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��Acad, of Fine Arts, 1912. Presbyterian. Mem. Pa. Soc. of Miniature Painters (honorary so- ciety). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Recreations: Swimming, sliating, dancing. Mem. Plastic Club (Women's Art Club of Philadelphia).

SIMPSON, Flsle Carson (Mrs. John H. Simp- son), 306 Washington Av., Loveland, Colo. Bom Butler, Pa., Not. 9, 1872; dau. David Clark and Nancy Maria (Pollack) Carson; ed. public school, Huntsville, 0. ; grad. from high school, '91; grad. Caton Coll., Cleveland, O.; m. Cleveland, 1S99, John K. Simp-son; children: Pauline, John Carson. Has done social settle- ment v/ork; prcs. Woman's Club of Liovciand, Colo., two years; on State Exec. Board of Wo- men's Clubs, three years; represented the State at Nat. Fed. of Women's Clubs; delegate to many State conventions. Favors woman suffrage. Prcsbytenan. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., W.CT.U., all church societies, Nat. Missionary Soe. Recreations: Automobiling, golf. Clubs: Woman's, Women's Republican, (3ivic Extension. SIMPSON, Frances, I^ibrary School, University of Illinois, Urbana, III.

Teacher; b. Burtonsville, N.Y., 1863; dau. James Nelson and Elizabeth (Diefendorf) Simp- son; grad. Northwestern Univ., B.L. '84, M.L. '88; Univ. of 111., B.L.S. '03 (Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma). For 10 years high school teacher in N.Y. and 111.; instructor Univ. of III., lSOl-03; ass't prof, and reference librarian since 1903. Ass't director Library School since 1912. Author: Syllabus of History of Development of the Li- brary in Europe and America, 1903, also various periodical articles on subjects connected with librarianship. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alnmnas, 111. State Library Ass'n. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

SIMPSON, Frances May, 47 St. George St., To- ronto, Can.

Sculptor; b. Levis, Quebec, Mar. 17, 1875; dau. W. E. and Sarah Frances (Montgomery) Simp-v son; ed. Quebec High School; studied art under private tuition. Favors woman suffrage. Writes literary articles for newspapers. Anglican. Lib- eral in politics. Mem. the Women's Business Canadian Club. SIMPSON, Grace Sybrandt (Mrs. Robert W.

Simpson), Moncton, New Brunswick, Can.

Journalist, writer; b. Birkenhead, England; dau. Charles Fitz Henry Campbell, M.D., and Charlotte Augusta (Nevine) Campbell; private education; m. June, 1S98, Robert W. Simpson, C.E., ass't engineer Intercolonial Railway, Monc- ton, N.B. For many years past has been con- nected with the St. John (N.B.) Progress, first as Moncton correspondent, later literary editor, now editor of woman's department. Against woman suffrage. Writer of reviews, short stories and articles under pen name of "Geoffrey Cuthbert Strange." Anglican. SIMPSON, Helen An^nsta, 174 W. First St.,

Mansfield, O.

Teacher of French; b. Hayesville, 0., Feb. 21, 1868; dau. John and Millie (Stringer) Simpson; ed. Wooster Univ., 0.; Cornell Univ.. B.L. '91; M.L., with high distinction, '92; studied in Paris, 1898; one year European travel, 1900-01. Mem. Kappa Alpha Thsta. Presbyterian. Recreations: Riding, dancing, brtflge. Mem. Westbrook Coun- try Club. SIMPSON, Josephine Sarles (Mrs. David F.

Simpson), 2244 Nicollet Av., Minneapolis.

Social service; b. Necedah, Wis., Feb. 14, 1862; dau. Simeon Benton and Catherine (Lewis) Sarles; B.L., Univ. of Wis., gumma cum laude, 83 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Jan. 14, 1S86, David F. Simpson; children: Donald Sarles, Har- old Goodsir, John Douglas. Charter mem. Wom- an's Club of Minneapolis; mem. Pure Water Com- mission (appointed by mayor of Minneapolis); he.id of Social Survey for Minneapolis; honorary mom. Men's Civic and Commerce Ass'n; head of Com. on Day Nursery at Univ. Settlement; mem. The Hostesses, Woman's Welfare League, La- fayette Club (social). Unitarian. Favors woman BUffrage.

��SIMPSON, Kathrine Woodford (Mrs. Louis Wright Simpson), 6 3 Robie Av., Buffalo, N.Y. Lecturer on Dante; b. Jamestown, N.Y. ; dau. John Vosburgh Filmore and Caroline (Prather) Woodford; ed. Mrs. Johnston's private school. High School at Jamestcnvn, N.Y. ; Cornell Univ., A.B. '94 (mem. Alpha Phi); m. Warren, Pa., Aug. 24, 1898, Louis Wright Simpson. Ex-pres. ol Highland Park Literary Club; hon. mem. of Literary Club of the Church of the Messiah; director of Woman's Educational and Industrial Union; pres. Cornell Women's Club. Favors woman suffrage. Director of Woman Suffraga Headquarters, Buffalo, N.Y. ; chairman of Eighth Judicial District of Erie Co., N.Y., organization. Attends Westminster Presbyterian Church. Pro- gressive in politics; organized the Eighth Judi- cial District of Women for the Progressive Party. Mem. Nat. Peace Soc, Natural Science Soc, Buffalo Historical Soc, Friend of Albright Art Gallery; associate mem. Soc of Artists; mem. Guild of Allied Arts, Country Club, Twentieth Century Club.

SIMPSON, Lizzie M., Mexico, N. Y.

Teacher; b. Mexico, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '98, A.M. '99. Vice-prin- cipal Southampton (N.Y.) High School, 1900-05; teacher E>mma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., since 1906.

SIMPSON, Willie Perry (Mrs. Thomas Leonard

Simpson), Fredonia, Kan.

Osteopathic physician; b. Hardin Co., Ky., July, 1872; dau. Gen. William F. Perry, brigadier- general in Confederate Army and relative of Commodore Perry of Lake Erie fame, and Ellen Douglass (Bro^n) Perry; ed. Potter Coll., Bowl- ing Green, Ky; private school, Louisville, Ky. ; Southern School of Osteopathy, Franklin, Ky., D.C; m. Oklahoma, 1904, Thomas Leonard Simp- son; children: William Perry Simpson, Eleanor Dearing Simpson. Practised first two and a half years in Neosho, Mo.; sines marriage has prac- tised at Fredonia, Kan. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy. Favors woman suffrage. Has written many scientific articles for professional magazines, also writes for newspapers on cur- rent topics. Presbyterian. Democrat

SIMRALL, Josepliine Price, 4 Hedgerow Lane,

Clifton, Cincinnati, O.

Lecturer, special teacher of literature and stories of Cincinnati Kindergarten Training School; b. Covington, Ky., July 19, 1869; dau. Charles Barrington and Isabella Downing (Price) Simrall; ed. Covington High School (salutator- ian), Bartholomew English and Classical School, Clifton, Cincinnati; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; coarse In Cincinnati Kindergarten Training School (diploma); mem. Phi Sigma. Pres. College Club twice; pres. Christ Church Woman's Club nine years; pres. Kindergarten Alumnse Ass'n one year; pres. Bartholomew-Clifton School Alumnae Ass'n; board mem. Visiting Nurses' Ass'n; mem. Cincinnati Woman's Club (chairman dep't of literature, 1912-13); mem. (former board mem.) Consumers' League; mem. The Quills, Social Workers' Clubs; first vice-pres. Board of Wo- man's Club House Company; mem. Nat. Child Labor Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Has writ- ten occasional short stories and magazine verse. Presbyterian. Mem. Wellesley Alumnse Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Read- ing, writing, traveling.

SINCLAIK, Aileen Cleveland Higgins (Mrs. John Archibald Sinclair), 2510 E. Si-xth St., Duluth, Minn.

Writer: b. Perry, 111., Dec. 7, 1882; dau. James R. and Mary Louise (Cleveland) HiggLns; ed. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1890-92 (mem. Gamma Phi Beta); Northwestern Univ., 1902-04; Univ. of Leipzig, 1907-08; m. June 14, 1911, John Arch- ibald Sinclair. Author: Dream Blocks, 1908; Thekla, a Drama,. 1908; A Little Princess ot Tonopah, 1909; A Little Princess of the Pines, 1910; A LitUe Princess of the Patio, 1911; A Lit- tle Princess of the Rio Grande, 1912; also short stories and verse in the magazines. Protestant Episcopalian.

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��SINGLETON, Esther, Murray Hill Hotel, N.T.

City.

Author, editor; b. Baltimore, Md.; dau. Horace Leonard and Martha Colgate (Morllng) Single- ton (descendant of Colonial families of Va., Md., Mass. and R.I. ); direct descendant, 8th, of Ed- ward Ra,vvson, Sec. of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1G50-86; and 7th from Nathaniel Reynolds, cap- tain in King Philip's War, in command at Chelmsford, Feb. 25, 1676; great-granddaughter of John Singleton of Norfolk, who serveu in Morgan's famous Rifle Regiment and In Virginia line under Gen. Washington in the Revolution). Removed to N.Y. City In 1887; engaged several years in encyclopaedic work and in musical and literary criticism. Has made a special study of music, of furniture and of the manners and cus- toms of old New York, her original books being on these subjects. Mem. Royal Soc. of Arts (honorary), and Barnard Club (N.Y. City). Author: Turrets, Towers and Temples; Great Pictures; Wonders of Nature; Romantic Castles and Palaces; Famous Women; Historic Buildtngs of America; Historic Landmarks of America; Great Rivers of the World; Famous Cathedrals; Famou:i Sculpture; Modern Paintings: Wonders of the World; Paris; London; Venice; Rome; Florence; Translations of Music Dramas of Rich- ard Wagner by Lavignac; Japan; Russia; Ger- many; Switzerland; Turkey and the BaFkan States; Holland; Egypt; China; The Golden Rod Fairy Book; The Wild Flower Fairy Book; Dutcli New York; A Guide to the Opera; A Guide to the Modern Opera; How to Visit the Great Picture Galleries; Great Events of the World's History; Story of the Universe; The Furniture of Our Forefathers; French and English Furniture; Dutch and Flemish Furniture; The Story of the White House; Social New York Under the Georges; Galleries of Holland; The Art of the Netherland Galleries; A Guide to Great Cities- North-western Europe; A Guide to Great Cities- Western Europe; The Children's City.

8ENGMASTER, Elsie — see Lewars, Elsie Sing- master.

SINNOTT, Annie E. Rogers (Mrs. Joseph F. Slnnott), 1816 S. Rittenhouse Square, Phila- delphia, Pa., and "Rathalla," Rosemont, Mont- gomery Co., Pa.

Born Mt. Holly, N.J., Aug. 22, 1842; dau. Clay- ton R. and Eliza (Coffin) Rogers; ed. Friends Central School, Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Phila- delphia, Pa., April 8, 1863, Joseph F. Slnnott; chilOren: Joseph E., Mary E., Henry G., Annie L., Clinton Rogers, James, Frederick, Clarence Coffin, Eliza Lorea. Treas. Associate Com. of Women, Pa. Museum and School of Industrial An; treas. St. Vincent's Aid Ass'n. Catholic. Mem. Am. Catholic Historical Soc, Acorn Club, Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Transatlantic Soc. of America, Merlon Cricket Club.

SINNOTT, Elizabeth, 228 N. Ninth St., Padu-

cah, Ky.

Born Paducah, Ky., July 4, 1878; dau. John and Elizabeth (Connor) Slnnott; grad. Paducah High School; Visitation Acad., Georgetown, D.C. Pres. Kalosophic Club; mem. Woman's Club, Magazine Club; chairman Finance Com. of Charity Club; has been sec, pres. and treas. Civic Department of Woman's Club; mem. Golf and Country Club. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Riding, dancing, bridge, golf. Against woman suffrage.

SIPPI, Grace Hamilton (Mrs. Charles John Sippl). 7110 Idlewild St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Reader and interpreter; b. Meadville, Pa., July 10, 1880; dau. Orrcn and Emma (Hamilton) Bajb- cock; ed. Buffalo High School, Training School of Elocution and English Literature, also studied in N.Y. and Philadelphia; m. Sept. 16, 1898, Charles John Sippi ; one daughter: Dorothy Rose. Reader, specializing in works of Shakespeare rind Maeterlinck. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Recreations: Music, literature, travel, draiiiat.lo and lecture reading. Pres. Pittsburgh Shake- speare Circle; first vice-pres. of New Era Club of Western Pa.; director Homewood Woman's Club.

��SITTIG, Isabel W. (Mrs. Frank SlttlEf), 68 Mon- tague St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., 18S3; dau. Joseph and Christina (Wallace) Wilson; ed. Bayonne, N.J., private schools; m. Bayonne, N.J., 1883, Frank Sittlg; children: Florence, b. 1885; Annie, b. 1887; Frederick, b. 1895. Founder and pres. for 22 years of the Sittlg Brooklyn Christmas Tree Soc. for destitute children of Brooklyn. Favors woman suffrage. Has contributed various articles to New York and Brooklyn newspapers. Author of the Pansy Stories and book: Good Night Stories, for children. Christian Scientist. Rec- reations: Music, drama, walking. Charter mem. Women's Press Club; pres. the Quiet Evening Club. Inventor of six patents for women's apparel.

SrviTEB, Anna Plerpont (Mrs. William Henry SIvIter), 122 Dlthridge St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Writer; b. Fairmont, Va,; only dau. Francis H. Plerpont, the Loyal War Governor of Va., and Julia (Robertson) Plerpont; ed. by tutors at home and in Washington (Pa.) Sem. ; m. Fair- mont, W. Va., 1886, William Henry Slviter; one daughter: Frances Pierpont. Author: Songs of Hope (Poems); The Sculptor and Other Poems; Nehe, A Tale of the Times of Artaxerxes; A Child's Memories of Richmond (now in prepara- tion). Editor Morning Guide, Our Children and Sunday-school literature of the Methodist Prot- estant Church, 1898. Writer for Puck, Judge, Harper's Bazar and other magazines. Conducted an English department for years In Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Presbyterian. Mem. Pitts- burgh Kindergarten Ass'n; manager Civic Chil- dren's Hospital; mem. McAll Mission; mem. Playground Ass'n, Daughters of 1812, Equal Franchise Federation, Century Club and Civic Club. Recreations: Rowing, traveling. Has written many poems for special occasions, no- tably one on the occasion of the unveiling of the statue of her father, presented by W.Va. to Statuary Hall, In the Nat Capitol, which poem was read by her daughter at the request of the State's Senators and Representatives; also a poem, written by invitation of the committee in charge of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Con- ference of Governors at Altoona, Pa. (September, 1862), read at Altoona by her daughter, Septem- ber, 1912).

SKEEL, Emily E. F. (Mrs. Roswell Skeel),

Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Gordon Lester and Emily E. (Fowler) Ford; ed. Brooklyn; m. Brook- lyn, N.Y., April 21, 1891, Ro&well Skeel Jr. Favors womiin suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club (N.Y. City). SKIDMORE, Anna Theodora, Barrlnger High

School, Newark, N. J. ; permanent, Brookfleld

Center, Conn.

High school teacher; b. Denver, Colo., Oct. 24, 1872; dau. William Henry and Julia (Williams^ Sfeidmore; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.S. 1890-94; Harvard Summer School, 1903. Teacher in Northfield Sem., East Northfleld, Mass., 1894- 1908. Teacher mathematics, Barrlnger High School, Newark, N.J., since 1905. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Wellesley Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, College Settlemfent Ass'n, Y.W.C.A. of Newark, N.J.; Ray Palmer Club of Newark, N.J. (auditor and mem. of Program Ck>m.). SKFLTON, Alice Thomofi, 38 St. Luke's Place,

Montclalr, N.J.

Teacher; b. Northampton, Mass.; dau. Otis A. and Adeline M.. (Sanford) Sklltnn; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '88; A.M. '06; grad. study In German literature, Univ. of Chicago, 1896-97; summer course at Harvard, and the universities of Jena, Gottingen and Leipzig. Teacher and principal of private schools, 1888-95; instructor in French and German, Lake Erie Coll., 1895-96; prof. Ger- man language and literature, Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, 1897-1912. Episcopalian. SKINNER, Helen Bowen (Mrs. George Cole- man Skinner), Bay City, Tex.; home, 427 First

Av., West Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Born Brodhead, Wis., Dec. 27, 1872; dau. John Calvin and Helen J. (Pruyn) Bowen; grad.

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��Waukon (Iowa) High School, '90; later took spe- cial work in music and languages in Dubuque, Iowa; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 3, 1894, Dr. George Coleman Skinner; children: Stephen Bowen (now deceased), George Coleman. Inter- ested in the local philanthropic, civic, church and social life. Has served as member of local Y.W.C.A. Board; vice-pres. 1909-10, 1910-11, of Home Missionary Soc. of Presbyterian Church. liOcal worker in missions, Parent-Teachers' Ass'n, Anti-Tuberculosis Movement and mem. of Health Com. of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem._ Woman's Club, Wednesday Shakespeare Club,' Cultus Club, all of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Charter mem. of Woman's Club (pres. 1910-11 and 1911- )2). Pres. Wednesday Shakespeare Club, 1909-12. ..Vssisted in introducing public playground move- iient in Cedar Rapids.

SKINNER, Henrietta Channing Dana (Mrs. Henry Whipple Skinner), care of Second Na- tional Bank, N.T. City.

Writsr; b. Cambridge, Mass.; dau. Richard Henry Jr. and Sarah (Watson) Dana (father was the author of Two Years Before the Mast; grand- father, Richard Henry Dana Sr., was a poet and essayist) ; from seventh to twelfth years shared studies of Mr. Longfellow's youngest daughters with English governess; two years at school in Stuttgart, Germany; one year in Convent of Assumption, Paris; three years private schools in Boston; two years at Radcliffe Coll.; studied music in Germany, Paris and United States; m. Cambridge, Mass., June 25, 1S92, Henry Whipple Skinner; one son: Richard Dana, b. April 21, 1903. Author: Esperitu Santo (novel), 1899; Heart and Soul (novel), 1901; also magazine arti- cles: A Queen at School (Scribner's), 1878; What French Girls Study (Atlantic), 1892; Love Songs of the Tuscan Peasantry; Italian Harvest Scenes; Don Jaime's Honeymoon; A Montauk Incident fpoem; Catholic World), 1894-98; Pancho's Happy Family (Harper's Magazine), 1898; Our Revolu- tionary Diplomacy (Harper's), 1902; also several articles in Sacred Heart Review. Mem. Colonial Dames of Mass., D.A.R. ; active mem. of Tues- day Musicale Soc. of Detroit, Mich.; for five and one-half years was governor general (national pres.) of Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors. Recreation: Music. Roman Catholic since 1878; was brought up an Episcopalian.

SKINNER, Laura, National Arts Club, 15 Gra-

mercy Park, N.T. City.

Born Washington, Ohio; dau. Alfred and Mary J. (Virtue) Skinner; ed. Maryland State Normal School, Barnard Coll. Was principal Pikesville School, Baltimore, Md., for six years; later taught academic classes for girls in N.Y. City for four years; pres. Harrington Park Villa Sites four years; pres. Woman 'Taxpayers' Ass'n of N.Y. City; mem. Internat. Pure Milk League, Knickerbocker Relief Club. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Equal Franchise League of N.Y. City. Was for several years reader and transla- tor for N.Y. publishers; originated and for some time edited The Week in New York. Pres. Daughters of Ohio (N.Y. City); recording sec. D.A.R. (Manhattan Chapter). Formerly vice- pres. Md. State Teachers' Ass'n and pres. Balti- more County Reading Circle, while resident in Maryland. Recreations: Golf, tennis, rowing, driving; extensive traveler in U.S. and Europe. Mem. National Arts Club, Minerva Club.

SKINNER, Lilian Marchant, Westfleld, N.T.

Social worker; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '91: stu- dent of economics, Univ. of London, 1900-01; fellow in sociology, Univ. of Pa., 1907-08, A.M. '08. Resident of College Settlement, N.Y. City, 1893-94; teacher Minneapolis, Minn., 1894-95; Ox- ford (N.Y.) Acad., 1895-97; teacher of history, Bryn Mawr Preparatory School, Baltimore, 1898- 1900. In charge of work of Octavia Hill Ass'n, Philadelphia (management of tenement houses), 1901-05: resident of College Settlement, Philadel- phia, 1901-05; special agent U.S. Congressional Immigration Commission, 1908-09. In charge of social work among Italians, Christ Church House. Salem St.. Boston. Mass., since 1911.

��SLAI>E, Annie Malcom, "Karlsruhe," Nepper-

hau Heights, Yonkers, N.T.

Born Fall River, Mass., June 8, 1878; dau, Charles Malcom and Annie Evelyn (Battey) Slade; ed. Morgan Street School, Fall River, Mass.; Bissell School and public school, Mont- clair, N.J. ; Dwight School, Englewood, N.J. ; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Yonkers Woman Suffrage Ass'n, chairman Dist. Organization Com. in 10th Ward. Baptist. Rec- reations: Gardening, horseback riding, travel.

SLADE, Charlotte Keach Boone (Mrs. Louis Pal- mer Slade), North Stanley St., New Britain, Conn.

Born Fall River, Mass., Aug. 27, 1874; dau. John Henry and Charlotte M. M. (Wrightington) Boone; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '96; m. Fall River, Mass., April 2, 1901, Louis Palmer Slade, A.M. (now principal Public High School, New Britain, Conn.); children: Virginia, b. Feb. 13, 1903; Benjamin, b. April 11, 1905; John Milton, b. May 17, 1307; Harry Boone, b. Dec. 19, 1911. Principal's assistant of the Borden Grammar School, Fall River, Mass., 1896-1900. Congrega- tionallst.

SLADE, Emma Maleen Hardy (Mrs. William Gerry Slade), 332 W. Eighty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Society organizer; b. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 11, 1847; dau. Walter and Ruth Merrill (Clark) Hardy; ed. private schools and private tutors; m. N.Y. City, Feb. 22, 1871, William Gerry Slade; one daughter: Harriet (married William Murray Crombie). Founder and organizer Nat. Soc. Now England Women; pres. 18 years and organizer Nat Soc. of U.S. Daughters of 1812; pres. N.Y. State Soc. of Nat. Soc. of U.S. Daughters cf 1812, whose latest work is the fountain at en- trance of Washington bridge, N.Y, City. Founder and pres. Order of Americans of Armorial Ances- try (genealogical, biographical and historic). Mem. Manorial Soc. of London. Baptist. Mem. Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Aninials, Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Puritan Soc, Ipswich (Mass.) Hist. Soc., Jackson Hemitage, N.Y. Hist. Soc, Home for Convalescents, New England Genealogical and Biographical Soc, Nat. Genea- logical Soc, V/omen's Auxiliary of the Branch Y.M.C.A., Nat. Soc. Patriotic Women, Navy League of Am., Navy Relief Soc, Old Planters' Soc, Mass.; Red Cross, Colonial Daughters of 17th Century, Pioneer General Fed., Washington Headquarters Soc, George Washington Memorial, Martha Washington Memorial, Southern Indus- trial Educational Soc, N.Y. State Washington Soc, First Family Ass'n, New England Antiqui- ties Ass'n, Cavendish Whist Club, Prison Martyrs Soc, Am. Floral Emblems Soc of Mass., Nat. Daughters Founders and Patriots of Am., Women's Luncheon Club, Am. Flag Ass'n, Lincoln Farm Ass'n, Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n, Frances Scott Key Memorial, Bally Family As:s'n, Emery Family Ass'n, Soc. of Genealogists (London), Broader Education Ass'n, Am. Whist League. Holds offices in several of these societies. Recreation: Travel.

SLAGLE, Anna Riemann (Mrs. Robert L.

Slagle), Brookings, S. Dak.

Born Albany, N.Y., May 23, 1868; ed. Girls' Normal School, Philadelphia; State Normal Col- lege, Albany, N.Y.; Cornell Univ., honors: junior prize in English literature, junior prize in English granted by Shakespeare Soc. of London, England (Alpha Phi); m. May. 28, 1896, Robert L. Slagle. Pres. Woman's Club two terms; mem. Advisory Board State Y.W.C.A.; treas. Episcopal Guild. Recreations: Travel, reading (history, literature, philanthropical essays), mu- sic, drama.

SLATER, Caroline 1. A. (Mrs. Samuel S.

Slater), 565 W. 144th St., N.T. City.

Born Waterloo, N.Y., July 23, 1869; dau. Eu- gene F. and Mary A. (Ingersoll) Adsitt; grad. Cornell, Ph. B. '91 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Ithaca, N.Y., June 30, 1896, Samuel S. Slater; children: Carolyn, b. 1899; Katharine, b. 1900. Favors woman suffrage.

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��eOLATER, Elsie Pomeroy McElroy (Mrs. H. D. Slater), B20 Prospect Av., El Paso, Tex., and 1412 Avenue of the Presidents, Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Sidney, Ohio; dau. Johu and Elsie (Pomeroy) McElroy; ed. Toledo and Washington public schools; grad. Washington High School; m. Rl Paso, Texas, H. D. Slater; one son: John McEIroy Slater. Engaged in newspaper work. Interested in charities, especially baby-saving in EI Paso. E)plscopalian. Reipubllcan. Favors woman -suffrage.

SLATEE, JeamJe E., 152 W. Forty-ninth St., N.T. City.

Singer, teacher; b. Battle Creek, Mich.; dau. Zophar Thiers Slater (M.D.) and E. Elvira (Packer) Slater; studied with 1,. A. Phelps of Chicago, Luigl Vannuccini of lilorence, Italy; Alberto Randegger of London, Eng. ; Rsinhold Herman of Berlin, Germany. Decorat&d by Socleta. Filarmonica Fiorentina. Mem. Tonkiinst- ler Soc. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. Clubs: MacDowell, Minerva. SI.ATER, Mary White (Mrs. James W. Slater), Ironton, O.

Writer; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1870; dau. James and Harriet (Harrison) White; ed. Cincinnati public schools; Cincinnati Normal School; Chi- cago Univ.; .Columbia Univ.; m. Ironton, Ohio, October, 1889, James W. Slater. Began life work as a training teacher of Ironton, Ohio. Active in club work, civic improvement, library promo- tion, suffrage and literary lecture work. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Ironton Suffrage Ass'n. Wrote stories (contributed to The Cosmopolitan Magazine): The Reverend Robert North; The Story of Judith; The Birthday; The Spinster; The Superman; also child poems in Cosmopoli- tan, Delineator, Nash's Magazine, London, Eng- land; Good Housekeeping, Designer, etc. First work accepted by Kate Fields, Washington. Recreations: Automobiling, walking. Mem. Monday Club, Century Club, Civic Improvement Ass'n, Suffrage Ass'n, all of Ironton, Ohio. SLAUGHTER, Gertrude Eilzabeth Tayior (Mrs. Moses Stephen Slaughter), 633 Francis St., Madison, Wis.; Summer, Hancock Point, Me. Born Cambridge, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1870; dau. Hon. Joseph Danner Taylor (Congressman) and Elizabeth Ann (Hill) Taylor; ed. McDonald-Ellis School, Washington; Centennial Collegiate Inst., Hackettstown, N.J.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '93; m. Cambridge, Ohio, June 28, 1^3, Moses Stephen Slaughter, prof, of Latin; children: Elizabeth Hill, b. May 16, 1898; Gertrude Taylor, b. Feb. 13, 1902. Mem. of various local organiza- tions, civic and literary. Favors woman suf- frage. Author of articles of Poet-Lore: Pascoli and Recent Italian Poetry; A Tale of Arion. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. Winston Henry — see Waln- wrlght, Marie Page.

SLEESMAN, Male Close (Mrs. C. C. Sleesman),

898 Boulevard, Bayonne, N.J.

Musician, vocalist; b. N.Y. City, 1855; dau. Joseph B. and Ellen M. (Norcross) Close; ed. private teachers, Hudson River Inst, N.Y.; m. Millerville, Pa., May 22, 1886, C. C. Sleesman; children: Eloise, Gertrude Adelaide, Ellen. Voice teacher at Dr. Wright's Sem., Pough- keepsie; directress of music, Waynesburg Coll., Pa.; Lebanon, Tenn. ; Greenwood Sem., Coll. of Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, Kan. Directress of music at State Normal School, Millerville, Pa. Favors woman suffrage; was pres. Political Study Club of Bayonne (later vice-pres, now cor. sec). (Composer of several unpublished com- positions; also Safe and Sane March, played by the bands upon occasion of the first public pa- rade on the Safe and Sane Fourth of July held by the Woman's Political Club of Bayonne, 1910. Mem. Ladies' Auxiliary of proposed new Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Opera, lectures, recep- tions. Elected 3-year director on the first board of N.J. State Fed., 1895. Mem. Athena Club (former pres.). Musical Study Club (former pres.); active in the first club started In Charleston, W.Va., "The Easy Chair." Mem. many years of Jersey City Women's Club and Mary Arden Shakespeare Club of N.Y. City.

��SLEIGHT, Mary Brecli, 159 E. Sixty-second

St., N.Y. City.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Henry C. and Jane (Keese) Sleight; ed. Geneseo (111.) Sem. Has been editorially connected with several leading periodicals. Author: Prairie Days; Knights of Sandy Hollow; Flag on the Mill; An Island Heroine, etc. Maternal granddaughter of late John D. Keese, and great-granddaughter of Major John Keese, a member of Washington's staff, and a charter mem. of the Soc. of Cincinnati. Her father, Henry C. Sleight (son of Col. Henry Sleight, aide-de-camp to Gen. Greene in the Revolution), was a midshipman in the War of 1812, and in 1826 established the Rochester Dai'.y Advertiser, first daily paper west of Albany, later becoming head of a large publishing house in Astor Place, N.Y. City. Congregationalist and Presbyterian (combined); interested in Sunday- achool work.

SLIGH, Edith Clarli (Mrs. Charles R. Sligh),

31 Terrace Av., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Born Cedar Springs, Mich., Nov. 25, 1869; dau. Isaac M. and Mary (Jewell) Clark; ed. Houghton Sem., Clinton, N.Y.; Smith Coll., A.B.; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 1, 1905, Charles R. Sligh; children: Charles Robert Jr., Gertrude EJrhelyn. Episcopalian. Clubs: Ladies' Literary, Woman's University, Kent Country. SLOAN, Anna M. (Mrs. John Sloan), 61 Perry

St., N.Y. City.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., July 28, 1876; dau. Patrick and Mary (Connor) Wall; ed. Philadel- phia public schools; m. Philadelphia, Aug. 5, 1901, John Sloan, artist. Delegate to the Cen- tral Com. Socialist Party from local New York; mem. City Executive Com., Socialist Party; or- ganizer. Branch One, Socialist Party; mem. In- dustrial AVorkers of the World (I.W.W.). As a mem. of Lawrence Strike Com., assisted in re- ception and distribution of the children of the striking textile workers of Lawrence, Mass.; treas. and business manager of The Masses (illustrated). Socialist satirical monthly maga- zine. Recreations: Socialist summer campaign street meetings, dancing, skating. Favors wo- man suffrage; mem. Women's Com., Socialist Party. SLOAN, Frances Blake (Mrs. John T. Sloan),

Columbia, S.C.

Born Spartanburg, S.C, Oct. 28, 1873; dau. William K. and Marina Gregg (Jones) Blake; ed. Lauder Coll., then at Williamston, now at Green- wood, S.C; m. Spartanburg, S.C, 1894, Dt. VvMl- iam C. Gilliam, who lived, only a few weeks after their marriage; m. 1904, Col. John T. Sloan; lost two babies, but has three Sloan stepchildren, who are devoted to her. Pres. Woman's Guild of Trinity Church, Columbia, S.C; on Board of Managers Woman's Exchange. Mem. Civic League Hospital Ass'n, United Charities, King's Daughters. Deeply Interested in all elevating and uplifting work. Has published some news- paper articles and a few poems. Episcopalian. Historian of William Capers Chapter D.A.R. ; mem. Nat. Historical Com. D.A.R. Recreations: Fishing, horseback riding, mountain life, golf, painting. Pres. the New Century Club; mem. S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs. SLOAN, Marianna, Fort Washington, Pa.

Artist; b. Lock Haven, Pa.; dau. James Dixon and Henrietta E. (Ireland) Sloan; ed. Phila- delphia public and high schools; studied art at the Philadelphia School of Design under Robert Henri and Elliot Daingerfield. Associate mem. of Fellowship of the Acad, of Fine Arts, Phila- delphia; mem. Philadelphia Water Color Club, N.Y. Water Color Club. Recreations: Walking, out-of-door sketching. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Socialist. SLOCOMB, Florence White Seaver (Mrs. George

A. Slocomb), 769 Main St., Worcester. Mass. Born Walpole, N.H., 1867; dau. Rev. Nathanael and Marii-tta M. (White) Seaver; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '89; m. Leicester, Mass., 1895, Dr. George A. Slocomb. Interested In civic work, current events, writing and lecturing to clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short stories in va- rious magazines. Unitarian. Mem. League of

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��Unltariaii Wo-men, Worcester Woman's Club, Worcester Smith College Club, Unitarian Club. 8LOCCM, CeUa Boucher (Mrs. M. L. Slocum),

1658 Front St., San Diego, Cal.

Teacher of New Thought; b. Randolph Co., Mo., Sept. IT, 1S56; dau. William M. and Sophia (Darby) Boucher; ed. Mt. Pieasant Coll., Hunts- ville, Mo.; m. Cowan, Tenn", June 14, 1882, Col. M. L. Slocum- children: Marie Irene, Harvey Manly, Cella Pearl. Started the first kinder- garten in National City, Cal. Active worker along philanthropic lines; pres. San Diego branch of Needlework Guild of America. Mem. Am. Woman's Republic (now chairman of Board of Education In San Diego Chapter), Na- tional New Thought Alliance, San Diego Mothers' Club. Favors woman suffrage. Holds socialistic principles, but voted for Democratic candidate for President, 1912.

SLOCUM, Estelle Woodruff (Mrs. Victor J.

Slocum), 30 Huntington Av., Boston, Mass.

Teacher of music; b. Pittsfield, Ma^., 1870; dau. Russell and Maria (Smith) Woodruff; ed. Pitts- field schools Smith Coll. (partial course) and in N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, 1902, Victor J. Slocum. Composer of songs; concert pianist; originated Woodruff Sight-Reading Method and Woodruff Piano Method. Mem. Mass. Equal Suffrage League; lecturer on equal suffrage for women. Author: Woodruff's Comprehensive Music Course; various articles on musical subjects and paper-s read before conventions. Religion: New Thought. Charter mem. N.Y. Women's Philhar- monic Soc, N.Y. Music Teachers' Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Golf, dancing. Founder and pres. Eclectic Study Club; charter mem. Colonial Families of America.

SLOCUM, Grace Leila, 178 Cypress St., or Providence Journal, Providence, R.I. Author, journalist; b. Pawtucket, R.I. ; dau. Eason L.. and Amanda Margaret (Hawes) Slo- cum: ed. Pawtucket High School, special student in literature at Women's Coll. in Brown Univ., '96; studied and wrote under Dr. John M. Man- ley, of Bro^n, now of Chicago Univ. Made editor of Woman's department of Providence Sunday Journal, 1900; also art writer. Worker on child labor. Arts and Crafts Com. of State Federation of Women's Clubs. Author: Vision of the Madonna (poem); On the Face of the Waters and Other Poems; also articles in The International Studio, The Craftsman, The House Beautiful, The New England Magazine. Con- gregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., R.I. Short Story Club, Pnwtucket Woman's Club, Houseiwives' League, New England Women's Press Ass'n.

SLOCUM, Jane M., Weiser, Idaho.

Teacher; b. Slocumville, Jefferson Co., N.T., 1842; dau. Samuel Gifford and Phebe (Palmer) Slocum; ed. family and district schools, private boarding school; Oakwood Sem., Union Springs, N.Y. ; grad. Howland Coll. Inst., Union Springs, '61; Law School, Univ. of Mich., LL.B. '72; Taught in Freedman School, Yorktown, Va., last year of Civil War (1865), then in Howland Inst, (except 1871-72) till 1876. In 1876 was one of four who founded Granger Place School at Canan- daigua, N.Y., and conducted it 17 years. Went to N.Y. City 1893, gave parlor talks and had classes in social science in Carnegie Hall. In- terested in civics, economics and the general welfare of the people; bettering social conditions. Birthright mem. of Friends, or Quakers. Favors woman suffrage. Congrefationalist. Independent in politics. Honorary mem. Weiser Outlook Club. Helped to found the Idaho Industrial Inst., 1900, and became principal of girls' dep't (now trustee, vice-pres. and also chairman Educational Com.)

8LOSSON, Annie Trumbull (Mrs. Edward SIos- son). care of Harper Brothers, Franklin Square. N.Y. City.

Author; b. Stonington, Conn., May 18, 1838; (Jau. Gurdon and Sarah A. Trumbull; cd. In schools of Hartford, Conn.; special studies in entomology and botany; m. Hartford, Conn., June 27, 1867, Edward Slosson. Author: The

��China Hunters' Club; Fishin' Jimmy; beven Dreamers; The Heresy of Mehitable Clark; Dumb Foxglove; Story-tell Lib; White Christo- pher; Aunt Abby's Neighbdrs; Simples from the Master's Garden; A Dissatisfied Soul and a Prophetic Romancer; A Local Colorist; A Little Shepherd of Bethlehem.

SLOSSON, May Preston (Mrs. Edwin E.

Slosson), 530 W. 123d St., N.Y. City.

Born Ilion, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1858; dau. Rev. Levi Curtis and Mary (Gorsline) Preston; ed. Hills- dale (Mich.) Coll., B.S. '78; M.S. '79 (junior prize in oratory); Cornell Univ., Ph.D. '80; m. Cen- tralia, Kan., Aug. 12, 1891, Edwin B. Slosson; children: Preston William, b. 1S92; Raymond A-lfred, b. 1894. Prof. Greek, 1890; of English, 1891, Hastings Coll. For five years chaplain of the State Penitentiary of Wyoming. Gives occa- sional lectures, addresses and sermons. Mem. Collegiate Equal Suffrage League. Author: Dif- ferent Theories of Beauty; The Garden; Poems; Plays for Young People. Congregationalist. Pro- gressive Republican. Mem. the Municipal League, The Round Table, Y.W.C.A., Cornell Alumnas; pres. Hillsdale Alumni Ass'n of N.Y. Recreations: Walking, golf. Club: Sorosis.

SSIAJXL, Edith Margaret, Ward Seminary,

Nashville, Tenn.

Reader, lecturer; b. Montreal, Can. ; dau. William and Margaret (Middleton) Smaill; ed. High School for Girls, Montreal; McGill Univ., Montreal, A. A.; the School of Expression, Boston; graduate work with various teachers of voice and drama in London and America. Toured through Canada with lecture-recital, entitled An Evening with the Habitant; in London, Eng., under patronage of H.R.H. Princess Louise, Lord Strathcona and others. Lectured in Royal Colonial Inst., Lon- don; reading before Imperial Inst., London, at which royalty attended, and before Canadian and American clubs of note. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian.

SMALL, Beulah, 327 Court St., Auburn. Me.;

Summer, North Leeds, Me.

Teacher of languages and singing; b. Yar- mouth, Me.; dau. Enos and Beulah (Whitney) Small; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., School of Vocal Technology and Munroe School of Oratory. Since graduation at Mt. Holyoke Coll. has taught every year; pressed into the vocal field by Dr. Guilmette; spent 23 years teaching In Boston. Taught four years in Gorham Sem., five years at Rockford, 111., and Marion, Linn Co., Iowa., where she had charge of a seminary in its in- cipient state; afterward taught in the college at Lyons, Iowa. Favors woman suffrage. Spent one year in Europe and had charge of several young ladles at that time. At Mt. Holyoke con- tinued the study of French and German, and latterly has added the Italian; has had some translations from the works of Dante. Con- gregationalist. Recreation: Physical culture (teacher).

SMALL, Vivian Blanche, Lake Erie College,

Painesvlllle, O.

College president; b. Gardiner, Me., Sept. 17, 1875; dau. Leander M. and Blanche A. (Paine) Small; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., B.A. '96; Univ. of Chicago, M.A. '05. Teacher, Gorham, Me., 1896- 98; Howe School, Billerica, Mass., 1898-1901; ass't in Latin, 1901-02; instructor, 1902-08; associate prof Latin, 1908-09; head of Mead Hall, 1907-09, Mt. Holyoke Coll.; pres. Lake Erie Coll., July 1, 1909 — . Congregationalist.

SMALLWOOD, Delia Graeme (Mrs. George Thomas Sraallwood), 2107 S St., Washington, D.C.

Teacher; b. Lawrence, Mass.; dau. Richard W. and Phebe (Clark) Robinson; ed. Boston public schools; high school; Normal and under private tutors in music, art, science, elocution, literature; m. Boston, Mass., June 27, 1SS8, George Thomas Smallwood; children: Dorothy Archibald, Graeme Thomas. Principal of Washington Seminary, Washington, D.C. Interested in Woman's Mis- sions, W.C.T.U., D..\.R., Soc. of Daughters of 1812, Woman's Army and Navy League, Junior Republic. Episcopalian.

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��SMAXLWOOD, Eleanor Stanley (Mrs. Claude

Smallwood), Pleasonton, Cal.

Teacher; b. Worcestershire, Eng., Aug. 22, 1876; dau. Charles H. and Maxy Elizabeth (Wells) Stanley, ed. Lros Angeles Normal School and Univ. of Cal.; m. July 6, 1898, Claude Smallwood; children: Stanley C, Genevieve Elizabeth, Katherine Edith. Vice-pres. Woman's Club of Bisbee, Ariz., 1900-02; pres. Woman's Improvement Club, 1911-12; chairman of Com. on Legislation. Favors woman suffrage. Prot- estant. Progressive Republican. Mem. Order Eastern Star and church societies. Recreation: Tennis. SMAKT, Isabella Thompson, 101 W. Eightieth

St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Jersey City, N.J. ; dau. James Eraser and C. Louisa (Green) Smart; ed. public and private schools of Jersey City and Monmouth Co., N.J.; Coll. Preparatory, West Chester, Pa.; graduate and post-graduate diploma, N.Y. School of E.\pression (honor student); N.Y. Univ., M.D.; N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women, Univ. State of N.Y. (honor student medical jurispru- dence); post-graduate medical study in Vienna, Zurich, London and in Yale Univ. Teacher of science. Coll. Preparatory Schools for Girls; supervisor physical training, N.Y. City; licensed Bupervisor, evening recreation centers, N.Y. City; lecturer, N.Y. Hospital; physical diagnosis, N.Y. Med. Coll. for Women; special lecturer, N.Y. Normal School of Physical Education; medi- cal examiner and lecturer, Yale Univ. Summer School, 1905-06; medical examiner of mentally feeble children, Dep't of Education, N.Y. City; examiner in lunacy, N.Y. City. Has traveled in Europe for study of social problems. Presby- terian. Mem. Marble Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church. Mem. Alumnse Ass'ns N.Y. Med. Coll. for Women, N.Y. School of Expression; mem. Am. Physical Educational Ass'n, Playground Ass'n of America, Internat. Congress of School Hygiene, Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis, Soc. Moral and Sanitary Prophylaxis, Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science, Nat. Ass'n for the Feeble Minded (England), Nat. Educational Ass'n, Am. Hygiene Ass'n, Epsilon Tau fra- ternity. Am. Nat. Red Cross.

SJIEETH, Jennie Harwood (Mrs. Edwin Elliott Smeeth), 472 Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, 111. Born Chicago, Aug. 19, 1869; dau. John and Mary A. (Merrill) Harwood; ed. Chicago; ta. Chicago, Nov. 18, 1S93, Edwin Elliott Smeeth; children: Harwood, Elliott, Merrill. Favors wo- man suffrage; mem. Suburban Civic and Equal Suffrage Club. Liberal in religion. Mem. Nine- teenth Century Club of Oak Park (pres. 1910-12). Mem. Board of Education of Oak Park.

SMICK, Helen Godwin (Mrs. W. A. Smlck),

Roseburg, Ore.

Teacher:" b. Fonda, N.Y. ; dau. Henry and J. Anna (Peters) Godwin; ed. Gloversville (N.Y.) Sera., Highland Univ., Kan.; Albany Coll., Ore., normal course; m. Roseburg, Ore., June 4, 1873, Rev. W. A. Smirk; children: Edith, Lewis, James, Robert. Teacher for over 25 years; grad. N.E. Coll. of Music, Salem, Ore.; also studied art. Active in philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor of poems and articles to newspapers and periodicals. Presbyte- rian. Republican. Mem. of church societies, W.C.T.U. and Order Eastern Star; mem. '95 Mental Culture Club, Commercial Club, Roseburg Ladies' Auxiliary State Fed. of Clubs.

SMILEY, Lill-an Fletcher (Mrs. George H.

Smiley), Minnewaska, N.T., and De Land,

Fla..

Born Newport, N.H., Dec. 10, 1861; dau. Charles Franklin and Martha Jane (Wilmarth) Fletcher; cd. Newport High School (valedictorian), '79; Colby Acad, (salutatorian), '84; Colby Univ. (sec- ond honor, Latin oration), A.B. '88 (Sigma Kappa); m. Newport, N.H., June 7, 1S89, George H. Smiley; children: Alfred Fletcher, Charles Edward, Interested in church, Sunday-school, missions, temperance and all reforms. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mom. W.C.T.U. and American Woman's Republic. Recreations: Driv- ing, rowing, reading, indoor games.

��SMILLIE, Alice Marjorie Adanuon (Mrs. Shel- don Smillie), Aspen, Colo.

Artist; b. Ktnosha, Wis., Feb. 2, 1882; dau. Martin and Mary (Berry) Adamson; grad. Kenosha High School and Chicago Art Inst. ; m. Central City, Colo., Feb. 5, 1905, Sheldon Smillie, mining engineer; children: Helen Louise, Sheldon, Natalie Sheldon, Kathleen. Against woman suffrage. Catholic. Recreations: Riding, dancing, hunting.

SMTLLIE, Helen (NeUie) Sheldon Jacobs (Mrs. George H. Smillie), etudlo, 156 E. Thirty- sixth St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. N.Y. City; dau. Samuel J. and Helen (Sheldon) Jacobs; ed. private schools, N.Y. City; art education in Cooper Union; Nat. Acad, of Design, also private tuition with J. O. Eaton and James D. Smillie; m. N.Y. City, June 28, 18S1, George H. Smillie; children: Sheldon, Charles Van v., Gordon Swift. Unitarian. Mem. Ameri- can Vv^ater Color Soc.

SIVITLI-IE, Irene Rose, 640 Piedmont Av., At- lanta, Ga.

Artist; b. Savannah, Ga. ; dau. Robert Thomas and Harriet F. (Crandell) Smillie (formerly of Newark, N.J.); educated in the public schools of Atlanta, Georgia; grad. with first honor from coll. preparatory course at Washington Sem., Atlanta; Art Dep't, School of Technology, New- ark, N.J. ; art student under A. Jahn, Marshall Fry, Miss Maude Mason and Mrs. Anna B. Leonard, of N.Y. City. Painter of miniatures on ivory for several years until eye strain com- pelled a broader line of work, when she became interested in ceramics and overglaze decoration. Interested in woman's development; leader of several study clubs, both of artistic development and in history and civic work. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Exec. Board of City Fed. of Women's Clubs of Atlanta, Ga. ; pres. Reviewers' Study Club; mem. Washington Sem. Alumnte and other study and social clubs. Has traveled in Europe and the U.S.

SMITH, Abbie Nora, Coalinga, Fresno Co., Cal. Writer; formerly music teacher; b. Monroe- ville, Huron Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1856; dau. Isaac and Elizabeth (Piatt) Smith; ed. Monroeville, Huron Co., Ohio; grad. Monroeville (Ohio) High School, 1876; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Beatrice, Neb., 1890; followed the Bay View course of reading for three years; then took up writing stories. Was mem. B'd of Directors of Y.W.C.A.. Lansing, Mich.; later interested in Humane Society, Y.W.C.A., W.C.T.U. and civic lines of work at Houston, Tex. Mem. Westmin- ster Presbyterian Church of Houston. Con- nected with these branches of work, as far as they exist in Coalinga, Fresno Co., Cal., since 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Bobtail Dixie; King Gobbler (humane studies used as supplementary readers in the public schools and also as gift books); Truthful Thomas, and other humorous articles in Judge, etc. Presby- terian. Progressive. Mem. Missionary Soc, Anti-Gamblers' League, Sunshine Soc. Recre- ations: Attending social functions, club meet- ings, letter writing. Mem. Young Folks' Social and Literary Club (Monroeville, Ohio), C.L.S.C. (Naugatuck, Mich.), C.L.S.C. (Beatrice, Neb.), Musical and Literary Soc. (Glen EUyn, III.), Arthena C.L.S.C. (Angola, Ind.); Women's Club (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Unity Club (Lansing. Mich.), Improvement Club, Pen Women Club (Houston, Tex.), Texas Women's Press Ass'n, Women's Club of Coalinga, Cal. Was active during the recent successful equal suffrage cam- paign in California, distributing literature, etc.

SMITH, Adelaide, 2430 Channlng Way, Berke- ley, Cal.

Instructor in mathematics; b. Boone, Iowa, Dec. 3, 1870; dau. Allan and Adelaide (Butler) Smith; ed. Kirkland School, Chicago, 1SS6-SS; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; European Fellowship Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, '99; Univ. of Gbttin- gen, Germany, 1899-1901; Univ. of Cape of Good Hope, B.A. '05; Univ. of Cal., M.S. '11. Prof, of mathematics. State Coll. of R.I.; Huguenot Coll., Wellington, Cape Colony, South Africa; assistant in mathematics. Univ. of Cal.; actlas;

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prof, of mathematics. Mills Coll., Cal. Favors Western Pa. Author: Book of Rhymes, and

woman suffrage. Author: A Little Journey to many separate poems. Past-pres. Woman's

South Africa. Episcopalian. Socialist. Mem. Club of Pittsburgh; honorary pres. Woman's

Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Short Story Club Club of Kiskinimetus Valley (chronicler). New

of Berkeley, Cal. Era Club of Western Pa., chairman of literary

SMITH, Adeline Avery (Mrs. Frank L. Smith), and library extension in three clubs. Mem.

rhcenix NY Playground Ass n. Civic Club of Allegheny Co. ;

Born Central' Square, N.Y., Mar. 18, 1862; dau. founder and pres of Emerson Club. Recrea-

Charles W. and Harriet E. (Woodin) Avery; ed. t""is: Reading, travel. Presbyterian. Favors

Phcenix Academy and Cornell Univ.; m. Sept. Y°™^° suffrage. Mem. of Anthony Memorial

27, 1900, Frank L. Smith. Against woman suf- ^.ss n.

frage. Congregationalist. SMITH, Annie Morrill (Mrs. Hugh Mont-

SMITH, Alice Josephine Bristol (Mrs. Charles gomery Smith), 78 Orange St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Thomas Gray Smith), 844 Thirteenth St., Oak- Cryptogamic botanist; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb.

land, Cal. 13, 1856; dau. Henry Edwin .Morrill (M.D.) and

Teacher; b. Waterloo, la.; dau. George D. and Cynthia (Langdon) Morrill; ed. Packer Coll. Inst., Philah Ann (Griffin) Bristol; ed. Cornell Univ.; Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 9, 1880, Hugh grad. Stanford Univ., B.L. '99; Univ. of Cal., Montgomery Smith. Edited and published for 10 M.L. 1912 (Delta Gamma); m. June 12, 1912, years The Bryologist, a journal devoted to study Charles Thomas Gray Smith. Taught in Oakland of mosses, hepatics and lichens; has also con- high schools. Teacher of English in Mills Coll. tributed to other botanical publications. Helped Favors woman's suffrage. Republican. Mem. organize the SuUivant Moss Soc, 1898, and ever Rebekah Soc, Order Eastern Star. since an officer (nov/ treaa.). Congregationalist; a-njrirt^Mi * Tx •« /nT „ Tj ,„n„„t.^., o,v,^^v,^ sec. Plymouth (Church) Women's Foreign Mis- SMI'TH. Anna Harris (Mrs. Huntington Smith), gjonary Soc; mem. Y.W.C.A.; interested in kin-

ueanam, Mass. t „ r(„=.f„„ . k dergarten work, etc. Against woman suffrage.

President Animal Rescue League, Boston b j^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ Botanical Dep't Brooklyn

Dorchester, Mass.; dau William and Anna j^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Sciences, Torrey Botanical Club;

(Clapp) Harris; ed. public scho9ls New Bng- ^ ,j ^.A.A.S. Club: Brookl/n Woman's,

land Conservatory, and by private teachers, ^

specializing in French and music; m. Dorchester, SMITH, Annie Shaw (Mrs. J. Stanley Smith),

Mass., July 19, 1884, Huntington Smith. As- Farmville, N.C.

sociate editor Boston Beacon, 1889-99; founder Music teacher; b. Winslow, Me.; dau. Henry

Animal Rescue League, 1899; pres. since 1900; H. and Mary (Hawes) Shaw; grad. St. Mary's

editor Our Fourfooted Friends; writes and lee- School, Raleigh, N.C, 1879, first distinction in

tures extensively on humane topics. Author: music; two years in Peabody Inst., Baltimore;

Golden Words for Daily Counsel; A Longfellow m. Tarboro, N.C, Dec. 23, 1892, J. Stanley

Calendar, 1906; A Tennyson Calendar, 1907; Four- Smith; children: Stanley Shaw, Henry Harrison,

footed Friends, a book of stories for children, Eleanor Hawes, John Burton. Favors woman

1913. Mem. Am. Peace Soc; director Am. Hu- suffrage. Episcopalian. Organist. Pres. Ladies'

mane Ass'n; director Am. Humane Education Magazine Club, Farmville, N.C; Interested in

Soc; vice-pres. New England Anti-Vivisection civic and liter.^ry work.

Soc; honorary vice-pros. Animal League of SMITH, Arta Morris (Mrs. Edgar Howes Smith),

London, Eng. Recreations: Music, gardening, Corning, la.

bird study, travel. Favors woman suffrage (but gonj ug^r Corning, la., Oct. 6, 1856; dau. John

not militant); mem. New England Woman y^_ ^qj Cglja (Burton) Morris; ed. Corning High

Suffrage Ass'n. School; taught school two years; m. Sept. 21,

SMITH, Anna Tolman, 1335 Twelfth St., N.W., 1875, Hon. Edgar Howes Smith of N.Y. (two

and U.S. Bureau of Education, Washington, terms mem. of Iowa Legislature); children:

D.C. " Grace (artist), Herbert (science teacher), Elsa

Educator; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. Tolman Gore Fern (Mrs. Thomas N. MacBurney, of Chicago),

and Abigail (Dyer) Smith; ed. Boston High and Favors woman • suffrage. Mem. of the County

Normal School, Albion (N.Y.) Female Sem. ; W.C.T.U. for 20 years. Methodist. Republican,

special studies under private tutors. Since 1879 Mem. Aid Soc of Methodist Episcopal Church,

attached to U.S Bureau of Education as special- Village Improvement Soc, Ladies' Auxiliary to

ist in foreign educational svstems. Mem. Jury of Hospital, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc,

Awards of Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, Bay View Reading Circle, Taka Art Club,

and of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, SMITH, Aurine Williams (Mrs. Ira L. Smith),

1904; received from French Government, 1900, 222 E. Sixteenth St., Hopklnsville, Ky.

decoration of Off icier de I'lnstruction Publique; Born Cusseta, Ala., Mar. 1, 1863; dau. Jona-

was departmental editor of the Cyclopaedia of than William and Rebecca (Dozier) Williams;

Education. Regular contributor to the annual re- gd. Peabody Normal Ck)ll., Univ. of Nashville,

ports of the Bureau of Education, the American A.B.; received Peabody medal each year for

Year Book and on educational subjects to home three years for highest standing; valedictorian

and foreign publications. (Girls' Chapter of Peabody Coll.); m. Hopkins-

SMITH, Annie Dawson (Mrs. A. M. Smith), ville, Ky., 1S88, Ira L. Smith; children: Ira D.,

Paris, Ark. Thomas L., Evelyn. Taught for six years in

BornBarbour Co., Ala., Dec, 1868; dau. Charles Hopklnsville public schools. Former pres. Wo- Bingley and Fannie D. (Rivers) Florence; ed. man's Home Missionary Soc. of Methodist Epis- country schools and State Normal, Florence, copal Church for several years; sec. Foreign Ala- m. Golden City, Ark., June 23, 1897, Dr. Missionary Soc; pres. Civic Improvement League A M Smith; children: Velma, John Frank, of Hopklnsville; former pres. Treble Clef Musi- Charles McDaniel, Jane. Methodist. Mem. Mis- cal Club, Magazine Club. Favors woman suf- slonary Soc School Improvement Soc frage. Methodist. Recreations: Theatre, col- SMITH, Annie E. (Mrs. Samuel P. Smith), 6334 lege sports and games, reading.

Howe St., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Winter home, Eus- SMITH, Avis E., Commerce Building, Kansas

tis, Flau City. Mo.

Born Plttsiburgh, Pa.; dau. Jacob Freetly (law- Physician; b. Roscoe, 111., 1851; dau. James

yer) and Fannie McKee (Boggs) Freetly; ed. Harris and Huldah (Howland) Smith; ed. Univ.

public and private schools; grad. Chautauqua of 111., B.A. and M.S.; grad. Northwestern Wo-

Literaiy and Scientific Circle and Univ. Exten- man's Med. Coll., M.D. '83. Has held chair of

slon courses- took Garnet seal, 1889; m. Samuel physiology and hygiene 20 years in Scarritt Bible

P Smith- one daughter: Mrs. Robert D. Coard. and Hospital Training School; held chair of

Chairman' Grant Vacation School, Pittsburgh, Pediatrics in Woman's Med. Coll. of Kansas

1903-05 Started the movement of sending books City, chair of pathology in Coll. of Physicians

to colored libraries in the South, enlisting co- and Surgeons; was physician in charge of Ma-

cperatton of Apollo, Hanover and Wllkes-Barre ternity Hospital, Kansas City, and manager

libraries and securing many hundreds of books of Woman's and Children's Hospital of Kansas

from women's clubs; chairman of Library Ex- City, Mo. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian.

Unaion Work In Congress of Women's Clubs of Mem. Univ. Extension Soc. Recreations: Lee-

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��tures, musicals, travel, walking, bicycling. Mem. Woman'3 Dining Club, Athenaum, Suf- frage Club of Kansas City. Writes papers read before mtdical societies; also articles tor clubs and on various pbllanthropic, social and re- formatory movements, especially temperance and suffrage.

SMITH, Barbara Stella, 2019 N St., Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Hearts Content; Newfoundland, 18S8; dau. Rev. C. Ernest Smith, D.D., D.C.L., and Flora (Woods) Smith; ed. public school, Baltimore, Md.; Gunston Hall, Washington, D.C. Interested in church work. Protestant Episcopalian. Rec- reations: Automobiling, riding, tennis. Mem. Woodville Dramatic Club. Against woman suffrage.

SMITH, Bertha Helena, 2019 N St., Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Aquasco, Md., Feb. 12, 1892; dau. Rev. C. Ernest Smith, D.D., D.C.L., and Flora (Woods) Smith; ed. Baltimore public school, Nat. Cathedral School, Washington, D.C; King's Hall, Compton, P.Q., Can.; St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C. Interested In and a teacher In the Ministering Children's League work. Prot- estant Episcopal. Mem. Epsllon Alpha Pi Lit- erary Soc. Recreations: Horseback riding, ten- nis, skating. Mem. Woodville Dramatic Club. Against woman suffrage.

SMITH, Caroline Lackland (Mrs. C. V. Hunt- ington Smith), 4437 McPherson Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born Saratoga, N.Y., June 7, 1885; dau. Edgar C. and Elise M. (Kayser) Lackland; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis; Farmington, Conn.; m. Oct. 10, 1911, C. V. Huntington Smith. Episcopalian. SMITH, Carrie Josephine, Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Teacher, merchant; b. Oakland, Wis., Oct. 11, I860; dau. George Cornish and Lamlra (Blanch- ard) Smith; ed. high school. Fort Atkinson, Wis. Teacher in high school. Fort Atkinson, Wis.; State Normal School, River Falls, Wis.; Co. Training Schools of Alma and Manitowoc, Wis. ; State sec. D.A.R. ; mem. Tuesday Club (liter- ary). Music Study Club and Town Improvement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Mod- ern Business English; Practical Dictionary; Na- ture and Life Readers; The Story of Wisconsin. Congregatlonalist.

SMITH, Catharine C. (Mrs. Clarence Bishop Smith), 150 E. Sixty- third St., N.Y. City. Born N.Y. City, Nov. 6, 1879; dau. Edward Mitchell and Mary A. (Sprague) Cook; ed. by governesses and in Brearley School; m. Jan., 1902, Clarence Bishop Smith; children: Alexander Mackay, Carleton Sprague, Eunice Stoddard, Catharine Innes. Chairman Yorkvllle branch Women's Municipal League, 1911-12; interested In bookbinding, education, eugenics. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Consumers' League of N.Y., Diet Kitchen Auxiliary, Women's Muni- cipal League, Drama Soc. Recreations: Drama, books, writing, walking, bicycling, needlework. Mem. Wednesday Afternoon Club, Women's Cosmopolitan Club.

SMITH, Clara Alzins Hapgrood Higglns (Mrs. Frank Sullivan Smith), The Plaza, N.Y City. Born Rushford, N.Y.; dau. Orrln Thrall and Lucia Cornelia (Hapgood) Higglns; ed. Bryan School, Batavia, N.Y.; Remy School, Berlin, Germany: lectures In Univ. of Berlin, (jermany; Bendel Conservatory of Music, Berlin; m. Oct., 1877, Frank Sullivan Smith, LL.D., of N.Y. City, and "Sunnycroft," Angelica, N.Y. Mem. of the Committee on Mental Hygiene, and active in other movements for prevention of insanity and welfare work. Delegate to International Chari- ties Conference, Vienna, 1910. Interested in many patriotic and social organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Eipiscopalian. Mem. State CJharlties Aid Ass'n; life mem. Charity Organi- zation Soc, Nat. Conference Charities and Cor- rection, Women's Auxiliary to Tuberculosis Clinic, N.Y. Dep't of Health; Peace Soc, Work- ing Girls' Ass'n, Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, N.Y. Library Ass'n, Women's Auxiliary Scenic Soc, Nat. Soc. Colonial Daughters of Aim. Patriots and Founders, N.Y. Genealogical

��and Biographical Soc, the Municipal Art Soc, Nat. Soc. D.A.R., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Red Cross, and others. Mem. Teuton Club, Shakespeare, No Idle Hour, the Barnard, Hamil- ton Country Club, Beechwood; hon. mem. Prog- ress Club; hon. mem. N.Y. City Chapter D.A.R., and hon. vice-regent Catherine Schuyler Chapter D.A.R. SMITH, Clara Eastman (Mrs. Sheridan I.

Smith), Wells River, Vt.

Editor, amateur artist; b. South Newbury, Vt. ; dau. Charles Wesley and Elizabeth Chastlna (Abbott) Eastman; grad. Montehello Inst., New- bury, Vt., '77 (stood 100 In «very examination) ; m. Lyndonville, Vt., 1888, Sheridan I. Smith: one eon: Wendell Phillips, b. Sept. 17, 1892. Taught six years, two in Home Mission school in the South. Lecturer for the W.C.T.U. Has written articles for educational, reform and religious journals, and occasional poems. Editor of Ver- mont Home Guards, official organ of Vt. W.C.T.U. Active in missionary, Sunday-school and church work. Favors woman suffrage; was charter mem. Vt Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Evangelical CJhurch. Prohibitionist. Mem. Home Missionary Soc. Recreations: Nature study, painting. Club: Women's (federated). SMITH, Claribel, 152 Argyle Av., Ottawa, Can.

Educator; b. Cobourg, Ontario, Canada; dau. Lleut.-Col. William S. and Eliza (Kelly) Smith; grad. Toronto Univ., B.A. '93. Was head teacher of Miss Veal's School in Toronto; for several years past has been principal of the Carleton School for Girls at Ottawa, Canada. Anglican. SMITH, CoUie Jackson (Mrs. William H. Smith),

The Snuggery, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Born Parkersburg, W.Va. ; dau. of John Jay and Jane (Gardner) Jackson; ed. Parkersburg private school, Patapsco Inst., Md.; Virginia Female Inst., Staunton, Va. ; m. Parkersburg, W.Va., 1875, William H. Smith. Diocesan cor- respondent Church Periodical Club of Protestant EpiscoT>al Church; chairman of State Com. on the Prevention of the Desecration of the Flag; delegate from W.Va. to the Pan-Anglican Con- gress, London, Eng., 1908. State regent D.A.R.; mem. Wcuman's Club. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. SMITH, Mrs. Draper, Omaha, Neb.

Born Liberty, Ohio; dau. Clement K. and Mary A. (Taylor) Woodward; m. 1876, Draper Smith (died 1909). Pres. Neb. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; pres. Omaha Woman's Club, 1898-1900; Neb. Fed. of Women's Clujbs, 1901-03; leader Political and Social Science Dep't, Omaha Woman's Club, 1905-10; now one of five Neb. child labor inspec- tors by appointment of the Governor. Mem. Exec. Com. Neb. Ass'n for the Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis, Legislative Com. State Conference Ciarities and Correction; chairman Juvenile Court Com. of Douglas Co. by appoint- ment of judges of District Court; sec. and mem. Board of Directors of Associated Charities of Omaha; mem. Board of Directors Omaha Social Settlement Ass'n, Board of Directors of Play- ground Ass'n of Omaha; vice-pres. Mothers' Pension League. Actively interested in political and social reforms, especially those affecting women and children. SMITH, Edna Kenderdine, 1822 S. Fourteenth

Av. ; business, 28-29 Watts Building, Third Av.

and Twenty-first St., Birmingham, Ala.

Artist; b. Rockford, ill., Jan. 4, 1879; dau. Charles Henry and Jennie Coleman (McConnell) Smith; ed. Birmingham, Ala., public schools and Academic Julian, Paris, France. Portrait paint- er; exhibited in Salon of 1900; since return to Ala. has painted portraits for State of Ala., Dep't of Archives and History, Univ. of Ala., and Ala. Polytechnic Inst., and other places. Founder and director of Birmingham School of Art. Interest- ed in school educational work. Protestant Epis- copal.

SMITH, Edna Leah, 218 E. Central Av., Eldo- rado, Kan.

Choir singer, concert singer; b. Rosalia, Kan., -Mar. 16, 18S9; dau. Houston Bartlett and Mary Eleanor (Ashcraft) Smith; ed. High School, ESdo- rado, Kan., 1907; Uberty Ladiea' Coll., 1909 (Eta

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��Upsilon Gamma). Was first woman called for jury service in a district court in Kansas; ex- cused from service by the judge because of her opinions on the question of woman suffrage. Methodist Episcopal. Against woman suffrage. S]>nTH, Eleanor, 12 "W. "Walton PI., Chicago,

111.; studio, 709 Fine Arts Building, Chicago,

111.

Composer, teacher of music; b. Atlanta, 111., June 15, 1858; dau. WUlard Newton and Matilda (Jaspersen)" Sanith; grad. Cook Co. Normal School; student at Hershey School of Music; pupil of -Frances A. Root and P. G. Gleason, Berlin, 1887-91; Moritz Mozskowsky and Julius Hey. One of the founders of Hull House Music School, first settlement music school in U.S.; music instructor Cook Co. Normal School; head Dep't of Music, 'School of Education, Univ. of Chicago, 1901-10. Favors woman suffrage. Au- thor: Songs for Little Children (No. 1 and No. 2), five songs; Songs for a Little Child's Day; Modern Music Series (six volumes); Song Pic- tures; Twelve Songs for Twelve Boys; Eleanor Smith Music Series (six volumes); The Golden Asp (cantata); Wedding Music (No. 1 and No. 2); Trolls' Holiday (operetta) ; Twelve Songs. Epis- copalian. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Chicka- ming Country Club, North Side Brancn Equal Suffrage League, Audubon Soc, etc.

SMITH, Elisabeth HoweU (Mrs. Edward Laban

Smith), Nevada, Mo.

.\uthor; b. Clarksville, Tenn., 1854; dau. John W. and Henrietta Adeline (Donaldson) Howell; ed. Clarksville (Tenn.) Acad., Bethel Female Coll., Hopkinsville, Ky., B.Mus. '79; lived in Colorado several years; m. 1894, Edward Laban Smith. Lecturer on literary subjects before women's clubs; was for several years field sec- retary for Cottey College, Mo. Favors woman suffrnge. Has written and spoken in favor of woman sutl'rffage. Author: Desultory Tales of Colorado: In Social Quicksauds; 'fongues in Trees. Religion: New Thought. SMITH, Elise Bennett (Mrs. Thomas Jefferson

Smith), Frankfort, Ky.

Federation president; b. Richmond, Ky., Sept. 9, 1872: dau. James and Sarah Lewis (Clay) Ben- nett; ed. Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. '94; special studies Wellesley; studied in Germany (mem. Sorosis, Collegiate); m. Richmond, Ky., Feb. 3, 1898, Thomas Jefferson Smith; children: Elsie, Tom. Pres. Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Madi- son Co. Suffrage Ass'n. Methodist. Mem. Nat. Education Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnae. Recrea- tions: Swimming, all out-door sports. SMITH, Elizabeth Anne O'Linn (Mrs. Clarence

Cinclair Smith), Chadron, Neb.

Librarian, teacher; b. Blair, Neb., Jan. 4, 1876; dau. Daniel Henry O'Linn, M.D., and Frances M^axia (Brainard) O'Linn; ed. Chadron High School, Drexel Boulevard Acad., Chicago; m. Omaha, Dec. 25, 1890, Clarence Cinclair Smith; children: Frances Minerva, Henry Holden. Librarian of Chadron Public Library; elected October, 1913, pres. Nebraska State Library Ass'n; had charge of Children's Dep't of Libraries at nineteenth annual convention of that ass'n, Omaha, Neb., Oct., 1913. Sup't Sun- day-school, Grace Episcopal Church. Mem. Chadron Wuman's Club, Culture Club. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Eastern Star, D.A.R. Recreations: Trav- eling, riding. Cor. sec. Woman's Club of Chad- ron, chairman Neb. Patrons Ass'n, 1st vice-pres. Neb. State Library Ass'n, chairman Neb. Fed. of Woman's Clubs for Dep't of School Patrons of the National Educational Ass'n.

SMITH, Elizabeth Hight, Agricultural Experi- ment Station, University of California, Berke- ley, Cal.

Plant pathologist; b. Brookline, Mass., Jan. 12, 1877; dau. Obed Francis and Emily Margaret (Simpson) Smith; grad. Newton public schools, '96; Smith Coll., A.B. 1900; Mass. Agricultural Coll., M.S. '05. 'Teacher in public schools, Mass., 1901-04; in Univ. of Cal., ass't in plant pathology. 1905-11; instructor plant pathology, 1911 —. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suf- frage League. Cal. Civic League. Author: A

��N0W Fungus of Economic Importance (with ti. E. Smith, Botanical Gazette, Sept,, 1906); The Blos- som and Rot of Tomatoes (Technical Bull. No. 3, Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907); also Cal. Agricultural Experiment Station Bul- letins: Nature of the Brown Rot Fungus; The Peach Blight Fungus; California Plant Diseases (with R. E. Smith). Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Mem. Am. Phyto-pathological Soc. SMITH, Elizabeth Laban (Mrs. Laban E. Smith), 359 Marion St., Denver, Colo. College field sec; b. Apr. 22, 1856; dau. John W. and Adeline (Donaldson) Howell; ed. Bethel Coll., Hopkinsville, Ky., B.M.; m. Cripple Creek, Colo., Laban E. Smith; one daughter by former marriage: Adeline Hollaway. Field sec. of Cot- ter Coll.; has been college field secretary for ten years. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Desultory Tales of Colorado; In Social Quick- sands; "Tongues in Trees. Christian Scientist. Democrat.

SMITH, Ella May Dunning (Mrs. Dan Laws Smith), 60 Jefferson Av., Columbus, O. Teacher of singing, piano and musical history; b. Uhrichsville, Ohio, March 12, 1860; dau. Rufus Libbie and Sarah Ann (Price) Dunning; ed. pub- lic schools, tutors and private instruction under Caleb Croswell, Paula de Branco de Olivera, M. Segund du Sape; m. Uhrichsville, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1878, Dan Laws Smith; children: Ralph Bryce, Roy Brooke, Alan Bronson, Helen Bertram. Three years mem. of faculty of Phelps Collegiate School, Columbus, Ohio; pres. Women's Music ClU'b for past ten years; dean of Wallace Col- legiate School and instructor in musical history. Has written many poems and short stories and a large number of songs; fifteen years music editor of Ohio State Journal and Columbus Evening Dispatch; Columbus correspondent for N.Y. Mu- sical Courier. Mem. D^.R., Old Northwest His- torical and Genealogical Soc, New England His- toric-Genealogical Soc, Neiw England Soc. for the Preservation of Antiquities, Broad St. Metho- dist Church, Sorosis Literary Soc, Women's Press Club of N.Y., Women's Press Club of 111., Columbus Art Ass'n. Recreations: Travel, so- ciety, family. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Eoual Suffrage Soc. of Columbus. SMITH, Ellen Cyr (Mrs. Ruel P. Smith), 78 Hawthorne St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y. Born Montreal; dau. Narcisse and Ellen (Howard) (jyr; ed. Cambridge, Mass.; m. Hart- ford, Conn., June 19, 1896, Ruel P. Smith; children: Eleanor, Howard, Edith Cyr, Reed Stevenson. Author of Eight-book Literature Series, three books of art and two books dra- matic for Ginn & Co. Baptist Mem. Flatbush Fortnightly Club.

SMITH, Emma Adelia EUnt (Mrs. George Wil- son Smith), 149 Madison Av., N.Y. City. Historian and genealogist; b. Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y. ; dau. William Henry and Adelia A. (Youngs) Flint; ed. New Haven (Conn.) public and private schools; m. New Haven, Jan. 20, 1875, George Wilson Smith (executor and trustee Tilden estate, trustee N.Y. Public Library). Author: Washington's Headquarters, the Morris House and Jumel Mansion; The Tilden Genealogy (in preparation); contributor to genealogical journals and magazines, also local histories of Conn, and Long Island towns. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. Mary Washington Colonial Chapter D.A.R., the Washington Headquarters Ass'n D.A.R. ; vice-regent-at-large of the Pocha- hontas Memorial Ass'n; mem. New York Genea- logical and Biographical Soc; mem. Board of Managers of the N.Y. Home for Convalescents. Favors woman suffrage.

S>IITH, Ethelynde, 458 Cumberland Av., Port- land, Me.

Singer; b. Portland, Me., May 28, ISSS; dau. George E. and Harriette E. (Clark) Smith; grad. Portland High School, '06. Concert, recital and oratorio soprano; soloist annual Maine Music Festival, 1911; Rubinstein Club, Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y., 1911. and various concerts and song re- citals in New Bngl-and and N.Y. Interested in various hospitals and philanthropic societies of Portland, and in all literary, musical and artis- tic endeavors.

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��SMITH, Eugenie Marie Raye (Mrs. Alexander

Godfrey Smith), 519 Garfield Av., Richmond

Hill, L.I., N.Y.

Lawyer, lecturer, editor; b. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Frangois Jean and Mary Frances (Marsh) Raye; ed. public school. Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. (first honors); N.Y. Univ. Law School (first honors, Elliott F. Shepherd scholar- ship) ; also Woman's Law Class, N.Y. Univ. (first prize, $350 scholarship); m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1906, Alexander Godfrey Smith. Appointed to lecture to Woman's Law Class of N.Y. Univ. EkJitor Women Lawyers' Journal. Mem. Mem- bership Com. of Brooklyn Juvenile Probation Ass'n; interested in legislation to better condi- tions in Juvenile Courts of N.Y. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Collegiate Equal Suffrage League and William Lloyd Garrison Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author: Equal Suffrage Song Sheaf. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. St Faith's Soc. of Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn (which she founded) ; mem. Alumnee Ass'n of Woman's Law Class of N.Y. Univ. Recreations: Music, singing, guitar. Mem. Women Lawyers' Club, Portia Club, Legislative Com. of N.Y. City Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs. Mem. Vocational Guidance Com. of N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs. SMITH, Eva Augusta Ford Cline (Mrs. A. O.

Smith), 1101 Michigan Av., Portland, Ore.

Artist; b. Northfield, Vt. ; dau. Abraham and Mary (Cady) Ford; ed. pu'blic schools in North- field, Vt. ; public schools in Marysville, Cal. ; St. Helen's Hall, Portland, Ore.; PorUand Acad.; m. (1st) June 13, 1S74, John P. Cline; (2d) Jan. 2, 1909, A. O. Smith; one son. Dr. Cline, b. Apr. 21, 1877 (now pres. Oregon State Dental Examining Board). Pupil of H. M. Walcot of N.Y.; Frank Vincent DuMond of N.Y., and of Clyde Cook of Munich; won the Corbett cash prize for the best work in oil at the Art Club's ExhibitiO'n given at the Art Museum, Portland, Ore., 1900; also won other prizes at competitive exhibits. Taught penmanship in Portland Acad, and in St. Helen's Hall; has taught drawing, oil and water color painting in her home for the past 25 years; has illustrated two books, one of poems, one in ■prose, in pen-and-ink drarwings. Mem. of Port- land Art Ass'n, the Patton Home for the Aged; was sec. of th% Home for 13 years, on the roll as hon. mem. Acted for several years with Port- land City Board of Charities and Friendly Visi- tors, Ladies' Aid of Unitarian Church. Mem. Portland Sketch Club. Recreations: Reading, out-door sketching, breeder of fancy poultry. Mem. First Unitarian Church (Church of Our Father). SMITH, Eva Jane, 40S Market St., Warren, Pa.

Born Tidioute, Pa.; dau. Levi ajid Jane CGeor^e) Smith; ed. Oberlin Coll., Oberlin Con- servatory, Mus.B. ; studied in Leipzig, Germany, Paris, and piano with Krause in Berlin. Iden- tified with various religious, social and philan- thropic activities, especially with the societies of the Presbyterian Church. Mem. W.C.T.U., N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Golf, tennis, dancing, rowing. Favors woman suffrage; ass't capt. 25th Assembly District of the Woman Suffrage Party, N.Y. City; leader of the Woman Suffrage Party in Warren Co., Pa. ; pres. Warren Equal Suffrage League; mem. Equal Franchise Soc, N.Y. City; Women's Political Union, N.Y. City; N.Y. State Suffrage Ass'n, Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. SMITH, Eva Munson (Mrs. George Clinton

Smith), 910 W. Edwards St., Springfield, 111.

Writer, composer; b. Monkton, Vt., July 13, l.S43;^dau. William Chandler and Hannaii (Bailey) Munson (mother related to Hannah Bailey of Revolutionary fame); ed. LaGrange Coll., Mo.; Mary Sharp Coll., Winchester, Tenn.; Rockford (111.) Coll., '64 (wrote class song, and in 1877 wrote and read the alumnse essay at commence- ment); m. Nebraska City, Neb., July 13, 1869, George Clinton Smith. Taught vocal music, elocution, piano, organ and guitar for 25 years. Was one of the Temperance Crusaders In Topeka, Kan. (led the singing); pres. seven years of North End W.C.T.U. and nine years of Central W.C.T.U. at Springfield, 111. Begaji giving ora- torical contest medals with the dilldren In 1886,

��continued them in Pronibition movement for six years; then for five years carried on the suffrage or Susan B. Anthony contests; since then in W.C.T.U. contest work. Compiler: Woman in Sacred Song, 18S5; The Field Is the World, 1877. Writer of numerous poems, of which The Last Command (blank verse) is one of the best known. Composer of 35 published pieces; songs in sheet music and books; instrumental pieces. Charter mem. Woman's Relief Corps (former chaplain and pres.); formerly for eight years pres. of Dlst. W.C.T.U. and of Sangamon Co. W.C.T.U., of which is now vlce-pres. Former vice-pres. Authors' Club of Springfield. Presbyterian. Pro- hibitionist. Favors woman suffrage; pioneer woman suffragist in Springfield, 111.; began to write and speak for the cause about 1877; pres. Springfield Equal Suffrage Ass'n 20 years; vice- pres. 111. State Woman Suffrage Soc. 10 years.

SMITH, Frances Gordon Burton (Mrs. Burton

Smith), Atlanta, Ga.

Lecturer; b. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27, 1870; dau. Gen. John B. Gordon (one of most distinguished Confederate commanders) and Frances (Haral- son) Gordon; ed. Atlanta and Washington, D.C.; m. Atlanta, June 19, 1888, Burton Smith; chil- dren: Gordon Burton, b. June 26, 1S89 (died Aug. 20, 1909); Hildreth Burton (daughter), b. Dec. 19, 1893. Semi-professional lecturer on Home Eco- nomics, Domestic Architecture, Home Decoration, etc. Active worker in Atlanta Woman's Club and other organizations for social service; vice- chairman of Ck)m. on Home Economics of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1908-09. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor at times to Popular Science Monthly, Good Housekeeping; editor of Gen. Gor- don's Reminiscences and author of sketch of his life. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Daughters of the Ck>nfederacy. Recrea- tions: Travel in Europe and at home, reading, social intercourse. Club: Atlanta Woman's; hon- orary mem. Atlanta History Class.

SMITH, Frances Gist (Mrs. B. Holly Smith),

1007 Madison Av., Baltimore, Md.

Born Dorchester Co., Md.; dau. William Con- well and Anna Maria (Keene) Hopkins; ed. at home, finishing at Md. State Normal School with the first honor in 1875; m. Baltimore, Md., 1883, Dr. B. Holly Smith; children: B. Holly Jr., William Conwell, Frederick Janney, Francis Noel. Interested in home and foreign mis- sions, local organized charities, social hygiene, W.C.T.U. work. Consumers' League, prison re- form and civil service reform. Favors woman suffrage; treasurer of Just Government League of Baltimore Co. Congregationalist. Recrea- tions: Reading, social intercourse and good plays. Mem. Baltimore Country Club, Glyndon Country Club, Arundell Club, Mothers' Club, Glyndon Porch Club.

SMITH, Frances Grace, Smith College, North- ampton, Mass.

Teacher; b. Springfield, Mass.; dau. George B. and Mary L. (Stebbins) Smith; ed. Smith Coll., B.A. '93; M.A. 1900; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. '06. Consecutively ass't instructor and now assoc. prof, botany. Smith Coll. Contributor of scien- tific papers to scientific publications, chiefly Botanical Gazette. Baptist. Fellow A.A.A.S. ; mem. Botanical Soc. of America, Sigma XI (Chi- cago chapter). Phi Beta Kappa (Smith Coll.), Nat. Geog. Soc, Ass'n Collegiate Alumni. Active in work for Chinese In Springfield. Favors woman suffrage.

SMITH, Frances Stanton (Mrs. Charles Bennett Sinlth), 392 Porter Av., Buffalo, N.Y., and Congress Hall Hotel. Washington. D.C. Writer, musician; b. Buffalo, N.Y., June 21, 1871; grad. Acad, of the Holy Angels, Buffalo, 1SS9; m. June 10, 1902, Charles Bennett Smith. Writer for magazines, 1890-94. In charge musical dep't, Buffalo Express, 1895; musical editor, Buffalo Courier, and editor women's page, Buffalo Enquirer. 1S97-1902. Mem. Women's B'd of Managers. Pan-American Exposition, 1901 (sec. com. of publicity). Active worker in educational movements and musical circles, Buffalo and else- where. One of the founders of the Catholic Summer School of America. Mem. Congressional

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SMITH, Frances Wheeler (Mrs. Clement McDon- ald Smith), Hastings, Mich.

Born Woodland, Mich., Apr. 3, 1850; dau. Milo Thatcher and Amanda (Halght) Wheeler; ed. common schools, Hastings High School; m. Hastings, Mich., May 17, 1871, Clement McDon- ald Smith; children: Shirley Wheeler, Gertrude Josephine, Donald David. Sup't Sunday-school; pres. Foreign Missionary Soc. ; pres. Hastings Woman's Club for 15 years. Chairman Lecture Course Com. ; vlce-pres. and charter mem. Mich. Soc. for the Relief and Prevention of Tubercu- losis. Mem. Health Com. Mich State Fed. of Women's Cluibs. Favors woman suffrage. Metho- dist. Recreations: Out-door life, reading. Charter mem. and second pres. Hastings Women's Club. Has been director, treas., first vlce-pres. and pres. of Mich. State Fed. Women's Clubs, two years each. Was delegate to St. I*aul and Boston biennial meetings of the Gen. Fed.; delegate to the Nat. Peace Conferenc* in Chicago. SMITH, Gena, "Edgehlll," Windsor, N.S.. Can.

Educator; b. Eton, Bucks, England; ed. pri- vately and at St. Stephen's College, Windsor, England; passed several Univ. of Cambridge ex- aminations. Taught for several years at St. Stephen's High School, Windsor, England; was head mistress of that school, 1897-1901, resigning to come to Canada at request of Rt. Rev. Andrew Hunter Dunn, D.D., Bishop of Quebec, to reopen King's Hall, the church school at Compton, P.Q.; remained at its head until 1905; since taien lady principal of Edgehlll Church School for Girls at Windsor, N.S. Mem. Church of England; delegate to Anglican Church Congress, Halifax, N.S., 1910. SMITH, Gertrude, 252 Woodford St., Portland,

Me.

College Instructor; b. Portland, Me.: grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97, A.M. "03. Teacher, Port- land, Me., 1898-99; Englewood, N.J., 1900; In- structor Vassar Coll., 1902-07 and since 1909. BSnTH, Gertrude E. Dietrich (Mrs. Herbert

Knox Smith), Cathedral Av. and Woodley

Lane, Washington, D.C.

Bom Hastings, Neb., Aug. 18, 1880; dau. Charles Henry and Elizabeth (Slaker) Dietrich; ed. Convent of Visitation, Hastings; Ursuline Convent, Duderstadt, Germany, and B^thune, France; Convent de I'Assomption, Pans, France; Morgan Park, 111.; Lake Forest, 111.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. ; m. Farmington, Conn., Sept. 29, 1908, Herbert Knox Smith. Interested In work of Woman's Welfare Dep't of Civic Fed.; in the Consumers' League, in the promotion of con- servation and work of the Associated Charities and Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis. Clubs: Bryn Mawr, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr, Washington; P.E.O., Hastings, Neb.; Bachelors' Lawn Tennis, Washington. SMITH^ Gladys Ffouike (Mrs. Edward Chapman

Smith), 2 Hillside Av., Summit, N.J.

Bom Philadelphia, Apr. 29, 1881; dau. Charles Mather and Sarah A. (Gushing) Ffouike; ed. Dobbs Ferry, Miss Master's School; m. Wash- ington, Oct. 17, 1901, Edward Chapman Smith of Philadelphia; children: Gladys Chapman, Gwen- doline Ffouike. Since marriage has traveled abroad and in California. Devotes most of spare time to painting. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Athletic sports, tennis, ewlmmlng, dancing. SMITH, Grace Cobum (Mrs. George Otis Smith),

2137 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C, and 2

Coburn Av., Skowhegan, Me.

Born Skowhegan, Me., Sept. 10, 1S71; dau. Stephen and Helen S. (Miller) Coburn; ed. Colby Coll. A.B. '93 (Sigma Kappa); George Washing- ton Univ., A.M. 1900; m. Skowhegan, Me., Nov. 18. 1896, George Otis Smith (director U.S. Geo- logical Survey); children: Charles Coburn, Joseph Coburn, Helen Coburn, Elizabeth Coburn, Louise Coburn. Traveled and studied In Europe, 1893- 96; interested In missionary, temperance and DhilanthroDlc movements. Grand pres. Sigma

��Kappa, 1909-12. Mem. D.A.R., W.C.T.U., De- scendants of the Mayflower, College Women's Club, Twentieth Century Club. Baptist. Favora woman suffrage. S»nTH, Graeme McGregor (Mrs. Rutledga

Smith), Cookeville, Tenn.

Editor; b. Lebanon, Tenn., Mar. 1, 1875; dau. Capt. Andrew Donelson and Eudora Anderson (Lebanon) McGregor; grad. Cumberland Univ. (coll. for young ladies), Lebanon, A.M. salutator- lan of class, through making best grade; m. Lebanon, May 14, 1896, Rutledge Smith; children: Albert, McGregor, Eudora Anderson. Taught two years (until marriage), afterward assisted husband in editing Cookeville Press, of which ha^ had entire charge since 1910. Pres. League ol Southern Women Writers; pres. Current Topie Club of Cookeville; ex-pres. Tenn Woman's Presa and Authors' Club; chairman Book Com. ol Cookeville Library; press correspondent State W.C.T.U. ; mem. Presbyterian Missionary Soc. and Guild. Has written several strong articlea against woman suffrage; writes for newspapers and magazines. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Cumberland Chapter D.A.R. of Nashville; sec. Cookeville Chapter United Daughters of Con- federacy. SMITH, Hannah, 117 W. 5Sth St., N.Y. City.

Teacher of music; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1849; dau. Edgar M. and Amanda (McPhail) Smith; ed. Packer Inst, Brooklyn. Author: Music — How It Came to Me What It Is; Founders of Music; Rhymes and Rhythms, and about a hundred pianoforte pieces and songs by various publishers. Congregationallst. Favors woman suffrage. SMITH, Harriet Louise Goetsch (Mrs. Charles

M. Smith), 910 S. Ninth St., Lafayette, Ind.

Born Watertown, Wis., 1S72; dau. Henry and Louise (Deuschle) Goetsch; ed. Watertown Higlu School, Milwaukee Normal School, Univ. of Wis., B.L. '97; m. Chicago, 1903, Prof. Charles M. Smith (ass't prof, physics, Purdue Univ.); one son: Edward Baldwin. Principal Primary Dep't of Normal School at Whitewater, Wis., 1892-95; teacher of German and Latin at Manitowoc (Wis.) High School, 1897-1900; German at Aurora (111.) High School, 1900-03. Favors woman suf- frage. Unitarian. Recreations: French, German. Mem. La Classe Frangaise, University Club (Pur- due Univ.). SMITH, Harriet Lummis (Mrs. William M.

Smith), 2630 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md.

Author; b. Auburndale, Mass.; dau. Henry and Jennie (Brewster) Lummls; ed. Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., A.B. and first honors in class; m. Appleton, Oct. 11, 1905, William M. Smith. Author: The Girls of Friendly Terrace; Peggy Raymond's Vacation (books for girls, published by L. C Page & Co., Boston). Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. Has contributed to many magazines, including Mc- Clure's, Munsey's, Delineator, Harper's Bazar, Independent, Smart Set and many juvenile periodicals. Youths' Companion, St. Nicholas, and leading religious periodicals. SMITH, Helen Evertson, Sharon, Conn.

Writer; b. Sharon, Conn., Aug. 22, 1839; dau. Robert Worthington Smith (M.D.) and Gertrude L'Estrange (Bolden) Smith; ed. at home. Liter- ary activities have been mostly in editorial and semi-editorial positions, or writing for maga- zines. Author: Colonial Days and Ways, 1912. Congregatlonalist. Mem. Sharon Woman's Club. During Civil War was a constant worker for the Sanitary Commission, since then has been Inter- ested in missions.

SMITH Helen Fairchild, 33 Ayrault St., New- port, R.I.

Teacher; b. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 21, 1836; dau. Augustus W. Smith, LL.D. (prof, of astron- omy in Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn.; pres. of same institution; commissioned prof, of mathematics In the U.S. Navy, at Annapolis, Md.) and Catharine R. (Childs) Smith; ed. private lUtors and in private schools, Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., M.A. '81; Syracuse Univ., Lltt.D. '89. Private teacher; called to Wells College, Aurora, N.Y., 1876, as lady principal and prof, of English literature; became dean of Wells

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Soc, Woman's Hospital Aid Ass'n, Civic League

of Newport, Rhode Island Ass'n Opposed to

Woman SufErage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal

Church.

BMITU, Helen Florene, Iowa State College,

Ames, la.

Teacher; b. Penn Yan, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1877; dau. James M. and Sarah E. (Bushnell) Smith; ed. Penn Yan Aoad., Cornell Univ., A.B. '02. In- structor of mathematics in Iowa State Coll. since 1907. Interested In the work of the Y.W.C.A. and the Student Volunteer Movement for Mis- sions. Baptist. Mem. Cornell Univ. Alumnae Ass'n, Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Walking, rowing, swimming.

SMITH, Hilda Josephine, Shirley Hotel, Denver,

Colo.

Pianist, composer, lecturer on music, teacher of piano, harmony and history of music; b. Deil Rapids, S. Dak., Dec. 1, 1880; dau. Ole Hendrik and Jacobine (Olsen) Smith; ed. All Saints School, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; Wolfe Hall, Den- ver, Colo. ; the Miss Wolcott School for Girls, Denver; Univ. of Chicago; grad. Chicago Mus. Coll., '04. Professional name: Josephine Hilda- smith. First appearance as concert pianist and lecturer on music, 1912; prize in art drawing. World's Fair; active in musicals, theatricals and all school entertainments; at All Saints School, editor first school paper, 1893; at Wolcott School, managing editor first school paper, the Lariat; school organist; at Univ. of Chicago, library work; mem. Music Com. of Woman's Union; at Chicago Mus. Coll. won scholarship in com- petitive examination; at Chicago, contributor to magazines, church organist; at Denver, writer of special feature stories. Mem. St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colo. Mem. All Saints School Alumnae Ass'n, Social Center and Day Nursery, Denver; Rocky Mountain Club of Uaiv. of Chi- cago Alumni Ass'n (also chairman Music Com.). Recreations: Travel, riding, swimming, tennis, books. Episcopalian. Republican. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Non-Partisan League, Denver, 1912; mem. Woman's Republi- can Party, Woman's Senatorial League.

SMITH, Ida B. Wise (Mrs. Malcolm Smith),

1022 Third Av., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Former teacher; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 3, 1871; dau. Robert E. and Eliza A. (Piper) Speak- man; ed. Hamburg (Iowa) public schools, Univ. of Neb. (undergraduate), Kindergarten Normai School; m. (1st) Sept. 3, 1889, James A. Wise (died 1S92); one son: Carl Edwin Wise; (2d) Aug. 15, 1912, Malcolm Smith. Taught fourteen years. Interested in Bible School; taught Bible class In University Christian Church eight years; lec- turer and State cor. sec. of W.C.T.U. eleven years. Mem. Woman's Club, Browning Club, and lecturer on purity work. Favors woman suffrage, and lecturer through W.CXT.U., State Political Equality Ass'n and Popular Lyceuia Bureau. SMITH, Ida Kendrick (Mrs. Alexander Wyly-

Smlth), 954 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Amerlcus, Ga. ; dau. Samuel Stlllman and Emily H. (Fryer) Kendrick; ed. private schools; m. Atlanta, Sept. 10, 1885, Alexander Wyly- Smlth; children: A. W. Jr., Eether Kendrick, Theodore H., Clarke Kendrick. E5pls«opallan. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R.

SMITH, Ida Spooner (Mrs. Horace W. Smith),

925 W. Tenth St., Riverside, Cal.

Born Cincinnati, O. ; dau. William L. and Catherine (Smith) Spooner; ed. Mt. Auburn Sem., Cincinnati; m. Cincinnati, 1884, Horace W. Smith; one son: Caleb B. Favors woman suffrage. Epis- copalian. Republican. Mem. Riverside Woman's Club.

SMITH, Isabel E. (Mrs. F. Carl Smith), 1739 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington. D.C. Miniaturist and water-color artist; b. Crieffe, Scotland; dau. Alexander and Rachel (McClain) Smith; ed. Western Coil. Oxford, O.; m. London, 1895, F. Carl Smith. Painted miniature of Queen WUhelmina of Holland, President Felix Faure of French Republic President McKlnley. several

��marquises, a baroness In Paris, and many of our well-born Americans. Mem. Sorosia Club, League of Am. Pen Women, Indian Auxiliary, Junior Republic, Tuberculosis Auxiliary, Colum- bia Heights Art Club, Foreign and Home Mis- sionary societies. Women's Rivers and Harbors Ass'n, Archaeological Soc, Nat. Geog. Soc. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. College Women's Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Has written articles In various art journals. Presbyterian. Republican. SMITH, Ivy May, University Heights, Indian- apolis, Ind.

Musician; b. Irvlngton, Ind., May, 1874; deu. George M. and Delphlna (Barnard) Smith; ed. Irvlngton public schools, Butler Coll., St, John's Music Acad., Indianapolis Metropolitan School of Music. Dean of music dep't in the Central Univ. of Indianapolis; leader in Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A.; also In musical dramatic art. Organizer of the St Cecelia Club of Indianapolis, a musical club. Mem. Disciple Church. Favors woman suffrage. SMITH, Jane Lnella Dowd (Mrs. Henry Hadley Smith), 533 Warren St., Hudson, N.Y. Author; b. Sheffield, Mass., June 16, 1847; dau. Almeron and EUnUy (Curtiss) Dowd; ed. parents* schools, public schools. South Egremont Acad., Westfleld Normal School, North Granville Ladles' Sem. (valedictorian); m. Westfleld, Mass., May 18, 1875, Henry Hadley Smith, M.D. Sup't Sun- day-school; officer in D.A.R., W.C.T.U., Humane Soc, Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. ; worker for suffrage and charity; director Needlework Guild. Mem. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Asa'n, Hudson Com. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; chairman School Suffrage Com. for Columbia Co. Author: Wayside Leaves; Wind Flowers; Flowers from Foreign Fields; Ways to Win; The Value of the Church, from a Woman's Point of View. Uni- versallst. Prohibitionist. Mem. Columbia Branch of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Soc, Nat Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Independent Order of Good Templars, Ladies of the Macca- bees, Consumers' League, Audubon Soc, Red Cross Soc. Has written during a period of 25 years for the Nat. Temperance Soc. and publica- tion house; children's stories for the Youth's •Temperance Banner and has written irregularly for many papers and periodicals. SMITH, Jane Noyes (Mrs. Henry I-eaviti Smith), 201 W. Fifty-fllth St., N.Y. City. Born Jan. 18, 1848; dau. Rev. Dr. Daniel James Noyes (professor in Dartmouth Coll.) and Jano M. (Aiken) Noyes; ed. private schools and at Wheaton Coll., Norton, Mass.; m. June 1, 1871, Hanover, N.H., Henry Leavitt Smith. Inter- ested in various church, social ana philanthropic activities. Against woman suffrage. Presby- terian.

SMITH, Jeanie Oliver Davidson (Mrs. Horace Edwin Smith), Johnstown, Fulton Co., N.Y. Author, magazine contributor; b. Troy, N.Y.; dau. Richard and Margaret Oliver (Amos) David- son; ed. Troy and Schenectady, and also In Edinburgh, Scotland, with honors of various prizes for books and literary compositions; m. Hon. Horace Edwin Smith, LL.D.; children: Agnes Temple, Margaret Elizabeth, Horace Davidson. Honors from litterateurs In many parts of the literary world. Started a children's library before the introduction of the Carnegie Library, In which was aided by some relatives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and It became known as the Cady Library of Johnstown, N.Y. ; later the books were presented to the Johnstown His- torical Soc. Writer under pen-names. Temple Oliver and Jeanie Oliver Smith. Author: Echo Bank; Day Lilies; Sonnets of Life; Story of Blackie; Blackle's Diary; Blackle's Coimpanions; A Forest Idyl. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Aldlne Soc; one of guests of the men's Authors Club of N.Y. City; mem. Authors League of America. Recreation: Writing essays on Nature in a summer camp In the Adirondacks. SMITH, Jennie Cora Morse (Mrs. Edgar Burr Smith), 44 Green St., Brattleboro, Vt Born Arlington, Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A, '84; m. Arlington, Mass., June 27, 1895, Edgar Burr Smith, (A.B. Amherst), principal BratUe- boro High School; children: Janette Leonora, b.

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