Chapter L

ong, long ago, the God of Love was supposed to dwell in the Moon and was called Lameck (the Moon God). From the sometimes startling effect moonlight had upon the sentimental, it was believed that the moon-beams were the arrows of the God of Love (Cupid’s Arrows). Hence this symbol (see cut) came to mean affection, and from it came the letter L, ranking very high in Cupid’s Alphabet, beginning, as it does, the most important word in the history of the world, Love. This symbol was usually found, as in Cupid’s Alphabet, following the symbol of Kubid, and meaning that Love follows in the path of Cupid.

The neo-Babylonian characters are the most sentimental ever known, as they are made up almost entirely of arrangements of this symbol slightly conventionalized.

Lois, Laura, Leonora, Lucy, Lydia, Lucretia, Louise, and Lucinda, the women under this sign, are Languid, Luscious, Lackadaisical, and Loving; while the men are usually named Lionel and are Light-hearted, and Lazy.

NOTE:—It is interesting to note the Chinese use of the same symbol surrounded by tears , pronounced sim, meaning Heart.

LAP. A pillow. See Gray.

“Here rests his head upon the lap of earth.”

LIPS. The two edges or borders of the mouth; the two fleshy or
muscular parts composing the opening of the mouth. Generally
used for kissing, cussing, and conversation.

LONELINESS. An instigation. The married man’s meat, the single
man’s poison.

LOTTERY. From _lot_, state; _awry_, askew. A cynical definition
of marriage.

LOVE. A transitory derangement of all the five senses. The
chemistry of attraction.

LURE. Cupid’s signposts, not always safe to follow. They may be
found in many and fantastic shapes, such as a bow of ribbon,
a stray ringlet, a side-long glance, a sigh, or a breath of
heliotrope.