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LEFT CECIDOMYIA 391 CEDAR FALLS insects, worms, and mollusks. They are included under the popular designa- tion of Sapajou in its wider sense, and some of them are the monkeys to which this name is sometimes more strictly ap- propriated. C. fatuellus, which ranges from Paraguay to Guiana, and C. capu- cinus, Guiana, Venezuela, and Peru, are common in menageries. CECIDOMYIA, a genus of two-winged flies Diptera, of the family Tipultdse. There are about 26 species, all of which are of small size. C. tritici, the Wheat- fly, is well known from its attacks on wheat. CECIL, LORD ROBERT, a British s;tatesman; born Sept. 14, 1864. He was the third son of the Marquis of Salis- bury and chose a diplomatic career, after having been educated at Eton and University College, Oxford. He was a member of Parliament from East Maryle- bone, 1906-1910; occupied various im- LORD ROBERT CECIL portant Cabinet positions during the World War and was an influential figure throughout the conflict. In 1915-1916 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs; was made Minister of Blockade in 1916 and Assistant Sec- retary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1916. At the Peace Conference in Paris, he was one of the British delegates, and was especially prominent in preparing the draft of the League of Nations, of which he was an ardent advocate. He was an able speaker and a successful executive and administrator. CECIL, ROBERT (ses'il). Earl of Salisbury, an English statesman, second son of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, born about 1563. He was of a weak con- stitution, on which account he was edu- cated at home till his removal to the Uni- versity of Cambridge. Having received the honor of knighthood he went to France as assistant to the English am- bassador. On the death of Sir Francis Walsingham he succeeded him as princi- pal secretary, and continued to be a con- fidential minister of Queen Elizabeth to the end of her reign. Having secretly supported the interests of James L pre- vious to his accession to the crown, he was continued in office under the new sovereign and raised to the peerage. In 1603 he was created a baron, in 1604 Viscount Cranbourn, and in 1605 Earl of Salisbury. In 1608 Lord Salisbury was made Lord High-Treasurer, an office which he held till his death, in 1612. CECIL, WILLIAM, LORD BUR- LEIGH. See Burleigh. CECILIA, ST., the patroness of mu- sicians, who suffered martyrdom 230 A. D. Her heathen parents, as we are told, belonged to a noble Roman family, and betrothed their daughter, who had been converted to Christianity, to a hea- then youth, named Valerian. This youth and his brother Tiberius became Chris- tian converts, and suffered martyrdom. Cecilia, when commanded to sacrifice to idols, firmly refused, and was condemned to death. Her persecutors, it is said, first threw her into a boiling bath, but on the following day they found her un- hurt. The executioner next attempted to cut off her head, but found it impos- sible. She died three days after. As early as the 5th century, there is men- tion of a church dedicated to her at Rome; and in 821, by order of Pope Pascal, her bones were deposited there. St. Cecilia is regarded as the inventor of the organ, and in the Roman Catholic Church her festival-day, Nov. 22, is cele- brated with splendid music. Chaucer, Dryden, Pope, and other poets have cele- brated St. Cecilia, and the painters Ra- phael, Domenichino, Dolce, and others have represented her in fine pictures. CEDAR FALLS, a city of Black Hawk CO., la., 85 miles N. E. of Des Moines. It is on the Illinois Central and other railroads. It has mills and factories