The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25

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liked him. and If any one had an In
fiuence for good on Charles it was per
haps the sober old archbishop
Sheldon was beloved of people as
well as of king. When the plague
broke out in 1865, when on hundreds OF
houses the telltale red chalked cross
and the words "Lord have mercy on
uso warned all away who could get
away, Sheldon shared with the brave
Puritan ministers the task of caring
for the sick and dying, And when q
year later fire followed pestllcDce, aud
London was reduced to ruins, Sheldon
was one Of the foremost to help repair
the conhagration s damage Ho him
self gave four thousand pounds for the
rebuilding of the cathedral of ST. Paul,
and helped to gather other funds.
that he 'did not regard worship so
much as the use of worship, placing
the chief part Of religion in the prac-
tice Of good life.' Sheldon did not
deny this theory. Indeed. he used to
preach to the young noblemen who
came daily to him for advice, saying
"Let il be your principal care to be-
come honest men; no pietv will be of
advantage to yourselves OF anybody
else unless you are honest and moral
men. -
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greatly interested in the English col
onies in America. and one Of his last
acts was to take steps to provide for
the spiritual need of the colonists Of
Maryland
AS Gilbert Sheldon followed in the
footsteps of the early men of the
church of the name, so there was an
Englishman of modern times to follow
Gilbert, the progressive physician of
he f1,,r ~ L.
| Gilbert Blame, who was born in Scot
land in 1749.
Blame was educated in medicine. and
one OF his first positions after gradua-
ton was that of physician to a fleet
sailing for the West Indies in 1910. He
became greatly interested in conditions
then prevailing in the navy. and estab
llShed a new era in naval life. Until
MS time scurvy wes a menace to every
Inan of war, and important engage.
lncnts were sometimes lost because of
IT. But IN the first year after Blanc
interested himself in the subject. the
rat of deaths from scurvv in the West
Indian post where he was stationed fell
from ore man in seven to one man in
twenty. Now scurvy is banished from
the navy. and this is largely so be-
cause of the regulations and treatment
Blaine initiated
Blaine e's services were recognized. In
lIS9 he was made physician extraor.
dlnary to the Prince Of Wales. and in
iSl2 he was made baronet Besides
that he was consulted all over the
world, and had as his patients among
othcr FAMOUS men the emperor of Rus
sia, the king of Prussia, and the pres
ident Of the United States.
Gilbert, Beckett, of the same fam.
lly as Thomas. Beckett, born in 1911,
who founded the Figaro in London. the
forerunner Of Punch, and who wrote
some sixty plays; Gilbert White, born
IN 1870, clergyman who gained fame
as botanist; Gilbert de LAFAYETTE,
born in 1880. a marshal of France. who
helped Joan of Arc to victory nj Or.
leans; Gilbert Stuart, born in 1855, ia
NOUS American portrait painter. who
executed many portraits of Washington
and other prominent men OF the early
life of the republic, and Sir Gilbert
Parker, popular Canadian story writer,
and English statesman, are other ia.
nous men Of the name.
Gisella, the feminine form of the
name, has been chiefly famed among
women Of royalty. In 945, Gisella, the
daughter of Emperor Henry H., one
born. She married Stephen. king of
hungary, and with her by his side he
TOOK his place on an equality with the
other nouarchs Of the western world.
But Glsella was more ambitious thnn
she was dutiful. When her husband
wished TO appoint a successor-their
son had died--she decided to further
a, fayorite Of her own. So when Ste
phen sent for his cousin IS SON Vazul.
who was IN prison, TO come to court
as heir to the throne, Gisella sent a
messenger 10 Vazul, who blinded him.
when the poor boy WAS brought before
stephen, blind, the king was dIsap.
pointed, for he could not appoint man
who could not see TO the throne,
| Gisella S plan did not succeed, how
ever. Peter, grand nephew of Step
queen S friends.
The wife Of Conrad. who died in 1043
was Gisella or Gisela, Of more worthy
character. She and her husband, who
was king of Germany, were crowned at
Rome emperor and empress Of the Ro.
man empire, and their reign was pros
porous and happy. GiseIa was beau
t'ful and good. and took strong and
!nteliIgent interest in the church and
| IN politics, science and learning.
The Archduchcss Gisela. who WAS
born in 1886, one of the daughters Of
| the late King Leopold. is representa-
1--WE OF the name among royalty TODAY,
The feminine forms Of the name are
! Gisala in German and Gisele or GiseIla
or Gisela in French. Gisella is some
times used nowadays as a contraction
| Of Elizabeth, Gilbert meaus bright
| pledge, and the feminine forms Of tIle
name mean simply pledge.
Miss Marshall will be pleased TO an
swcr by mail all inquiries addressed TO
! her concerning The origin and history