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POPPENHEHH, Louisa Bouknight, 31 Meeting

St., Charleston, S.C.

Born Charleston, S.C, Dec. 13, 1868; dau. C. P. and Mary E. (Bouknight) Poppenheim ; ed. pri- vate schools in Charlesion and Vassar Coll., A.B. '89 (pres. Students' Ass'n, Vassar; mem. Dick- en.s Soc). Manager of The Keystone (a monthly Journal devoted to Southern women's organiza- tions); vice-chairman first municipal playground In Charleston, S.C; founder of City Fed. ol Women's Clubs; one of organizers of Civic Club, Century Club, Y.W.C.A. and S.C. Audubon Soc. Mem. Soc. Pioneer Workers of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Hon. mem. Soc. of Am. Women, London. For limited woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Mem. Rebecca Motte Chapter D.A.R., Charleston Chapter United Daughters of Confed- eracy, S.C Audubon Soc, Vassar Alumnaa His- torical Ass'n, Ladies' Benevolent Soc, Y.W.C.A., Carolina Art Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, driv- ing, traveling in Europe. Mem. Century Club, Civic Club, Intercollegiate Club; pres. S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1900-02; cor. sec. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, two terms, 1902-04, 1904-06; pres. Charleston City Fed. Women's Clubs, 1900-09 (resigned). Has contributed short articles to numerous publications.

POPPENHEIM, Mary Barnett, 31 Meeting St.,

Charleston, S.C.

Born Charleston, S.C, Sept. 4, 1866; dau. C P. and Mary (Bouknight) Poppenheim; ed. private school, Charleston, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '88 (vice-pres. Students' Ass'n at Vassar and mem. Shakespeare Soc). Editor and founder of The Keystone, monthly -publication for Southern women's organizations. As sec. of Ladies' Be- nevolent Soc. (chartered 1813) assisted in estab- lishing district nursing in Charleston. One of or- ganizers of Y.W.C.A. in Charleston, also of S.C Audubon Soc, Civic Club, Century Club, and playground movement. Favors limited woman suffrage. One of editors of South Carolina Women in the Confederacy (Vols. I and II) ; author of short articles in women's publications. Episco- palian. Mem. Rebecca Motte chapter D.A.R., Charleston chapter United Daughters of Con- federacy, S.C. Historical Soc, S.C. Audubon Soc, Vassar Alumnae, Historical Ass'n, Ladies' Benev- olent Soc, Woman's Exchange, Y.W.C.A. Rec- reations: Walicing, driving, reading, music, trav- eling. Pres. S.C. Intercollegiate Club; mem. Century Club, Civic Club. Most active in his- torical and educational work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; pres. S.C. Di- vls.ion United Daughters of Confederacy, 1905-07. POBRITT, Annie Gertrnde (Mrs. Edward For-

rltt), 63 Tremont St., Hartford, Conn.

Writer and lecturer; b. Manchester, England, 1861; dau. John Stubbins and Mary H. (Krauss) Webb; ed. Elms wood Coll., Manchester, England; obtained honors In higher Cambridge examina- tions, first class, college of preceptors; m. 1891, Edward Porritt (author and journalist); children: Philip W., Longshaw K., Mary G., Marjory W. Had classes and lectures in N.Y., 18S6-90; taught psychology and economics In Miss Sarah Porter's School, Farmington, Conn., 1890-1901; has written for Outlook, Independent, Yale Review, Am. His- torical Reviews, Political Science Quarterly, Forum and many English journals. Active worker for woman suffrage; sec. of Conn. Woman Suffrage Asa'n, 1910-13, and now in charge of Its press work. Speaks frequently in public for woman suffrage. Author: Causes of the Revolt of the English Women; The English Militant Suffrage Movement; English Legislation in 1907. Joint author (witb husband): Unre- formed House of Commons, 1903. Mem. Society of Friends. PORT, Mary Alice, All Saints' School, Sioux

FaJls, S.Dak.

Private school principal; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '90; student of Greek, I^atln and education, Columbia Univ., 1899-1900, and of Greek and Latin in Europe, 1903-04. Principal, Mattoon (111.) High School, 1890-92; teacher of classics, All Saints' School, Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1892-96; head mis-

��trees, Lakevllle (Conn.) School, 1897-99; principal, Wright Sem., Tacoma, Wash., 1900-03; precep- tress, Irwing Coll., Mechanicsburg, Pa,, 1905-06; State Normal School, Bloomsburg, Pa., 1907-10; principal. All Saints' School, Sioux Falls, S.Dak., since 1910. Episcopalian.

PORTER, Alice Downey, Baldwin, Kan.

Prof, of English literature; b. Greencastle, Ind., Oct. 2'o. 18.56; dau. Charles G. and Hester M. (Davis) Downey; ed. DePauw Univ., A.B. '79; A.M. '82; Cornell Univ., fellow in English lit- erature, 1894-95, Ph.D. '99; m. Greencastle, Ind., Rev. Frederick Porter (died Apr. 13, 1892); chll- drea: Anna Downey, Helen FYedericka. Instruc- tor DePauw Univ. Acad., 1881-83 and 1892-93; In- structor Acad, of Northwestern Univ., 1896-96; instructor Wellesley Coll., 189(i-&7; prof. English literatui-e. Baker Univ., 1899 — . Lecturer oti Browning. Favors woman suffrage; second \rk»- prea. of Douglas Co. (Kan.) Ekjual Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

PORTER, Mrs. Charles Vernon, Natchltochea, La.

Born Port Byron, 111.; dau. James Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Sullivan) Lawless; ed. Port Byron High School and 111. Univ. ; m. Jan. 27, 1901, Judge Charles Vernon Porter (of Court of Appeals of La.); one son: Blanchard Lawless Porter, b. Aug. 23, 1902. Primary training teacher eight years in La. State Normal at Natchitoches. Pres. of Louisiana Fed. of Women's Clubs. Taught in summer schools of La. : Shreveport, 1894; Preston Chautauqua, 1894; Lake Charles, 189?; Alexandria, 1896; Marksville, 1897, and in Baton Rouge Univ. A pioneer worker in educa- tional work in La. Roman Catholic. Mem. Lesche Club. Attended Paris Exposition in 1900, and the Club Conference there, presided over by May Wright Sewell.

PORTER, Charlotte, Riverbank-Court, Cam- bridge, Mass.; summer home: Ardensea, Isle au Haut, Me.

Author, editor; b. Towanda, Pa.; dau. Dr. H. C. and Elisa Eleanor (Betts) Porter; grad. Welle Coll., A.B., and Sorbonne, Paris. Editor Poetlore since 1889; puc on the stage first performance of Browning's Return of the Druses, Boston, 1902; repetitions, 1903; also in Worcester; first per- formance of Maeterlinck's Sister Beatrice, Bos- ton, 1905. Interested In the Intercollegiate So- cialist Soc. Author: Clever Tales, 1897; editor Camberwell Edition Robert Browning's Works, 1898; Coxhoe Edition Elizabeth Barrett Bro'wn- Ing's Works, 1900; Browning Study Programs (with Helen A. Clarke), 1900; Shakespeare Studies, Macbeth, 1902; 12-yolume edition Shake- speare, 1903; London edition of same, 1906; Poet'a Parleys, 1903; Stage Version Browning's Re- turn of the Druses, 1903; Poetic Translation D'Annunzio's Daughter of Jorlo, 1907; Lips of Music, original poems, 1910; Shakespeare Studies, The Tragedies, 1911; The Comedies, 1912; First Folio Edition Shakespeare, in 40 vols., 1912. Vice- pres. and hon. mem. Boston Browning Soc; di- rector Boston Authors' Cltfb; pres. Am. Drama Soc, Boston; mem. Poetry Soc. of America, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. PORTER, Charlotte Williams, "The Elms," 141 High St., Springfield, Mass. Teacher; b. Hadley, Mass., Oct. 6, 1840; dau. James Bayard and Susanna (Parsons) Porter; ed. Hopkins Acad., Hadley, Mass.; Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn. Founder and prin- cipal of The Elms School for Girls, Hadley, Mass., 1866-81; and "The Elms," Springfield, Mass., 1881. Hon. mem. Springfield College Club. Episcopalian.

PORTER, Clara Chamberlain (Mrs. Jasi>«r William Porter), 1304 Church Av., Cham- paign, III.

Born Marshall, Mich. ; dau. William Harrison and Anne Alice (Knight) Chamberlain; ed. Buf- falo (N.Y.) High School; Univ. of Wis., Ph.B.; re- ceived teacher's State certificate in Wis.; m. Milwaukee, Sept. 2, 1873, Jasper William Porter; children: Robert Knight, Horace Chamberlain. Mem. Art Club of Champaign (former pres.). Champaign Social Science Club (now pres.). Has been several times delegate to the 111. State Fed.

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��of Women's Clubs, and Nat. Fed. of "Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage; mem, E>qual Rights League of Champaign and Urbana. Has written poems for several public occasions, and some have been publisihed. Helped organize the first literary society for girls in Univ. of Wis., and was Its first pres.

POBTEB, Delis L.ymaii (Mrs. Frank Chamberlin Porter), 266 Bradley St., New Haven, Conn. Bom New Haven, Conn., Oct. 3, 1858; dau. Chester S and Delia Williams (Wood) Lyman; ed. Wellesley Coll., 1876-77, 1880 (a founder of Zeta Alpha Soc.); m. New Haven, June 10, 1891, Frank Chamberlin Porter, prof, of Biblical theology, Yale; children: Lyman Edwards, Will- iam Quincy. Pres. Lowell House Mothers' Club; mem. Lowell House Council, New Haven; mem. of commission appointed by Governor of Conn, to select a woman factory inspector for Conn. Au- thor; Calendar of American History; Blues Cure; The Measuring Rod and Other Stories; An Anti- Worry Recipe and Other Stories; Year Book of Good Cheer; Yeai- Book of Ideals; Life of E. H. Freeman (in Scribner's Magazine) ; Time and Tommy; How Polly Saw the Aprons Grow (in St Nicholas); also other articles in magazines and papers. Congregationalist. Mem. Conn. Soc. of Colonial Dames, D.A.R. Recreation: Piano playing. Mem. New Haven Saturday Morning Club, Civic Fed. Founded Zeta Alpha Soc. in Welleeley Coll.; founded People's Choral Union In Nefw Haven; founded Lowell House Mothers' Club, and Lowell House Noon-Day Club for Girls. Largely through her efforts a bUl was passed to establish a woman factory inspector in Conn.

POBTEB, Ella Camthers (Mrs. J. N. Porter),

Park Hotel, Dallas, Texas.

Bom Caruthers Valley, Tex., 1864; dau. Capt Samuel and Lula C. (Cox) Caruthers; ed. Nash- ville Coll. for Young Ladies; Chicago Univ., cer- tificate of proficiency in history; m. Kimball, Tex., 1878, J. N. Porter; children: Mary, Stella, Lillian Porter. Appointed by governor as dele- gate to organization of Nat. Congress of Moth- ers, Washington, B.Ots 18S8; State organizer of Nat. Congress of Mothers; organized and 1st pres. of Texas Congress of Mothers; sup't Moth- ers' Dep't Texas W.C.T.U. 12 years; sent as delegate to World's Temperance Convention, Ed- inburgh, Scotland, 1900. Favors woman suf- Irage. Hsls contributed articles to numerous publi- cations on responsibility of Motherhood. Metho- dist. Mem. Dallas Mothers' Council, Dallas Wom- an's Forum, Texas Conference for Education, W.C.T.U., State Soc. of Charities and Correc- tions, Y.W.C.A., State Social Hygiene Ass'n, Dallas.

FOBTXIB, Mrs. Morence Colliiis, 733 S. Alvarado

St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Writer, editor; b. Caribou, Me.; dau. Samuel W. and Dorcas (Hardison) Collins; ed. in public schools and academy of Me. ; m. Caribou, Me., Nov. 3, 1873, Rev. Charles Porter (died 1893); children: Helen Louise, Florence Spaulding, Charles Winthrop. Removed from Maine to Cal. 1900; on editorial staff of Los Angeles Herald, 1900-05. Especially active in McKlnley Boys' Home, Los Angeles. Pres. Los Angeles Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Writer for periodicals, also for- mer publisher of a weekly newspaper; on edi- torial staff of California Outlook and The Woman Citizen of San Francisco. Congregationalist. Repuilican. Mem. Friday Morning and Ebell Clubs; vice-pres. Cal. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1904-06; pres. Me. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1898- 1900. Delegate to Chicago Nat. Republican Con- vention, 1912 (first woman to vote in such a con- vention) ; named as one of the thirteen Presi- dential electors on the Roosevelt-Johnson ticket, 1912.

POBTEB, Gene Stratton (Mrs. Charles Porter) — Bee Stratton-Porter, Gene.

POBTEB, Georgia Pulsifer (Mrs. Charles B.

Porter), Old Town, Me.

Born Ellsworth, Me. ; dau. Dr. Moses Rust and Mary L. (Berry) Pulsifer, of old New EJngland ancestry; ed. public schools, boarding school, and

��several private courses; m. (Jharles B. Porter, M.D. ; children: Karl B., Harry W. Newspaper and magazine writer. Associated Press correspon- dent. Interested in women's clubs, press clubs, D.A.R. Mem. Y/.C.T.U., New England Women's Press Club, King's Daughters, Charity Ass'n, library work. Unitarian. Against woman suf- frage. Has lectured for W.C.T.U. and read pa- pers before clubs. Unitarian conferences, etc.; was one of the prime movers for a library in Old Town.

PORTER, Georgia Whidden (Mrs. George M.

Porter), 60 Longwood Av., Brookline, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass.; dau. Andrew G. and Eliza- beth (Goodwin) Whidden; ed. public schools, Bos- ton; Bradford Acad., Cambridge, Mass.; m. Brookline, Mass., Oct. 6, 1903, George M. Porter, merchant. Active in religious and philanthropla interests. Donor of the Whidden Memorial Hos- pital and from the first a member of its B'd ot Managers. Vice-pres. Boston North End Mission, Boston Y.W.C.A. and identified with other char- itable and hospital boards.

POBTEB, Helen Talbot (Mrs. J. Benton Por- ter), 1433 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa, Writer; b. Providence, R.I., June 1, 1872; dau. William Richmond and Mary Cornelia (Arnold) Talbot; ed. in private schools at Providence; m. Providence, Nov. 7, 1901, J. Benton Porter. Against woman suffrage. Author of short sto- ries and verses in magazines. Ckaigregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Pa, Soc. of New England Women.

POBTEB, Josephine Perry (Mrs. Ellas Hull Por- ter), 1010 South Oakdale Av., Medford, Ore. Bom Worcester, Mass., June 6, 1874; dau. Jo- seph Stone and Lucy Ann (Day) Perry; ed.. graded and high schools, Worcester, Mass. ; Smith Coll., B.L. '96 (Biological Club); m. Worcester, Mass., June 6, 1907, Dr. Ellas Hull Porter; chil- dren: Robert Day, b. Oct. 17, 1908; Bertha, b. teb. 16, 1910; Norris Kent, b. Sept 14, 1912. Interested and active in church and in Good Samaritan Soc. work. Mem. Greater Medford Club, Smith College Club, and of the Woman's College Club of Medford. Recreations: Walking, bowling, outdoor life. Congregationalist FavcH^ woman suffrage. Progressive Republican.

POBTEB, Kate Leiand Lincoln (Mrs. Robert Brastow Porter), 4 Day St., North Easton,

Mass.

Bom Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.S. '99; m. June 1, 1905, Robert Brastow Porter. Teacher, Beverly (Mass.) High School, 1899-1900; Wakefield (Mass.) High School, 1901-02; Miss Wlnsor's School for Girls, Boston, 1902-03; Bel- low's School, Boston, 1903-05. Mem. Smith Coll. AlumuEB Ass'n.

POBTEB, Katherine, Oakwood Court, Orange,

N.J.

Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 30, 1872; dau. Frederic and Esther (Jefferis) Porter; ed. Fi-iends Elementary and High School, Baltimore, Md. ; student in preliminary medical course, Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '94; Johns Hopkins Med. School, M.D. '98. State sec. Public Health Education Com. of Am. Med. Ass'n, 1909-11; chairman Pub- lic Health Education Com. of Essex Co. Med. Soc, 1910 — ; house physician N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, N.Y. City, 1898-99; aas't surgeon until 1904; externe Orange Memorial Dis- pensary, 1900-07; physician to Children's Aid and Protective Soc. of the Oranges, 1899—; med. in- spector of Orange public schools, 1909—. Physi- cian specialist in gynecology and lecturer. Vice- pres. N.J. George Junior Republic Ass'n; mem. Board of Directors of Antl-Tuberailosls League of the Oranges; mem. Board of Directors of Fresh-Air Work of the Oranges. Mem. Am. Vigilance Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Soc. of Friends; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Essex Co. Med. Soc., Alumnae Ass'n of Bryn Mawr Coll., Woman's Club of Orange.

POBTEB, Margaret Cochran Dewar (Mrs, Charles Allen Porter), 254 Beacon St, Bo» ton, Mass.

Physician; b. Kandy, C«ylon, April 20, 1872. dau. John Lewthwaite and Amelia (Cochran) Dewar; ed. at school in Edinburgh, Scotland

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We are told that people who disarm us with their candor, who discount our suspicion with a startling confession, are not capable of deceiving. But the eye very often belies the tongue. A delicious candor, a surface sincerity goes little into the soul of things—the hidden springs of reality. When a woman mundane, for instance, tells you that her hair is a wig, her complexion, paste and cream and rouge and art, might not this show of bankrupt pulchritude be designed to avert your eye from the more pathetic bankruptcy within? Might it not be what the military critics call a diversion?

To be sure, we would not allow the world, if we can help it, to peep into our soul, much less to enter it. Our No-Man's-Land is hedged about with a wire entanglement of insincerities. And often we take refuge in a temperament, a pose, or a mystic mood. Like certain animals, we take on


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��Univ. of Glasgow; Queen Margaret Coll., Vienna, A.UBtria; M.B., CM. (Glasgow), Licentiate Royal College Physicians and Surgeons (Scotland); m. Stirling, Scotland, April 13, 1898, Dr. Charles AJlen Porter; children: Isabel De Courcy, Mar- garet Dewar, Charles Burnham. Macintosh Bur- sary in GlasgoTV Univ., P.M.O. at Crichton Asy- lum, Dumfries; house surgeon in Children's Hos- pital, Sheffield. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Scottish Univ. Women's Suffrage Union, Mass. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Unitarian. Mem. Chil- ton Club of Boston, Mass.

PORTEK, Marion Otis (Mrs. Melvin Park Por- ter), 15 Day's Park, Buffalo, N.Y. Born Deer River, N.T., Sept. 26, 1875; dau. Stephen S. and Emma A. Otis; ed. Carthage (N.Y.) High School; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '97; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 23, 1897, Melvin Park Porter; children: Ellen Lois, James Otis. Resi- dent at Westminster House, Buffalo, N.Y., 1898- 1900; head worker Neighborhood House, Buffalo, 1903-08. Initiated the movement for public play- grounds In Buffalo in 1899; has been designated "The Mother of Buffalo Playgrounds." Mem. Parent-Teachers' Ass'n of School 36, Housewives' League, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae (chairman of educational com), Westminster Women's Club. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of exec. com. Woman Suffrage Headquarters; chair- man campaign com.

PORTER, Melissa Patterson (Mrs. Charles R.

Porter), 5604 Pocussett St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Nov. 9, 1873; dau. Abram C. and Georgia (Jones) Patterson; ed. Pennsylvania Coll. for Women, A.B. ; post-grad. Bryn Mawr; m. Pittsburgh, ■ Oct. 31, 1S95, Charles R. Porter; children: Edna Patterson, George Curtis, Abram C., Harry Vernon. Against woman suffrage. Mem. United Presbyterian Church. Clubs: (Col- lege, Collo<iuium (Pittsburgh). PORTER, Rath Wadsworth Enmess (Mrs.

James Foster Porter), Hubbard Woods, 111.

Bom Chicago, 111.; ed. Miss Rice's Collegiate School for Girls, Chicago; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '96; special student, Barnard ColL, 1898-99; m. 1898, James Foster Porter. Ass't teacher of Greek and Latin, Kirkland School, Chicago, 1896-98; teacher of Greek, University School for Girls, Chicago, 1897-98. Mem. B'd of Education of Winnetka, 111., 1905-09.

PORTER, Susan Creighton (Mrs. Valentine Mott Porter), Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, Cal.

Born Martinsburg, W.Va. ; dau. Meade Creigh- ton and Elizabeth (Riddle) Williams; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; Ogontz School, Pa.; m. Mackinac Island, Mich., Sept. 21, 1907, Valentine Mott Porter. Has contributed verses to maga- zines and specialized in the study of Celtic folk- lore. Mem. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, National Conservation Ass'n, and various chari- table organizations. Clubs: Wednesday Club (St. Louis), Ttiesday Morning Club (Santa Barbara). Recreations: Motoring, horseback riding. Pres- byterian. Favors woman suffrage.

PORTER, Therese Study (Mrs. Albert Brown Porter), 1024 Lake Shore Drive, Evanston, III. Born Centerville, Ind. ; dau. Thomas J. and Therese (Widup) Study; grad. Univ. of Michi- gan, B.S. '92; special student at Johns Hopkins Univ., '92-94; Northwestern Univ. School of Music, '98-1902; m. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 22, 1892, Albert Brown Porter. Governing mem. Chi- cago School of Domestic Science; mem. Chicago Anti-Craelty Society, and of Evanston Branch 111. Humane Soc. Recreation: Automoblling.

POSSE, Baroness Rose, 1463 Beacon St., Brook- line. Mass.; professional address: 777 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Pres. Posse Normal School of Gymnastics; b. Newburyport, Mass.; dau. Foster Waldo and Catharine Moore (Ballon) Smith; ed. Newbury- port; grad. Salem State Normal School; special student Radcllffe Coll.; m. Newburyport, Mass., 1887, Baron Nils Posse; (2d) Boston, 1904, William T. Strong. Class poetess State Normal School, Sa- lem, 1875; Instructor Latin and French, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, 1873-86; di-

��rector Posse Gymnasium, 1896-1913; pres. Posse Normal School of Gymnastics, 1911; editor Posse Gymnasium Journal, 1893-1912; lecturer at con- ventions; contributor to various magazines. Mem. of Am. Civic Ass'n, A.A.A.S.; vice-pres. Am. Physical Education Ass'n; sec. Mass. Medical Gymnastic Ass'n; vlce-pres. and sec. Physical Education Dep't of Nat. EJdn'l Ass'n. Compiler Baron Nils Posse's Manual of Medical Gym- nastics. Mem. Bostoner Deutscher Gesellschaft, L'Alliance Francaise. Favors woman suffrage.

POST, Alice Thacher (Mrs. Louis Freeland Post), care of the Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.

Editor; b. Boston, June 8, 1853; dau. Thomaa and Katharine (Worcester) Thacher; ed. In pri- vate schools of Newtonville, Mass.; Brooklyn and N.Y. City; diploma of Mrs. Sylranus Reed'a School, N.Y. City, 1871; m. Dec. 2, 1893, Louia Freeland Post. Ass't in editorial work on New Church Messenger, Orange, N.J., 1882-93; coadju- tor editor of the New Earth, N.Y. City, 1889-93; coadjutor editor 1898-1906, managing editor since 1906, The Public, Chicago. Mem. (vice-pres.) Anti- imperialist League; mem. (vice-pres.) Am. Pro- portional Representation League. Favors woman suffrage. Swedenborgian.

POST, Janet Greig (Mrs. .Philip Sidney Post),

Winnetka, 111.

Bom Fonda, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1871; dau. Hugh and Jean (McAdam) Greig; ed. public schools, Oneida, 111., and private tutor; Knox Coll., Gales- burg, 111., '94; B.L., M.S. '97; post-grad, study in Germany and France (Sorbonne), and at Univ. of Chicago (mem. Delta Delta Delta) ; m. Craig Knowe Farm, Oneida, 111., Aug. 27, 1902, Philip Sidney Post. Dean of women and Instructor in German, Knox Coll., 1896-1902. Interested in various educational and philanthropic organiza- tions; vice-pres. Knox Co. Free Kindergarten and Orphans' Home, Galesburg, 111., 1902-05; director Arden Shore Ass'n, Lake Bluff, III., 1911-12; chairman Education and Philanthropy Com., Winnetka (111.) Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago College Club.

POST, Mary Elizabeth, Welser, Idaho.

Born Mendon, Monroe Co., N.Y., June 5, 1840; dau. Isaac T. and Nancy (Pope) Post; ed. Friends' schools at Providence, R.I., and Union Springs, N.Y. (Acad.), '56-61; Ph.C. from Univ. of Mich. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friends' Church. Independent In politics. POST, Mary EUen, 50 S. Sixth St., San Jos€,

Cal.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '96; student In Latin, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 18%-99, and English, 1899-1900. Teacher of Latin and Eng- lish, Washburn School, San Jos6, Cal., 1896-1902; San Jos6 High School, Latin, English, 1902-08; head English dep't since 1908. Mem. Ass'n Col- legiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, POST, Mary Tanner (Mrs. M. Haynard Post),

5 371 Waterman Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Bom Jacksonville, 111., Nov. 17, 1868; dau. Edward Allan Tanner (pres. Illinois Coll., Jack- sonville) and Marion (Brown) Tanner; grad. Jacksonville Presbyterian Acad., later studied In Boston, N.Y. City, Paris and London; m. Jack- sonville, 111., Jan. 4, 1906, Dr. M. Haynard Post; children: Edward Tanner, Frederick Woodford. Engaged in various religious, social and philan- thropic enterprises; mem. of several auxiliary boards; interested especially In the problem of giving good hoiising conditions to the working girls. Congregationalist. Recreations: Music, athletics. Mem. St. Louis Country Club. POSTE, Jennie May (Mrs. George S. Poste).

.\shcreek. S.Dak.

Born Pelham, Mass.; dau. Dwight S. and The- resa (Hayes) Warner; ed. Rome Free Academy; m. Rome, 1879, George S. Poste; children: Her- mon W., M. Brainerd, Helen T., Ramon Del- monte, Alson B. Methodist. Was for two years pres. of Woman's Club of Ft. Pierce, where she resided for years. Served on State Fore8tr>' Commission. Interested in matters relating to higher education and the regulation of child labor.

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��POTTEB, Anna Louise Arnold (Mrs. Elmer Carlton Potter), 913 Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass.

Born East Greenwich, R.I., Dec. 24, 1867; dau. Samuel Aza and Louisa Jane Perry (Taft) Ar- nold; ed. Worcester public schools; grad. Wor- cester Acad., 1886; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '90; m. Worcester, Mass., 1895, Elmer Carlton Potter; children: Dwight, b. 1897 (died 1899); Arthur Hamilton Potter, b. 1900 (died 1901); Everett Arnold Potter, b. Aug. 9, 1904; Ruth Hamilton Potter, b. June 13, 1907. Taught two years in Ashland (Mass.) High School, three years in Wor- cester (Mass.) English High School. Interested in church work, Y.W.C.A., music, social duties, civic improvement. Congregationalist. Mem. Worcester Woman's Club, Worcester College Club, Worcester Wellesley Club.

POTTER, Cora tJrquhart (Mrs. James Brown Potter), Savoy Theater, London, England. Actress; b. New Orleans, La.; dau. Col. David Urquhart; m. James Bro^wn Potter of N.Y. City (divorced 1903). Became prominent in Ne^v York society and as an amateur actress, and de- termined on a professional career. Made debut Mar. 29, 1887, as Anne Sylvester in Man and Wife at the Haymarket Theater, London; later playing In the Gaiety Theater, London, and making American debut in October, 1887. at the Fifth Avenue Theater, N.Y. City, in M'lle de Bremier. Starred for two years in America in Shakespearian and other classic dramas, sup- ported by Kyrle Bellew, afterward making an Australian tour, which she extended to India and China, returning to London, playing in Charlotte Clorday, and other dramas. After an American tour and a second visit to Australia, returned to London and leased the Savcy Thea- ter. Has since then resided in Loildon, where she has filled many r31es, with occasional in- cursions Into vaudeville.

POTTER, Ellen C, 5158 Wayne Av., German- town, Philadelphia, Pa.

Physician; b. New London, Conn.; dau. Thos. Wells and Ellen (Culver) Potter; ed. high school, New London, Conn.; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. *03 (mem. Eta Xi). Associate in gynecology. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa.; assistant visiting obstetrician, Philadelphia General Hosp. ; med. insi>ector, Philadelphia public schools; clinician in gynecology, Hosp. of the Woman's Med. Ckill. Interested chiefly in social and philanthropic lines of preventive medicine. Mem. County Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Soc. for Prevention of Social Diseases, Med. Soc. of Woman's Hospital, College Club, Civic Club. Recreations: Camping, automobiling. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

POTTER, Florence Dangerfield (Mrs. Alexander Potter); office: 50 Church St., N.Y. City; home. Grand Vlew-on-Hudson, N.Y. Lawyer; b. Auburn, N.Y. ; dau. Francis S. and Sarah (Hollister) Dangerfield; ed. Auburn High School, Cornell Univ. (from which scholarship was won) and N.Y. Univ., LL.B.; m. Auburn, N.Y., Alexander Potter, C.E. (consulting hy- iraulic and sanitary expert). Lawyer; first en- gagement by city of N.Y. ; counsel for N.Y. City Chapter D.A.R. Introduced suffrage bill in N.Y. Legislature for Equal Suffrage Soc. Has con- iucted cases in seven States of U.S., and in Mexico. Specialty, engineering law and con- Tacts. Interested in anti-child labor movement, aniform divorce laws, settling emigrants on farm lands and getting them away from large cities. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to various nagazines. Ass't editor of City Government. Lectures on legal topics before women's clubs. Mem. of several philanthropic societies and social Drganizations. Recreations: Travel, gardening, aature study. Second woman admitted to prac- tice law In State of N.Y. Pres. of her law slass at N.Y. Univ., composed of 96 men and 3 (vomen. Has developed and promoted several nterested in mining and engineering develop- oaents in this and other countries
 * arge water-power plants in Mexico; especially

POTTER, Mrs. Gurdon — see Flood-Keyes, Reelna).

��POTTER, Helen Margaret, Gouverneur, N.Y.

Teacher of science; b. Gouverneur, N.Y., Aug. 2, 1887; dau. Anson A. and Janet (Gregor) Pot- ter; ed. Gouverneur High School, 1904; Mt. Hol- yoke Coll., B.A. '09; Syracuse Univ., summer ol '10. For the past three years has had charge of the Biological Dep't in the Gouverneur Hlgli School. Did some settlement work in Holyoke, Mass. Favors woman suffrage. Sec. St. Law- rence Political Equality Club. Presbyterian. Mem. Delta Kappa Delta Soc, Nat. Soc. of Con- sumers' League. Recreations: Horseback riding, tennis, boating, snowshoeing. Mem. Empire State Club.

POTTER, Isabella Abbe (Mrs. William Walker Potter), 177 Huntington Av., Boston, Mass. Born Lee, Mass. ; dau. Porter and Rubina (Abbe) Strickland; lineal descendant of Rev. John Wilson, first minister of Boston, and of Rev. Thomas Hooker of Hartford, Conn. ; ed. in pub- lic schools and by tutors; m. May 21, 1873, Will- iam Walker Potter of Boston, Mass. Before mar- riage engaged as teacher and principal of schools of Springfield, Mass., introducing there kinder- garten work and other modern teaching methods. Interested in various philanthropies, including the Mass. Home for Intemperate Women, Brook- line Woman's Exchange (of which was treas.). New England Rest Home for Convalescents, Needlework Guild of Boston, etc. Long pres. of Woman's Club House Corporation, owning the New Century Building on Huntington Av., Bos- ton. Mem. Boston Business League. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. New England Woman's Press Ass'n, New England Woman's Club, Castilian Club of Boston.

POTTER, Janet Gregor (Mrs. Anson A. Potter), 200 E. Main St., Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.

Born Hammond, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1854; dau. David Murray and Margaret (Allen) Gregor; ed. in schools at Hammond, N.Y., Potsdam (N.Y.) Nor- mal School; m. Hammond, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1880, Anson A. Potter; children: Stanley MacGregor, Helen Margaret, Howard John Potter. Mem. Dorcas Soc. of Presbyterian Church; active mem. Bureau of Health and Social Service. Mem. reci- procity com. of the Northern N.Y. State Fed. Women's Clubs, book review com. of Gouy- erneur Library. Favors woman suffrage; mem. St. Lawrence Political Equality Club. Presby- terian. Mem. exec, board of Gouverneur Shake- speare Club, Gouverneur Library Ass'n.

POTTER, Lucy I. Johnson (Mrs. L. A. Potter), 5719 Hughitt Av., Superior (Station B), Wis. Born Cambria Township, Hillsdale Co., Mich.,

Dec. 9, 1859; dau. John W. Johnson and Arvilla

(Campbell) Johnson; ed. Hillsdale High School,

and by private courses of reading and study;

m. Hillsdale, Mich., Oct. 25, 1885, Dr. L. A.

Potter; children: Lester A., Erwin E. Taught

school and also music. Favors woman suffrage.

Unitarian. Recreations: Reading, music, travel.

Mem. Superior (Wis.) Women's Club, the Mary

Arden Shakespeare Club.

POTTER, Mabel L., Sconticut Neck, Pairhaven,

Born Pittsfield, Mass., 1873; dau. D. C. and Ellen H. (Parker) Potter; ed. high school. Fair- haven, Mass.; Brown Univ., Providence, B.Ph. '97; A.M. '98 (mem. Alpha Beta, local). Teacher six years; private school. Providence, 1898-99; high school, Palmer, Mass., 1899-1901; private school. La Crosse, Wis., 1901-04; sup't College Settlement Vacation School, Boston, 1904-09; sanitary inspector Woman's Educational and In- dustrial Uniott, Boston, 1904-09. Interested and active in various organizations, teaching English literature at Y.W.C.A. Contributor to local pa- pers. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Alliance (church). Improvement Ass'n, Fairhaven; Y.W.C.A., New Bedford; Brown Univ. Alumnae Ass'n. Member New Bedford College Club, New Bedford Woman's Club, South Bristol Farmers' Club, Colonial Club (Fairhaven). Rec- reations: Gardening, walking, bird life, travel.

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��POTTER, Marlon Craig: (Mrs. E. B. Potter),

1487 South Av., Rochester, N.Y. Physician, surgeon; b. Churchville, Monroe Co., N.Y., Sept. 14, 1S63; dau. Dr. James W. Craig and Sarah Stierwin (Butterfleld) Craig; ed. Geneseo Normal School; Univ. of Mich. Med. Dep't, M.D. '84 (mem. Zeta Phi, medical); later Ltudied in hospitals In Vienna and Paris; m. Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1S93, Dr. E. B. Potter; children: James Craig, b. Mar. 15, 1S98; Ezra B., b. July 3. 1901 (died Feb, 7, 1910). Sec.-treas. of Mothers of Temple and Boys of Temple, Central Church; lecturer for Public Health Education Com. of Am. Med. Ass'n. Editor Woman's Med. Journal. Favors woman suffrage; meim. Politi- cal E-quality Club of Rochester. Published pamph- lets: Germ Theory of Diseases; Venereal Pro- phylaxes, and other medical pamphlets; The His- tory of Stained and Painted Glass; Home Econo- mies; The Adolescent Period. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Rochester Acad, of Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, I31ackwell Med. Soc, Women's Med. Soc. of N.Y. State, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, (Consumers' League, Century Club (Rochester)', College Women's Club. As- sistant physician Rochester Gen. Hospital; exam- iner Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of N.Y. POTTER, Marion E., 1401 University Av., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.

Cataloguer and indexer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 6, 1869; dau. John William and Josephine (Ryan) Potter; ed. Freeport (111.) public schools; St. Mary's School, Knoxville, 111., '89; Univ. of Minn., M.A. '97 (Phi Beta Kappa). Assisted in the English Dep't of the Univ. of Minn., teaching old English, 1899-1902. Interested in the peace movement, church unity and the work of humane societies. Mem. ways and means com. of the Minnesota State Suffrage Ass'n; mem. Min- neapolis Political Ekjuality Club. Editor: Cumu- lative Book Index, 1898; Readers' Guide to Peri- odical Literature, 1901-02; U.S. Catalog (three editions), Children's Catalog, 1909; Industrial Arts Index, bi-monthly, 1913. Episcopalian. Mem. Minneapolis Humane Soc. Recreation: Walking. POTTER, Mar.v Knight, 94 Chestnut St. (studio, 184 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Writer; b. Boston; dau. George Sabine and Mary Gill (Powell) Potter; ed. public schools of N.Y. City and under private tutors; Harvard Coll. Summer School, Art StuJeuts' League, N.Y. Ciy; Cowles' Art School, Boston; Metropolitan Art Museum Art School, Academie Julian, Paris, and under many famous paiuters. Author: Love In Art; Art of the Louvre, Art of the Vatican, Art of the Venice Academy; Councils of Crcecus; How Richard Won Out; Richard in Camp; Peggy's Trial; also contributor to various maga- zines. Unitarian. Mem. Copley Soc, Boston, Mass. Recreations. Walking, paddling, rid- ing, driving, sketching. Mem. Boston Authors' Club. Was ass't editor of Masters in Art for year, 1908-09. Has been giving addresse.s (chiefly on European topics) and original New England sketches for clubs since 1911.

POTTEB, Mary Pratt (Mrs. Arthur Devens Pot- ter), cor. Main and High Sts., Greenfield, Mass.

Bom N.Y. City, Jan. 18, 1864; dau. Franklin Joslah and Hann3.h Diantha (Smith) Pratt; ed. Greenfield (Mass.) High School; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Cowles Art School, Boston; m. Greenfield, Mass., Feb. 10, 1891, Arthur Dev- ens Potter; children: Annah Frances, Arthur Devans Jr. Pres. Woman's Club (Greenfield, Mass.); mem. Unitarian Woman's Alliance, Greenfield Country Club. Unitarian. POTTER, Mary Sargent (Mrs. Nathaniel Bow- ditch Potter), 591 Park Av., N.Y. City. Bom Brookline, Mass., Apr. 8, 1878; dau. Prof. Charles S. and Mary (Robeson) Sargent; ed. private schools and governesses; took partial entrance exams, to Radcliffe with some honors; m. Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1908, Nathaniel Bow- ditch Potter, M.D.; children: Natalie, b. 1909, Mary Robeson, b. 1911. Active in work of Prot- estant Episcopal Church, in philanthropic under- takings; pres. Central Club for Nurses of New York; sec. Guild of St. Barnabas for Nurses, New York Branch. Protestant Episcopalian.

��POTTEB, Ruth NeUis (Mrs. George W. Potter)

Oswiegatchie Farm, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.

Born Johnstown, N.Y., Oct. 24, 1880; dau. An- drew J. and Mary E. (Humphrey) Nellls; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '01; m. Johnstown, N.Y., Sent. 24, 1906, George W. Potter; one son: Jamea Nellis Potter, b. Dec. 6, 1907. Lutheran. Mem. Colonial Club of Canajoharle; hon. mem. Stu- dents' Club of Johnstown. POTTLE (Mrs.) Juliet WUbor Tompkins, 957

Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Author; b. Oakland, Cal., May 1«, 1871; dau. Edward and Sarah (Haight) Tompkins; ^ad. Vassar Ckill., A.B. '91. Journalist in San Fran- cisco, 1896-97; editor of Puritan Magazine and associate editor Munsey's Magazine, 1897-1901; married. Author: Dr. Ellen; Open House; The Top of the Morning; Mothers and Fathers; Pleas- ures and Palaces; Ever After; also many maga- zine stories. Mem. MacDowell Club, Women's University Club.

POTWrv, Clara Brewster, B Larch Place, Sum- mit, N.J.

Principal of private school; b. Boston, Mass., 1862; dau. Thomas S. and Harriet (King) Pot- win; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. Teacher. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Pres. Fort- nightly Club, Summit, N.J.; mem. Wellesley Club, N.Y. City. POUCHER, Florence Lucinda Holbrook (Mrs.

Barent George Poucher), Glencoe, III.

Born Waukegan, HI.; grad. Rockford (III.) Coll., 1891; m. Milwaukee, Wis., 1891, Barent George Poucher; children: Barent Holbrook Poucher (student at Harvard), Florence Eliza- beth Poucher. After marriage resided in Evans- ton, 111.; now resident Glencoe, 111. Has been continuously identified with philanthropic and social activities as district visitor of the Asso- ciated Charities of Evanston; mem. of Board of Congregational Deaconesses' Association; sec. of Evanston School Art Soc; member of the Evanston University Guild. Congregatlonalist; Sunday-school and missionary society worker. Member of Fort Dearborn Chapter D.A.R. (Chicago); pres. Chicago Rockford College Ass'n. ; director III. Children's Home Finding Soc; vice-pres. Glencoe Women's Missionary Soc. Mem. Skokie Golf Club, Glencoe Woman's Library Club; treas. Organizing B'd Chicago (Col- lege Club; mem. Chicago Woman's City Club. P0UL80N, Mrs. Edna Snell, Snell Seminary,

Berkeley, Cal.

Seminary principal; b. Farmington, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1843; dau. Richard and Margaret (ComstoA) Snell; grad. Grinnell (Iowa) Coll., B.L. '67; m. Sharon, Iowa, 1871, P. W. Poulson, M.D., of Council Bluffs, Iowa (now deceased). Taught three years in Dubuque (Iowa) High School; called in 1874 to aid Miss Mary E. Snell, her sis- ter, in establishing at Benicia, Cal., the Snell Seminary, which was afterward removed to Oak- land, and later to Berkeley, where Miss Snell died, and Mrs. Poulson has since conducted it as sole principal. Was one of first women who offered themselves as candidates for sup't of schools, being nominated by the Republicans of Mahaska County, Iowa, for county sup't (In 1871). After becoming a widow spent some time in East- ern cities studying vocal expression and panto- mime, taking lessons In Delsarte from Franklin Sargent, Steele Mackaye, and various masters in Chicago and N.Y. City. Taught these arts to many young men and women of California until injury to her voice from an attack of whooping cough led to her withdrawal from the teaching of expression. Mrs. Forbes Robertson and Miss Keith Wakeman were among her best pupils. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive voter. Mem. Religious Society of Friends. POULSSON, Anne Emilie, Hopklnton, Mass.

Author, lecturer, formerly private teacher; b. Cedargrove, N.J. ; dau. Halvor and Ruth Anna (Mitchell) Poulsson; ed. puhlic schools, Newark, N.J., and private study courses in Boston. Studied kindergarten with Miss Garland and Misa Weston in Boston, 1880-81. Study In earlier life often interrupted by ill health and interfered with by defective vision. Taught in School for thfl Blind, South Boston, two years. Teacher and

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��lecturer in Oarland Kindergarten Training School for many years. Lectured before many kinder- garten ass'ns and mothers' clubs. Officer in In- ternational Kindergarten Union, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Nursery Finger Plays; In the Child's World; Child Stories and Rhymes; Through the Farmyard Gate; The Runaway Doniey; Father and Baby Plays; Holiday Songs; Love and Law in Child Training; Songs of a Little Child's Day; Johnny Blossom. Unitarian.

POUXD, Louise. 1632 L St., Lincoln, Neb.

Prof. English language; b. Lincoln, Neb., June 30, 1872; dau. Stephen Eosworth and Laura (Bid- dlecombe) Pound; ed. Univ. of Neb., B.L. '92 (class poet, class orator. Phi Beta Kappa); A.M. '95; attended Univ. of Chicago, summer quarters, '97, '98; Ph-D. Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, 1900; grad. (piano) dep't of musk:, Univ. of Neb., '92 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma and various class societies). Connected with faculty of Univ. of Neb. as fellow in English literature, 1895-97; instructor, 1897-99; adjunct prof., 1900-06; assoc. prof. English literature, 1906-12; prof, of English language, 1912-. Director Neb. branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, 1904-08; cor. sec. Neb. Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa, 1905-10. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Lincoln. Author: The Com- parison of Adjectives in English in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (Anglistische Forschun- gen), 1900; editor of Tennyson's Launcelot and Elaine, 1905; Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, 1907; Grey's Elegy, 1909; The First Part of Henry the Sixth (Tudor Shakespeare), 1912; The Periods of ElngUsh Literature, 1910; also of articles in poriodioals. Mem. Modern Lan- guage Ass'n of America, Am. Folk-Lore Ass'n, Am. Dialect Soc, Nat. Ass'n of Collegiate AlunmsE. Recreations: Tennis champion of Neb. women's singles, 1891; tennis champion, Univ. of Neb., both in men's and in women's singles, 1890, 1891; winner women's western tennis cham- pionship, Chicago, 1897; also winner minor tennis championships; local women's golf champion since 1906; mem. Century Run Cycling Club, 1896; capt. university basket ball team; other recreations, skating, riding, bowling, ski. Direc- tor Neb. State Tennis Ass'n, 1912. Mem. Lin- coln Women's Club, English Club, the Copper Kettle (literary, social club), Lincoln Country Clu'b.

POWELL, Mme. Alma Webster (Mrs. A. J.

Powell), The Powell and Pirani Musical Inst.,

915 President St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Singer; b. Elgin, 111., 1874; dau. Henry William and Alma (Webster) Hall; ed. in U.S. and Eu- rope; New York Univ., LL.B. ; Columbia Univ., Mus. Bac. and M.A. ; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1913; m. Brooklyn, 1891, A. J. PoTvell; one daughter: Marion Webster Powell, b. 1892. Has filled engage- ments as prima-donna soprano in Metropolitan Opera House of N.Y., in the Damrosch Germaa Opera Co., the Savage English Opera Co., the Royal Opera of Berlin (Germany), the Royal Opera of Munich (Germany), the Royal Opera of Prague (Austria), the Grand Opera of Frank- fort-on-Main (Germany), the Volkstheatre (Vi- enna), and the Stadt Theatre of Breslau (Ger- many) ; has toured in concerts through Russia, France, Germany, Austria, England, Canada and America. Pres. and founder of the Public Good Soc, which supports the Working Girls' Club and a summer home for tired working girls; successful in raising large sums for aid of the poor by her voice; active in betterment work on the East Side of N.Y. City; gives free instruction to working girls in music, languages and general science. Author: Advanced School of Vocal Art, and the libretto of Black Blood, set to music by Eugenic di Pirani; also numerous translations of plays and songs; has written for magazines and N.Y. journals. Active advocate of women's dress reform, urging the adoption of a standard style, in order to abolish the outside appearance of class distinctions; the costume she advocates is a coat dress over bloomers, which she wears on all occasions. Mem. D.A.R., N.Y. Univ. Alumni. Protestant. Favors woman suffrage. Was founder of the Am. Legislative Union; pres. of the De- bating Soc. (which discusses suffrage once a

��month) ; lectures for suffrage at street comers.

Mem. Socialist Party.

POWELL, Caroline Amelia, Lynnfleld Centre, Mass. (office. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.).

Engraver; b. Dublin, Ireland; dau. (Jeorge and (Denniston) Powell; ed. School of Design, Cooper Inst., N.Y. City; pupil in wood engraving of Timothy Cole; Acad, of Design, N.Y. City; medal Columbian Exposition, Chicago; silver medal, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo. Exhibited at Paris Exposition, Vienna Exposition of Graphic Arts, Grolier Club Exhibition. Connected with the Century Co. for 20 years. Proofs of works in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Public Library, N.Y. City, Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.; Public Library, Springfield, Mass. Inter- ested in Bible study and teaching. Favors wo- man suffrage. Protestant. Recreations: Garden- ing, literature. First woman to be elected to Soc. of Am. Wood Engravers. The only woman who contributed to the monumental work of the society (Engravings on Wood).

POWELL, Emma Webster, 402 3 Washington

Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Mo. ; dau. John Collier and Emma (W0bster) Powell; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis. Interested in Christ Church Cathedral; auditor Nat. and Ist vice-pres. of State Board U. S. Daughters of 1812; mem. Board of Woman's Exchange, Council of Colonial Daughters; nat. chairman of Peace Jubilee Com. U.S. Daughters 1812. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry, Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Nat Soc. U.S. Daughters of 1812 in State of Mis- souri, D.A.R., and Washington's Headquarters Ass'n.

POWELL, Gertrude Wilson (Mrs. Lyman P.

Powell), 82 Washington Place, N.T. City.

Born Jarrettown, Pa., Jan. 5, 1874; dau. Francis S. and Isabel (Kesler) Wilson; ed. Sun- nyside Scflicol, Ambler, Pa. ; Walnut Lane School, Germantown, Pa.; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '95 (Shakespeare Soc.); m. Jenklntown, Pa., June 20, 1S99, Rev. Lyman P. Powell; children: Talcott Williams, Francis Wilson. Teacher of history at the Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., 1895- 99. Assisted husband in the writing and editing of books and in his work as a minister and univ. prof. Sec. of Colored Missions for the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese «f Western Mass., 1904- 08; director and vics-pres. Woman's Council of the People's Institute, Northampton, Mass., 1906- 12; director of Dickinson Hospital Aid Ass'n, 1907; pres. New Century Club of Northampton, Mass., 1911-12. Hon. mem. of the Twentieth Century Club of Lansdowne, Pa. ; New Century Club of Northampton, Mass. Episcopalian,

POWELL, Hannali Belle Clark (Mrs. Ambrose Vincent Powell), 5227 Washington Av., Chi- cago, 111.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.A. '87; student of sociology and sanitary science, Unix, of Chicago, 1893-97, Ph.D. '97; m. Sept., 1905, Ambrose Vin- cent Powell. Ass't in Dearborn Sem., Chicago, 1887-93 and 1894-99; asso. prof, sociology and dean of women, Univ. of W.Va., 1899-1902; dean of women, Knox Coll., 1902-03; ass't in economics and sociology, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1904-06; special lecturer in sanitary science, Wellesley Coll., 1905. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnas, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Am. Sociological Soc.

POWELL, Jessie Elizabeth (Mrs. wmthrop

Newell Powell), Warren, Minn.

Born in southern Minn., Oct. 8, 1866; dau. George and Elizabeth (Naylor) Hunter; ed. in country school; Owatonna High School; m. War- ren, Minn., Oct. 10, 1888, Winthrop Newell Pow- ell; children: Ina, George Newell, Laura, Allan Winthrop. Active in church work. W^riter of jingles and poems commemorative of birthdays, golden and silver weddings and other anniversa- ries. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Home and For- eign Missionary socs., Royal Neighbors, Eastern Star. Recreations: Gardening, reading. Mem. and former pres. Ladles' Reading Circle (a fed- erated club). Against woman suffrage.

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��POWKIX. LoHie Gertrude Hanmcher (Mrs.

Isaac X. Powell), 6826 Bennett Av., Chicago.

Born Lexington, Ind., Oct. 12, 1867; dau. .John Riley and Margaret (Van Deusen) Hamacher; ed. Richmond (Me.) High School, Synodical Coll. of Pulton, Mo.; grad. of instrumental music from same college; m. Richmond, Mo., X'^eb. 6, lS9o, Isaac N. Powell; one son: Donald H. Mem. of various religious, social and philanthropic socie- ties. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Connected with United Charities of Chicago. Mem. Parents' and Teachers' Ass'n of Bowen High School; cor. sec. Bryn Mawr Y/oman's Club of Chicago; mem. Arche Club of Chicago.

rOWELL, Maud (Mrs. H. Godfrey Turner),

1402 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Violinist; b. Peru, 111., Aug. 22, 1868; ed. public schools of Aurora, 111.; studied music in Chicago, later in Lreipzig, Paris and Berlin; pupil of William Lewis, Henri Schradieck, Dancla and Joachim; m. 1904, H. Godfrey Turner. Played as soloist with the Thomas Siedl, Gericke, Nikiscb, Damrosch, and other orohestras; violin soloist with New York Arion Soc. iu tour of Germany and Austria, 1S92; tour of British Isles and the Continent of E)urope, 1899-1901, 1903-05; South Africa, 1905. Organized the Maud Powell Trio, 1908. Contributor to various magazines.

POWELL, Nancy MoreU (Mrs. Willis B.

Powell), Drawer 407, Tampa, Fla.

Born Holland, Mich., Feb. 28, 1880; dau. John and Mary (Swanson) Morell; ed. St. Louis (Mo.) public schools; m. Buffalo, N.Y., May 24, 1898, Willis B. Powell; one son, Maxine Morell Powell. Interested in civic work, playgrounds, city beau- tifying. Press correspondent Fla. State Woman's Confederation; corr. sec. Tampa Civic Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: Golf, automobiling, floriculture. Mem. Tampa Automobile and Golf Club and several social and religious clubs.

POWELL, Sarah Harrison, 5 West Biddle St.,

Baltimore Md.

Writer; b. Fairfax Co., Va. ; dau. Edward Burr and Cordelia Sothoron (Arn.strong) Powell; ed. private schools at Leesburg, Va. Mem. Md. Soc. Colonial Dames of Am. and Nat. Soc. of D.A.R. Special writer for the pre«s. Favors woman suffrage.

POWERS, Carol Hoyt (Mrs. Leland T. Powers),

4 Regent Circle, Brookline, Mass.

Teacher; b. Boston, Mass., 1868; dau. William J. and Juliette (Merrill) Hoyt; ed. Boston; m. Somerville, Mass., Dec, 1495, Leland T. Powers (well-known public reader and Interpreter of Dickens); children: Haven Merrill, Leland Hoyt. Christian Scientist.

POWERS, Emma Hardy (Mrs. W. Irving Pow- ers), Lyndonville, Vt.

Born Goshen, N.H., Feb. 22, 1863; dau. Charles and Lucy J. (Blood) Hardy; ed. Wconsocket (R.I.) schools and grad. Nashua (N.H.) High School, and took four-year course in art with W. P. Phelps, well-known artist; m. Nashua, N.H., Oct. 5, 1885, W. Irving Powers; one daugh- ter: Theia Hardy. State chairman of education of Vt. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, four years; Vt. State chairman of Nat. Education Ass'n, three years. Past matron of Esther Chapter Order Eastern Star; past grand officer of Grand Chapter of Vt. Order of Eastern Star. Past pres. Lyndouville Village Improvement Soc. Mem. Episcopal Church. Mem. St. John de Crevecour Ch.'tpter, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) D.A.R., Vt. Botani- cal Club, Vt. Bird Club, Lyndon Union Club (past pres.).

PO^'NTER, Clara E. (Mrs. Charles W. M. Poyn- ter), 1749 Washington St., Lincoln, Neb. Born Waynesburgh, Pa., Feb. 4, 1876; dau. James W. and Mary H. (Minor) Axtell; grad. Pittsburgh Central High School, Vassar, A.B. '02 (Phi Beta Kappa); graduate work (fellow) in Institutional history, Univ. of Neb.; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1907, Dr. Charles W. M. Poynter. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church. Mem. Faculty Women's Club of the Univ. of Neb.

��POYNTER, Mary Auffusta MasOU (Mrs. Hugh E. Poynter), Ottoman Public Debt, Constanti- nople, Turkey.

Born Windsor, N.Y. ; dau. S. A. and Nancy A. (Sago) Mason; ed. Windsor Acad, and Bingham- ton Woman's Coll.; m. Constantinople, Oct., 1905, Hugh E. Poynter (son of Sir Edward Poynter of the Royal Acad.). Author: With the Seasons, 1S97; frequent contributor of verse and prose to American magazines.

POYNTZ, Juliet Stuart, Barnard College, Colum- bia Univ., N.Y. City.

College lecturer; b. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 25, 1SS6; dau. John J. and Alice E. (Stewart) Poyntz; grad. Barnard Coll.; Columbia Univ., A.B. '07; Phi Beta Kappa, '06; highest final general honors, '07; A.M. '10; London School of Economics, Lon- don Univ., 1910-11; Oxford Univ., Oxford, Eng., 1911-12. Mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Special investigator for the U.S. Immigration Commis- sion in industrial centers, 1908-09; ass't in modern history, Barnard Coll., 1909-10. Interested in the scientific study of social questions and in move- ments for social reconstruction. Favors woman suffrage. Lecturer for various suffrage organiza- tions, N.Y. City. Contributor to various maga- zines; author of Report on Immigrants in Mil- waukee for the U.S. Immigration (Commission, 1909; Introduction to Monograph on Seasonal Trades, London School of Economics Series, 1912. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Oxford Anthropo- logical Soc. Mem. Lyceum Club, London; Soc. of Am. Women in London, Women's University Club, N.Y. City. First holder of the English scholarship given by the Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs of the U.S. of America. PRAGER, Anna Goslin (Mrs. Sidney Prager), Roswell, N.Mex.

Born Ottawa, 111., Nov. 6, 1S69; dau. Louis and Henrietta (Rels) Goslin; ed. Dallas, Tex., at a private school; m. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 22, 1896, Sidney Prager; children: Willard L. Prager, b. Jan. 12, 1897; Louis M. Prager, b. Aug. 19, 1903; Myron S., b. Oct. 17, 1905. Vocal and instrumen- tal music teacher; taught at New Mexico Musi- cal Inst., Roswell, N.Mex.; supervisor of music in Dallas public schools. Against woman suf- frage. Jewess. Active mem. the Mothers' Club; sec. of Century Ass'n. Has charge of book club of 20 members; mem. Woman's Club, Order Eastern Star.

PRANG, Mary Dana Hicks (Mrs. Louis Prang), 45 Centre St., Roxbury, Mass. Born Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1836; dau. Major and Mrs. .4.gnes A. L. (Johnson) Dana; grad. Allen Sem., Rochester, '52; Rochester Univ., 1850-52; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, '85; Har- vard Univ., special student, 1887; Harvard- Lowell courses, 1910-12; m. (1st) Oct. 7, 1856, Charles S. Hicks; (2d) Apr. 15, 1900, Louis Prang (died June 14, 1909); one daughter: Margaret Hicks, b. March 21, 1857. Supervisor of drawing, Syracuse, N.Y., 1868-78; editor the Prang Educa- tional Co., Boston, 1878-1900; director the Prang Normal Classes, 1885-1900. Interested in single tax movement, public art education, Fabyan Socialist, ideal Anarchist, anti-imperialist, equal suffrage; interested in working women. Charter mem. of Equal Suffrage for Good Government Ass'n, Boston; pres. Roxbury Woman Suffrage Club, 1911-12. Author: The Kindergarten, the True Basis for Art Education; The Prang Pri- mary Course, First and Second Years, 18S9. Joint author with Louis Prang: Color Instruc- tion; joint author with John S. Clark and Wal- ter S. Perry: The Prang Complete Course in Art Education, books 1-12; The Prang Shorter Courses in Art Education, books 1-6; Manuals for Complete and Shorter Courses, parts 1-6; The Prang Elementary Course in Art Education, books 1-12; Manuals for Elementary Course, parts 1-6. Unitarian. Mem. Progressive Party. Mem. Mass. Floral Emblem Soc, Onondaga Historical Ass'n (Syracuse), Anti-Imperialist League (Bos- ton), Mass. Single Tax League (Boston), Eastern Drawing Teachers Ass'n, Western Drawing Teachers Ass'n, School Voters' League (Boston), Public School Art League, Drama League. Rec- reations: Works of art, music, drama, dancing, travel. Mem. Social Art Club, Syracuse (pres.

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��1875-80); Civic Club of Ward 19, Boston (pres. 1909-12); 20th Century Club and Wlntergreen Club, Boston. PRATT, Alice Edwards, St. Helena, Cal.

Teacher; b. Preeport, Me., Jan. 9, 1860; dau. Simeon and Joann (Dennison) Pratt; grad. Univ. of Cal., Ph.B. '81; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. '97 (first alumna of the Univ. of Cal. to take degree Ph.D.). Critic in English at Vassar Coll., 1897- 98; head of English dep't, San Diego (Cal.) State Normal School, 1899—. Author: The Sleeping Princess California (poem); Color in the Verse of the English Poets. Baptist. Republican. Rec- reation: Mountain climbing, with the Sierra Club, or with private parties. PRATT, Anna Beach, 505 Fitch St., Elmlra,

N.T.

Sec. Elmira Fed. for Social Service; b. Elmira, N.Y., June 5, 1867; dau. Timothy S. and Catherine (Beach) Pratt; grad. Elmira Coll., A.B. '86; New York School of Philanthropy, summer session of •06; teacher St. Ursula School for Girls, Elmira, 1899; teacher of history, Elmira College, 1900. Appointed secretary Public Relief Comm'n of Elmira, Jan., 1906; sec. Social Service League. In June, 1912, the Social Service League and Women's Fed. merged into Elmira Fed. for Social Service, of which she became gen. sec. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian.

PRATT, Beatrice M. (Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt), 960 Park Av., N.T. City. Born N.Y. City; dau. William Evarts and Anne E. (Rogers) Benjamin; ed. Miss Master's Bohool, Miss Spenee's School; m. Nov. 17, 1909, Alexander Dallas Bacte Pratt; one daughter: Cynthia Anne Pratt, b. Nov. U, 1910. Favors limited suSrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Swimming, dancing, riding, fenclns. Mem. Col- ony Club of Nerw York, Fencers' Club, N.Y. Stage Society.

PRATT, Elsie Seclye, 1434 Glenarm St., Denver,

Colo.

Physician; b, Cleveland, O., 1873; dau. Samuel and Melancla B. (Wright) Pratt; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. '95; Untv. of Mich., M.D. '04 (mem. Alpha Eipsllon Iota). Formerly ass't physiology, Den- ver Cross Coll. of Medicine, was also ass't In histology Ukd emrbryology In same. Formerly attending pediatrlst to city and county hospital, Denver; now ass't in oto-laryngology, Colorado Univ.; mem. staS of Children's Hospital, Denver. Mem. Pubiic Siervlce League; pres. Colo, branch Afis'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Mass. Equal Sufifrage Ass'n, Colo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Congregationalist. Pro- gressive Republican. Mem. Colo. Mountain Club, Woman's Club of Denver, Smith College Club. PRATT, Grace Tyler, 16 Oxford St., Cambridge,

Mass.

Teacher, author; b. Deerfleld, Mass.; dau. James C. and Sarah A. (Smith) Pratt; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. ; Brown Univ., A.M. Since graduation engaged in teaching, being successively Instructor In schools and colleges In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kentucky and Wisconsin, and now teacher In Girls' High School, Boston. Author: The Balnbridge Mystery (a novel); contributor to newspapers and magazines. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. PRATT, Julia Stebbings (Mrs. Charles A.

Pratt), 9149 Pleasant Av., Chicago, 111.

Bom Chicago, June 20, 1871; dau. Horace R. and Carolyn (Preston) Stebbings; ed. Englewood High School and Chicago Art Inst ; m. Chicago, June 14, 1899, Charles A. Pratt; children: Charles Stebbings and Carolyn Mary. Pres. Ridge Woman's Club (300 members). PRATT, Mabel Dodge (Mrs. John Barnes

Pratt), 22 Melrose PI., Montclalr, N.J.

Bom Sept. 3, 1873; dau. Herwick C. and Clara (Hatfield) Dodge; ed. public schools of Mont- clalr, N.J.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '94; m. Mont- clalr, June 17, 1897, John Bames Pratt; children: Julius Randall, Adeline Forbes, John Lowell. Vice-principal high school, Belleville, N.J., three years; active in church and philanthropic inter- ests. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreations : Reading, driving.

��PRATT, Mary G. I^andon (Mrs. Dallas Bache

Pratt), 24 W. 48th St., N.T. City.

Born N.Y. City, Dec. 11, 1857; dau. Charles Griswold and Susannah Hunt (Gordon) Landon; ed. N.Y. City, private schools; m. N.Y. City, May 11, 1881, Dallas Bache Pratt; children: Kath- arine Griswold, Alexander Dallas Bache, Con- stance, Beatrice Gordon. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Mem. Daughters of the Cincinnati, D.A.R., Colonial Dames. Mem. Colony Club. Against woman suffrage. PRATT, Minnie Gertrude Mills (Mrs. Henry

Howard Pratt). North Brookfield, Mass.

Born West Springfield, Mass., Apr. 21, 1875; dau. John Henry and Ella C. Clark Mills; ed. Weet Springfield High School; Westfield Normal School; m. Springfield, Mass., July, 1902, Henry Howard Pratt; children: M. Merton Pratt, b. Aug. 4, 1904 (died Feb. 24, 1907); Ralph Erwin Pratt, b. Dec. 26, 1906. Mem. of all societies con- nected with church, as Woman's Union, Mission- ary and King's Daughters; interested In child welfare, child labor, protection of forests, house- hold economics and food sanitation and civics. Congregationalist. Was pres. of Hinsdale (N.H.) Woman's Club until recent reimoval to North Brookfield, Mass. PRATT, Nellie Pearse DeWolfe (Mrs. Charles

Albert Pratt), 3101 N. 30th St., Tacoma, Wash.

Bom Dixon, 111., Nov. 9, 1868; dau. William Willis and Lavinla Nash (Norton) DeWolfe; ed. Rockford (111.) Coll.; m. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 9, 1899, Charles Albert Pratt, chairman of Indus- trial Insurance Commission of the State of Wash- ington. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian- Republican. Mem. Missionary Soc., Internat Sunday-School Ass'n, Y.V/.C.A., D.A.R., Rock- ford College Ass'n, Angelus Study Club, Bible Study (Hub, Presidents' Council. PRAY, Frances Abbie Lara way (Mrs. Albert F.

Pray), 2316 Colfax Av., S., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Northfield, Minn. ; dau. Albert and Emma (Ogden) Laraway; ed. public schools; m. June 17, 1890, Albert F. Pray; children: Florence and Frances (twins), b. Jan. 28, 1895. Unlversallst. Republican. Mem. Amphyction Club. PREBLE, Alice Hosmer (Mrs. Robert B.

Preble), 1618 Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, 111.

Born Chillicothe, 111., 1865; dau. Henry and Alice (Scholes) Hosmer; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa Soc.) "88 (mem. Gamma Phi Beta); m. Chicago, June, 1889, Robert B. Preble; children: Norman Hosmer, Barbara, Marcia. Unitarian. Mem. Mich. Alumnae Ass'n, Gamma Phi Beta (Chicago) Alumnse Ass'n, Chicago Wo- man's Club, Chicago College Club, Woman's City Club. Does philanthropic and civic work In Chi- cago Woman's and City Clubs. PRJELLWITZ, Edith MitchiU (Mrs. Henry Prril-

witz), 247 W. 71st St., N.Y. City, and Peconlc,

L.L, N.T.

Artist, painter; b. South Orange, N.J., Jan, 28, 1865; dau. Ckirnelius S. and Helen E. (Reed) Mitchlll; educated at the Art Students' League, N.Y. City, and In Paris; m. N.Y. City, Oct. 6, 1884, Henry Prellwltz, N.A. ; one son: fidwln Mitchlll Prellwltz. Received medals at the At- lanta and Buffalo Ehspositions and prizes at the Nat. Acad, of Design, N.Y. City. Associate Nat Acad, of Design; mem. Union Internationale dea Arts et Lettres, and Women's Cosmopolitan Club of N.Y. City. PRENI>£R6AST. Marcia KetteUe (Mrs. John

Prendergaat) 508 Saat Dlversey B'l'v'd, Chi- cago, 111.

Bom Paris, 111., 1888; dau. Frank Diklnson and Maria (Moore) Kettelle; ed. St Clara Coll., Sin- Binawa, Wis.; gold medal at graduation; grad. art dep't, 1906; m. Chicago, Mar. 28, 1910, Joha Prendergast; children: Marcia Moore, Abby Ket- telle, Interested in the alumnae and in raising $26,000 for the Mother Emlley Memorial Fund, in commemoration of Mother EJmiley Powers, who was Mother General of the Dominican Sis- ters. In the prevention of the white plague, took part in the ' Streets of Paris," pageant glv«n for the Pasavant Hospital Fund. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Recreations: Horseback rid- ing, swimming, tennis, automobile driving, golf.

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Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bom Monroeville, Ohio; dau. Augustus W. and Amy (McCauley) Prentiss; ed. Penn Yan Acad, and Wells Coll., A.B. ; mem. Phoenix Literarum Bocletas. Identified with social and charitable organizations. Against woman suffrage. Pres- byterian. Mem. D.A.R., Eastern Ass'n of Wells Coll., Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences.

PRENTISS, Janet, 628 W. 114th St., N.T. City;

Bummer: Dorset, Vt.

Magazine writer; b. De Soto, Mo.; dau. Samuel and Sarah (Maness) Prentiss; ed. Miss Whit- comb's Seminary, Brooklyn, N.Y. Writer of short stories in various magazines. Recreation: Gardening. Presbyterian. Favors woman suf- frage.

PRESCOTT, Annie, 2 Union St., Auburn, Me.

Librarian; b. Lewiston, Maine, June 20, 1860; dau. Lyman and Augusta Jane (Chandler) Pres- cott; grad. Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine, 1879; private study in modern literature and languages; special study at Wellesley Coll., 1890-91, In literature, bibliography and history. Librarian of Auburn (Maine) Public Library since its opening in 1891. Free Baptist. Mem. Maine Library Ass'n, American Library /^.ss'n. Auburn Art Club.

PRESCOTT, Augrusta, 2 Union St., Auburn, Me.

High school teacher; b. Lewiston, Me.; dau. Lyman and Augusta Jane (Chandler) Prescott; grad. Lewiston High School, 1874; State Normal School, Lewiston, 1877; Wellesley Coll., 1879-80; special study of languages in France and Ger- many; Bates Coll., A.M. '07. Teacher in Lewis- ton (Me.) schools until 1882; Lyndon (Vt.) Acad., 1883-86; Lewiston High School, 1887-95; Edward Little High School, Auburn, Me., since 1S95; now head of modern language dep't. Free Baptist. Mem. Am. Educational Ass'n, Maine State Edu- cational Ass'n. PRESCOTT, Harriet Beardslee, 36 Gramercy

Park, N.Y. City.

Librarian; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 21, 1866; dau. Nathan and Maria H. (Beardslee) Bean; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1886; N.Y. State Library School, 1889. Mem. Big Sister movement. Favors woman BufCrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, New York Library Ass'n, New York Lii-brary Club.

PRESCOTT, Katharine T. (Mrs. Harry Lawson

Prescott), 59 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Sculptor; b. Biddeford, Me.; dau. Col. Edward Henry Cobb Hooper; pupil of E. Boyd of Boston and Frank E. El well of N.Y. City; m. Harry Lawson Prescott. Has exhibited at Nat. Acad. Design, Boston Art Club, Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, Nat. Sculpture Soc, Art Inst, of Chicago. Mem. Copley Soc. of Boston, Boston Art Students' Ass'n.

PRESTON, Anna Louise, 216 Putnam St., Ma- rietta, Ohio.

Physiciaji; b. Beverley, O., 1862; dau. Washing- ton and Rachel (Jordon) Preston; ed. public schools; the College (private school in Beverley); Marietta High School, dep't of medicine and sur- gery, A.B.I. ; Univ. of Mich., M.D. (mem. Alpha chapter). Engaged in practice in Marietta, Ohio, since graduation. Pres. Marietta Auxiliary Op- posed to Woman Suffrage. Mem. of Ladies of Maccabees (examining physician for local hive). Recreation: Gardening.

PRESTON, Annie A. (Mrs. Charles Taylor Pres- ton), R.F.D. No. 1. West WlUlngton, Conn. Writer; b. Vernon, Vt, Oct. 18, 1840; dau. George Washington and Fannie (Bishop) Preston; lineal descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England; ed. in public schools and by private study; m. Willington, Conn., Oct. 8, 1874, Charles Taylor Preston, lawyer and Union veteran (died Apr. 5, 1907). Contributor and department writer for English and American magazines and newspapers. Actively Interested In Woman's Baptist Home Mission Soc.; active in Sunday-school work, and has served as sup't of Willington Baptist Sun- day-school.

��PRESTON, Frances Folsom Cleveland (Mrs.

Thomas Jex Preston), Princeton, N.J. Born Buffalo, N.Y., July 21, 1864; dau. Oscar and Emma (Harmon) Folsom; ed. in Medina (N.Y.) Acad., private school and Central High School, Buffalo, and Wells Coll., A.B. '85; m. In the White House, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1S86, to Grover Cleveland, then serving his first term as President of the United States (died 1908); children: Ruth, b. Oct. 3, 1891 (died Jan. 7, 1904); Esther, b. Sept 9, 1893; Marion, b. July 7, 1S95; Richard Folsom, b. Oct. 28, 1897; Francis Grover, b. July 18, 1903. Mistress of the White House from her marriage until Mar., 1889, and again for the term 1893-97; since then has had her home in Princeton; m. 2d, Princeton, Feb. 10, 1913, Prof. Thomas Jex Preston. Has been iden- tified with many religious, social and philan- thropic activities. Presbyterian. Mem. Colony Club of New York and Present Day Club of Princeton. Against suffrage for women. PRESTON, Marie Alaples, Delhi, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Delhi, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1878; dau. Jonas More and Anna Maples (Cottrell) Preston; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900. Preceptress at Delhi, N.Y., in Delaware Acad, (teacher of English and French). Favors woman suffrage; pres. Delhi Equal Suffrage Club. Presbyterian. Mem. Delhi Tourist Club, Monday Night Club, Wednes- day Afternoon Club, Village Improvement Soc, Suffrage Club. PRESTON, May Wilson (Mrs. James Moore

Preston), 22 W. Ninth St, N.Y. City.

Artist;, b. N.Y. City, Aug. 11, 1873; dau. John J. and Ann (Taylor) Wilson; ed. Oberlin Coll., Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Whistler School in Paris; m. N.Y. City, Dec. 19, 1903, James Moora Preston. Since 1902 engaged in illustrating books of N.Y. City publishers. Mem. Women's Art Club of N.Y.

PRETTYMAN, Anna Yardley (Mrs. Charles Gib- bons Prettyman), 210 South Walnut St, Mil- ford, Del.

Born Jersey City, N.J., July 24, 1873; dau. Eldridge Taylor and Clara Willson (Hall) Yard- ley; ed. Miliord Classical Acad., Bryn Mawr CoU.; m. Milford, Del., June 27, 1900, Charles GiblK)ns Prettyman; children: Clara Yardley Prettyman, John Shepard 3d, James Millechop Hall, Eldridge Yardley. Interested in ail the activities and questions of the day. E}pisco- palian. PRICE, Ada Aikman (Mrs. Ivie Ora Price),

Linton, Ind.

Born Lyons, Ind., June 18, 1871; dau. Arch and Elizabeth (Plummer) Aikman; ed. common and high schools; m. Linton, Ind., Feh. 19, 1889 Ivie Ora Price; children: Murlin Leslie, Hugh Stanley, Edith. Chairman 2d District of Indiana Fed. of Clu'bs, 1911-12; mem. Board of County Guardians. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist Mem. Eastern Star, Linton Bay View Club, Ladies' Auxiliary, Parent-Teachers' and Priscilla clubs. PRICE, Ellen H. Evans (Mrs. Ferris W. Price),

3316 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.

Educator; b. Lionville, Chester Co., Pa.; dau. Thomas P. and Phebe S. (Smedley) Evans; ed. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '74; A.M. '84; m. West Chester, Pa., Dec., 1876, Ferris W. Price (prof. Latin, Swarthmore, Pa.) (died Sept. 22, ino9) ; children: Charles Evans, Henry F., Helen. Sec. Swarthmore Public School Board, 1893-1908; sup't of educational interests of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of FViends since 1910: clerk of Swarth- more Monthly Meeting of Friends. Favors wo- man suffrage; pres. Pa. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Swarthmore Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Woman's Ciub of Swarthmore. PRICE, Emma Paul (Mrs. William Hyde Price),

148 Canner St., New Haven, Conn.

Born Newton, Mass., Dec. 9, 1878; dau. William Franklin and Emma (Pierce) Paul; ed. Somer- ville (Mass.) Latin School; Tufts Coll., A.B. '02 (mem. Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority); m. Somer- ville, Mass., Aug. 28, 1907, Prof. William Hyde Price (now of Yale Univ.). Teacher of French and Latin In high school, Eastport, Me., 19CK-06, and Gorham, N.H., 1902-04. .Mem. Consumers' League. Favors woman suffrage Unitarian.

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��PRICE, Ethel Vermilye Gale (Mrs. Ernest M. Price), 223 Canner St., New Haven, Conn. Born N.Y. City; daii. William and ElizabPtli V. (Naylor) Gale; ed. New Haven, Conn., and Dres- den and Munich, Germany; m. New Haven, Sept. 20, 1887, Ernest M. Price, of Baltimore, Md. ; children: Winifred A., Ernest M. Jr. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. PRICE, Janice M., (Mrs. Henry C. Price), 323 E. 7th Av., Gary, Ind.

Born Amsterdam, Holland; dau. I. R. and Sarah Pardo; ed. N.Y. public schools, Mt. Mor- ris High School; m. N.Y. City, Jan. 10, 1904, Henry C. Price, lawyer; one daughter: Beatrice. Organized and was pres. first ladies' Jewish benevolent society in Gary, Ind.; pres. of Beth- El Sisterhood; mem. Welfare Com. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Rebekahs I.O.O.F. ; religious and social worker. Jewess. Mem. Gary Literary Soc. Reci-eation: Out-door exer- cise. Mem. Woman's Club. Especially inter- ested in advancing the cause of Immigrants, tneir home life and future welfare. Favors woman suffrage.

PRICE, Lncy Catharine, care Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio.

Journalist; b. Fremont, Ohio; grad. Vassar, A.B. '05; was awarded a medal in an oratorical contest. Teacher Fremont (Ohio) Higia School, 1906-07; reporter and later editor of the Fremont (Ohio) Messenger, 1907-09; since 1909 woman's editor of the Cleveland Leader. Became inter- ested in the suffrage question at first favorably, but after study was lead to strong opposition to the idea of votes for women. Now speaker for the Nat. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Ad- dressed the Ohio State Bar Ass'n, Ohio Educa- tional Ass'n and Ohio General Assembly, 1913, and engaged in a winter speaking tour, 1913-14, which included visits to Boston, New York, Phil- adelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago and thence to the Pacific Coast and back.

PRICE, Miriam Sutro (Mrs. Joseph M. Price), 307 W. 93rd St., N.Y. City.

Bom N.Y. City, Nov. 23, 1871 ; dau. Bernard and Pauline (Josephthal) Sutro: ed. N.Y. public school; Normal Coll. of City of N.Y.; Radeliffe Coll.; Columbia Univ.; m. Feb. 21, 1894, .Joseph M. Price. Mem. Board of Trustees Soc. for Ethical Culture, Board of Trustees Ethical Culture School, Nat. Board of Censorship of Motion Pic- tures, Public Education Ass'n of N.Y. City (for- mer pres., now chairman of exec. com.). Favors woman suffragfe. PRICE, Mona B., Brandenberg, Ky.

Postmaster; b. Brandenberg, Ky., Aug. 26, 1877; dau. Zalmon T. and Laura (Colemaai) r^ice; ed. public schools with normal course at Lexington (Ky.) State Univ. Became teacher at the age of fifteen, taught in the public schools of Meade County eight years, then be- came ass't postmaster at Brandenberg, serving three years. Appointed postmaster June 14, 1904. Has served as sec. of Ky. League of Postmasters. Interested In Sunday-school work; friend to the temperance cause; _ engaged in charity. Favors woman suffrage. ' Methodist. Republican. Mem. Woman's Club. PRICHARD, Alice H. (Mrs. Arthur Anderson Prlchard), 21 Dayton St., Worcester, Mass. Club president; b. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 26, 1869; dau. George G. and Jane A. (Eno) Hildreth; grad. Worcester Classical High School, '87; Mass. State Normal School, Worcester, '93; m. Worces- ter, Oct. 18, 189S, Arthur Anderson Prlchard. Congrogationalist. Treas. Piedmont Woman's Ass'n; pres. Worcester Home Club. PRICHARD, Lucy Elizabeth, 1100 Sixth Av., Huntington, W.Va.

Principal high school; b. Catlettsburg, Ky., Oct. 26, 1876;- dau. Robert H. and Mary E. (Campbell) Prlchard; ed. public sohools, Cat- lettsburg, Ky. ; PrLscilla Braislin School, Bor- dentown, N,J. ; Vassar Coll., A.B. '99. Teacher Hutington (W.Va.) High School, later becomnlg principal, which position stiU holds. Mem. Me>thodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. Woman's Club, Ass'n of Ck>Ilee^Laite Alumnae (also

��Huntington Branch), Nat. Educational Ass'n, W.Va. Educational Ass'n, Tuesday Bridge Club.

PRIDWY, Bessie Leach (Mrs. Frank E. Prlddy), 124 W. Maumee St., Adrian, Mich. Teacher; b. Belvidere, 111., Jan. 19, 1871; dau. Elisha and Eliza Gilson Leach; ed. North Belvi- dere High School; Adrian Coll., Ph.B. '91; A.B. '11; graduate work for A.M. degree, Unl^. of Mich., 1911— (mem. Delta Delta Delta); m. Bel- videre, 111., Aug. 15, 1893, Frank E. Priddy, at- torney at law (died Feb. 25, 1900); children: Irene, Allan Leach, Prances Elizabeth. Princi- pal schools, Capron, 111., 1891-93; teacher Adrian Coll., 1900-01; teacher (history), Adrian High School, 1910 —. Pres. Adrian Woman's Club, 1898-1900; treas. Mich. State Fed. Women's Clubs, 1896-9S; grand vice-pres. Delta Delta Delta, 1893-1900; Nat. historian of Delta Delta Delta, 1902-15. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Legisla- tive Com. Adrian Woman's Club. Author: A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta. Presby- terian. Republican. Mem. Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Alliance, D.A.R., Mich. Schoolmasters' Club, Aim. Historical Ass'n, Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n, Adrian Woman's Club, Adrian Teachers' Club.

PRIEST, Alice Lucinda, 307 Elm St., Shenan- doah, Iowa,

Born Northfield, Mass., 1866; dau. Dwight S. and Susan M. (Caldwell) Priest; ed. Shenan- doah (IcKwa) High School, Northfield (Mass.) Sem., Harvard Annex, Cambridge, Mass.; CJor- nell Univ., B.L. '91. Teacher ol history, Oregon State Normal School, 1892-85; head of English Dep't, Cal. State Normal School, 1895-97. Mem. and first sec Board of Trustees of Shenandoah Public Library; mem. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For years State sup't of press work for Iowa Equal Suffrage Ass'n; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Has con- tributed articles on co-education, literature and political subjects to various publications. Rec- reations: Walking, riding, camping. Part owner and manager of nearly one thousand acres of Iowa agricultural land and other business in- terests. PRIEST, Mary Charlotte, Nat. Park Seminary,

Forest Glen, Md.

Educator; b. Lowell, Mass.; dau. George Al- fred and BJstelle (Tulloch) Priest; descendant of Gov. Dudley, Gov. Winthrop and of Dudley Colman; ed. Washington (D.C.) High School (Kendall Scholarship), Columbian Coll., A.B. 1893; Columbia Univ., A.M. 1901. Unitarian. Actively engaged in educational work at National Park Sem. since 1894. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. D.A.R., Janet Montgomery Chapter. Espe- cially interested in the peculiar development of sororities, as created at National Park Sem., tc which she has devoted herself since 1894. PRINCE, Lucinda W. (Mrs. John T. Prince),

15 Temple St., West Newton, Mass,

Educator; b. Waltham, Ivtass. ; dau. George Houghton and Eliza (Melvin) Smith; ed. Fram- ingham (Mass.) Normal School, Wellesley Ooll. (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Mem. State Commis- sion for the Blind, Boston Trade School for Girls. Favors woman suffrage; director Mags. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author of several articles on salesmanship training and has in prepa- ration a book describing the work. Episcopalian. Mem. Social Education Club and Twentieth Century Club (Boston), Sierra Club (San Fran- cisco, Cal.). Interested in vocational educa- tion; principal work has been the organization and establishment of the Union School of Sales- manship at the Women's Educational and In- dustrial Union, Boston, which furnishes voca- tional training for saleswomen and trains teach- ers for the teaching of salesmanship; the only school of its kind in this country. PRINCE, Mary Catharine Biirclile Beardsley

(Mrs. Le Baron Bradford Prince), 111 Palace

Av., Santa F6i N.Mex.

Bom Oswego, N.Y. ; dau. Samuel Raymond and Charlotte Elizabeth (Burckle) Beardsley; m. Trinity Church, N.Y. City, by Rt. Rev. Abram N. Littlejohn, bishop of Long Island, to Le Baron Bradford Prince, chief justice, aad

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��later governor of New Mexico; one son: William Bradford. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames of Mass., Dames of the Revolution of N.Y., Nat. Soc. of Founders and Patriots, State regent D.A.R. for Neiw Mexico since 1894. Mem. of several private clubs — literary, civic and re- ligious. Epis<jopalian. PBINDrE, Frances Weston Carrnth (Mrs.

Harry Brown Prindle), 60 W. Tenth St., N.Y.

City.

Author; b. Newton, Mass.; dau. William Ward and Matilda C. (Shelton) Carruth; ed. private schools in Newton and Boston, Mass. ; m. N.Y. City, Dec. 24, 1903, Harry Brown Prindle. Author: Those Dale Girls; The Way of Belinda; Fictional Rambles in Boston, etc. PRINDLE, Gertrude Batee (Mrs. Lee Prindle),

Pottervllle, Mich.

Teacher; b. Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich., 1872; dau. Aaron Walker and H. Louise (Lamb) Bates; ed. Charlotte High School, Western Normal Col- lege; m. 1892, Lee F^lndle; children: Caryl, Terry. Has always been connected with teach- ing profession. Mem. Charlotte B'd of Education for seven years. Mem. of a committee which Im- proved city parks and school grounds with land- scape gardening, school gardens; Introduced boxes for waste placed in main streets and parks. Rec. sec. and vice-pres. of State EXjual Suffrage Ass'n. Recreations: Birds, cross-country walks. Active mem. twenty years of Woman's Club of Charlotte, holding State chairmanship of liibrary extension dep't of State Federation for several years. PRrNBLE, Mary Lois (Mrs. Charles C. Prindle),

1908 Irving Av., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Minneapolis, April 30, 1866; dau. Lo- renzo Dow and Henrietta E. (Gray) Day; ed. high school, Judson Inst, and Vassar Coll.; m. Minneapolis, March 27, 1889, Charles C. Prindle; children: William Day, b. 1890; Gertrude, b. 1892; Henrietta, b. 1893; Maria, b. 1901. Interested in Women's Welfare League. Favors woman suf- frage. Methodist. Mem. Woman's Club, Mlni- kahda Club. PBINGSHEIM, Neena Hamilton (Mrs. Hans

Pringsheim), Waitz-strasse, 21, Charlotten-

burg, Germany.

Lecturer and writer on art; b. Hamilton, Ohio; dau. Prof. Edward J. Hamilton, D.D., S.T.D. (educator, philosopher, metaphysician), and Eliza (Cleland) Hamilton; ed. Hanover Coll., Ind., M.A. ; Univ. of Heidelberg, (Jermany, Ph.D. 1901; studied also in Univ. of Berlin, Halle, Munich and Paris; m. Toronto, Can., Jan. 31, 1903, Hans Pringsheim. Distinguished for her lectures, publications and classes in History of Art; particularly her ten illustrated lectures on Early Art in Italy. Author Die Anbetung der KonJge in der Italienschen Ma- lerei, Strassburg, 1901; The So-called Velasquez of the Boston Museum, Boston, 1905; also maga- zine articles. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. PKIOB, Elizabeth Ford (Mrs. Frank Edward

Prior), 229 N. Sickel St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Born Belvidere, 111., Jan. 29, 1860; dau. John and Hannah Gower (Norton) Ford; ed. In Belvi- dere High School and Univ. of 111.; m. St Paul, Minn., Aug. 4, 1886, Prank Edward Prior; chil- dren: Ford Edward, Marjorie Julia, Jack Wool- sey, Roger Wellington. Pres. Los Angeles Dlst. Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Wednesday Morn- ing Club (Los Angeles); sec. Cal. State Fed. Women's Clubs. Congregationallst (sup't Con- gregational Sunday-school, mem. Missionary Soc. Congregational Church). Chairman Garden Com. Civic Ass'n of Los Angeles; mem. Library Com. and Juvenile Cciurt Cora., Los Angeles. Pro- gressive Republican (chairman Precinct Com.). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Holly, Ebell and Friday Morning Clubs (Los Angeles). Recrea- tion: Golf. PKITCHARD, Mary Ellen (Mrs. C. A. Pritch-

ard), Tlvoli, N.Y.

Lawyer; b. Selkirk, Ontario, Can.; dau. John C. and Jane (Lamb) HoOver; ed. In local schools of Selkirk, Ontario, and In the Ottawa (Ontario) Normal School; m. 1890, Dr. C, A- Pritchard of

��Tivoli, N.Y. Formerly for 10 years a teacher in the schools of Ontario. Admitted to N.Y. Bar In 1901. Methodist.

PRITCHARD, Sydna Ellen, Plymouth iJin, Northampton, Mass.

Head of Science Dep't; b. Brockton, Mass., Feb. 14, 1876; dau. Thomas J. and Anna (Roberts) Pritchard; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1897; Bridge- water, Mass., Normal School, 1898; courses at Harvard and Smith Coll. Teacher of science, Leicester (Mass.) Acad., 189S-19C4; Head of Sci- ence Dep't, Northampton (Mass.) High School since 1904. Mem. Edwaida Congregational Church, Northampton, Mass., Civic League, Northampton Equal Suffrage League, Mass. Soc. for Prevention Cruelty to Chiiaren, Leicester (rood Samaritan Ass'n; active in all these so- cieties. Congregationalist. Mem. Eastern Ass'n of Physics Teachers, New England Ass'n of Chemistry Teachers. Pres. Leicester Woman's Club, 1903-04; vice-pres. Leicester Golf Club, 1900-04; Sprlagfleld Wellesley Club. Direct de- scendant of ilcTvell the Good, King of North Walea (died 980), and from Isabel Tudor, sister of Owen Tudor, founder of the English royal house of Tudor.

PBOCTOR, Mrs. Charles Willi* -see Heath- Proctor, Alice Lorraine. PROCTOR, Louise Catherine, The Roalyn, Glen Road. Toronto, Can.

Actress; b. Ottawa. Can.; dau. William and Catherine (McDonald) Proctor; ed. Toronto; Jar- vis St. Collegiate School; Toronto Coll. of Music (dramatics; gold medalist In dramatic work), 1900. Played Sarita, In The Pretty Sister of Jose, with Maud Adams' Company; Hermia, Midsummer Night's Dream, with Annie Russell Company, opening New Astor Theatre, N.Y. City; played leading role in rc/ad production of Paid In Full; Miss Merk in The Concert, Belasco Theatre, N.Y. City, 1911; leading rOle in David Belasco's pro- duction. The Easiest Way, 1912. PROCTOR, Mary, care of Pond Lyceum Bureau, Metropolitan Building, N.T. City. Astronoaier, lecturer, writer; b. Dublin, Ire- land; dau. RIchaixi A. Proctor (distinguished English astronomer) and Mary (Mills) Proctor; ed. London, England, where was grac. from Coll. of Preceptors, '98; studied astronomy with her father and took course, specializing In as- tronomy at Columbia Uulv., 1900. Long promi- nent as popular lecturer and writer on astron- omy; has lectured since 1893 In U.S. under management of late Major Pond and his suc- cessor, the Pond Lyceum Bureau; also several seasons In England under the Gerald Christy Lecture Agency; also, since 1894, lecturer for N;Y. Board of Education. Has done much sci- entific work In astronomical observations, in- cluding trips to witness total eclipses of the sun at Kunnen Promontory, Norway, Aug 9, 18%; at Virginia Beach, Norfolk Va., May 28, 1900, and at Burgos, Spain, Aug. 30, 1905. Ob- served Halley's comet through the 40-inch tele- scope at the Yerkes Observatory, Green Bay, Wis., etc. Author: Stories of Starland, 1897; new edition, 1907; Giant Sun and His Family, 1906; Half Hours With the Summer Stars, 1911. Contributor to Sctentiflc American, Popular Sci- ence, Knowledge, and other scientific magazines; also several popular articles on astronomy in St. Nicholas, Yoaths' Companion, etc. Fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. British Astronomical Ass'n, Astronomical and Astrophysical Soc. of America, Socledad Astronomlca de Mexico. Recreations: Golf, art, music. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. City. PROCTOR, Mary Adaltne, Franklin, N.H.

Born Franklin, N.H.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '81. Engaged as private tutor, 1882-95; sec. Franklin (N.H.) B'd of Education, 1892-1906; trustee of Proctor Acad., Andover, N.H., since 1909.

PROCTOR, Myra Allen, 76 Pleasant St., Stone- ham, Mass.

Missionary teacher; b. Townsend, Mass., Oct. 12, 1834; dau. John and Lucy (Pierce) Proctor; grad. State Normal School, Framlngham, Mass., 1859 (second honor). Sailed for Turkey, June,

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Foote Office' of Joseph Reed, a piece from which he was accused by Reed of having stolen the character of Mrs. Cole in the 'Minor.' In partnership with Murphy, Foote leased Drury Lane for a summer season. On 15 June 1761 the management produced Murphy's 'All in the Wrong,' a version of Moliere's 'Cocu Imaginaire.' Foote wrote and spoke the prologue. The 'Citizen,' also by Murphy, was played 2 July 1769, Foote appearing as Young Philpot. The 'Old Maid' of Murphy was given for the first time the same night. 'Wishes, or Harlequin's Mouth Opened,' a comedy by Thomas Bentley, with a speaking harlequin, closed the season with a failure. Foote, who played in this Distress a poet, took over 300l. for his share of the entire venture, though he had broken his contract and supplied no novelty. In 1762, at the Haymarket, Foote produced the 'Orators,' 8vo, 1762, ridiculing, in Peter Paragraph, George Faulkner, the Dublin printer, who had lost a leg, and who brought an action against him. At Covent Garden, 12 Jan. 1762, he played Young Wilding in the 'Lyar,' 8vo, 1764, his adaptation of 'Le Menteur' of Corneille. From this period the original characters of Foote, with the exception of Ailwould in Bickerstaffe's 'Dr. Last in his Chariot,' Haymarket, 31 Aug. 1769, and Francisco in the 'Tailors,' Haymarket, 2 July 1767, were confined to the Haymarket and to his own comedies. Many of these were played in the afternoon. Their order is as follows : Major Sturgeon and Matthew Mug in the 'Mayor of Garratt,' two acts, 1763, 8vo, 1764 ; Sir Thomas Lofty and Sir Peter Pepperpot in the 'Patron,' three acts, 1764, 8vo, 1764 ; Zachary Fungus in the 'Commissary,' three acts, 1765, 8vo, 1765 ; Foote in 'An Occasional Prelude,' one act, printed in the 'Monthly Mirror,' vol. xvii. ; the Devil in the 'Devil upon Two Sticks,' three acts, 30 May 1768, 8vo, 1778 (by this piece Foote reaped between 3,000l. and 4,000l. ; on his way to Ireland he lost 1,700l. at Bath to cardsharpers, and had to borrow 100l. to proceed on his journey) ; Sir Luke Limp in the 'Lame Lover,' 8vo, 1770, three acts, 27 Aug. 1770 ; Flint in the 'Maid of Bath,' three acts, 26 June 1771, 8vo, 1778; Sir Matthew Mite in the 'Nabob,' three acts, 29 June 1772, 8vo, 1778 ; Sir Robert Riscounter in the 'Bankrupt,' three acts, 21 July 1773, 8vo, 1776 (this season Foote gave an entertainment with puppets known as 'The Primitive Puppet Show,' and produced an unprinted entertainment entitled 'The Handsome Housemaid, or Piety in Pattens') ; Aircastle in the 'Cozeners,' 1774, 8vo, 1778, and O'Donnovan in the 'Capuchin,' three acts, 17 Aug. 1776, 8vo, 1778. This piece was an alteration of the famous 'Trip to Calais,' the performance of which was stopped by the censor. In 1766 Foote was visiting at Lord Mexborough's, where he met an aristocratic party, including the Duke of York. Playing on his vanity they mounted him on a high-mettled horse, which threw him and fractured his leg in two places. He accepted the accident with philosophy, and asked for the removal of the leg, which was accomplished. As a compensation for this loss the Duke of York obtained for Foote a patent to erect a theatre in the city and liberties of Westminster, with the privilege of exhibiting dramatic pieces there from 14 May to 14 Sept. during his natural life. This was a fortune. Foote purchased his old premises in the Haymarket, and erected a new theatre on the site, which he opened in May 1767 with the 'Prelude,' in which he referred to the loss of limb and to the gift of his patron, &c. In 1767 he engaged Spranger Barry [q. v.] and Mrs. Ann Dancer, subsequently Mrs. Spranger Barry [q. v.], and produced tragedy, announcing as the cause of such a proceeding that they were dangerous neighbours. Upon his visit to Dublin in 1768 Foote found his 'Devil upon Two Sticks' once more a source of fortune. In 1770 he rented the Edinburgh Theatre for the winter season, and took over his company. The result was unsatisfactory, and he resigned his lease to West Digges [q. v.] The year previously Foote, whose treatment of Garrick consisted in alternately sponging upon him and ridiculing him, intended to caricature the famous procession in the jubilee, but by influence from without was induced to abandon the idea. A notion previously entertained of caricaturing Dr. Johnson was given up in consequence of Johnson sending word to Foote that, in case the threat was carried out, 'he would go from the boxes on the stage and correct him before the audience' (Monthly Review, lxxvi. 374). Few of Foote's plays had been produced without an acknowledged purpose of caricaturing some known individual. For a long time this practice succeeded. Foote was wise enough to withdraw when, as in the case of Johnson, he found his man too strong for him. When, after the production of the 'Nabob,' two members of the East India Company called upon him with the intention of castigating him, he had tact enough to keep them talking until he had disarmed their resentment and induced them to stay to dinner. The most he ordinarily had to fear was an interference of the censor, and a consequent diminution of profits. Those who winced most under his attacks held it prudent to