Sons of the Revolution
a patriotic society composed of the descendants of those who co-operated in the American Revolution. It was organized in New York City in 1876 and reorganized in 1883. Membership is restricted to male lineal descendants and the society has been active in marking with tablets and otherwise indicating and safe-guarding places associated with persons and events connected with the war of independence. Among the monuments due to the society are tablets commemorating the site of the battles of Long Island and of Harlem Heights. The statue of Nathan Hale in City Hall Park was erected by the society. Membership is about 7,000.
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Sons of War Veterans
SO- CIETY OF, a patriotic society established in 1893, for the purpose of preserving and perpetuating the principles for which the Federal soldiers fought in the Civil War, to assist surviving veterans and their w widows, and help help in the mutual benefit and advancement of its members. The society admits to membership any male descendant of an honorably discharged Union soldier, sailor, or marine, who served for not less than six months and part of the time at the front.
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Soot
. See Lampblack
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Sophists
sof'ists, public teachers in ancient Greece during the fifth and fourth centuries B. C. They taught for pay. They incurred the dislike of those who could not afford to pay them, and also of those philosophers who thought that teaching ought not to be done for pay. They filled a need. Many wealthy Athenians desired teachers for their sons. The sophists acquired an unenviable reputation for unsound argument to which the name sophistry is still applied. The word sophist really means a teacher of wisdom.
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Sophonisba
See page 248, A daughter of Hasdrubal , the Carthaginian, celebrated for her beauty. She See page 248, Pudicitia. married Syphax , prince of Numidia, and when he was conquered by the Romans she became a captive to their ally, the Numidian general Masinissa , whom she married. This displeased the Romans, and Scipio ordered Masinissa to separate from Sophonisba, and she, urged to this by Masinissa, took poison, about B. C. 203. Sospita (The Saving Goddess). A surname of Juno at Lanuvium and at Rome, in both of which places she had a temple.
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Sopwith
THOMAS OCTAVE MUR- DOCH, a British aviator. Born 1888; educated at Cottesmore, and the Seafield Engineering College. In 1910 he won the de Forest prize of $20,000 for the longest flight from England in a British machine by a flight from Eastchurch to Beaumont, Belgium, a distance of 176 miles, in a Howard-Wright biplane. In 1912 he established the Sopwith Aviation Co., Ltd., at Kingston-on-Thames, where aeroplanes and seaplanes are designed and built. He assisted in the turning out of many 1 British aeroplanes during the World War.
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Soracte
a celebrated mountain of Italy, 27 miles N. of Rome, now called Monte Sant' Oreste; height, 2,420 feet.
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Sorcery
(From Latin sortiarius, one who practices divination by lots.) The use of supposed supernatural power by the agency of evil spirits called forth by spells by a witch or black magician. (See Magic.)
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Sordello
an Italian poet; born in Gioto, near Mantua, about 1180. He composed poems in the language of Provence, of which 34 remain. One of the most celebrated passages Dante is on the subject of this poet, and Browning's "Sordello" (1840) is founded on the story of his life. He died about 1269.
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Sorel
a city and county-seat of Richelieu co., Quebec, Canada; on Lake St. Peter, at the mouth of Richelieu river, and on the Canadian Pacific and other railways; 45 miles N. E. of Montreal. For many years it was the summer residence of the governor-general of Canada. It has large manufacturing and shipbuilding interests. A fort was built on the site of Sorel in 1665. Pop. about 10,000.
AGNES, the mistress of the worthless Charles VII. of France; born in the village of Fromenteau, Touraine, France, in 1409. She came to court in 1431 in the train of the Duchess of Anjou. Her influence was beneficial as long as she lived; she died suddenly, near Jumigny, Feb. 9, 1450.
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Soria
a city of Spain, in Old Castile, capital of a province of its own name, on the Douro, 113 miles N. E. of Madrid. Adjacent to the town, on the N., are the ruins of the famous city of Numantia, destroyed by the Romans 132 b. c. Pop. (1918) province, 157,856; city, 7,500.
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Sorrento
a city of Italy, on the S. E. side of the Bay of Naples, on the promontory which separates it from the Gulf of Salerno, 7 miles S. W. of Castellamare. It is an and possesses a cathearchiepiscopal see dral. The manufacture of silk and the making of parquetry are extensively carried on. It is celebrated for the mildness and general salubrity of its climate, for its beautiful situation in the midst of orange groves and fruit gardens. In the time of Augustus it was noted for its fine buildings; but few traces of these now exist. Among the Romans the win of Sorrento was held in high repute Tasso was a native. Pop. about 7,000.
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Sorsogon
the capital of the Province of Sorsogon, Philippine Islands. It is of Lusituated in the S. of the island zon, on the bay of Sorsogon. The bay which almost divides the province is 6 by 12 miles, and forms a good harbor. The town is connected with the Strait of Bernardino on the route from Manila to the United States. Pop. about 18,000.
a province of the Philip pine Islands. It is situated in the south eastern portion of the island of Luzon Area. 755 square miles. It is almost sur rounded by water and is traversed by forest-clad mountains. It produces hemp and copra. Before 1901 it was a district of the Province of Albay. Pop. about 150,000.
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Soubise
BENJAMIN DE famous ROHAN, SEIGNEUR DE, a Huguenot captain; born in Rochelle, France, in 1583. He was the son of René de Rohan, and brother of the famous Henri de Rohan, chief of the Protestant party under Louis XIV. He learned the trade of arms under Maurice of Orange; and when the religious wars again broke out in 1621 he was intrusted with the chief command in Brittany, Anjou, and Poitou. He conducted the war with much spirit, but was eventually obliged to seek refuge in England. In 1625 he made a dashing attack on the royalist fleet in the river Blavet, seized a number of vessels, and captured the islands of Oleron and Ré. He was active at Rochelle during the famous siege in 1627 and 1628, and when the town was captured he retired once more to England. He died in London, England, Oct. 9, 1642.
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