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Show I YOUR FIRST NAME I ITS ORIGIN AND THE FAMOUS FOLK WHO HAVE BORNE IT I Sophia, Sophy, Hugh, Hnco and ITu-bert, ITu-bert, names of wisdom mid thought, have' endured sinco tho da3'8 when Greek was tho language of early Christendom Chris-tendom nnd tho Teuton nations were forming. Tho first Sophia was a Greek saint. "Sophia," or wisdom, says tho Greek rendering of T.lie book of Uccleshistcs, is the mother of faith and hopo and holy four; nnd probably, with this passage as foundation, there arose a traditional Santa Sophia, who had three daughters, nnd who was so greatly revorcd in tho east that the most beautiful church in Constantinople now a mosque was dedicated to her. The first Hugh was tho Teutonic raven ra-ven Ihiginn, or thought, who sat on ono of tho shoulders of tho supreme god Odin, and with tho assistance of .another .an-other raven, IMiumiin, on tho other shoulder, told Odin all that went on in tho world. The descendants or namesakes of tho wise and shadowy saint nnd the thoughtful - raven have been men and I women worthy such learned ancestors. Though some of them have not been especially noted for their wise and thoughtful lives, they have on the whole contributed much to the wisdom and learning of tho world. Among royal men of the namo Hugh Capet, who founded the Capctian dynasty dy-nasty of kings in Prance almost a thousand years ago, holds high place. To bo sure, one of the early Capotian kings said that ho had grown gray while trying to capture a castlo within with-in sight; of Paris, his capital, and charged his son to finish tho co'nauest. But though their power was limited, and though tho kingship they adorned was at first hardlv more than a title, they were among the first' of tho long lino of kings who made France ono of the strongest and most interesting monarchies mon-archies of later times. 1 Hugh of Avranchcs, Earl of Chester, nephew of William the Conqueror, who gave his uncle sixty ships to help in the taking of England in 30GG, was called Hugh the Fat because he had Fitch a big appetite. He was a great lover of sport, and among some of the people over whom ho had dominion, and who did not liko his savage and boisterous boister-ous manners, it was said that Hugh ono night stabled his hounds in the church of St. Tyfrydog, in Wales, and the next morning found them all stark I mad. , Humnhrcy, "Duke of Gloucester, called Good Duke' Humphrey ho was really anything but good was the son of Kcnrv TV. of England, and was born in J301. His gracious manner and impulsiveness im-pulsiveness made him very popular with liis friends. He used to ask any ono he found loitering in the neighborhood of St. Paul's cathedral, in which locality he lived, home to dinner. Henco the proverb. "To dine with Duke Humphrey," Hum-phrey," which means to wait! about dinn'erlcss in hopo ,pf an invitation. In 1-43D Humphrey gave a hundred and twenty-nine books to Oxford, and later added others. And although he himself did net possess enough learning to make tho selection of tho books himself him-self he left that t'o his physician his gift formed the foundation of tho great university's library, Thcro havo been royal Sophies, too. Several early empresses of the cast were named for tho popular saint. Another An-other royal woman of the name was tho seventeenth margraving of Bayrcuth, whose philanthropic nature nnd literary efforts brought, her more than usual fame. Some of the hymns which she HUGH. -I' SOPHIA. I Hugh nnd Sophia aro Names of -I I- Wisdom and Thought Hugh of -r v Teutonic, Sophia of Greek Be-rivation Be-rivation Tho Mystical Saint and the Sorious Raven Who First ! Boro tho Names Hughs and So- I 1 phins Among Kings and Queens j- Tho Saint Who Had a Swan for I a Pet, and Fed His Park Deer to ! v tho Poor A Princess Who Sought I- Safety and 3I.ippine.ss in Louis- r I- iana, and How bho Found It, J began writing when. she was a child of 10 aro still sung in tho German churches. Goorgo I. of England was the sou of Sophia, granddaughter of James I., and married Sophia Dorothea, who diod in 172G. Sophia Charlotte, who died in 1705, was quoon of Prussia as tho wife of Frederick I., and she was especially especial-ly noted for her t'asto for philosophy. Sophie Charlotte is tho wifo of the second sec-ond son of tho Gormnn kaiserj and Countess Sophie Clioick is tho wifo of tho heir presumptive to tho Austrian throne, and her marriage in 1900 to the Archduke' Francis Ferdinand brought! about his ronunciation of tho right of succession. There is a long list of famous So-phios So-phios and Hughes who wero not born to the purple. Saint Hubert;, Bishop of Liege, who died in 727, is the traditional patron of hunters. Hugh do Lacy, murdered in 11SG, known as tho conqueror of Ireland, Ire-land, and Hugh O'Neill, Irish chieftain, who defeated tho English at Blackwa-tcr Blackwa-tcr in 109S, are two warrior heroes of tho name. Hugh of Evnsharn, English born, a famous physician, was in 1280 invited to Porno to be private physician physi-cian lo tho pope, and later was made a cardinal. Hugh do Balshain, who died in 112S6, bishop of Ely, was the founder of the collegiate system at Cambridge university in England. Hugh Latimer, burned at the stake in 1555, is one of tho prominent' men of tho reformation in England. Hugh Willoughby, auothor Englishman, explored ex-plored the frozen arctic in the same century. Hugo Grotius. born in 15S3, son of a Dutch tavern keeper, passed most ol his life in cxilo, but is known as tho founder of international law. Hubert Van Eyck, who died iu IHandors in 1-126, and Sophonisba Anguisciola. who died in Italy in G2G, and who made herself .blind from overwork, aro two painters of the name. Sophia Arnotilt, born in 1740, and taken to Paris by the princess of Mo-den;!, Mo-den;!, who used to hear her singing at vespers in a little country town, was one of tho most popular French ar-trcsses ar-trcsses of her day, and know many of the great' men of tho revolution. Sophia So-phia Germain, born in 177G, was a French mathematician so devoted to her work that during a three days' revolution revolu-tion in Paris sho calmly sat at homo and worked out a paper on tho curvature curva-ture of surfaces. Hugh Falconer, born in 1808, recommended tho introduction of tea into India, and thereby laid the foundation of an iminensoly "successful undertaking. Last of all, Hugo dc Yries, born in Holland, is ono of the most interesting scientists of the present pres-ent time. Perhaps tho most interesting of all 'men named Hugh is tho saint who was born in .1135, and who mingled with his scholarlinoss so much kindness and sympathy that ho was one of tho best loved men of his day in England, Ho was a Burgundiau monk, with a reputation repu-tation for oxocutivo anility. King John of England, who had founded a Carthusian monastery which was rapidly rapid-ly fulling into deeuy, sont for the young Burgundiau, and gavo him charge of tho little monastery. Hugh Boon worked such wonders with its ruin and desolation deso-lation that, airainst his own wishes, he was elected Bishop of Lincoln. Hugh was fond of tho poor' of his neighborhood, and as aoon as ho was bishop lie. ordered many of tho deer that fed in his well filled park to bo killed nnd givon to tho poor for moat. At nnqthor time, he excommunicated tho chief forcstor for uukindnoss to the poor, and thon dared moot the wrathful, king, who took tho part of the forester. Hugh's posting and wit, fairness nnd honest' soon won the king back to his side. Tho bishop worked with unfailing diligence among the lepers, who at that time were especially espe-cially abundant in East Anglia. Saint Hugh was fond of animals in snitc of his saerifee of tho deer to his poor friends' appetites. His pet was a swan, who know him and loved him. The most interesting Sophia lived somo timo later, about the year 1700, Site was sister of Charles "Vf., emperor of Gorman', and wifo of Prince Alexis, heir presumptive and nephew of Peter the Great of Russia. Sho was known as Sophia of Wolfenbutel, and sho was beautiful and good. But her marriage, a marriage of state, was uuhappj'. and Alexis used, Avith alarming frequency, to give poison to his young wife. Sophia So-phia was as plucky as sho was charming, charm-ing, and as soon as sho understood flint her husband really intended to kill her with poison, sho lookod into the matter and provided herself with numberless num-berless nntidotqs. Once, however, Alexis had tho satisfaction satis-faction of success. Sophia was given up for dead, a funeral was held, tho courts of Europe went into mourning and Alexis was happv. But Sophia was only in a stupor, and when sho recovered recov-ered consciousness sho made her escape, es-cape, with the assistance of a waiting woman, and under the protection of an old German servant, who pretended to be bor father, went back to Paris. Sophia feared recognition, and finally sho and her adopted father went lo Louisiana. There she was happy. She lived simplv, surrounded by friends who loved her for hor beauty and hor goodness, safe from tho intrigues of the "Russian court. Before very long a Russian gentleman, namod Moldask, saw her, and remembered who sho was. Ho promised to keep her secret, and tho two became great friends. When news came from Russia that Aloxis was dead, Moldask realized that ho was in love with Sophia. He did not dare, however, offer himself to a royal princess, even if sho wero in disguise. But when the kind old Gorman father died, and Sophia had no ono to take care of her, Moldask asked her. first, to let him take her back to Russia, and, when she refused, to let him marry her. Sophia had learned to lovo her old friend, thev wero married, and spent the rest of their lives together happily. hap-pily. Mliss Marshall will be pleased to answer an-swer by mail all inquiries addressed to her concerning the origin and hislory of first names. In addrossing Miss Marshall in caro of this paocr. please enclose a stamped and self-addressed envelope for the reply. |