analogy between the Japanese and the English idea of femininity symbolized by the rose. But there is no analogy whatever. The Bara-Musumé is not so called because she is delicate a

es to win a Bara-Musumé is apt to hurt himself much more seriously,-even unto death. It

scholar published an interesting essay upon this subject. He had collected the personal names of about four hundred students of the Higher Normal School for Females,-girls from every part of the Empire; and he found on his list only between fifty and sixty names possessing ?sthetic quality. But concerning even these he was careful to observe only that they "caused an ?sthetic sensation,"-not that they had been given for ?sthetic reasons. Among them were such names as Saki (Cape), Miné (Peak), Kishi (Beach), Hama (Shore), Kuni (Capital),-originally place-names;-Tsuru (Stork), Tazu (Ricefield Stork), and Chizu (Thousand Storks);-also such appellations as Yoshino (Fertile Field), Orino (Weavers' Field), Shirushi (Proof), and Masago (Sand). Few of these could seem ?sthetic to a Western mind; and probably no one of them was originally given for ?sthetic reasons. Names containing the character for "Stork" are names having reference to longevity, not to beauty; and a large number of names with the termination "no" (field or plain) are names referring to moral qualities. I doubt whether even fifteen per cent of yo

name explains nothing in a majority of cases. Transliterated into Romaji, a yobina may signify two, three, or even half-a-dozen different things. One of the names thrown out of the list was Banka. Banka might signify "Mint" (the plant), which would be a pretty name; but it might also mean "Evening-haze." Yuka, another rejected name, might be an abbreviation of Yukabutsu, "precious"; but it might just as well mean "a floor." Nochi, a third example, might signify "future"; yet it could also mean "a descendant," and various other things. My reader will be able to find many other homonyms in the lists of names given further on. Ai in Romaji, for instance, may signify either "love" or "indigo-

devotion and virtue. Matsu (Pine) does not refer, as an appellation, to the beauty of the tree, but to the fact that its evergreen foliage is the emblem of vigorous age. The name Také (Bamboo) is given to a child only because the bamboo has been for centuries a symbol of good-fortune. The name Sen (Wood-fairy) sounds charmingly to Western fancy; yet it expresses nothing m

lphabetical order, without honorific prefixes or suffixes. Although some classes of common names are not represented, the list will serve

S OF STUDENTS

HER NORMAL

(1880-

ber

ud

nam

igo,"-th

"Lov

The Bright

"Morn

hallow"

y a place-na

Meeti

on"-in the lite

quaintly say, "

("Near

ense of "near and dear

A Thousand

housand Gen

housand S

Butter

Superi

Cleve

Bloom

"Delig

riting-b

ji,"-the

istaria-

e of a plant, Nar

Good-fo

Letter"

by a woman only-a letter written according

"Letter-

("Tas

"Silv

("Sho

"Bloss

pring-tim

The Firs

"Excel

"Fruit

("Long

("Mar

Nouris

ringing

("Sto

"Thre

("Ro

e Obedie

jun has a much stronger signification than that which

("Mir

("Sic

"Torto

ations-of-the-

s supposed to live

Forbeari

ce," "self-control," etc. The name migh

n the sense of writ

The reader may imagine, if he wishes, that the name signifies the Alpha and Omega of all femi

("Bro

"Victor

,"-or any ornament

,"-i.e., "gre

e Respec

Humili

hrysanth

rysanthemu

hrysanthem

"Sover

("Go

loth-of-

("Be

ppy Gener

("Pur

"-the sound

lial Pi

The F

("Fil

Cleaned

,"-the Japa

("Bea

("Bra

ital,"-chi

"Provi

reasure-

Storehous

"Chest

ulberry-

ightforward

o ("S

"Incre

anch-of-In

("Pi

"Pine-br

he Way,"-

riple B

"Main-b

("Pea

("Li

Shining B

ervice-Ba

s especially to attendance at meal

The Mid

("Wav

"Fidel

e Prolong

e; but more probably in the signification that a daughter's car

ngthening-

try,"-or, E

Weaving-

"Pleas

he Arra

Land,"-

"Emolu

"Drag

"Loft

The Cha

pe,"-prom

ompositi

of sakubun, a li

me,"-nati

("Mar

"Forc

"-city-gate, to

Fairy"

a being possessing magical powers of all kinds and living for thousands of years. Some authorities c

e,"-tender

("The C

("Pea

("Two-

("De

("Deer-

e Clasp,"-

("Tru

("Go

("Virt

Slender

The Proof,"

he Excel

The La

dar,"-cry

saken,"-fo

Little

("T

nch of Litt

Exquis

("Hon

("Lof

("Bam

("Jew

i ("R

r-the-Sak

("Val

icefield

("Ir

("Vir

top,"-ce

e parents resolved, after the birth

("Ric

alth-and-Lo

The Fri

("Tig

"Arrowh

"Abund

. e., second in

d,"-rope, o

t,"-or, as we shoul

("St

lum-blo

Plumtree-

Plumtree

"Shore-

ow,"-or

nd hours were all named after the Signs of the Zodiac, and were supposed to have some mystic relation to those signs. I surmise that Miss Ushi was born

oem,"-o

probably the rape-pl

Eight-

The Tra

ive or Feminine in the old Chinese phil

in the old sen

("The

("Good F

he Val

("Lil

mes referring to Constancy, Forbearance, and Fili