deal but In a large
way possess the same personality of
Constance
Lillian Glah a Flower.
"I remember one afternoon In New
Tork Lillian Glsh her mother and
Natalie Talmadge and myself drove
down to Hawthorne Inn en Long Is-
land for tea. Natalie Talmade was
like a big youngster let oat ef school.
She enjoyed every minute ot the trip
down and pat 'pep' Into the party.
To me Lillian Glah Is like a huge
orchid of the rarest variety. She Is
etherial. Her eyes are of the most
delicate blue her skin as soft and
white as the most choice gardenia
that blossoms In the Chinese tea
booses. She suggests rare old lace
oriental moonlight oh I don't know
she Just seems to be different.
Griffith Good to His Feople.
This summer In New York we
were driving up to the country when
we nassed Lillian Glsh In her ear. She
was sitting beside the road while the
chauffenr changed tires a puncture.
We stopped and chatted for awhile.
She was elated over her new starring
contract but regretted that It took
her away from Mr. Griffith as it
would be the first time she had even
worked for anyone In all her picture
experience other than he. bat with a
quaint little smile so characteristic
of Lillian Glsh she said: -Mr. Griffith
never stands In the way ot his peo-
ple. He always wants us to get the
best we can out of life. He really ar-
ranged for my contract.'
"Mr. Griffith also arranged for
Bobby (the late Bobby Harron) to
star with a new company. He first
launched Blanche 8weet as a star.
Believe rae. he Is aot selfish. When
he sees that bis players have star
Suauties. Be immediately tries to have '
less talents developed. Tes. Indeed
Mr. Griffith arranged for Dorothy to
Become an inaepenaent star.
Former "Child Players."
"Only a few years ago last year It
seems to me there were several very
little girls whom I knew very well
child players they were. At that
time I was associated with the Photo-
play Masaslne and wrote the first In-
timate notes about the various stars.
At Christmas time my feature article
was called -Children of the Photo-
play. Whom do you suppose were
my star characters In the story? A
tiny little girl of 10 with beautiful
golden curia and her dearest chum
a little girl of the same age with
raven locks Mildred Harris and Bebe
Daniels. It seems impossible almost
now that these two adorable tots rre
grown is are stars and have seen to
a great extent the lights and shad
ows oi me.
Bebe Daniels as CupM.
T can onlv remember them fust
outside the nursery door and when
last winter in uaiiiornta at owner on ;
Thanksgiving Bight I renewed my
frlendshls with Mildred Harris it
seemed like meeting a new person
Eutogetner. Mere was tats trail uttie i
gtrL Just oat of the hospital little
Mildred to me of the nursery days a ;
mother still In a daze because of tbe j
loss of her baby boy who had only I
lived three days. My - little falrj-;
princess had crown no. while on the
other hand Bebe Daniels baa become
tne -reacock oz tne Lassry tstueio. ir i
my prized possession of the old daya
is a Daotocrann oz Bene as uunio
Think of tt.
Aaslmova Charming.
Tee. I know Nasimova very tv:'
X first met her in New Tork a hen
she was playing; in That Sort' on the
stage. I had been given some special
assignments for feature stories welL
we became very good friends aad. as
they say of them ihey are good
friends who have the same tailor So
was the case with Nasimova and L
We had oar clothes made by the same
modiste la New York at this time
aad very ofren enjoyed iong chats In
the fitting room waiting for our
gowns to be fitted I have on several
occasions been In her home in New
York and tn California. 8he is very
The Eyes Of Hope
By NELL BRENKLEY
Copyright in hv 1
Kture 3 ism. iaa
(Contlaued ea next page.)
"Honevdew" so success fal is Its ex
cellent company which Includes Hal
Fordo Sam Ash. Theresa Maxwell
Conover. Dorothy Follls. Bthellnd
Terry Mile. Marguerite Marie Hall
Joha Dunsmure John Park. Frank
Gill. Guy Ksndall and others to-
gether with Its sprightly youthful
and comedy chorus
With a mechanical smile always at
a pathetic angle that April like
charmer of "Fair and Warmer" none
other than Madge Kennedy (herself)
as the movies hasten to reassure us
came back to a cordial audience at
the Astor theater In "Cornered."
"Cornered" is a somewhat restricted
play try that earnest sctor Dodson
MttebeU. Ia It a shopgirl Is driven
oat of her natural path because floor
walkers will be floorwalkers. She
gnlts the shop and joins the crooks
wbo still patronize a Chinese restaur-
ant with "rooms" a dubious plsce?
Yes aad also In sad taste. But cheap
as it is. It gives a certain flavor to
the proceedings for the rest of the
play ranges to aa uptown apartment
la which the lowly Mary Brennan
tnakes herself so roach at home as
Margaret Waring that It's Impossible
to choose between them. They turn
out tn be twins after the daughter
of tbe household has been abot by a
safed rilling crook and tm ring on her
linger makes the erstwhile Indiffer-
ent lover turn from one to t'other sa
It were. It's all so simple thst you
couldn't possibly set excited about it
Yon think of "One" and Frances Starr
and then you don't. A bit of mind-
v-r wot rh nn
OH YES tBetfi Cariitaut ia tbe air; yea eta feel it
soraefcow tai then the shop wiadcwi test the story m
tsch illaiiaz Isjbiea etpecUIly to tbe lit tie eaes who feist
their eyes on the wonders at iiuaJui sjrf isopc ok se hard
that a retaemberinf; Santa will met forget them wkea ha
co met dowa the chiiaKy. Nell Briskley.
reading adds to the danger of ths Mr. Kellerd was
ptay.
Miss Kennedy was pleulas though
rather listless la the two roles she
Stayed. lisping her lines la a laeka-
asielal manner. A vivid highly sen-
sitive perforaaee of the drntr-eraiid
crook who shot the Bif-aty-Seoond
Street girl wss given by Morgan Co-
mma a remarkable yonag actor who
has been wasting bis time since The
Witching Hear. Leslie Anetta dM
a clean cot bit of work as the impos-
sibly acquiescent hero aad there were
other good examples ot acting.
But "Cornered" Is a trick play pare
ana likewise simple. i
j
It Is something to get Shakspere at
nonuiar d rices with lemonade aad -
candy peddled between the acts. These
cheering coaditions may have been of
aid to John E. Kellerd at the Maaaat- i
tan Opera when he appeared modest-
ly enot-frh. In "The Merchant of Ven- :
IceV j
Probably no one looked for a great
performance and In this respect no
one was disaoeolnted. Neither was '
there cause for complaint on the part
of those who have decried over elab-
orate Shaksperiaa productions for the
scenery was simple to say the least.
Except for San Kelt's who gave
I poise distinction and excellent dlrec-
I tlon to Bassanio the supporting com-
pany was rather weak ia the knees.
Then too. voices rattled and echoed
in the big house especially during the
i earlier scenes. At first Will faun Owen.
businesslike Shy- I
lock but exceot lot his make up
there was little further suggestion of i
social quality. Uncommonly free from
mannerisms however he held atten- .
tioa by his directions and read his j
IIiiim tlrlv Tr vm snnsirent that he t
armed at sincerity. He certainly ' the Antonio seined to be suffering
proved to be the most erect Shyiock from a lisp out ne grew setter as
we have e rr seen. Only at the end the night wore on toward the wltch-
of the trial scne did he unbend bat I mg hour. Isabel Merson partially re-
oa leaving the court he was again as deemed herself as Portia by fairly
straight as at 1-rt'a. While he may. good elocution In the "quality t
at times ha e mistaken erectness for ; mercy" speech. The Lanncelot of
aasterity he su-ceded in winning a j John Osgood and the Gobbo of Wil-
good measure of applause. ham Marsh were indescribably bad.
Picturesque Mexico: Anywhere
The Meanings Of Your Name What They Stand For And Why
IS IT PALMER
THE use Palmer hi om of the1
X moat mterestinr possible Aortal-
Uon. A palmer wss pUgrtin
- "no frpeDt all hit tins ytetttng tko
. olj places of tba east. Tkta was n
u s Unction to an ordinary pilsrtm
ho returned home aftar him Jow-
r waa finished. Tbe palmer carried
pairn m lus nana wnen ae opca-
.naUy came back from tae Holy
ad.
The name is met with ae a last
"ame in England in the early ltth
tituT In its L.tin form wfeen
iomas Palmeriua gained fane ae a
-eologirai writer. He wrote ortho-
dox works to repair Uie eehisme of
- .e chnrch. He wae only the flret of
a. dozen or more prominent chmrch-
in "ii of England. mclud4n a uMHte-i
an archbishop and eevefal fa&tneos
dissenting ministers and tfieiotogrianc.
7here were also many Palmers te
England -who were pro mill eat te the
government. Including 8tr George
t aimer attorney general to iTwIoo
II and Koundell Palmer first earl of
-irorne. iora cnanceuor in vtcto-
."a's reign and connected with Glad-
rom In public life.
A good many of the Palmers came
to America by way of Barbadoea
where they established a reputation
is merchants One of these was An-
thony Palmer who went to Philadel-
phia from Bartadoes In 1707 and ee-
e&lFUsbed a large and Ooariehmg
family. Ano'her was John Palmers
7 ho went to New TorV from fcar-
badoee some 30 years earlier and np-
oeM Andros and his policy. LleoL
William Palmer who came over on
the Fortune En was the fotmde-
of a tSLrce New England family and
Walter Palmei at tonington Ctmn. 1
In ISM eeta.b::ht(J another pig Kew'
Ehieland family which Included a
spreraor of Vermont two snitedj
abates senators and a famous dlscoT- I
erer.
Other Mr faraSIies of the name1
- t'i't1 ied in Virginia by Engr-!
'sh "ir- ("np-rr-ght. 19-n by
tne '"C.-r. .stsfssDacer Syndicate.
IS IT DENNIS?
rsWNIS la derived from the first
II name which came from thei
Greex aad usuaus sob of Diofly-
sos tbe god of wine aad revelry. It
was adopted ia the early charea be-
cause It was a asoal name aoeag the
Greek converts to Christianity. This
accounts for the fact that the patron
saint of Prance was 81. Deays a
biehep who was martyred near Paris
la 172 A. D. where be had been seat
to coo vert the Qauls. Sometimes the
jnsa isenis is a translation of Do-
asssga. a Celtic name so it is 90s
stble that some of the Americans
reanr derive their name from the
Greek aad some from the Celtic
There is one other explanation for
this last name. That is that it was
snvea in Bncrland to Danish travel
ere who settled down there and so
save tneir name to their children.
This is probably the explanation of
the last name Dane which has been
borne by a prominent family in this
eoustry established here by Or. John
Dane wbo came from Bagiaaa in
Its. Be settled a Asrawam. Base..
sssd oae of his deeodants was Na-
than Dase a delegate to the Con-
tinental congress. Another was the
Rev. Francis Dane second minister of
Andover. Mass.
A prominent family of the south
was settled by Donnach Dennis who
arrived In Maryland tn ISM aad was
aa ancestor of John Dennis of "Ber-
vertT.M long a famous colonial es-
tate la Worcester county. This John
was a representative from Maryland
ia the fifth sixth seventh eighth
sod ninth congresses. He was one
of the five Federalists who withheld
taetr vote In M01 and thus enabled
Thomas Jefferson to be elected pres-
ident over Aaron Burr.
Sir Thomas Dennis or Denys. an
early form of the name was a do-
mestic servant of Henry VXL who
established a family that was knight-
ed and became very important In Eng-
land He was sheriff of Devonshire
eight or nine times and lived m the
By FRANCES COWLES.
1
IS IT STEVENS?
TT HAS been said -that tbe Steveas
1 or Stephens connection la Amer-
ica has always been active aad
aggressive saying and doing things
worth while. It Is aa Interesting
fact that the men of this family
have been eseeetally prominent la
all mteileetaal pursuits. They have
oeesa bouts asa aggressive out
rather Intellectually than physically.
Doubtless the name has gained its
greatest repute because of the engi-
neers of the Hobokea family of Stev
ens who experimented with steam-
boats on the Hudson before Pulton's
time and who took the Phoenix
whicn two 01 them. Joan and his son
Robert Ik built from New York to
Philadelphia. This was in 1M(. The
Phoenix was a large slde-wheeler.
ago so mis trip xrom new xotk to
Philadelphia was the first steamer to
navigate the ocean. The son of the
first settler of this branch of the
family was John Stevens a delegate
to toe continental congress. His
father was John who in li7. mar-
ried Qrace daughter of Cant. San-
ford of Barbardoes. aad East New
Jersey John was the son of Richard
of St- Clement's parish. London and
came to New Tork as an apprentice
to a gunm&ker. These Steveas es
have always been conated among the
most aristocratic families of -'eastern
New Jersey.
Steobens has the same orlein as
Stevens and both in England and the
United States one oremlnent members
of the family of whichever spelling.
havV been numbered among artists
authors scholars actors and minis
ters ail men of Intellectual attain
ment
Stephens is from the first name
which was of Greek origin meaning
crown. This first name has given
rise to the popular name. Fits Ste-
phen in England also to Stevenson
IS IT RAYMOND?
RAYMOND is from the source that
has given Ronald. Reginald and
Keynanl. it comes xrom an oia
Christian name Kaimnndns a Teu-
tonic name meaninr wise Drotectlon.
Reynard Is also the French name for
Fox. In old French golpe was the
name for fox and tn an animal epic
of the middle ages the fox was
nfttned Mr. Reynard. Thereafter the
old French word for fox was dropped
aad Reynard wae substituted. So a
name with s rery exalted meaning
nas come to nave almost a suggestion
of slyness about it.
However Raymond does not have
this suggestion. It is a name that
has gained a great deal of repute in
this country especially among edu-
cators and writers.
The name was first established
here te Salem Mass. by Richard
Raymond a mariner. He died te Sa-
lem te Ht2 after having settled
down there. One of his descendants
was Henry J arris Raymond who
was appointed assistant editor by
Horace Greeley when he established
ttte New York Tribune on a weekly
salary of $8. For this sum Mr. Ray-
mond did a great deal toward edit-
ing the paper. Not only that but he
went about getting stories and origi-
nated a system ef reporting before
modem shorthand was in practice.
There was a famous family named :
Raymond In Knaland which num
bered among Its well known mem-
bers Robert Raymond who was lord
chief lostice. He was lust one mem
ber of an aristocratic family who
have made the name cjosely associat-
ed with high achievements in judi-
cial life in England. Copyright
1928. bv the MeClure Nowsnaner Rvn-
dicate.
IS IT BENJAMIN? IS IT VOORHESS?
reign of elpht Enplish soverAipr.s Steen Sttibb and Tiffany Copy-
opyrtcht. 132" by the MeClure ; npht. 102t. by the MeClure Newspa-
Newspaper Syndicate. l per Syndicate. I
Miss Mabel T. Boardman. secretary
of the American Red Cross and one
of the three commissioners of the dis-
trict of Columbia has been awarded
th French reconnaissanre gold medal
for her work for Franc during the
war
rU can always tell that a t&mUy
with a surname derived from a
Bible name in England acquired
that surname sometime since the
coming of the Normans about 106.
when Bible names were introduced
Into England. Of course few people
had any surnames at ail until with-
in the last three or four centuries.
Benjamin Is one of our surnames de-
rived from a Bible surname. It was
the name of one of the 12 patri
archs. Rachel named her second
child Benonl "Son of my sorrow.
because she thought that he had
been born at the cost of her life but
his father renamed him. "Son of my
right nana or Benjamin. These
early Biblical surnames were almost
always given in a spirit of predic-
tion. The surname Benjamin Is found
more often In Wales than in England.
Some of the English Benjamins claim
Welsh origin while others persist in
the tradition that they are sprang
from a German count of Jewish line-
age The Bentemins located in- lower
Hereford. England. Insist that they
are 5esoendea from the te Lacy p.
who came over with William the
Conqueror and who founded the fam-
ilies of De Lacy Beryton Berring-
ton and Benjamin. The Benjamins
they say were descendants of one of
tne ue euaevs wno settled m waif-
aboet 17o4.
The oldest American family of the
name is that establish mi by two
brothers who came from Iower
Hereford and therefore belong to
the De Lacy line. Of these brothers
Richard settled in Southhold. Long
Island where his family have long
neen counted among tne most re-
spected settlers and John the other
brother bom in 1591 was a member
of Gov. Wlnthrop's company and was
designated as a gentleman by Win-
throp. He bore arms and the fam-
ily motto "Pousse en avant" mean-
ing press forward and had his own
personal motto "A race by vigor not
by vaunts is won." Copyright. 152ft.
by the MeClure Newspaper Syndi-;
cate. i
V
OCR HESS is so well established a
surname in this country that It
( is hard to realise that X&0 years
ago whtn the man who establish e-1
the family in this country came from
I Holland the surname. as such did
not exist ne was nameo Ai tterx ana
as he came from the town of Hees
In Holland he became known aa Al-
bert Voor Hess. His descendants
took the name Voorhesa as their sur-
name sometimes spelling it Vorhls
and sometimes Voorhies and some-
times using it in the form Van Voor-
hesa Little Is known of this found-
er of the family save that he died
in 1684 leaving six out of his nine
children to survive him. A list of
the namea of these nine children
throws an interesting sidelight on
nomenclature of those days. They ;
were coert Aloertse. Steven. Ai-
bertse. Hendrtck. Suytgen can Haecx-
wolt Hllbert Aloertse Van Voorhesa
Wesvel Albert.se Van Voorhesa Geer-
tjen Albertse Van Oscfaeer en Vegh-
ten and Marghin Van Voorhesa. These
were the names that these Voorhes
of the second generation usually as-
sumed and at that time Albertse was
sued In the place of a surname among
them quite as often as Voorhesa.
Tbe tradition has it that the Voor-
hesa family came over from the old
work In a ah.u named Bonee Coo.
meaning spotted cow. They settle!
in different places In New Jersey.
Maine Long Island and other parts
of New Tork state but it Is te New
JerseV th&t the name is most re-
nowned at the present time.
One of the best known of the
name was Daniel Wolsey Voorhesa. a
native of Butler county Ohio who
was a United States senator from In- j
dlana. elected to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of Charles W. Fair-
banks. Foster MacGowen Voorhess J
was a well known governr of New
Jersey who first became acting gov-
ernor when William J. Griggs ac-
cepted the appointment to the post of
attorney general under McKinley.
Copyright. 1920 by the MeClure
Newspaper Syndicate
TYPICAL M -tuan beggar to be
there are not as many beggars in
ous and many of them art de?o-i
u on regular begging expeditions.
su'n Tit a r ary ra .road station. Whi.s
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