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* SONS OF LIBEKTY. 343 SOPHIOLOGY. suit: Leake, Life of Gen. John Lamb (Albany, 1850) ; and Dawson, Hons of Liberty in New York ( PoughkuL'psie, 185'J). SONS OF THE AlVLERICAN REVOLU- TION, Society of the. An hereditary patriotic sutuly organized in Xew York City on April 30, ISS'J, by representatives of the Society of the Sons of the Kevolntion, and of the Sons of Revolution- ary Sires. The latter had been organized in San Francisco, Cal., on October 22, 1875, and after April 30, 1880, became the California State So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution. Jlembership in this society is restricted to lineal descendants of an ancestor who rendered act- ual service in the cause of American independ- ence, either as an ollicer, soldier, seaman, marine, militia, or minute man in the armed forces of the Continental Congress, or of any one of the several colonies. The total membership was about 10,500 in 1003. SONS OF THE CLERGY MTJSICAL FES- TIVAL. A musical festival held in Saint Paul's Cathedral. It was first organized in 1709, the proceeds being devoted to the needs of the Sons of the Clergy Corjioration. The Royal Society of 3Iu~icians for a long time supplied the orchestra. SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. A patriotic hereditary society originally organized in New York City on February 22, 1876, and reorganized on December 4, 1883. It admits to membership anj' male lineal descendant from an ancestor who actively assisted in establisliing American inde- ]jeudence during the War of the Revolution be- tween April 10, 1775, and April 19, 1783. This .society has been specially- active in marking his- toric localities with tablets, especially in New Y'ork City. Noteworthy among these monuments are the tablets commemorating the battle of Long Island and that marking the site of the battle of Harlem Heiglits. The statue of Nathan Hale in City Hall Park, New Y'ork, was also erected hy this organization. SONS OF VETERANS. A patriotic society organized in Philadelphia. Pa., on September 29, 1879. It admits to membership lineal male de- scendants of honorably discharged soldiers, sail- ors, and nuirines who served in the Civil War. The insignia consists of a bronze bar on which are the words 'Filii Veteranoriun :' and pendant from this bar is a red, white, and blue ribbon at- tached to a medallion containing a monogram of the letters 'S. V.' in relief on a wreath over crossed cannons, surmounted by a spread eagle. Of similar character is an organization known as Daughters of Veterans, which admits to member- ship daugliters of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, and daughters of Sons of Veterans, wlio are fifteen years of age and up- ward. SONS OF WAR VETERANS, Societt of. A patriotic sm-icty founded in 1893, having for its objects to preserve and perpetuate the prin- ciples for which the Federal soldiers fought in the Civil War; to assist surviving veterans and their widows: and the mutual benefit and ad- vancement of its members. It admits to member- ship my male lineal descendant of an honorably discharged Union soldier, sailor, or marine w'ho served during the Civil War for a period of not less than six months, part of which service must have been at the front. SONSON, s6n-soN'. A town of the Department of Antioquia, Colombia, 110 miles northwest of liogota. on the Sonson River, at an altitude of 8300 feet (ilap: Colombia, C 2). In the vicinity are extensive mines of gold, silver, and salt. The industries include weaving of cotton and woolen mantles, and the manufacture of straw hats. Population about 10,000. SONSONATE, son'so-nii'ta. A town of Salva- dor, situated 32 miles west of San Salvador (Map; Central America, C 4). It is the capital of a department of the same name, and is regu- larly built. It is the centre of a rich agricultural district. Population about 9000. It was founded in 1524 by Pedro de Alvarado. SONTAG, zon'tiiG, Henriette (1806-54). A German operatic soprano, born at C'oblcnz. She was engaged upon the stage from her earliest childhood. In 1824 she sang at Leipzig in Der Freiscliiitz and Eiiri/nnthe, in which latter opera she created the title role. Her success was im- mediate and sensational, and in 1824 she ac- cepted a call to the Konigstiidter Theater, Ber- lin. Two years afterwards she sang the part of Rosina in 11 Barbiere di Seviglia, in which her remarkable powers of coloratura gave her a dis- tinct triumph over Catalani. In 1827 she was engaged at the Paris Italian opera, and a year afterwards married Count Rossi. She .sang in all the musical centres of Europe, and in 1852 visited the United States. In 1854 she was en- gaged for the Italian opera in Mexico, but was stricken with cliolera and died there. SOO-CHOW, soo'ehou'. A town of China. See Su-CHow. SOPHIA„ s6'fe-a. The capital of Bulgaria. See SoFl.. SOPHIA DOROTHEA (10(16-1726). Consort of George I., King of England, and Elector of Hanover. She was the heiress of Duke George William of Brunewick-Luneburg-Cclle, and mar- ried her cousin, the Crown Prince of Haiiover, in 1682, She bore her husband t-o children, who became King George II. of England and Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, mother of Frederick the Great. Her life at the Hanoverian Court was made miserable by the intrigues of lier father- in-law's mistress, the Countess von Platen, wlio accused her of a liaison with Count Philip Christopher von Konigsmarck. The Count, a wealthy young Swedish nobleman, had been a page at her father's Court, and was then colonel of the guards at Hanover. One night as he left the Crown Princess's apartments he was set upon by four soldiers stationed there to arrest him, and ac- cidentally killed. The body was hastily concealed and his disappearance long remained a matter of mystery. Soon afterwards the Crown Princess was arrested, tried before a court appointed for the purpose, and her marriage annulled. She was then sent to the little Castle of Ahlden, where she was confined until her death, thirty-two years later. Her guilt or innocence has long been a matter of controversy. Consult Wilkins, The Lore of an Uticrowned Queen (London, 1900). See KciNIGSMABCK. SOPHIOLOGY (from Gk. ao(j>la, sophia, wia- dom, from ffo06s, sophos, wise: connected with <ra07}5, saphrs, clear, and perhaps with Lat. faber, smith -- -oyla, -lorjia. account, from yetr, legein, to say). The science of philosophies; one