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348 portuiiity to leani the newspaper business from its beginning through all its branches.

On December 8, 1883, she was married to Herbert Leon Chase, a native of New Hampton, N.H. For some years, or until May 1, 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Chase resided in Fitchburg. Their home is now in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Chase is an optician, his place of business being in Boston. Some of his ancestors served in the Revolution. Mrs. Chase was one of the charter members of the Fitchnurg Woman's Club, organized in 18(K). Realizing that a periodical devoted exclusively to the interests of the women's ciubs in New England would be a useful publication, she established in 1900 the Club Calendar, with offices in Tremont Temple Building, Boston, and at Waltham, Mass. As a reporter, city editor on daily newspapers, and contributor to magazines, Mrs. Chase had acquired the practical knowledge necessary for the success of her enterprise. As its editor, she has been un-usually honored as the guest of leading women's clubs. She has often spoken by invitation under their auspices upon subjects pertaining to the plans and work of women's clubs.

The Fitchburg Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized at her suggestion, and she was appointed" its first regent. This office she resigned when moving from Fitchburg to Boston, but she retained her membership in the chapter.

IBYLLA ADELAIDE BAILEY CRANE was born in East Boston, Mass., July 30, 1851, daughter of Henry Bailey and his wife, Elizabeth Bellamy. Her father was a contractor and builder. His ancestors were residents of Scituate, Mass. Her mother, a native of Kittery, Me., was the daughter of John H. and Fanny (Keen) Bellamy and grand-daughter of John Bellamy, Jr., of Kittery, who married November 21, 1791, Tamsen, daughter of Samuel King and Mary (Orne) Haley.

Sibylla A. Bailey was educated in the public schools of Boston, and for a number of years she followed the profession of teacher in that city. She was a lover of music and the fine arts, and became an accomplished performer on the piano and a pleasing vocalist.

On September 1, 1891, she was married in Boston to the Rev. Dr. Oliver Crane, a native of Montclair, N.J., and a graduate of Yale College, class of 1845. Dr. Crane had been a missionary in Turkey for some years in his early manhood, and later pastor of a Presbyterian church in Carbondale, Pa. before marriage Mrs. Crane had made a brief trip to Euro])e. After that event she accompanied her husband in an extended foreign tour, travelling in the British Isles, on the Continent, and in the East, spending a winter in Cairo and visiting Syria, the scene of Dr. Crane's missionary labors many years before. A large number of photographs and other souvenirs attested the assiduity with which their labors as collectors were pursued, from the Pyramids of Egypt to the Alhambra. On their return from abroad they took up their residence in Boston. Here Dr. Crane died on November 29, ]89(i.

Mrs. Crane was loved l)y a large circle of friends, not only for her talents and social qualities, but also for her amiable disposition, which was a marked trait in her character from childhood. She inherited an admirable physique, and had superior executive ability, which made her a good' presiding officer. She was prominent in musical and social circles and in various patriotic and other organizations, and contributed liberally for the advancement of many worthy objects.

At the time of her death, which occurred in February, 1902, she was president of the Daughters of Massachusetts, vice-president of the Wednesday Morning Club, vice-president of the Castilian Club, and vice-regent of the Boston Tea Party Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She was for several years treasurer of the New England Woman's Club and a member of the Executive Council of the Boston Woman's Business League, also a director in the Woman's Club House Corporation, a member of the Woman's Charity Club, of the New England Woman's Press Association, of the Moral Education Association, of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, of the beneficent society connected