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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 170, 11 May 1871, Page 5

The very names of Spanish women are a constant reminder of their worship. They are all named out of the calendar of saints and virgin martyrs. A large majority are christened Mary; but as this sacred name by much use has lost all distinctive meaning, some attribute, some especial invocation of the Virgin, is always coupled with it. The nam?s of Dolores, Mercedes, Milagros, recall Our Lady of the Sorrows, of the Gifts, of the Miracles. I knew a hoydenish little gipsy who bore the tearful name of Lagrimas. The most appropriate name I heard for these large eyed, soft-faced beauties was Peligros, Our Lady of Dangers. Who could resist the comforting assurance of " Oonsuelo " 1 " Blessed," says ray Lord Lytton, "is woman who consoles." What an image of maiden purity goes with the name of Nieves, the Virgin of the Snows ! From a single cotillion of Castilian girls you can construct the whole history of Our Lady. Conception, Annunciation, Sorrows, Solitude, Assumption. As young ladies are never called by their family names, but always by their baptismal appellations, you cannot pass an evening in a Spanish terfculia without being reminded of every stage in the life of the Immaculate Mother, from Bethlehem to Calvary and beyond. — From the " Atlantic Monthly " for February..